Plasma-assisted deposition is a facile, yet sophisticated method to form biocompatible coatings on materials and introduce specific surface interactions. The plasma process provides unique features such as activation, functionalization, assisted polymerization, all of which can be obtained under low power room temperature conditions. further provide with enhanced adhesion stability. Here, it re...

Laser assisted manufacturing methods, such as direct metal deposition (DMD) and laser beam welding (LBW), are promising methods because of their higher precision and greater productivity when compared to traditional manufacturing methods. Because these methods are relatively new, the mechanical properties of samples produced by laser assisted manufacturing are not well understood. In this study...

Analysis of biaxial texture of MgO films grown by ion-beam-assisted deposition ~IBAD! has been performed using a quantitative reflection high-energy electron diffraction ~RHEED! based method. MgO biaxial texture is determined by analysis of diffraction spot shapes from single RHEED images, and by measuring the width of RHEED in-plane rocking curves for MgO films grown on amorphous Si3N4 by IBAD...

Calcium phosphate (CaP) ceramics are used in orthopedics and dentistry due to their excellent biocompatibility and osseointegration. Here, the electro-assisted deposition of CaP on two different selfassembled monolayers (SAMs), 2-mercaptoacetic acid (MAA) and 2-mercaptoethanol (ME), was studied both at short (up to 3 min) and long (2 hours) deposition periods on well-defined evaporated gold sur...

One important recent trend in deposition technology is the continuous expansion of available processes towards higher ion assistance with the subsequent beneficial effects to film properties. Nowadays, a multitude of processes, including laser ablation and deposition, vacuum arc deposition, ion assisted deposition, high power impulse magnetron sputtering and plasma immersion ion implantation, a...

We have investigated the deposition at zero impact kinetic energy of the Ag atom and clusters (Ag7 ,Ag19) on the ~100! and ~111! surfaces of Pd by molecular-dynamics simulations performed within the embeddedatom-method scheme. Our results elucidate the role played by the adsorption energy in determining the final morphology of the cluster/substrate system when ideal nondestructive deposition co...

In vitro dissolution behaviors of CaTiO3 thin films deposited with ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD) and sputter-deposition techniques were investigated using Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). In vitro test was carried out by immersion in a simulated body fluid at 37 C for 5, 24, and 888 h. The dissolution of titanium ions from CaTiO3 film was...

Lines of TiSi, were written on Si(100) substrates by using a focused Ar+-laser. The reaction gas mixture consisted of TiCl, and H, and the substrate was used a s the silicon source. The laser deposited TiSi, lines were examined as a function of the deposition parameters. Especially the initial reactions have been studied b varying the the writing speed in a wide range. The C-54 phase of TiSi, w...

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) -based identification of bacteria and fungi significantly changed the diagnostic process in clinical microbiology. We describe here a novel technique for bacterial and yeast deposition on MALDI target using an automated workflow resulting in an increase of the microbes' score of MALDI identification. We ...