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Preparation of Carbon Nanosheets at Room Temperature
Published on: March 8, 2016
Mechanical Properties of the Carbonized Layer Formed by Ion Flow Orientated at Different Angles to the Polyurethane
Vyacheslav S Chudinov1, Igor N Shardakov1,2, Yaroslav N Ivanov3
1Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Academician Korolev Street 1, 614013 Perm, Russia.
Abstract:
Polymer materials are widely used in medicine due to their mechanical properties and biological inertness. When ion-plasma treatment is used on a polymer material, a carbonization process occurs in the surface nanolayer of the polymer sample. As a result, a surface carbonized nanolayer is formed, which has mechanical properties different from those of the substrate. This layer has good biocompatibility. The formation of a carbonized nanolayer on the surface of polymer implants makes it possible to reduce the body's reaction to a foreign body. Typically, to study the properties of a carbonized layer, flat polymer samples are used, which are treated with an ion flow perpendicular to the surface. But medical endoprostheses often have a curved surface, so ion-plasma treatment can occur at different angles to the surface. This paper presents the results of a study of the morphological and mechanical properties of a carbonized layer formed on a polyurethane surface. The dependence of these properties on the directional angle of the ion flow and its fluence has been established. To study the surface morphology and elastic properties, methods of atomic force microscopy and methods of elasticity theory were used. The strength properties of the carbonized layer were studied using a stretching device combined with a digital optical microscope.
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