Fabrication and evaluation of Si xN y coatings for total joint replacements

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1879-1889

  Olofsson, J ^a   Pettersson, M ^a   Teuscher, N ^b   Heilmann, A ^b   Larsson, K ^a   Grandfield, K ^a   Persson, C ^a   Jacobson, S ^a   Engqvist, H ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING SURFACES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; JOINT IMPLANTS; JOINT REPLACEMENT; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PHYSICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; SURFACE APPEARANCE; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT; TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; WEAR PARTICLES; WEAR RATES; WEAR RESISTANT;

CHROMIUM; COATINGS; COBALT; HARDNESS; JOINT PROSTHESES; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

CHROMIUM; COBALT DERIVATIVE; NANOCRYSTAL; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; SILICON DERIVATIVE; BIOMATERIAL; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; SILICON NITRIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HARDNESS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIAL COATING; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADHESION; CHEMISTRY; FRICTION; LUBRICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADHESIVENESS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FRICTION; HARDNESS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84864917979     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: 15734838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-012-4625-3     Document Type: Article

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