Titanium matrix composites (TMC) represent a perspective materials category with potential applications in many important fields like aerospace constructions, automotive industry, ship structures, sports and households objects, and others. A titanium matrix composite is constituted of a titanium or titanium alloy – matrix and reinforcements materials, which are usually ceramics in form of parti...

OBJECTIVES Acid etching is a popular method to texture the surface of dental implants. During etching, the titanium oxide protective layer is dissolved and small native hydrogen ions diffuse into the unprotected implant surface. They enrich the implant surface with hydrogen and precipitate into titanium hydride (TiH). The aim of this study was to measure the concentration of TiH at the implant ...

During the last years, high-k dielectrics have been studied intensively looking for an alternative material to replace the SiO2 films as gate dielectric in MOS transistors. Different materials and structures have been proposed. An important concern not yet solved, is the interfacial quality between high-k materials and silicon substrate. For this reason, stack structures with SiO2 as an interfa...

Biocompatibility improvements for blood contacting materials are of increasing interest for implanted devices and interventional tools. The current study focuses on inorganic (titanium, titanium nitride, titanium oxide) as well as diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating materials on polymer surfaces (thermoplastic polyurethane), deposited by magnetron sputtering und pulsed laser deposition at room te...

Titanium alloys are very interesting because they have one of the highest strength/weight ratio among the metallic materials. The spontaneous formation of a protective native oxide layer on its surface, named passive layer, leads to a high corrosion resistance which makes these alloys good materials for different technological applications [1,2]. However, for some applications, the protection a...

4.3. Manganese Oxide-Based Compounds 1291 4.3.1. MnO2-Type Compounds 1291 4.3.2. Ternary Lithiated LixMnOy Compounds 1293 4.4. Vanadium Pentoxide V2O5 1298 4.4.1. V2O5 Structure 1298 4.4.2. LixV2O5 Bulk Phases 1300 4.4.3. LixV2O5 Crystallized Thin Films 1303 4.5. Titanium Oxide-Based Compounds 1305 4.5.1. Lithium Titanate Li4Ti5O12 1306 4.5.2. TiO2 Anatase 1308 5. Phospho-olivine LiFePO4 Compou...