Diamond like carbon coatings for potential application in biological implants—a review

CA Love, RB Cook, TJ Harvey, PA Dearnley… - Tribology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Production of wear debris has been linked to the failure of numerous hip implants. With the
current focus on increasing the implant longevity, thus wear and corrosion resistance is …

An overview on diamond-like carbon coatings in medical applications

R Hauert, K Thorwarth, G Thorwarth - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2013 - Elsevier
This overview article on diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings in medical applications covers
the interaction of cells and tissue with DLC and alloyed DLC to generate desired cell …

Amorphous carbon films doped with silver and chromium to achieve ultra-low interfacial electrical resistance and long-term durability in the application of proton …

D Zhang, P Yi, L Peng, X Lai, J Pu - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
Amorphous carbon (aC) films exhibit properties that make them attractive for a wide range of
applications in automotive components. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) …

Review on hydrophobic thin films prepared using magnetron sputtering deposition

Y Ju, L Ai, X Qi, J Li, W Song - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydrophobic thin films have gained significant attention due to their broad applications in
self-cleaning, anti-corrosion, anti-icing, medicine, oil–water separation, and other fields. The …

Preparation and properties of Ag/DLC nanocomposite films fabricated by unbalanced magnetron sputtering

Y Wu, J Chen, H Li, L Ji, Y Ye, H Zhou - Applied surface science, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Silver (Ag)/diamond-like carbon (DLC) nanocomposite films with different Ag
concentrations ranging from 0 to 11.02 at.% were prepared by medium frequency …

Influence of Ag content on mechanical and tribological behavior of DLC coatings

NK Manninen, F Ribeiro, A Escudeiro, T Polcar… - Surface and Coatings …, 2013 - Elsevier
Ag–DLC coatings with Ag contents ranging from 1.3 at.% to 13.1 at.% were deposited by DC
magnetron sputtering. The coatings were characterized with respect to their structure (by …

Antibacterial activity of DLC and Ag–DLC films produced by PECVD technique

FR Marciano, LF Bonetti, LV Santos… - Diamond and Related …, 2009 - Elsevier
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films have been the focus of extensive research in recent years
due to its potential application as surface coatings on biomedical devices. Doped carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Biomechanical characteristics of silver enriched diamond-like carbon coatings for medical applications

AW Zia, I Anestopoulos, MI Panayiotidis… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Silver enriched diamond-like carbon (Ag/DLC) coatings are gaining a reputation for medical
applications as Ag do** improves the intrinsic biocompatibility and antimicrobial features …

[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial activity of DLC films containing TiO2 nanoparticles

FR Marciano, DA Lima-Oliveira, NS Da-Silva… - Journal of colloid and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films have been the focus of extensive research in recent years
due to their potential applications as surface coatings on biomedical devices. Titanium …

Diamond like carbon nanocomposites with embedded metallic nanoparticles

S Tamulevičius, Š Meškinis… - Reports on Progress …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work we present an overview on structure formation, optical and electrical properties
of diamond like carbon (DLC) based metal nanocomposites deposited by reactive …