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. 2010 Jul 9;3(7):3994–4050. doi: 10.3390/ma3073994

Table 5.

Summary of bioactive oxide coatings.

Coating Coating method Ref. Post-treatments Phase Influencing factors in bioactivity
TiO2 Solution precursor plasma spray process [234] Chemically treated in 5M NaOH solution at 80 °C Rutile Formation of Ti-OH groups
Sol-gel [235] none Anatase Surface topography; charge; charge density
[222] 450 °C, 2 h Anatase Abundant Ti-OH groups and negatively charged surfaces
[223] Heat-treatment Anatase Crystal structure: anatase show more ability to induce apatite formation in SBF than rutile
Plasma spraying & plasma immersion ion implantation (PIII) [236] Hydrogen incorporation by PIII Rutile (bulk) & anatase (surface) Combination of nanostructure and hydrogen incorporation can endow the coating with bioactivity
Cathodic electrolytic deposition [237] None Anatase (subcrystalline) Crystal structure
Below 300 °C Anatase
Above 500 °C Rutile
Anodic oxidation [238] H2SO4 and Na2SO4 solutions rutile or rutile/anatase Crystal structure: amorphous titania cannot induce apatite formation in SBF solution
CH3COOH and H3PO4 solutions amorphous titania
ZrO2 Plasma spraying [219,224] None Tetragonal (CaO-ZrO2) Nanostructured surface; crystal structure
None Monoclinic (undoped ZrO2)
Cathodic arc deposition [239] None Tetragonal (undoped ZrO2) Nanostructured surface
Micro-arc oxidation [225,227] None Monoclinic and small amount of tetragonal ZrO2 Basic Zr-OH group
NaOH treatment
[226] Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation Monoclinic and small amount of tetragonal ZrO2
SiO2 Sol-gel [222] Heat-treatment at 400 °C for 2 h amorphous silica Silanol group (Si-OH)