Campanelli Leonardo Contri, Bortolan Carolina Catanio, da Silva Paulo Sergio Carvalho Pereira, Bolfarini Claudemiro, Oliveira Nilson Tadeu Camarinho
Federal University of São Carlos, Department of Materials Engineering, Rod. Washington Luiz km. 235, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Federal University of São Carlos, Department of Materials Engineering, Rod. Washington Luiz km. 235, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2017 Jan;65:542-551. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2016.09.015. Epub 2016 Sep 19.
An array of self-organized TiO nanotubes with an amorphous structure was produced on the biomedical Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-6Al-7Nb alloys, and the resulting fatigue and corrosion behaviors were studied. The electrochemical response of the nanotubular oxide surfaces was investigated in Ringer physiological solution through potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements. The absence of transpassivation in the chloride-containing solution, in addition to the micron-scale values of the passivation current density, indicated the excellent corrosion behavior of the coating and the satisfactory protection against the creation of potential stress concentrators in the surface. Axial fatigue tests were performed in physiological solution on polished and coated conditions, with characterization of the treated surfaces by scanning electron microscopy before and after the tests. The surface modification was not deleterious to the fatigue response of both alloys mainly due to the nano-scale dimension of the nanotubes layer. An estimation based on fracture mechanics revealed that a circumferential crack in the range of 5μm depth would be necessary to affect the fatigue performance, which is far from the thickness of the studied coating, although no cracks were actually observed in the oxide surfaces after the tests.
在生物医学用Ti-6Al-4V和Ti-6Al-7Nb合金上制备了具有非晶结构的自组织TiO纳米管阵列,并研究了其产生的疲劳和腐蚀行为。通过动电位极化和电化学阻抗谱测量,研究了纳米管氧化物表面在林格氏生理溶液中的电化学响应。除了钝化电流密度的微米级值外,含氯溶液中不存在过钝化现象,这表明涂层具有优异的腐蚀行为,并能有效防止表面产生潜在的应力集中器。在生理溶液中对抛光和涂层状态进行轴向疲劳试验,并在试验前后通过扫描电子显微镜对处理过的表面进行表征。表面改性对两种合金的疲劳响应均无有害影响,主要是由于纳米管层的纳米尺度尺寸。基于断裂力学的估计表明,深度在5μm范围内的周向裂纹才会影响疲劳性能,这远远超过了所研究涂层的厚度,尽管试验后在氧化物表面未实际观察到裂纹。