A quantitative in vitro method to predict the adhesion lifetime of diamond-like carbon thin films on biomedical implants

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3086-3097

  Falub, Claudiu Valentin ^a   Thorwarth, Götz ^a   Affolter, Christian ^a   Müller, Ulrich ^a   Voisard, Cyril ^b   Hauert, Roland ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Synthes GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Biomedical implants; Diamond like carbon (DLC); Finite element analysis; Stress corrosion

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CARBON FILMS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS; DIAMONDS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; THIN FILMS;

BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTS; CRACKS PROPAGATION; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON COATINGS; DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSE; GROWTH EXPONENT; IN-VITRO; STRESS-CORROSION; THRESHOLD REGIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ALLOY; CALCIUM OXIDE; CARBON; DIAMOND; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; SILICON;

ACCURACY; ADHESION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; FILM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; MATERIAL COATING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS; THICKNESS;

ADHESIVENESS; BODY FLUIDS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAMOND; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 70349097562     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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