Surface properties of nano-Structural silicon-Doped carbon films for biomedical applications

Shih Fu Ou; Chin Sung Chen; Hossein Hosseinkhani; Chih Hua Yu; Yun Dun Shen; Keng Liang Ou

doi:10.1504/IJNT.2013.058121

Surface properties of nano-Structural silicon-Doped carbon films for biomedical applications

Shih Fu Ou, Chin Sung Chen, Hossein Hosseinkhani, Chih Hua Yu, Yun Dun Shen, Keng Liang Ou

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Abstract

Hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (DLC) containing Si films were synthesised using the radio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition. The results show that all Si-doped DLC films exhibited a similar amorphous structure as non-doped DLC films. Doping Si caused graphitisation of C and reduced the surface hardness. Moreover, the surface roughness of the films decreased with the Si content, which consequently decreased the water contact angle of the film surfaces. Such hydrophilic property reveals the possibility of applying Si-doped amorphous diamond-like carbon films as a bioactive treatment on biomedical implant surfaces.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	945-958
Number of pages	14
Journal	International Journal of Nanotechnology
Volume	10
Issue number	10-11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNT.2013.058121
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Chemical vapour deposition
Diamond-like carbon
Nanotechnology
Silicon
Surface

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Condensed Matter Physics
Bioengineering
Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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