Effects of nanofeatures induced by severe shot peening (SSP) on mechanical, corrosion and cytocompatibility properties of magnesium alloy AZ31

The authors declare no conflict of interests in this work. SB acknowledges funding from the European CERIC-ERIC Consortium for access to experimental facilities and financial support. Northeastern University funding is acknowledged. FP acknowledges financial support from the ERDF and Slovak state budget by the projects ITMS 26220220048 and Slovak Scientific Grant Agency by the project no. 1/0045/17. SF acknowledges the financial support of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic under the project CEITEC 2020 (LQ1601). We also would like to thank Mr. Tomas Duchon of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic for XPS measurements. Valuable discussions with Dr. Corneliu Ghica of National Institute of Materials Physics, Romania on TEM observations are gratefully appreciated.