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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 2.
Published in final edited form as: Woodhead Publ Ser Biomater. 2013;2013:105–150. doi: 10.1533/9780857093516.2.105

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SEM images showing surface (top) and interface (middle and bottom) morphology from a delaminated nanostructured diamond film grown on CoCrMo with oxygen at a low substrate temperature (825°C). Carbon nanotubes are observed to develop at the interface. Reprinted with kind permission from Springer Science + Business Media: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, Improved adhesion of ultra-hard carbon films on cobalt-chromium orthopaedic implant alloy, 22, 2011, Catledge, S. A, Vaid, R., Diggins, P. T., Weimer, J. J., Koopman, M. and Vohra, Y. K., Figure Number 5.