Diamond like carbon coatings for potential application in biological implants - a review

Production of wear debris has been linked to the failure of numerous hip implants. With the current focus on increasing the implant longevity, thus wear and corrosion resistance is important. Hard coatings have the potential to reduce the wear and corrosion. Diamond like Carbon (DLC) coatings exhibi...

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Main Authors: Love, C.A (Author), Cook, Richard B. (Author), Harvey, T.J (Author), Dearnley, P.A (Author), Wood, R.J.K (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013.
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