Effect of zirconia nanotube coating on the hydrophilicity and mechanochemical behavior of zirconium for biomedical applications

• Main Authors: Nezhad, Erfan Zal, Sarraf, Masoud, Musharavati, Farayi, Jaber, Fadi, Wang, Ji, Hosseini, Hamid Reza Madaah, Bae, Sungchul, Chowdhury, Muhammad, So, Hongyun, Sukiman, Nazatul Liana
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/33429/

Zirconium has attracted considerable attention in the biomedical field owing to its biocompatibility and desirable tribological and mechanical properties. In this study, we anodized pure zirconium in an ammonium fluoride and ethylene glycol electrolyte, which produced a coating of ZrO2 nanotubes (NT...