Thin calcium-phosphate coatings produced by RF magnetron sputtering and prospects for their use in biomedical engineering

Research of the surface properties of the thermoplastic copolymer of vinilidene fluoride and tetrafluoroethylene modified with radio-frequency magnetron sputtering for medical application

“…The method of high frequency magnetron sputtering (RFMS) is based on the sputtering of material in vacuum due to the bombardment of the target surface with the working gas ions (usually argon) which are formed in the abnormal glow discharge plasma when a magnetic field is applied [14]. It is known that the CaP coatings formed by RFMS on metal substrates stimulate the attachment and proliferation of osteogenic cells on the surface thus providing high biocompatibility [15].…”

Scaffold Materials Based on Fluorocarbon Composites Modified with RF Magnetron Sputtering

“…Magnetron coating applied on polymer materials are able to withstand essential mechanical deformation without destruction. Microscopic investigation show that coating obtained by the RFMS method are solid, able to repeat initial matrix surface morphology, have no own macro-and microporous structure that is explained by mechanism of their atomic growth Aronov et al, 2008). At the present the method of RF magnetron sputtering of calcium phosphate on polymer materials is developed by us in the maximal degree therefore it was used in this work for modification of scaffold surface.…”

Calcium phosphate coatings produced by radiofrequency magnetron sputtering method

“…A promising method of obtaining the calcium phosphate coatings with high adhesion to the implant and high elasticity is radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering. This method is applicable for producing calcium phosphate coatings on the surface of metallic, ceramic and polymeric implants [9,10].…”