Crystallographic texture in pulsed laser deposited hydroxyapatite bioceramic coatings

Crystallographic texture in pulsed laser deposited hydroxyapatite bioceramic coatings.

The orientation texture of pulsed laser deposited hydroxyapatite coatings was studied by X-ray diffraction techniques. Increasing the laser energy density of the KrF excimer laser used in the deposition process from 5 to 7 J/cm(2) increases the tendency for the c-axes of the hydroxyapatite grains to be aligned perpendicular to the substrate. This preferred orientation is most pronounced when th...

Hydroxyapatite coatings grown by pulsed laser deposition with a beam of 355 nm wavelength

Calcium phosphate coatings, obtained at different deposition rates by pulsed laser deposition with a Nd:YAG laser beam of 355 nm wavelength, were studied. The deposition rate was changed from 0.043 to 1.16 Å/shot by modification of only the ablated area, maintaining the local fluence constant to perform the ablation process in similar local conditions. Characterization of the coatings was perfo...

Pulsed-laser deposited ZnO for device applications

The study investigates the growth by pulsed-laser deposition (PLD) of ZnO thin films for the eventual incorporation into piezo-electric actuators and other sensors being developed at the University of Twente. All films are purely c-axis oriented, and results are presented which suggest the production of some of the highest quality ZnO thin films yet reported. These include films with rocking cu...

Pulsed Laser Deposition of Hydroxyapatite Thin Films

Cation-disorder-enhanced magnetization in pulsed-laser-deposited CuFe2O4 films

Copper ferrite films have been deposited on s100d MgO substrates by pulsed-laser deposition. The oxygen pressure used in deposition was varied from 1 to 120 mTorr with the substrate temperature fixed at 700 °C. Magnetization values are measured to increase with oxygen pressure, reaching a maximum value of 2480 G, which is a 42% increase over the bulk equilibrium value. Extended x-ray absorption...