Correlation of structural properties of commercial DLC-coatings to their tribological performance in biomedical applications

Wear

Volumn 261, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 419-425

  Reuter, S ^a   Wesskamp B ^a   Buscher R ^a   Fischer, A ^a   Barden, B ^a   Loer F ^a   Buck, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disc on pin; DLC; Hip endoprostheses; Profilometry; Raman spectroscopy; Wear

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PROFILOMETRY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DISC ON PIN; HIP ENDOPROSTHESES; MULTIWAVELENGTH RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WEIGHT MEASUREMENTS;

DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS;

COATED MATERIALS; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PROFILOMETRY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

EID: 33745983851     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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