Glow discharge plasma treatment for surface cleaning and modification of metallic biomaterials

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-73

  Aronsson, B O ^a   Lausmaa, J ^a   Kasemo, B ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CLEANING; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TITANIUM; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

GLOW DISCHARGE PLASMA TREATMENT; LOW PRESSURE DIRECT CURRENT PLASMAS;

BIOMATERIALS;

METAL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; GAS; METAL IMPLANTATION; MICROSCOPY; PLASMA; PRESSURE; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE;

ARGON; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 0031127754     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199704)35:1<49::AID-JBM6>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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