Project detail

Tribological performance of advanced surface and material modifications for 3D-printed segmental joint implants

Duration: 1.3.2026 — 28.2.2027

Funding resources

Vysoké učení technické v Brně - Vnitřní projekty VUT

On the project

This project investigates the tribological performance of advanced surface and material modifications for 3D-printed segmental joint implants. Implant surfaces combining surface texturing and MXene-based modifications are tested under cartilage-mimicking contact conditions using pHEMA hydrogels as compliant counterfaces. Friction and wear experiments, supported by surface analysis, aim to identify mechanisms governing low-shear sliding and wear behaviour and to support rational design of durable joint-preserving implant surfaces.

Mark

CEITEC VUT/FSI-J-26-9098

Default language

Czech

People responsible

Cahová Aneta, Ing. - principal person responsible
Nečas David, doc. Ing., Ph.D. - fellow researcher
Poláková Veronika, Ing. - fellow researcher
Vojtová Lucy, doc. Ing., Ph.D. - fellow researcher

Units

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- responsible department (30.1.2026 - not assigned)
Advanced Biomaterials
- internal (1.1.2026 - 31.12.2026)
Central European Institute of Technology BUT
- internal (1.1.2026 - 31.12.2026)
Institute of Machine and Industrial Design
- internal (1.1.2026 - 31.12.2026)
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- beneficiary (1.1.2026 - 31.12.2026)

Responsibility: Cahová Aneta, Ing.