“…Although titanium and its alloys have been extensively used in industry for a wide variety of applications (e.g., aerospace [1,2], automotive [1], medical [1], marine [2], chemical [3] and petrochemical [3] fields) due to their high strength [1], low density [3], corrosion resistance [1] and biological compatibility [3], research efforts have been devoted to enhancing the mechanical and corrosion-resistance properties of pure titanium and titanium alloys through various processing methods, including physical vapor deposition [4], plasma spraying [5], chemical vapor deposition [6], nitriding [7], laser surface engineering [8][9][10], atomic layer deposition [11] and plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) [12,13]. PEO involves the electrochemical oxidation of a metal substrate (usually Ti, Zr, Al or Mg) in an aqueous electrolyte in order to generate oxide coatings with improved wear and corrosion-resistance performance [14].…”