Objective: In the present work, strontium (Sr) was incorporated into TiO2 (Sr-TiO2) coatings on titanium by Micro-arc oxidation (MAO) technique in the Ca, P, Sicontaining electrolyte to obtain the implant with good bioactivity. Methods: The surface topography, phase and element composition were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive spectrometer, ...

In this research work, an experimental evaluation was conducted to explore the fretting fatigue life of multilayer Cr–CrN-coated AL7075-T6 alloy specimens with higher adhesion strength to substrate as the coating adhesion strength is one of the most critical issues in magnetron sputtering technique. Physical vapor deposition (PVD) magnetron sputtering technique was used for coating purpose, and...

Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) uses a small volume of sorbent dispersed typically on the surface of small fibres, to isolate and concentrate analytes from sample matrix. After contact with sample, analytes are absorbed or adsorbed by the fibre phase (depending on the nature of the coating) until an equilibrium is reached in the system. The amount of an analyte extracted by the coating at eq...

Abstract: Two different coating microstructures of Ni-50Cr alloy were obtained on a stainless steel substrate by changing combustion characteristics of a high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) process and the size distribution of feed powder during coating process. Use of the finer feed powder and leaner fuel in oxygen/fuel ratio (i.e. using a ratio much less than stoichiometric ratio) led to formati...

For example, if Coating A has a contrast ratio of 0.920 and Coating B has a contrast ratio of 0.900, about all that can be said is Coating A has higher opacity than Coating B. We can say it is 0.020 higher, but it is not clear how to use this number to formulate Coating B to have equal hiding. Also, this is not helpful in deciding what to change in order to improve opacity. Fortunately, quantit...

The formulation for the radiation pattern and conductance of axial slots array antenna on a dielectriccoated elliptic cylinder is presented. The coating is assumed to be non-confocal. The analytical solution, given here, is based on the eigen function technique and the addition theorem of Mathieu functions. The excited apertures are assumed to generate a TM polarized wave. Accordingly, the obta...

The present study investigates the significance of different coating process parameters on the corrosion behaviour of electrolessly deposited Ni-P-W coatings on mild steel substrate. The process parameters considered are concentration of nickel source, concentration of reducing agent, concentration of tungsten source and annealing temperature. The corrosion characteristic is evaluated by electr...

We develop and characterize a UV ablation technique that can be used to pattern soft materials such as polymers and nonlinear molecules self-assembled over silica microstructures. Using this method, we fabricate a spatially periodic coating of nonlinear film over a thin silica fiber taper for second harmonic generation (SHG). Experimentally, we find that the second harmonic signal produced by t...

Background. Any decrease in friction between orthodontic wire and bracket can accelerate tooth movement in the sliding technique and result in better control of anchorage. This study was carried out to evaluate frictional forces by coating orthodontic wires and porcelain brackets with zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO). Methods . In this in vitro study, we evaluated a combination of 120 samples of ...

We report on the effect of dopant concentration and substrate temperature on the electrical, optical and structural propertie of In-doped ZnO thin films via sol-gel method using spin coating technique to tackle the problem of high instrumental costs for film deposition. In particular, the effect of In dopant concentration will study at wide range (from 1% up to 10%) by using spin coating techni...