anodization – TechConnect Briefs

Synthesis and Characterization of Anodized Titanium Oxide Nanotubes Arrays

Hu M.Z., Lai P., Bhuiyan M.S., Tsouris C., Gu B., Paranthaman M.P., Gabitto J., Prairie View A&M University, US

Anodized titanium oxide containing highly ordered, vertically oriented TiO2 nanotube arrays is a nanomaterial architecture that shows promise for diverse applications. In this paper, an anodization synthesis using HF-free aqueous solutions is described. The anodized [...]

Effects of _-Stabilized Alloying Element on the Nanotube Morphology of Ti-Alloy

Jang S.H., Choe H.C., Ko Y.M., Brantley W., Chosun University, KR

In the present study, we chose Nb as a binary alloying element because it has excellent biocompatibility and be expected to act as a -stabilizer. The purities of the starting raw materials were 99.99% for [...]

Increased Osteoblast Adhesion on Nano-rough Anodized Titanium and CoCrMo

Yao C., Slamovicha E.B., Webster T.J., Purdue University, US

Titanium and cobalt-based alloys are two main groups of metallic materials widely used in orthopedic applications. One approach to improve biological properties of current titanium and CoCrMo implant is to mimic the nanostructures of natural [...]

Local Oxidation Characteristics of Single Crystal Silicon

Ichida Y., Morimoto Y., Sato R., Saito N., Utsunomiya University, JP

Recently, the surface modification with an atomic force microscope (AFM) has attracted special interest as one of the surface processing techniques in a nanometer scale and investigated vigorously [1]. The nanometer-scale scratching (nanoscratching) that removes [...]