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COMPARISON OF SURFACE MODIFICATIONS BY ION IMPLANTATION AND COLD PLASMA ASSISTED TREATMENTS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO OTHER COATING TECHNIQUES

Objective


The project is successful in its investigations and subsequent development of surface treatment techniques (ion implantation, cold plasma diffusion, PVD, PDT + PACVD) performed on 3 materials (SS, TAV, TAF) for specific biomedical applications as well as in mechanical and corrosion properties improvement.
The future of a surgical implant depends upon the stability of the tissue-material interface both for tolerance and function in a physiological environment.

To improve fatigue, corrosion-degradation, wear properties and biocompatibility of bearing surfaces in osteoarticular prostheses 3 ways are commonly used:

(i) development of new materials specifically designed for biological use;
(ii) protection with a coating of the metallic materials used in orthopaedic surgery (stainless steels, cobalt based alloys, titanium alloys);
(iii) surface modification by diffusion treatment and ion implantation.

We propose a new approach with the following objectives:
- to perform surface modifications and to optimize surface properties by means of cold plasma, advanced implantation techniques, and combination of these 2 methods
- to characterize the treated surfaces in order to understand the fine mechanisms of corrosion-degradation occurring at the bone-biomaterial interface
- to obtain information concerning the important physical and chemical properties of the implant surface and how they are affected by manufacturing techniques, placement and the in vivo solicitations
- to evaluate their biocompatibility and biofunctionality by in vitro and in vivo tests
- to choose the most suitable surface treatment contributing thus to develop more reliable and rational implant designs.

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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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