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- CHAKAROV, DV, et al.
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PHOTOSTIMULATED DESORPTION OF METAL ADATOMS - POTASSIUM ON GRAPHITE
- 1994
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Ingår i: Surface Science. - : Elsevier BV. - 0039-6028 .- 1879-2758. ; 311:3, s. L724-L730
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Photodesorption is observed of single K atoms from a graphite surface covered with less than 1 monolayer of potassium. The desorption cross section has a threshold at homegaBAR almost-equal-to 3 eV and a maximum at homega(max)BAR almost-equal-to 4.9 eV. Polarization measurements indicate a substrate-mediated mechanism. The coverage dependence suggests that only the ionic 2D, K-phase is photoactive. The proposed mechanism includes attachment of hot electrons, photoexcited in the bulk, to the K4s adsorbate resonance of energy E(res). The band structure of graphite causes a narrow energy distribution of hot electrons, which yields homega(max)BAR almost-equal-to 2E(res).
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- Olin, Håkan, et al.
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Scanning tunneling microscopy of oxidized titanium surfaces in air
- 1992
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Ingår i: Ultramicroscopy. - 0304-3991 .- 1879-2723. ; 42:Part A, s. 567-571
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Using an STM in air, we have studied three different electropolished Ti surfaces. One sample was analyzed without further treatment. The second was thermally oxidized in air at 500-degrees-C. The third was exposed to an argon glow discharge and then oxidized in pure oxygen. The samples were characterized by Auger spectroscopy prior to STM measurements. Electropolished and thermally oxidized samples showed a granular structure, with a low corrugation between 2 and 10 nm. At a larger scale, the glow discharge treated sample showed a high corrugation approximately 100 nm.
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- CHAKAROV, DV, et al.
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INTERACTION OF WATER WITH POTASSIUM ON GRAPHITE - A HREELS STUDY
- 1993
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Ingår i: Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. - : Elsevier BV. - 0368-2048 .- 1873-2526. ; 64-5, s. 279-285
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Water and coadsorbed water + potassium on the basal plane of graphite were studied with high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS) at 85 K and after stepwise annealing up to 500 K. Water adsorbs non-dissociatively on both clean and potassium precovered surface at 85 K. The vibration spectra, together with thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) reveal a series of reactions within the coadsorbed layer leading to the formation of KOH, KH, and KOx and volatile products. Eventually a precursor to CO2 formation, of yet unindentified composition and observed also in K + O-2 coadsorption studies on graphite, is observed at approximate to 27 meV.
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- Gabriel, B. L., et al.
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Site-specific adhesion of Staphylococcus epidermidis (RP12) in Ti-Al-V metal systems
- 1994
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Ingår i: Biomaterials. - : Elsevier BV. - 0142-9612 .- 1878-5905. ; 15:8, s. 628-634
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Staphylococcus epidermidis (RP12) adhesion patterns were studied on the following titanium (Ti)-aluminium (Al)-vanadium (V) metal systems: (i) microfabricated samples consisting of Ti, Al and V islands deposited onto Ti or V substrata, (ii) pure Ti, Al and V metals, and (iii) medical grade Ti6Al4-V alloy. All of these surfaces were covered with their respective oxides formed upon exposure of the metals to air. Quantitative analysis of the number of cells bound per unit area indicates that S. epidermidis (RP12) exhibits greatest adhesion to pure V surfaces. When exposed to surfaces having controlled spatial variations in chemical composition on the 10 mu m scale (microfabricated samples), the bacteria preferentially populate V islands versus Ti or Al substrata. In the case of the biphasic Ti6Al4V alloy, the bacteria tend to adhere to V-rich, mixed phase regions and phase boundaries. These findings demonstrate that enhanced and preferential adhesion of S. epidermidis (RP12) occurs on V surfaces in TI-Al-V metal systems and suggest that bacterial interactions are influenced by surface oxide composition.
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- Larsson Wexell, Cecilia, 1965, et al.
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Bone response to surface modified titanium implants: studies on electropolished implants with different oxide thicknesses and morphology.
- 1994
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Ingår i: Biomaterials. - 0142-9612. ; 15:13, s. 1062-74
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In a series of experimental studies, bone formation was analysed around systematically modified titanium implants. In the present study, machined, electropolished and anodically oxidized implants were prepared, surface characterized and inserted in the cortical bone of rabbits (7 wks and 12 wks). SEM, scanning Auger electron spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy revealed no differences in surface composition but marked differences in oxide thickness, surface topography and roughness. Light microscopic morphology and morphometry showed that all implants were in contact with bone, and had a large proportion of bone within the threads. The smooth, electropolished implants were surrounded by less bone than the machined implants with similar oxide thickness, (4-5 nm) and the anodically oxidized implants with thicker oxides (21 nm and 180 nm, respectively) after 7 wks. These studies show that a high degree of bone contact and bone formation can be achieved with titanium implants which are modified with respect to oxide thickness and surface topography. However, it appears that a reduction of surface roughness may influence the rate of bone formation in rabbit cortical bone.
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