Marco Fosca

TL;DR: Electrochemical corrosion evaluation tests evidence that the RKKP coating improves the corrosion resistance of the Mg-Ca (1.4wt%) alloy in Simulated Body Fluid.

TL;DR: The prepared bioactive Si-HAp coatings could be considered for applications in orthopedics and dentistry to improve the osteointegration of bone implants.

TL;DR: The deposited films are composed of WB(4), which lies in the superhardness region 42-50 GPa, calculated according to the "law-of-mixtures" model, and are characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron and atomic force microscopies, and Vickers microhardness technique.

TL;DR: The difference in the mechanism of protection of dehydratases in prokaryotes and eukaryotes was used as a rationale for explaining the hereby evidenced selectivity in biological response and presents the basis for the consideration of copper as a dually effective ion when synergized with calcium phosphates.

TL;DR: In this paper, the pulsed laser deposition technique was applied to coat titanium for orthopedic and dental implant applications, and the obtained Fe-HAp crystalline films are nanostructured (35nm mean crystallite size) and possess the following characteristics: dense and compact microstructure, irregular surface with average roughness of about 0.3μm, thickness of 1.5μm and intrinsic Vickers microhardness of 17 GPa.