Autori: V. Nelea, C. Ristoscu, C. Chiritescu, C. Ghica, I.N. Mihailescu, H. Pelletier, P. Mille, A. Cornet

Editorial: Applied Surface Science, 168, p.127 - 131, 2000.

Rezumat:

We present a method for processing hydroxyapatite (HA) thin films on Ti-5Al-2.5Fe substrates. The films were grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) in vacuum at room temperature, using a KrF* excimer laser. The amorphous as-deposited HA films were recrystallized in ambient air by a thermal treatment at 550 C. The best results have been obtained when inserting a buffer layer of ceramic materials (TiN, ZrO2 or Al2O3). The films were characterized by complementary techniques: grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), cross-section transmission electron microscopy (XTEM), SAED, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and nanoindentation. The samples with buffer interlayer preserve the stoichiometry are completely recrystallized and present better mechanical characteristics as compared with that without buffer interlayer.

Cuvinte cheie: applied physics and chemistry of surfaces and interfaces