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Crack Propagation Resistance of α-Al2O3 Reinforced Pulsed Laser-Deposited Hydroxyapatite Coating on 316 Stainless Steel

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Hydroxyapatite (HA) is a widely used bioceramic known for its chemical similarity with that of bone and teeth (Ca/P ratio of 1.67). But, owing to its extreme brittleness, α-Al2O3 is reinforced with HA and processed as a coating via pulsed laser deposition (PLD). Reinforcement of α-Al2O3 (50 wt.%) in HA via PLD on 316L steel substrate has shown modulus increase by 4% and hardness increase by 78%, and an improved adhesion strength of 14.2 N (improvement by 118%). Micro-scratching has shown an increase in the coefficient-of-friction from 0.05 (pure HA) to 0.17 (with 50 wt.% Al2O3) with enhancement in the crack propagation resistance (CPR) up to 4.5 times. Strong adherence of PLD HA–Al2O3 coatings (~4.5 times than that of HA coating) is attributed to efficient release of stored tensile strain energy (~17 × 10−3 J/m2) in HA–Al2O3 composites, making it a potential damage-tolerant bone-replacement surface coating.

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S. B. and S. K. P. thank the Director, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar for giving permission to publish this work. K. B. acknowledges funding from MHRD, Govt. of India. Prof. Ashish Garg, IIT Kanpur, is acknowledged for extending the pulsed laser deposition facility.

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    Shubhra Bajpai & Siddhartha Kumar Pradhan

  2. Advanced Material Materials Processing and Analysis Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA

    Ankur Gupta

  3. Biomaterials Processing and Characterization Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208016, India

    Tapendu Mandal & Kantesh Balani

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Bajpai, S., Gupta, A., Pradhan, S.K. et al. Crack Propagation Resistance of α-Al2O3 Reinforced Pulsed Laser-Deposited Hydroxyapatite Coating on 316 Stainless Steel. JOM 66, 2095–2107 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-014-1152-3

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