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A comparative biocompatibility study of graded TiC/a-C coatings prepared by dcMS and chopped-HiPIMS

Meško, M.; Gotzmann, G.; Bohovičová, J.; Zacková, P.; Čaplovič, Ľ.; Munnik, F.; Čaplovičová, M.; Vančo, Ľ.; Skákalová, V.; Krause, M.

Differences in the structural and biocompatibility properties of graded TiC/a-C coatings prepared by direct current magnetron sputtering (dcMS) and chopped -high power impulse magnetron sputtering (c-HiPIMS) were studied. The higher ID/IG ratio in c-HiPIMS a-C films is due to the clustering of the sp2 phase as indicated by Raman spectroscopy. C-HiPIMS a-C films are more hydrophobic with contact angle difference of about 9 % in comparison to the dcMS films at average power of 250W. The metabolic activity of human fibroblast cells cultivated on the samples grown by c-HiPIMS is of about 20 % higher than that of the samples deposited by dcMS. The increased metabolic activity is due to a confluent cell layer on these surfaces. The investigation of the cell morphology revealed no negative influence on biocompatibility for both deposition methods.

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