The Influence of Processing Conditions on the Structure of Magnetron Sputtered Hydroxyapatite Thin Films

Key Engineering Materials 2019
Liene Plūduma, Dārta Ūbele-Kalniņa, Matīss Piešiņš, Kārlis-Agris Gross

The growing demand for functionality of implants is necessary to cater for the growing elderly population in need of repair of damaged or diseased tissues and organs. Radiofrequency magnetron sputtered crystalline hydroxyapatite thin films with preferred crystal orientation on polished titanium substrates were produced without additional substrate heating. No hydroxyl absorption bands were detected in hydroxyapatite thin films even after the addition of water vapour during the sputtering process or hydrothermal post-treatment of the films.

Keywords
hydroxyapatite, thin films, magnetron sputtering, hydrothermal processing
DOI
10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.800.14
Hyperlink
https://www.scientific.net/KEM.800.14

Plūduma, L., Ūbele, D., Piešiņš, M., Gross, K. The Influence of Processing Conditions on the Structure of Magnetron Sputtered Hydroxyapatite Thin Films. In: Key Engineering Materials, Latvia, Riga, 26-26 October, 2019. Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications, 2019, pp.14-18. ISSN 1662-9795. Available from: doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.800.14

Publication language
English (en)