Co-sputtered Titanium-Europium Thin Films for Biomedical Implants: Fabrication, Structure and Stability

Description

This study focuses on improving Titanium´s (Ti) properties as an implant material. Research has shown that the addition of rare earth elements like Europium (Eu) has the potential to achieve this goal. Co-sputtered Ti-Eu thin films, with a compositional spread have been investigated in terms of their physical properties, band gap changes of their oxides and corrosion resistance. The results revealed electrochemical stability in simulated body fluids across all compositions. At the same time unique structuring of the oxide layer has been observed after anodisation, while crystallographic and bandgap analysis showed interesting changes with composition.

Period	07 Jul 2025
Event title	16th International Workshop on Engineering of Functional Interfaces
Event type	Conference
Location	London, United KingdomShow on map