Amorphous Carbon Coatings for Total Knee Replacements—Part II: Tribological Behavior - Rothammer, Benedict; Marian, Max; Neusser, Kevin; Bartz, Marcel; Böhm, Thomas; Krauß, Sebastian; Schroeder, Stefan; Uhler, Maximilian; Thiele, Simon; Merle, Benoit; Kretzer, Jan Philippe; Wartzack, Sandro (Polymers, 2021)
Keywords: Arthritis; Biocompatibility; Carbon; Chemical vapor deposition; Chromium; Coatings; Continuous coating; Diamond films; Diamond-like carbon; Diamond-like carbon films; Femoral components; Friction; Hydrogenation; Intermetallic compounds; Investigations; Knee; Loosening; Lubricants & lubrication; Lubrication; Mechanical properties; Orthopaedic implants; Pin on disk tests; Polyethylene; Raman spectroscopy; Scanning microscopy; Service life; Spallation; Stainless steel; Titanium; Titanium base alloys; Transplants & implants; Tribology; Tungsten; Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene; Wear particles; total knee arthroplasty; biotribology; Ti64; UHMWPE; DLC coating; biomedical applications; wear; CoCr; friction; pin-on-disk