eprintid: 9164 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/91/64 datestamp: 2023-11-09 16:21:07 lastmod: 2023-11-09 16:21:07 status_changed: 2023-11-09 16:14:25 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Aliyu, A.A. creators_name: Abdul-Rani, A.M. creators_name: Ginta, T.L. creators_name: Prakash, C. creators_name: Axinte, E. creators_name: Razak, M.A. creators_name: Ali, S. title: A Review of Additive Mixed-Electric Discharge Machining: Current Status and Future Perspectives for Surface Modification of Biomedical Implants ispublished: pub keywords: Additives; Automobile manufacture; Cell adhesion; Chemical modification; Dental prostheses; Deposition; Electric discharge machining; Electric discharges; Electrophoresis; Sintering; Surface defects, Biomedical implants; Chemical deposition; Electrophoretic depositions; Emerging technologies; Future perspectives; High sintering temperatures; Material migration; Surface modification techniques, Surface treatment note: cited By 70 abstract: Surface treatment remained a key solution to numerous problems of synthetic hard tissues. The basic methods of implant surface modification include various physical and chemical deposition techniques. However, most of these techniques have several drawbacks such as excessive cost and surface cracks and require very high sintering temperature. Additive mixed-electric discharge machining (AM-EDM) is an emerging technology which simultaneously acts as a machining and surface modification technique. Aside from the mere molds, dies, and tool fabrication, AM-EDM is materializing to finishing of automobiles and aerospace, nuclear, and biomedical components, through the concept of material migrations. The mechanism of material transfer by AM-EDM resembles electrophoretic deposition, whereby the additives in the AM-EDM dielectric fluids are melted and migrate to the machined surface, forming a mirror-like finishing characterized by extremely hard, nanostructured, and nanoporous layers. These layers promote the bone in-growth and strengthen the cell adhesion. Implant shaping and surface treatment through AM-EDM are becoming a key research focus in recent years. This paper reports and summarizes the current advancement of AM-EDM as a potential tool for orthopedic and dental implant fabrication. Towards the end of this paper, the current challenges and future research trends are highlighted. © 2017 Abdul'Azeez Abdu Aliyu et al. date: 2017 publisher: Hindawi Limited official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85030677300&doi=10.1155%2f2017%2f8723239&partnerID=40&md5=a285fa3b9174dc6e8a91c831faa1b870 id_number: 10.1155/2017/8723239 full_text_status: none publication: Advances in Materials Science and Engineering volume: 2017 refereed: TRUE issn: 16878434 citation: Aliyu, A.A. and Abdul-Rani, A.M. and Ginta, T.L. and Prakash, C. and Axinte, E. and Razak, M.A. and Ali, S. (2017) A Review of Additive Mixed-Electric Discharge Machining: Current Status and Future Perspectives for Surface Modification of Biomedical Implants. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2017. ISSN 16878434