Surface-treated commercially pure titanium for biomedical applications: Electrochemical, structural, mechanical and chemical characterizations

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Prosthodontics and Periodontology, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Av Limeira, 901, Piracicaba, São Paulo 13414-903, Brazil; IBTN/Br-Institute of Biomaterials, Tribocorrosion and Nanomedicine-Brazilian Branch, Brazil.
• ² Department of Prosthodontics and Periodontology, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Av Limeira, 901, Piracicaba, São Paulo 13414-903, Brazil.
• ³ Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry, 801 S Paulina, Chicago, IL, USA, 60612; IBTN-Institute of Biomaterials, Tribocorrosion and Nanomedicine, USA.
• ⁴ IBTN-Institute of Biomaterials, Tribocorrosion and Nanomedicine, USA; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Rockford, 1601 Parkview Avenue, Rockford, IL, USA, 61107.
• ⁵ IBTN/Br-Institute of Biomaterials, Tribocorrosion and Nanomedicine-Brazilian Branch, Brazil; Laboratory of Technological Plasmas, Engineering College, Univ Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Av Três de Março, 511, Sorocaba, São Paulo 18087-180, Brazil.
• ⁶ Department of Prosthodontics and Periodontology, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Av Limeira, 901, Piracicaba, São Paulo 13414-903, Brazil; IBTN/Br-Institute of Biomaterials, Tribocorrosion and Nanomedicine-Brazilian Branch, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].