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- Title
Homogeneous Anodic TiO<sub>2</sub> Nanotube Layers on Ti-6Al-4V Alloy with Improved Adhesion Strength and Corrosion Resistance.
- Authors
Nan Hu; Tao Hu; Ang Gao; Nong Gao; Starink, Marco J.; Ying Chen; Wanting Sun; Qing Liao; Liping Tong; Xiaochang Xu; Chu, Paul K.; Huaiyu Wang
- Abstract
Hexagonal TiO2 nanotubes (TNTs) arrays are generally fabricated on Ti-based substrates for some biomedical purposes, but the TNT layers constructed on conventionally processed Ti alloys are usually inhomogeneous because the substrates typically contain both the α and β phases. In this work, high-pressure torsion (HPT) is applied to obtain a saturated single α-phase microstructure in Ti-6Al-4V alloys via strain-induced β phase dissolution. Homogeneous anodic TNT layers with three different morphologies, one-step nanoporous, one-step nanotubular, and two-step nanoporous structures, are electrochemically fabricated on the ultrafine-grained (UFG) Ti-6Al-4V alloy substrates after HPT processing, whereas the TNT layers prepared on coarsegrained substrates are normally inhomogeneous. More notably, the TNT layers show significantly improved adhesion strength to the UFG substrate as well as better corrosion resistance compared to those on the conventionally processed Ti-6Al-4V substrates. X-ray diffraction analysis, scanning electron microscopy in combination with electron backscatter diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy indicate that the improvement is due to a larger dislocation density in the UFG substrate as well as strain-induced β phase dissolution.
- Subjects
NANOTUBES; CORROSION resistance; TRANSMISSION electron microscopy; ALLOYS; DISLOCATION density; SCANNING electron microscopy
- Publication
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2019, Vol 6, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
2196-7350
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/admi.201801964