Kengo Narita

Predominant factor determining wear properties of β-type and (α+β)-type titanium alloys in metal-to-metal contact for biomedical applications

Yoon-Seok Lee, Mitsuo Niinomi, Masaaki Nakai et al. · Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2014 · 57 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

Mechanical properties and cytocompatibility of oxygen-modified β-type Ti–Cr alloys for spinal fixation devices

Huihong Liu, Mitsuo Niinomi, Masaaki Nakai et al. · Acta Biomaterialia · 2014 · 52 citations

Medicine, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +14

Development of thermo-mechanical processing for fabricating highly durable <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" altimg="si5.gif" display="inline" overflow="scroll"> <mml:mstyle mathvariant="bold"> <mml:mi>β</mml:mi> </mml:mstyle> </mml:math> -type Ti–Nb–Ta–Zr rod for use in spinal fixation devices

Kengo Narita, Mitsuo Niinomi, Masaaki Nakai et al. · Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2012 · 51 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +12

Effects of micro- and nano-scale wave-like structures on fatigue strength of a beta-type titanium alloy developed as a biomaterial

Kengo Narita, Mitsuo Niinomi, Masaaki Nakai · Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2013 · 26 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +16

Wear transition of solid-solution-strengthened Ti–29Nb–13Ta–4.6Zr alloys by interstitial oxygen for biomedical applications

Yoon-Seok Lee, Mitsuo Niinomi, Masaaki Nakai et al. · Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2015 · 22 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17