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Fabrication of duplex coatings on biomedical titanium alloys by plasma nitriding, metal plasma immersion ion implantation, and reactive plasma oxidation

  • Y. X. Leng
  • , X. B. Tian
  • , Z. M. Zeng
  • , X. C. Zeng
  • , B. Y. Tang
  • , P. K. Chu
  • , P. Yang
  • , J. Y. Chen
  • , N. Huang
  • , Z. R. Zhou
  • City University of Hong Kong
  • Southwest Jiaotong University

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Abstract

A novel hybrid plasma fabrication technique combining plasma nitriding and plasma immersion ion implantation (PIII) were used to make titanium oxide films that possess good blood compatibility and can withstand a high contact stress. The Ti alloys were first nitrided in a N plasma and then the TiOx coating was produced by PIII utilizing Ti metal plasma and reactive plasma oxidation. The Ti-N layer produced by plasma nitriding can withstand a high contact stress, and the TiO coating generated by PIII yields improved biocompatibility and tribological properties. The results showed that Ti alloys with surface duplex PIII-TiOx/Ti-N films have better load bearing capacity than that of PIII-TiOx films.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)211
Number of pages1
JournalIEEE International Conference on Plasma Science
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes

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