High-throughput screening for biomedical applications in a Ti-Zr-Nb alloy system through masking co-sputtering

A method of co-sputtering deposition combined with physical masking was applied to the parallel preparation of a ternary Ti-Nb-Zr system alloy. Sixteen independent specimens with varying compositions were obtained. Their microstructure, phase structure, Young’s modulus, nanoindentation hardness, and electrochemical behavior in a phosphate buffer solution (PBS) were studied in detail. It was revealed that the Ti-Zr-Nb alloys possess a single BCC...