TY - JOUR A1 - Symietz, Christian A1 - Lehmann, Erhard A1 - Gildenhaar, Renate A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Berger, Georg T1 - Femtosecond laser induced fixation of calcium alkali phosphate ceramics on titanium alloy bone implant material JF - Acta biomaterialia N2 - Femtosecond lasers provide a novel method of attaching bioceramic material to a titanium alloy, thereby improving the quality of bone implants. The ultrashort 30 fs laser pulses (790 nm wavelength) penetrate a thin dip-coated layer of fine ceramic powder, while simultaneously melting a surface layer of the underlying metal. The specific adjustment of the laser parameters (pulse energy and number of pulses per spot) avoids unnecessary melting of the bioactive calcium phosphate, and permits a defined thin surface melting of the metal, which in turn is not heated throughout, and therefore maintains its mechanical stability. It is essential to choose laser energy densities that correspond to the interval between the ablation fluences of both materials involved: about 0.1-0.4 J cm-2. In this work, we present the first results of this unusual technique, including laser ablation studies, scanning electron microscopy and optical microscope images, combined with EDX data. KW - Bone implant KW - Bioceramic coating KW - Titanium KW - Calcium phosphate KW - Femtosecond laser PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2010.02.016 SN - 1742-7061 VL - 6 IS - 8 SP - 3318 EP - 3324 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-21446 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -