Physical properties of ultrafast deposited micro- and nanothickness amorphous hydrogenated carbon films for medical devices and prostheses

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-172

  Zaharia, T ^a   Sullivan, J L ^a   Saied, S O ^a   Bosch, R C ^b   Bijker, M D ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OTB Engineering   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cascaded arc plasma source; Diamond like hydrogenated carbon; Fast plasmaenhanced chemical vapour deposition; Hardness

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; DELAMINATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HARDNESS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PROSTHETICS; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ACETYLENE; ADHESION; AMORPHOUS CARBON; ARGON; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CARBON; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION RATES; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGENATION; LIGHTING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA SOURCES; SUBSTRATES;

CARRIER GAS; CASCADED-ARC PLASMA SOURCE; DIAMOND-LIKE HYDROGENATED CARBON; DIAMOND-LIKE STRUCTURES; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS CARBON FILMS; X-RAY-GENERATED AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (XAES);

CARBON FILMS;

AMORPHOUS HYDROGENATED CARBON FILMS; CASCADED ARC; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS CARBON FILMS; HYDROGENATED CARBON; IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITIONS (PECVD); PLASMA-ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITIONS; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING TECHNIQUES;

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; NANOMATERIAL;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADHESIVENESS; CARBON; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; ELASTICITY; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33947363734     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM149     Document Type: Article

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