Advanced engineering applications necessitate developing a new class of surface coatings
that protect the surface components in these applications while also meeting the conflicting …

A variety of coating techniques are available for medical devices to be tailored with surface
properties aimed at optimizing their performance in biological environments. Cold spray, as …

The paper briefly describes major thermal spray techniques used to spray functionally
graded coatings such as atmospheric plasma spraying, high velocity oxy-fuel spraying …

Hydroxyapatite (HA) has been an excellent replacement for the natural bone in orthopedic
applications owing to its close resemblance to the bone properties; however, it is brittle and …

Superficial modification of implants via the incorporation of biocompatible coatings is an
attractive option in biomedicine because of the positive attributes associated with bioactive …

In the fabrication of equipment and device components that require surface qualities such as
corrosion, oxidation and wear resistance, metal surface coating is an efficient and secure …

Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys have attracted a great deal of attention as next-generation
biomaterials due to their highly appealing properties. However, the high corrosion kinetics …

Bioactive thermal spray coatings produced via high-velocity oxygen fuel spray (HVOF) from
hydroxyapatite (HAp) and bioactive glasses (BG) have the potential to be employed on …

Cold spraying is a well-established coating fabrication method for metals onto metallic
substrates. Over the past decade, there has been a growing interest in its application as a …

The present study concentrates on the bioactive behavior of HVOF-sprayed HAp/TiO 2
graded coatings on a Ti-6Al-4V alloy. In-vitro bioactivity was evaluated by immersing graded …