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Facile formation with HA/Sr–GO-based composite coatings via green hydrothermal treatment on β-type TiNbTaZr alloys: Morphological and electrochemical insights

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This work looked into the formation of a hybrid composite coating composed of strontium-doped hydroxyapatite (HA) and graphene oxide (GO) on the surface of β-type TiNbTaZr (TNTZ) alloy via a green hydrothermal method. To achieve this goal, various GO concentrations, 1.5, 3.0, and 4.5 wt%, were added to autoclave linked solution. The inclusion of GO led to a reduction in the crystallinity of HA/Sr coating where dense homogenous rods nanocrystalline structures were observed in the case of 4.5 wt% of GO. Furthermore, per electrochemical measurements in a simulated body fluid (SBF) solution, it was found that the composite coating was made from a solution with 4.5 wt% GO which had the lowest corrosion density of 83 nA cm−2 with the highest polarization resistance (237,415 Ω cm2). The results showed that the hydrophilic HA/Sr–GO composite coatings prepared in the present work can be used as a potential candidate in orthopedic applications.

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  1. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Firat University, Elazig, 23119, Turkey

    Oktay Yigit

  2. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Ataturk University, Erzurum, 25240, Turkey

    Burak Dikici

  3. Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, Korea

    Mosab Kaseem

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kindai University, Osaka, 577-8502, Japan

    Masaaki Nakai

  5. Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan

    Mitsuo Niinomi

  6. Department of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Osaka University, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Mitsuo Niinomi

  7. Department of Materials and Bioengineering, Kansai University, Osaka, 564-8680, Japan

    Mitsuo Niinomi

  8. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Meijo University, Nagoya, 468-8502, Japan

    Mitsuo Niinomi

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Yigit, O., Dikici, B., Kaseem, M. et al. Facile formation with HA/Sr–GO-based composite coatings via green hydrothermal treatment on β-type TiNbTaZr alloys: Morphological and electrochemical insights. Journal of Materials Research 37, 2512–2524 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-021-00470-5

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