title: [Current evolution of plasma sprayed hydroxyapatite coating].
abstract: The present attempt is to briefly review the processing and properties of plasma sprayed hydroxyapatite coatings in terms of characteristics of hydroxyapatite ceramics, plasma spraying technology, titanium-ceramic interfacial cracking and component designing of hydroxyapatite coating based composite. The coating is a weak part in implant system. The main purpose of research on plasma spraying technology and component designing is to improve coating integrality and coating-matrix adhesion strength. Functionally gradient materials can provide a new route to solve the above two problems.
authors.affiliation: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lei
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D006882:Hydroxyapatites / Q000737:chemistry; D014025:Titanium
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D014025:Titanium