Professor Alex Volinsky

Tungsten Makes Implants Visible

October 15, 2026·7 min
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Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In this episode, Elena and Marcus unpack "Composition, Mechanical Properties, Shape Memory Effects, and Biocompatibility of NiTiW Alloy", published as a Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 2025 paper. NiTi stents/implants are hard to see on X-ray; Au/Pt/Ta markers can flake off and are expensive; W offers excellent radiopacity and MRI visibility but destroys red blood cells above 11 at.%. Part of a series covering all 575 of Prof. Volinsky's publications, one episode at a time. Paper DOI: 10.1007/s11665-025-11481-2. Note: voices in this episode are AI-generated: Elena and Marcus.

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