Micro-scratch and corrosion behavior of functionally graded HA-TiO2 nanostructured composite coatings fabricated by electrophoretic deposition

Hamidreza Farnoush*, Jamshid Aghazadeh Mohandesi, Hüseyin Çimenoğlu

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Abstract

In the present study, functionally graded coatings of HA/TiO2 nanoparticles and HA-TiO2 nanocomposite coatings with 0, 10 and 20wt% of TiO2 were fabricated by electrophoretic deposition on Ti-6Al-4V substrate. The functionally graded structure of HA/TiO2 coatings was formed by gradual addition of HA suspension into the deposition cell containing TiO2 nanoparticles. Micro-scratch test results showed the highest critical distances of crack initiation and delamination, normal load before failure and critical contact pressures for functionally graded coating. It was observed that the improvement of adhesion strength and fracture toughness of functionally graded coatings would be due to the reduction of thermal expansion coefficient mismatch between Ti-6Al-4V substrate and HA. The results of potentiodynamic polarization measurements showed that the graded structure of the coating could efficiently increase the corrosion resistance of substrate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)31-40
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
Volume46
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2015

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Keywords

  • Corrosion behavior
  • Electrophoretic deposition
  • Functionally graded material
  • Hydroxyapatite
  • Micro-scratch

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