Novel ways of processing hydroxyapatite-zirconia composite coating via plasma spraying process

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Lim, Vincent Joo Peng.
• مؤلفون آخرون: Khor, Khiam Aik
• التنسيق: Theses and Dissertations
• منشور في: 2008
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/6012

Hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings have been deposited on artificial hip prosthesis as a bioactive surface to induce a direct chemical bond with natural bones and hence achieve a biological fixation onto implants. However, its intrinsic weak mechanical properties have always been the main obstacle to its...