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Low emissivity (low-E) coatings consisting of dielectric/silver/dielectric multi-layer stacks are applied to large-area architectural glazing to reduce heat losses from buildings. In this work TiO2/Ag/TiO2 stacks were deposited onto soda-lime glass by pulsed DC reactive magnetron sputtering. The coatings were annealed in the range 100−600 o C to study silver diffusion through neighbouring layers. Depth-profiling analysis was performed on these samples using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry and selected samples were also analysed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. Fick's second diffusion law

This study presents first data with respect to early and late in vivo response on a strontium functionalized titanium surface comprising a nanotopography manufactured by a magnetron sputtering process. We investigated different osseointegration stages of screw-shaped implants with dental implant geometries in a rabbit femur model observing beneficial effects of the functionalized surface on bone-to-implant contact and bone formation caused by tailored release of the bone anabolic strontium. Histomorphometrical data revealed that a functionalized titanium surface with controlled liberation of strontium accelerates osseointegration while spectrometry measurements did not indicate a potential systemic effect of this osteoinductive agent and could thus have impact on modifications of medical implant devices.

The results show that sputtered Ti-Sr-O coatings with sustained release of Sr may improve osseointegration, and could thus have impact on practical applications for medical implants.

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