Formation and morphology control of nanostructures produced by PIII


Formation and morphology control of nanostructures produced by PIII

Shevchenko, N.; Weber, J.; Reuther, H.; Kolitsch, A.

Development of novel materials and structures for drug delivery systems is currently a very active field of research. Recently the drug-eluting stents were designed to deliver a drug locally from a surface layer to reduce restenosis. Noble gas ion implantation into metals can be used to form nanoscale cavities or sponge like structures. These nanostructures have unique characteristics which offer potential for medical applications such as metal-based drug-eluting stents.
Investigations of the influence of implantation parameters on the surface morphology and cavity characteristics (e.g. size, distribution, and degree of interconnection) have to date been rather limited.
In the present work we have studied the formation of nanostructures on stainless steel surfaces by plasma immersion ion implantation (PIII) using different gases (helium or argon), ion energies (between 5 – 35 keV) and ion fluences (> 1e18 at/cm2). The surface topography and structure of the modified materials have been analyzed by scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The phase and element compositions have been examined by grazing incidence X-ray diffraction analysis (GIXRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and elastic recoil detection analysis.
Varying the ion energy, fluences, and substrate temperature has been found to produce either void or sponge like structures on the nano- (~10 nm) to micro-scale (~1 µm). Apart from the austenite iron peaks, the GIXRD patterns of the implanted samples display weak peaks of ferrite (bcc iron) as well as oxide phases.

Keywords: Spongy structures; nanostructures; ion implantation; noble gas; stainless steel; drug-eluting stents

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    PBII&D 07 - 9th International Workshop on Plasma Based Ion Implantation and Deposition, 02.-6.09.2007, Leipzig, Germany

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