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A review of carbon-based materials and their coating techniques for biomedical implants applications

  • Carbon Letters
  • Abbr : Carbon Lett.
  • 2023, 33(4), pp.1171-1188
  • DOI : 10.1007/s42823-023-00496-1
  • Publisher : Korean Carbon Society
  • Research Area : Natural Science > Natural Science General > Other Natural Sciences General
  • Received : July 15, 2022
  • Accepted : March 12, 2023
  • Published : June 1, 2023

Hassan Sadia 1 Nadeem Aroosa Younis 2 Qaiser Hafsah 3 Kashif Amer Sohail 2 Ahmed Ammad 3 Khan Khushbukhat 4 Altaf Amna 5

1School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
2School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), National University of Sciences and Technology
3School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Sciences and Technology
4Atta Ur Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Sciences and Technology
5School of Natural Sciences (SNS), National University of Sciences and Technology

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ABSTRACT

Carbon-based materials have emerged as an excellent class of biomedical materials due to their exceptional mechanical properties, lower surface friction, and resistance to wear, tear, and corrosion. Experimental studies have shown the promising results of carbon-based coatings in the field of biomedical implants. The reasons for their successful applications are their ability to suppress thrombo-inflammatory reactions which are evoked as an immune response due to foreign body object implantation. Different types of carbon coatings such as diamond-like carbon, pyrolytic carbon, silicon carbide, and graphene have been extensively studied and utilized in various fields of life including the biomedical industry. Their atomic arrangement and structural properties give rise to unique features which make them suitable for multiple applications. Due to the specificity and hardness of carbon-based precursors, only a specific type of coating technique may be utilized for nanostructure development and fabrication. In this paper, different coating techniques are discussed which were selected based on the substrate material, the type of implant, and the thickness of coating layer. Chemical vapor deposition-based techniques, thermal spray coating, pulsed laser deposition, and biomimetic coatings are some of the most common techniques that are used in the field of biomaterials to deposit a coating layer on the implant. Literature gathered in this review has significance in the field of biomedical implant industry to reduce its failure rate by making surfaces inert, decreasing corrosion related issues and enhancing biocompatibility.

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