ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS Valiev et al./Nanostructured Titanium for Biomedical Applications Nanostructured Titanium for Biomedical Applications R.Z.Valiev,*I.P.Semenova,V.V.Latysh,H.Rack,T.C.Lowe,J.Petruzelka,L.Dluhos, D.Hrusak,I.Sochova In this paper the authors show that nanostructured commercial purity titanium produced by severe plastic deformation(SPD)opens new avenues and concepts for medical im- plants,providing benefits in all areas of medical device technology. ADV.ENG.MATER.2008,10............................... ■.…■ http://www.aem-journal.com 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH Co.KGaA,Weinheim ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS 2008,10,No.8Valiev et al./Nanostructured Titanium for Biomedical Applications COMMUNICATIONS 4 http://www.aem-journal.com © 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS 2008, 10, No. 8 Nanostructured Titanium for Biomedical Applications R. Z. Valiev,* I. P. Semenova, V. V. Latysh, H. Rack, T. C. Lowe, J. Petruzelka, L. Dluhos, D. Hrusak, J. Sochova In this paper the authors show that nanostructured commercial purity titanium produced by severe plastic deformation (SPD) opens new avenues and concepts for medical implants, providing benefits in all areas of medical device technology. ADV. ENG. MATER. 2008, 10 ............................................... ...