In vivo osteoconductivity of surface modified Ti-29Nb-13Ta-4.6Zr alloy with low dissolution of toxic trace elements

• Eri Takematsu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5687-2989

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• Kimihiro Noguchi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, United States of America

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• Kensuke Kuroda,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan

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• Toshiyuki Ikoma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

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• Mitsuo Niinomi,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan, Department of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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• Nobuhiro Matsushita

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: matsushita.n.ab@m.titech.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

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