Cold spray technology, as an emerging surface engineering technique, effectively prepares
hard coatings by high-speed projection of powder materials onto substrates at relatively low …

Purpose The deposition of particles onto a substrate during the cold spraying (CS) process
relies on severe plastic deformation, so there are various micro-defects induced by …

Bioactive ceramics based on calcium orthophosphates (Ca-P) have considerably developed
in the last decades; their applications have progressively spread, worldwide, and they have …

Plasma sprayed bioactive glass coatings were studied using crushed 45S5 bioactive glass
powder. It is widely accepted that plasma sprayed coating microstructure is highly affected …

This article deals with the understanding of building-up mechanisms of bioactive
nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite coatings by Cold Spray, revealing very promising results in …

In the last 15 years, the cold spray process has demonstrated a great efficiency for the
deposition of metallic powders. In this case, the consolidation of coatings is achieved thanks …

This article deals with the production of thick ceramic hydroxyapatite coatings obtained by
Low Pressure Cold Gas Spray (LPCGS) system. Several factors such as powder …

Usually deposited by air plasma spraying, hydroxyapatite (HAP) is widely employed as
coatings for biomedical applications thanks to its biocompatibility. Over the past decades …

Three different surface treatments on a Ti6Al4V alloy have been in vitro tested for possible
application in cementless joint prosthesis. All of them involve the novelty of using the Cold …

Ceramic coatings have a long history in the orthopaedic field, with plasma sprayed coatings
of hydroxyapatite as leading standard in the manufacturing process; however, these …