2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Improvement of Sliding Properties of Artificial Hip Joint Metals by Coating of Carbon Nanomaterials
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23651098
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Nanostructural science
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| Research Institution | Toyota Technological Institute |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011
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| Keywords | トライボロジ / カーボンナノチューブ / 人工股関節 / Co-Cr合金 |
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| Research Abstract |
At present, a well-designed hip joint has a lifetime of 10-15 years. Since this is rather short compared with an increasing lifetime of human, there is great need to improve the durability and clinical lifetime of artificial joints. Reduction of wear debris through the coating of the material surface is one of methods to improve the durability. Here we grow carbon nanotube(CNT) array and composite film(CNT terminated with graphite layers) on the artificial bone Co-Cr surfaces(Co-Cr). It is found that the carbon coating result in the reduction of friction coefficient by tribology experiment.
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