Deposition of bioactive gelatin coatings on porous titanium: Influence of processing parameters, size and pore morphology

In this work porous commercially pure Ti substrates fabricated by spacer-holder technique (50 vol% NH4HCO3 and three range pores sizes, 100–200 μm, 250–355 μm 355–500 μm) were coated with two types of gelatinous materials, one as a linear polymer (non-crosslinked) another crosslinked. The role the crosslink, well morphology, size degree interconnectivity gelatins coatings on their tribo-mechanical behavior (P-h curves scratch tests) analyzed. Results revealed new promising route to manufacture composite implants which are potential candidates develop treatments, not only for osteochondral defects, but also other damages involving tissues different nature (hard soft) perfectly joined.