Institute of High Pressure Physics

The cooperation of two institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences (the Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science in Krakow and the Laboratory of High Pressure Plasticity of our Institute of High Presure Physics) resulted in a publication in the prestigious journal Bioactive Materials.

The paper M. Gieleciak, A. Jarzębska, Ł. Maj, P. Petrzak, M. Kulczyk, Ł. Rogal, and M. Bieda "Influence of magnesium addition on microstructural and mechanical stability of hydrostatically extruded biodegradable zinc alloys" Bioactive Materials 44, 1 (2025) shows the effect of hydrostatic extrusion on the properties of biodegradable zinc-magnesium alloys.

The process of shaping the properties of these materials using high pressures impacts their homogeneity and microstructure fragmentation (mechanical properties) as well as thermal stability in operating conditions (as an implant in a living organism).