Corrosion resistance and cytotoxicity studies of DLC, TiN and TiCN films coated on 316L stainless steel
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Author list: Sunthornpan N., Watanabe S., Moolsradoo N.
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Publication year: 2018
Volume number: 1144
Issue number: 1
ISSN: 1742-6588
eISSN: 1742-6596
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
Corrosion resistance and cytotoxicity of diamond-like carbon (DLC), titanium nitride (TiN) and titanium carbo-nitride (TiCN) films coated on AISI 316L grade stainless steel were investigated. All films were deposited on the stainless steel substrates using a cathodic arc plasma deposition-physical vapor deposition (PVD) technique. Film compositions were measured using energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Contact angle was measured using contact angle measurement. Corrosion resistance was determined using potentiodynamic polarization. Cell viability was analysed using cytotoxicity test. The results show that all films are more hydrophilic (80.75ฐ to 87.79ฐ) than uncoated stainless steel sample (96.63ฐ). Moreover, TiCN, DLC and TiN films have good potential corrosion resistance values of -0.353 V, -0.58 V and -0.68 V, respectively. This is due to the formation of titanium carbides and the sp3 sites structure of DLC film. Meanwhile, DLC film appears to be the most biocompatible with the highest cell viability of 104%. ฉ Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
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