Metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) of bone mineral like carbonated hydroxyapatite coatings

J A Darr; Z X Guo; V Raman; M Bououdina; I U Rehman

doi:10.1039/b312855p

Metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) of bone mineral like carbonated hydroxyapatite coatings

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Mar 21:(6):696-7. doi: 10.1039/b312855p. Epub 2004 Feb 13.

Authors

J A Darr¹, Z X Guo, V Raman, M Bououdina, I U Rehman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Materials, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, UK E1 4NS. j.a.darr@qmul.ac.uk

PMID: 15010786
DOI: 10.1039/b312855p

Abstract

For the first time, the MOCVD technique has been used to deposit carbonated hydroxyapatite onto Ti6AL4V substrates using volatile monomeric (liquid) complexes [Ca(beta-diketonate)(2)(L)] and P(OEt)(3).