Atomic force microscopic study of the surface morphology of apatite films deposited by pulsed laser ablation

Biomaterials

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1043-1049

  Antonov, E N ^a   Bagratashvili, V N ^a   Popov, V K ^a   Sobol, E N ^a   Davies, M C ^b   Tendler, S J B ^b   Roberts, C J ^b   Howdle, S M ^b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Hydroxyapatite; Laser deposition

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LASER ABLATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CLUSTERS; HYDROXYPATITE;

CERAMIC COATINGS;

APATITE; HYDROXYAPATITE; METAL; POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; EVAPORATION; KRYPTON LASER; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

APATITES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FLUORIDES; KRYPTON; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POLYETHYLENES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 0031213791     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(97)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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