Emerging Nanotechnologies in Dentistry

Chapter 9. Corrosion Resistance of Ti6Al4V with Nanostructured TiO ₂ Coatings

Q. Chen, G.D. McEwen, N. Zaveri, R. Karpagavalli and A. Zhou

Department of Biological Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA

Contents

9.1 Introduction 137

9.1.1 SiO ₂–CaO Coatings on Ti6Al4V Alloys 138

9.1.2 SiO ₂ and SiO ₂–TiO ₂ Intermediate Coatings on Titanium and Ti6Al4V Alloy 138

9.1.3 Coated HA on Ti6Al4V by Electrophoretic Deposition 139

9.1.4 Double-Layer Glass–Ceramic Coatings on Ti6Al4V 139

9.2 Nanostructured TiO ₂ Deposited on Ti6Al4V 139

9.2.1 Preparation of the Ti6Al4V Electrode 140

9.2.2 TiO ₂ Nanoparticles Coating 140

9.3 Characterization Techniques 140

9.3.1 SEM 140

9.3.2 Raman Microscopy 142

9.4 Corrosion Tests with Electrochemical Techniques 144

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