Additive manufacturing and surface functionalisation of Ti6Al4V components using self-assembled monolayers for biomedical applications

The ability to provide mass customised and biocompatible implants is increasingly important to improve the quality of life. Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques have obtained increasing popularity and selective laser melting (SLM), a metal-based AM technique with an ability to build complex and we...

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Main Author: Vaithilingam, Jayasheelan
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28474/