Surface characteristics and corrosion behavior of laser surface nitrided NiTi shape memory alloy for biomedical applications

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 242-247

  Man, H C ^a   Cui, Z D ^a   Yue, T M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Corrosion; Laser gas nitriding; Ni ion release; NiTi

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONDING; COMPOSITION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; LASER APPLICATIONS; NICKEL ALLOYS; NITRIDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM NITRIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

LASER GAS NITRIDING;

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

EID: 0036865570     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.1514236     Document Type: Article

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