Novel doped hydroxyapatite thin films obtained by pulsed laser deposition

Calcium orthophosphate deposits: Preparation, properties and biomedical applications

“…A C C E P T E D M A N U S C R I P T ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 18 To sputter materials, several types of the techniques are used, such as: ion beam [216][217][218][219][220][221][222][223][224][225][226], radio-frequency (RF) magnetron [227-244k], pulsed laser [58,75,232,, electroncyclotron-resonance plasma [266][267][268], diode, direct current and reactive sputtering or deposition [269,270]. However, since CaPO 4 belong to the electrically insulating materials, the last three techniques cannot be used for their spattering.…”

“…A PLD process is used to put down thin (0.05 -5 μm) CaPO 4 deposits onto various substrates [58,75,232,. The process involves ablation of a CaPO 4 (usually, HA) target using a pulsed (usually, pulses of 30 ns and 120 mJ at a repetition of 10 Hz) KrF excimer laser beam (λ = 248 nm) in 0.3 Torr/H 2 O atmosphere and deposition of the ejected HA material on a heated (400 -800 °C) substrate.…”

MAPLE fabrication of thin films based on kanamycin functionalized magnetite nanoparticles with anti-pathogenic properties

“…In this technique, nanoparticles can be diluted in a volatile solvent and frozen at the liquid nitrogen temperature, thus forming the target to be laser irradiated [8,9,10]. It has been reported that magnetite/salicylic acid/silica shell/antibiotics thin films obtained by MAPLE exhibited an inhibitory activity on the ability of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to initiate and develop mature biofilms, in Page 4 of 28 A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t a strain-and antibiotic-dependent manner [11].…”

Pulsed laser deposition of anatase thin films on textile substrates

“…Finally, the application of different background gases (e.g. oxygen, nitrogen, argon or water vapor) allows to tailor the properties of the deposited layers [33].…”