• ADDISC lumbar disc prosthesis: analytical and FEA testing of novel implants 

      Vanaclocha, Amparo; Vanaclocha, Vicente; Atienza, Carlos M.; Jordá Gómez, Pablo; Díaz Jiménez, Cristina; García Lorente, José Antonio Upna Orcid; Sáiz Sapena, Nieves; Vanaclocha, Leyre (Elsevier, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The intact intervertebral disc is a six-freedom degree elastic deformation structure with shock absorption. “Ball-and-socket” TDR do not reproduce these properties inducing zygapophyseal joint overload. Elastomeric TDRs ...
    • Antibacterial functionalization of PVD coatings on ceramics 

      Osés Martínez de Zúñiga, Javier Upna Orcid; García Fuentes, Gonzalo Upna Orcid; Palacio, José F.; García Lorente, José Antonio Upna Orcid; Rodríguez Trías, Rafael Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2018)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The application of surface treatments that incorporate silver or copper as antibacterial elements has become a common practice for a wide variety of medical devices and materials because of their effective activity against ...
    • Biodegradable magnesium alloys for personalised temporary implants 

      Hendea, Radu Emil; Raducanu, Doina; Claver Alba, Adrián Upna Orcid; García Lorente, José Antonio Upna Orcid; Cojocaru, Vasile Danut; Nocivin, Anna; Stanciu, Doina; Serban, Nicolae; Ivanescu, Steliana; Trisca-Rusu, Corneliu; Campian, Radu Septimiu (MDPI, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The objective of this experimental work was to examine and characterise the route for obtaining demonstrative temporary biodegradable personalised implants from the Mg alloy Mg10Zn-0.5Zr-0.8Ca (wt.%). This studied Mg alloy ...
    • A comparative study in the tribological behavior of DLC coatings deposited by HiPIMS technology with positive pulses 

      García Lorente, José Antonio Upna Orcid; Rivero Fuente, Pedro J. Upna Orcid; Barba Areso, Eneko; Fernández, Iván; Santiago, José A.; Palacio, José F.; Fuente, Gonzalo G.; Rodríguez Trías, Rafael Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2020)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      During the last few decades, diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings were widely used for tribological applications, being an effective tool for improving the performance and the useful life of different machining tools. Despite ...
    • Comparative study of tribomechanical properties of HiPIMS with positive pulses DLC coatings on different tools steels 

      Claver Alba, Adrián Upna Orcid; Jiménez-Piqué, Emilio; Palacio, José F.; Almandoz Sánchez, Eluxka Upna Orcid; Fernández de Ara, Jonathan; Fernández, Iván; Santiago, José A.; Barba Areso, Eneko; García Lorente, José Antonio Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2021)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings are very interesting due to their extraordinary properties; their excellent wear resistance, very low friction coefficient, great hardness, high elastic modulus or biocompatibility can ...
    • Corrosion and tribological performance of diamond-like carbon-coated ZK 60 magnesium alloy 

      Claver Alba, Adrián Upna Orcid; Fernández, Iván; Santiago, José A.; Díaz-Rodríguez, Pablo; Panizo-Laiz, Miguel; Esparza Gorráiz, Joseba; Palacio, José F.; García Fuentes, Gonzalo Upna Orcid; Zalakain Iriazabal, Iñaki Upna Orcid; García Lorente, José Antonio Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      In this work, hydrogenated and hydrogen-free Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coatings were deposited into ZK60 magnesium alloy using the promising coating method High-Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS). CrC and WC were ...
    • Improved adhesion of the DCL coating using HiPIMS with positive pulses and plasma immersion pretreatment 

      Gómez Alonso, Íñigo Upna Orcid; Santiago, José A.; Fernández, Iván; Palacio, José F.; Diaz, Cristina; Mändl, Stephan; García Lorente, José Antonio Upna Orcid; Claver Alba, Adrián Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2021)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings are used due to their extraordinary tribomechanical properties, great hardness, high elastic modulus, high wear resistance, low friction coefficient and chemical inertness, which provide ...
    • Improvement of the tribocorrosion properties of cemented carbide (WC-Tic-Co) samples with PVD coating 

      García Lorente, José Antonio Upna Orcid; Claver Alba, Adrián Upna Orcid; Marques, Mikel; Almandoz Sánchez, Eluxka Upna Orcid; Fernández de Ara, Jonathan; Palacio, José F.; Azkona, Ibon (MDPI, 2022)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      This study aims to investigate the improvement of the tribocorrosion properties of WC-TiC-Co substrates by coating them with hard coatings such as AlCrSiN using cathodic arc deposition. WC-TiC-Co is commonly used in the ...

      El Repositorio ha recibido la ayuda de la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología para la realización de actividades en el ámbito del fomento de la investigación científica de excelencia, en la Línea 2. Repositorios institucionales (convocatoria 2020-2021).
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