Corrosion and Bonding Strength Enhancements in Bioglass Coating on CP-Ti by Using a Combination of Micro-arc Oxidation and Electrophoretic Deposition

In the present study, micro-arc oxidation (MAO) was first applied under the voltages of 300, 330 and 360V for 5 min to form a porous calcium-phosphate containing titanium oxide layer on CP-Ti. Subsequently, 45S5 Bioglass (BG) film was deposited on the MAO layer by electrophoretic deposition (EPD) technique. The phase, structural agents, microstructure and composition of MAO interlayer and BG film were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, respectively. Thermal behavior of the as-deposited BG coating was analyzed by simultaneous differential scanning calorimetry and thermal gravimetery. The microstructure of oxidized samples showed that the micro-porous TiO2 surface layer was widely covered with interconnected HA clusters with Ca/P ratio similar to human bone after MAO treatment under 360 V. The results of potentiodynamic polarization measurements in simulated body fluid solution and micro-scratch tests depicted that the combination of MAO treatment at 360 V and EPD of BG on CP-Ti could effectively increase the corrosion resistance as well as the bonding strength between coating and substrate.