Mechanical, antibacterial, and biocompatibility mechanism of PVD grown silver–tantalum-oxide-based nanostructured thin film on stainless steel 316L for surgical applications

This study shows that the Ag segregation process, hydrophobicity, adhesion strength, crystallization, and hardness progressively improved after the annealing up to 400 °C.
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: C - Category: Materials Science Source Type: research