Publications de Anna Neus Igual Muñoz

Cover Picture: Materials and Corrosion. 1/2025

Jean-Michel Sallese, Stefano Mischler, Christian Leinenbach, Anna Neus Igual Muñoz

Wiley2025

Corrosion Behavior of Heat-Treated Fe-Based Shape Memory Alloys

Jean-Michel Sallese, Stefano Mischler, Anna Neus Igual Muñoz

The influence of various heat treatments on the corrosion behavior of a novel iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA), Fe-17Mn-6Si-10Cr-4Ni-1(V,C), used as prestressing elements in civil engineering was examined through electrochemical corrosion methods. SM ...

2025

Alumina/metal tribopairs: Which is the wearing element under tribocorrosion conditions?

Stefano Mischler, Anna Neus Igual Muñoz

Alumina wears when rubbing against certain metals (titanium and its alloys, nickel or ruthenium among others) in water lubricated contacts. However, alumina does not wear under similar tribocorrosion conditions (combined action of wear and corrosion) when ...

2025

Revealing cation and metal gradients in and underneath passive films of the stainless steel 1.4652 in acidic and alkaline electrolytes with angular resolved dual energy X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy

Stefano Mischler, Patrik Schmutz, Anna Neus Igual Muñoz, Roland Hauert

Passive films on the superaustenitic stainless steel 1.4652 were studied using angular resolved hard X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy (HAXPES), which provides an increased information depth compared to conventional X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy (XPS). ...

Wiley2023

Wear behaviour of novel copper alloy as an alternative to copper-beryllium

Roland Logé, Stefano Mischler, Anna Neus Igual Muñoz, Baptiste Thomas Jean Rouxel

Copper beryllium age hardenable alloys (Cu-Be) are widely used and appreciated for combining exceptional mechanical and electrical properties. However, the toxicity of these alloys pushes the scientific community to develop alternative alloys. Cu-Ni-Sn all ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2023

Influence of Different Sterilization Methods on the Surface Chemistry and Electrochemical Behavior of Biomedical Alloys

Stefano Mischler, Brigitte Jolles-Haeberli, Anna Neus Igual Muñoz

Sterilization is a prerequisite for biomedical devices before contacting the human body. It guarantees the lack of infection by eliminating microorganisms (i.e., bacteria, spores and fungi). It constitutes the last fabrication process of a biomedical devic ...

2023

Current and friction transients during tribocorrosion of a biomedical titanium alloy sliding against zirconia

Stefano Mischler, Anna Neus Igual Muñoz, Anna Dalmau Mallorquí

The tribocorrosion mechanisms of a Ti-Nb-Zr-Ta (TNZT) alloy rubbing against a zirconia ball in a Phosphate Buffered Solution (PBS) were analyzed by considering the mechanical and chemical interactions that lead to the material degradation. To understand th ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2023

Methods for Calibrating the Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance: Frequency to Mass and Compensation for Viscous Load

Stefano Mischler, Anna Neus Igual Muñoz

The main output from an Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance is a frequency shift. This note describes how to separate the mass- and viscous load contributions to this shift by a calibration procedure. The mass calibration is made by electroplating ...

MDPI2023

The Electrochemical Behavior of Ti in Human Synovial Fluids

Stefano Mischler, Brigitte Jolles-Haeberli, Anna Neus Igual Muñoz, Yueyue Bao

In this study, we report results of the interaction of titanium (Ti) with human synovial fluids. A wide palette of electrochemical techniques was used, including open circuit potential, potentiodynamic methods, and electrochemical impedance. After the elec ...

MDPI2022

A Crevice Corrosion Model for Biomedical Trunnion Geometries and Surfaces Feature

Stefano Mischler, Anna Neus Igual Muñoz, Angela Bermudez Castañeda

Modular hip joint implants were introduced in arthroplasty medical procedures because they facilitate the tailoring of patients’ anatomy, the use of different materials in one single configuration, as well as medical revision. However, in certain cases, su ...

2021