Growth of CVD diamond films over bio-medical materials

Diamond and Related Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1118-1126

  Morrison, N A ^a   Drummond, I C ^a   Garth, C ^a   John, P ^a   Milne, D K ^a,b   Smith, G P ^a   Jubber, M G ^a   Wilson, J I B ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lifetime improvement; MPECVD; Prosthetic hip devices; Wear resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037721366     PISSN: 09259635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-9635(96)00532-8     Document Type: Article

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