Oxygen plasma pre-treatment improves the wear properties of a diamond-like carbon film coated on UHMWPE and PMMA for biomaterials

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-182

  Ozeki, K ^a   Kobayashi, S ^b   Hirakuri, K K ^b   Aoki, H ^c   Fukui, Y ^b  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c International Apatite Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Chemical vapour deposition; Diamond like carbon; Oxygen plasma; Polymethylmethacrylate; Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene; Wear property

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; OXYGEN; PLASMAS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

OXYGEN PLASMA; WEAR PROPERTIES;

DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS;

CARBON; DIAMOND; OXYGEN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; COATED PARTICLE; MATERIAL COATING; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMER PRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTY; VAPORIZATION;

ADHESIVENESS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; HARDNESS; HEAT; MATERIALS TESTING; OXYGEN; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 34347364769     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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