Cross-section transmission electron microscopy characterization of the near-surface structure of medical Nitinol superelastic tubing

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 483-492

  Potapov, Pavel L ^a   Tirry, Wim ^a   Schryvers, Dominique ^a   Sivel, Valerie G M ^b   Wu, Meng Yue ^b   Aslanidis, Dimitri ^c   Zandbergen, Henny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Medical Technologies N V   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SURFACE TREATMENT; TISSUE;

ATOMIC RESOLUTION; NEAR-SURFACE STRUCTURE; SUPERELASTIC TUBING;

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOMATERIAL; NICKEL; NITINOL; OXYGEN; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NICKEL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 33847646813     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-007-2008-y     Document Type: Article

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