Browsing by Subject "Adhesion"
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Addressing the Functional Determinants of FAK during Ciliogenesis in Multiciliated Cells
(2017)We previously identified focal adhesion kinase (FAK) as an important regulator of ciliogenesis in multiciliated cells. FAK and other focal adhesion (FA) proteins associate with the basal bodies and their striated rootlets ...
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Comparative tribology studies of hard ceramic and composite metal-DLC coatings in sliding friction conditions
(1995)The design of anti-friction coatings able to perform well in different wear conditions without lubricants requires a combination of adequate hardness and toughness, good adhesion, a low friction coefficient and a low wear ...
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Computational predictions of the tensile properties of electrospun fibre meshes: Effect of fibre diameter and fibre orientation
(2008)The mechanical properties of biomaterial scaffolds are crucial for their efficacy in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. At the microscopic scale, the scaffold must be sufficiently rigid to support cell adhesion, ...
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Mechanical and tribological properties of hard aluminium-carbon multilayer films prepared by the Laser-Arc technique
(1998)The method of laser-induced vacuum arc (Laser-Arc) combines the good controllability of pulsed laser deposition with the high efficiency of a vacuum arc technique. One advantage of this technique is the reduction of droplets, ...
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Partially yttria-stabilized zirconia coatings produced under plasma-assisted EBPVD with bipolar pulsed bias and under electron bombardment-assisted positive bias conditions
(1997)Previous research using radio frequency (rf) plasma-assisted electron beam (EB) PVD to deposit partially yttria-stabilized zirconia (PYSZ) thermal barrier coatings has shown the benefits of this method in terms of structure ...
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Structure, mechanical and tribological properties of nitrogen-containing chromium coatings prepared by reactive magnetron sputtering
(1999)Cr(1-x)N(x) coatings were deposited by magnetron sputtering at a substrate temperature of 200°C onto AISI 316 stainless-steel substrates immersed in an Ar/N2 plasma. The goal of this investigation was to study the influence ...
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Structure, mechanical and tribological properties of sputtered TiAlBN thin films
(1999)TiAlBN films were produced by simultaneously sputtering from TiAl and TiB2 targets in Ar/N2 mixtures at a substrate temperature of 150 °C. The goal of this investigation was to study the influence of the nitrogen content ...
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Studies of the tribological and mechanical properties of laminated CrC-SiC coatings produced by r.f. and d.c. sputtering
(1997)Multilayer CrC-SiC coatings were produced by both direct current and radio frequency sputtering of Cr and Si targets in an Ar-C2H2 atmosphere. Coatings of constant thickness of about 4 μm, but with the number of layers ...
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Wear behaviour of carbon-containing tungsten coatings prepared by reactive magnetron sputtering
(1999)W(1-x)C(x) coatings (with x being in the range of 0.05-0.19) were deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering on to AISI 316 stainless-steel substrates in order to study the influence of the carbon content on the tribological ...