In this work, we performed comparative studies of the effect of surface preparation of Ti6Al4V and Ti6Al7Nb biomedical alloys and the influence of endothelial cells on their corrosion behaviour in PBS (Phosphate Buffered Saline). Two different methods of surface modification were applied - polishing and sandblasting. The polished Ti6Al7Nb alloy was found to have the best resistance against gene...

At CERN a compact Quadrupole Resonator has been developed for the RF characterization of superconducting samples at different frequencies. In this paper, results from measurements on bulk niobium and niobium film on copper substrate samples are presented. We show how different contributions to the surface resistance depend on temperature, applied RF magnetic field and frequency. Furthermore, me...

Binding energy of hydrogen in a ~100! niobium slab is investigated through molecular-dynamics simulations. We introduce a hydrogen-niobium interaction potential that contains an attractive as well as a repulsive part, which is valid for surface-diffusion calculations. Simulations for high and low temperatures ~compared with uDebye! are presented. For the former case, we found that the hydrogen ...

A calorimetric technique enables precise measurements of the surface resistance RS of superconducting samples. One of the devices exploiting this technique at multiple frequencies is the Quadrupole Resonator. Its measurement capabilities and limitations are discussed and compared with similar devices. Results on bulk niobium and niobium film on copper samples are presented. It is shown how diff...

A method to electropolish niobium with continuous current oscillation is introduced. The current continuously oscillates for as long as 3 hours. The key is to maintain continuous agitation of the acid mixture. A niobium surface treated by this method has suppressed grain boundaries and a lower hydrogen content. The method has been used to electropolish L-band half-cells. The test results of a 1...

Current superconducting cavities are generally made of solid Niobium. A possibility to reduce cost as well as increase the quality factor and/or accelerating fields is to use thin film coated cavities. Apart from Niobium thin films, other substances such as Magnesium diboride, Niobium nitride and Niobium-tin are promising candidates. Measuring the RF-properties of superconducting thin films, sp...

INTRODUCTION Treatment of osteoporotic fractures is still challenging and an urgent need exists for new materials, better adapted to osteoporotic bone by adjusted Young's modulus, appropriate surface modification and pharmaceuticals. MATERIALS AND METHODS Titanium-40-niobium alloys, mechanically ground or additionally etched and titanium-6-aluminium-4-vanadium were analyzed in combination wit...

Hardy Kietzmann,1 J. Morenzin,1 Paul S. Bechthold,1 Gerd Ganteför,1 Wolfgang Eberhardt,1 Dong-Sheng Yang,2 Peter A. Hackett,2 René Fournier,3 Tao Pang,3 and Changfeng Chen3 1Institut für Festkorperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany 2Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada 3Departmen...

Due to the ongoing improvement in nanostructuring technology, ultrathin metallic nanofilms have recently gained substantial attention in plasmonics, e.g. as building blocks of metasurfaces. Typically, noble metals such as silver or gold are the materials of choice, due to their excellent optical properties, however they also possess some intrinsic disadvantages. Here, we introduce niobium nanof...