Guilherme Almeida Borges, Raphael Cavalcante Costa, Bruna Egumi Nagay, Catharina Marques Sacramento, Karina Gonzales Silverio Ruiz, Larissa Solano de Almeida, Luciana Sgarbi Rossino, Carlos Alberto Fortulan, Elidiane Cipriano Rangel, Valentim A R Barão, Marcelo Ferraz Mesquita
Abutment components (i.e., fixtures associated with oral implants) are essentially made of titanium (Ti), which is continuously exposed to the hash oral environment, resulting in scratching. Thus, such components need to be protected, and surface treatments are viable methods for overcoming long-term damage. Diamond-like carbon (DLC), an excellent protective material, is an alternative surface-treatment material for Ti abutments. Here, we demonstrate that a silicon interlayer for DLC film growth and the pulsed-direct current plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (DC-PECVD) method enables the deposition of an enhanced protective DLC film...
December 5, 2023: ACS Applied Bio Materials