@misc { , title = {RHEED characterisation of the near surface microstructure of Ti-O based biocompatible coatings}, abstract = {Mechanically polished, annealed, nitric acid treated and aged in boiling water after nitriding, commercially pure Ti substrates have been characterised using reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) and secondary electron imaging, in terms of their naturally formed or ‘accelerated’ oxide layers. Annealing induced crystallisation and transformation of anatase to the rutile phase and led to increased roughness, with localised fracture and balling up of the surface oxide layer as the time and temperature of annealing were increased. Nitric acid modification produced no influence on the anatase to rutile transformation, whilst further aging in boiling water induced an acceleration of this transformation. RHEED data acquired at differing accelerating voltages have indicated a Ti-O phase gradation within annealed sol-gel derived V modified TiO2 layers deposited by spin coating onto Ti substrates.}, isbn = {750309679}, issue = {179}, note = {From email of 09.03.11: We note that Professor Paul Brown of Nottingham University would like to make available to the University's repository his electronic versions of papers which first appeared in the Institute of Physics Conference Series Volume 179 (2004). As this volume was published in print format only and Professor Brown has presumably produced his own e-prints, then IOP Publishing would be happy for him to add these to the institutional repository provided that the full bibliographic citation is quoted along with each e-print. As it will not be possible for the e-prints to link back to the actual articles on the IOP Publishing web pages, it would be good if a link could be provided to the IOPscience homepage instead, i.e. http://iopscience.iop.org/ Dr Jill Membrey Managing Editor, Copyright and Permissions jill.membrey@iop.org NB Sample PDF was sent to them, so presumably OK. JCW}, publicationstatus = {Published}, url = {https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1021658}, keyword = {RHEED Titanium TiO2 Biocompatible}, author = {Marlafeka, S. and Grant, D.M. and Brown, Paul D.} editor = {McVitie, Stephen and McComb, David} }