Relative Contributions of Surface Roughness and Crystalline Structure to the Biocompatibility of Titanium Nitride and Titanium Oxide Coatings Deposited by PVD and TPS Coatings
Figure 1
SEM images of the (a) Group P: few scratching marks without orientation, (b) Group TiN: droplets 0.5–3 µm in diameter, (c) Group C: droplets 0.5–3 µm in diameter, and (d) Group SC: droplets 0.5–3 µm in diameter residing within the microtopography of the sandblasted surfaces. Al2O3 particles (arrow) were also coated with the TiO2 coating; (e) Group TPS: droplets forming splats (original magnification ×1000; all size bars = 10 µm).
