Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0210853

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0210853

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Development of Cathodic Arc Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation (PIII) for biomaterials applications. Medical prostheses have intricate geometries, consisting of shapes such as screws, holes, wedges, cones and textured surfaces. Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation using metal or carbon ions produced by a cathodic arc has been found to be an excellent process for producing surface modification with the properties required in medical applications, such as low stress and excellent adhesion of very thick coatings. To date this process has only been applied to simple, flat substrates. Extending it to shapes of interest for biomaterials applications will require comprehensive understanding and control of the sheath dynamics, which our combined theoretical and experimental approach will provide.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-08-2002

End Date: 31-07-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $477,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Materials Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Biomedical Engineering | Biomaterials | Plasmas And Electrical Discharges

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Skeletal system and disorders (incl. arthritis) | Manufactured products not elsewhere classified | Machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Biomaterials | Biomedical Engineering | Machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified | Manufactured products not elsewhere classified | Materials Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Plasmas And Electrical Discharges | Skeletal system and disorders (incl. arthritis)

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