Vertically oriented ZrO2[sbnd]TiO2[sbnd]Nb2O5[sbnd]Al2O3 mixed nanopatterned bioceramics on Ti6Al7Nb implant assessed by laser spallation technique

Recently, reports on the fabrication of nonstructural configuration have generated scientific interest due to increased awareness of the oxide nanotubes in the biomedical implant field and other industrial approaches. Here, highly ordered ZrO2[sbnd]TiO2[sbnd]Nb2O5[sbnd]Al2O3 nanotube arrays were gro...

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Main Authors: Rafieerad, A.R., Bushroa, A.R., Nasiri-Tabrizi, B., Crum, R., Gámez, C., Vadivelu, J., Gupta, V.
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spelling my.um.eprints.175582017-07-21T08:40:46Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/17558/ Vertically oriented ZrO2[sbnd]TiO2[sbnd]Nb2O5[sbnd]Al2O3 mixed nanopatterned bioceramics on Ti6Al7Nb implant assessed by laser spallation technique Rafieerad, A.R. Bushroa, A.R. Nasiri-Tabrizi, B. Crum, R. Gámez, C. Vadivelu, J. Gupta, V. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Recently, reports on the fabrication of nonstructural configuration have generated scientific interest due to increased awareness of the oxide nanotubes in the biomedical implant field and other industrial approaches. Here, highly ordered ZrO2[sbnd]TiO2[sbnd]Nb2O5[sbnd]Al2O3 nanotube arrays were grown by physical vapor deposition (PVD) of a zirconium layer on titanium-niobium alloy implant (IMPTi67) and succeeding anodic oxidation at a constant voltage (60 V) with exposure times ranging from 30 to 300 min. To crystallize the resulting mixed oxide nanotubes, heat treatment was also applied. The nanotubes were placed in an atmospheric furnace at temperatures ranging from 450 to 800 °C for 2 h. This treatment provided a morphological evolution was strongly influenced by the anodization time, where highly aligned bamboo-shaped oxide nanotubes (161 ± 44 nm in inside diameter and ∼1 μm in length) were formed after 300 min of anodization. After annealing at temperature below 500 °C, the nano-array configuration remained stable and the average inner diameter decreased to around 40 nm. The effects of anodically fabrication time on the adhesion strength of four-phase multilayered mixed oxide nanotubes on anodized Zr/IMPTi67 surfaces assed by microscratch analysis. From the results, increasing the annealing temperature further to 800 °C fully destroyed the nanotubes and consequently the tubular arrangement was converted to a coarse grain structure. It was revealed that annealing at 450 °C for 2 h was the optimum conditions for stable nanotubular array generation, where the highest adhesion strength (shifted from 2595.59 to 2640.12 mN), microhardness (372 HV) and hydrophilicity (15 ± 1°) were recorded. It is notify that the adhesion strength of highly ordered mixed nanotubes was remarkably decreased after thermal treatment at 800 °C (1817.51 mN). Through the laser spallation analysis, the intrinsic adhesion strength of the Zr/IMPTi67 interface was found to be at 63 MPa, while the first stages of failure occurred at a stress state of 35 MPa. The adhesion of the film with the tubular structure proved to have a significantly larger adhesion strength of 246 MPa for the complete failure and 203 MPa for incipient stages of spallation. The considered surface modification can be an effective step in determining the interface strength between biomedical implants and the nanostructured coatings. Elsevier 2017 Article PeerReviewed Rafieerad, A.R. and Bushroa, A.R. and Nasiri-Tabrizi, B. and Crum, R. and Gámez, C. and Vadivelu, J. and Gupta, V. (2017) Vertically oriented ZrO2[sbnd]TiO2[sbnd]Nb2O5[sbnd]Al2O3 mixed nanopatterned bioceramics on Ti6Al7Nb implant assessed by laser spallation technique. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 721. pp. 456-475. ISSN 0925-8388 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.05.225 DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.05.225
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Rafieerad, A.R.
Bushroa, A.R.
Nasiri-Tabrizi, B.
Crum, R.
Gámez, C.
Vadivelu, J.
Gupta, V.
Vertically oriented ZrO2[sbnd]TiO2[sbnd]Nb2O5[sbnd]Al2O3 mixed nanopatterned bioceramics on Ti6Al7Nb implant assessed by laser spallation technique
description Recently, reports on the fabrication of nonstructural configuration have generated scientific interest due to increased awareness of the oxide nanotubes in the biomedical implant field and other industrial approaches. Here, highly ordered ZrO2[sbnd]TiO2[sbnd]Nb2O5[sbnd]Al2O3 nanotube arrays were grown by physical vapor deposition (PVD) of a zirconium layer on titanium-niobium alloy implant (IMPTi67) and succeeding anodic oxidation at a constant voltage (60 V) with exposure times ranging from 30 to 300 min. To crystallize the resulting mixed oxide nanotubes, heat treatment was also applied. The nanotubes were placed in an atmospheric furnace at temperatures ranging from 450 to 800 °C for 2 h. This treatment provided a morphological evolution was strongly influenced by the anodization time, where highly aligned bamboo-shaped oxide nanotubes (161 ± 44 nm in inside diameter and ∼1 μm in length) were formed after 300 min of anodization. After annealing at temperature below 500 °C, the nano-array configuration remained stable and the average inner diameter decreased to around 40 nm. The effects of anodically fabrication time on the adhesion strength of four-phase multilayered mixed oxide nanotubes on anodized Zr/IMPTi67 surfaces assed by microscratch analysis. From the results, increasing the annealing temperature further to 800 °C fully destroyed the nanotubes and consequently the tubular arrangement was converted to a coarse grain structure. It was revealed that annealing at 450 °C for 2 h was the optimum conditions for stable nanotubular array generation, where the highest adhesion strength (shifted from 2595.59 to 2640.12 mN), microhardness (372 HV) and hydrophilicity (15 ± 1°) were recorded. It is notify that the adhesion strength of highly ordered mixed nanotubes was remarkably decreased after thermal treatment at 800 °C (1817.51 mN). Through the laser spallation analysis, the intrinsic adhesion strength of the Zr/IMPTi67 interface was found to be at 63 MPa, while the first stages of failure occurred at a stress state of 35 MPa. The adhesion of the film with the tubular structure proved to have a significantly larger adhesion strength of 246 MPa for the complete failure and 203 MPa for incipient stages of spallation. The considered surface modification can be an effective step in determining the interface strength between biomedical implants and the nanostructured coatings.
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author Rafieerad, A.R.
Bushroa, A.R.
Nasiri-Tabrizi, B.
Crum, R.
Gámez, C.
Vadivelu, J.
Gupta, V.
author_facet Rafieerad, A.R.
Bushroa, A.R.
Nasiri-Tabrizi, B.
Crum, R.
Gámez, C.
Vadivelu, J.
Gupta, V.
author_sort Rafieerad, A.R.
title Vertically oriented ZrO2[sbnd]TiO2[sbnd]Nb2O5[sbnd]Al2O3 mixed nanopatterned bioceramics on Ti6Al7Nb implant assessed by laser spallation technique
title_short Vertically oriented ZrO2[sbnd]TiO2[sbnd]Nb2O5[sbnd]Al2O3 mixed nanopatterned bioceramics on Ti6Al7Nb implant assessed by laser spallation technique
title_full Vertically oriented ZrO2[sbnd]TiO2[sbnd]Nb2O5[sbnd]Al2O3 mixed nanopatterned bioceramics on Ti6Al7Nb implant assessed by laser spallation technique
title_fullStr Vertically oriented ZrO2[sbnd]TiO2[sbnd]Nb2O5[sbnd]Al2O3 mixed nanopatterned bioceramics on Ti6Al7Nb implant assessed by laser spallation technique
title_full_unstemmed Vertically oriented ZrO2[sbnd]TiO2[sbnd]Nb2O5[sbnd]Al2O3 mixed nanopatterned bioceramics on Ti6Al7Nb implant assessed by laser spallation technique
title_sort vertically oriented zro2[sbnd]tio2[sbnd]nb2o5[sbnd]al2o3 mixed nanopatterned bioceramics on ti6al7nb implant assessed by laser spallation technique
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/17558/
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.05.225
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