Chemical Vapour Deposition of Diamond for Dental Tools and Burs

ISBN-13: 9783319006475 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 140 str.

Waqar Ahmed;Htet Sein;Mark J. Jackson

Opis

This volume presents chemical vapour deposition of diamond films for application in cutting tools, microdrills, dental burs and surgical tools. It examines various deposition techniques, discusses mechanisms of diamond growth and their impact on cutting tool life and performance.

Spis treści

Chemical vapour deposition processes, characterization of diamond coatings and applications.- Dental tools; tool geometry; diamond burrs; tooth material & cutting processes; environment.- Experimental procedures; materials; and process conditions.- Chemical vapour deposition onto flat substrates; effects of process parameters; deposition mechanisms; nucleation processes; use of interlayers; substrates pretreatments; mechanical abrasion, bias enhanced nucleation; time modulated CVD.- Deposition onto complex substrates; rods; microdrills; tools; and burs; HFCVD; VFCVD and PECVD methods.- Machining, drilling & cutting performances and life tests comparisons between various processes.- Conclusions.

O autorze

Waqar Ahmed is Director of the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation at the School of Computing, Technology and Applied Sciences of the University of Central Lancashire, UK. He obtained his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Salford/Strathclyde and holds a certificate in business administration from the University of Warwick. Before pursuing his academic career he worked as an engineer and operations manager in various British companies. Waqar Ahmed acts as editor-in-chief for four international journals devoted to nanomanufacturing and biomaterials and as vice-president of the Society of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology.