Barry Twomey

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the deposition of a hydroxyapatite coating onto the surface of three bioresorbable magnesium alloys using an ambient temperature, blast coating technique.

TL;DR: In this article, an electrical, optical and thermographic imaging study of the PlasmaStream atmospheric plasma jet system was performed, and the system was found to exhibit three operating modes; one constricted/localized plasma and two extended volume plasmas.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect on the morphology and chemistry of atmospheric pressure plasma deposited nm-thick coatings (21 � 3 nm) as the level of exposure to the plasma is systematically altered was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, silicon-containing coatings were deposited from four types of liquid siloxane precursors, with varying molecular structures, as follows: poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS),tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS), octamethylcyclotetrasilox-ane (OMCTS), and hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO).

TL;DR: In this paper, a flow of hydroxyapatite (HA) is combined with either a shot peening or an abrasive blasting processes and comparative testing has been undertaken to determine which technique yields increased coating coverage and adhesion onto a titanium alloy substrate.