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Back Cover: Plasma Process. Polym. 5/2005
Author(s) -
Xu Shuyan,
Long Jidong,
Sim Lina,
Diong Cheong Hoong,
Ostrikov Kostya Ken
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
plasma processes and polymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1612-8869
pISSN - 1612-8850
DOI - 10.1002/ppap.200590010
Subject(s) - materials science , plasma , coating , fabrication , surface modification , apatite , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , engineering , physics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics
Back Cover: The picture, based on the research results of the team of the Plasma Sources and Applications Center of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, shows four steps of plasma‐aided fabrication and performance assessment of biocompatible HA coatings of Ti6A14V orthopedic implant alloy material. Top left: Plasma glow in the process of concurrent Rf magnetron sputtering of HA and Ti targets. Top right: Surface morphology of the HA coating under optimized process conditions. Bottom left: SEM showing that apatite regrowth after immersion of the HA‐coated Ti6A14V samples in the simulated body fluid is accompanied by the formation of a complex granular network. Bottom right image: Surface of the HA‐coated sample covered by differentiated osteoblast cells during the cell culture assessment. Further details can be found in the Feature Article by S. Xu, * J. D. Long, L. Sim, C. H. Diong, and K. Ostrikov on page 373.