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Nanostructured materials --- Pulsed laser deposition. --- Zinc oxide thin films. --- Design and construction.

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The book outlines a series of developments made in the manufacturing of bio-functional layers via Physical Vapour-Deposited (PVD) technologies for application in various areas of healthcare. The scrutinized PVD methods include Radio-Frequency Magnetron Sputtering (RF-MS), Cathodic Arc Evaporation, Pulsed Electron Deposition and its variants, Pulsed Laser Deposition, and Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) due to their great promise, especially in dentistry and orthopaedics. These methods have yet to gain traction for industrialization and large-scale application in biomedicine. A new generation of implant coatings can be made available by the (1) incorporation of organic moieties (e.g., proteins, peptides, enzymes) into thin films using innovative methods such as combinatorial MAPLE, (2) direct coupling of therapeutic agents with bioactive glasses or ceramics within substituted or composite layers via RF-MS, or (3) innovation in high-energy deposition methods, such as arc evaporation or pulsed electron beam methods.

Technology: general issues --- pulsed electron deposition --- thin films --- orthopedic applications --- bioactivity --- ceramic coatings --- yttria-stabilized zirconia --- calcium phosphates --- hydroxyapatite --- biomimetic coatings --- antibacterial coatings --- thin film --- RF magnetron sputtering --- pulsed DC --- Silicon --- bio-coatings --- biomimetics --- laser deposition --- PLD --- MAPLE --- tissue engineering --- cancer --- titanium-based carbonitrides --- coating --- corrosion resistance --- X-ray diffraction --- nanoindentation --- cathodic arc deposition --- biological-derived hydroxyapatite coatings --- lithium doping --- food industrial by-products --- in vivo extraction force --- pulsed laser deposition --- 3D printing --- calcium phosphate --- PEEK --- surface modification --- sputtering --- ToFSIMS --- XPS --- implant coating --- bioactive glass --- copper doping --- gallium doping --- mechanical --- cytocompatibility --- antibacterial --- physical vapour deposition --- thin-films --- medical devices --- biomimicry

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The book outlines a series of developments made in the manufacturing of bio-functional layers via Physical Vapour-Deposited (PVD) technologies for application in various areas of healthcare. The scrutinized PVD methods include Radio-Frequency Magnetron Sputtering (RF-MS), Cathodic Arc Evaporation, Pulsed Electron Deposition and its variants, Pulsed Laser Deposition, and Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) due to their great promise, especially in dentistry and orthopaedics. These methods have yet to gain traction for industrialization and large-scale application in biomedicine. A new generation of implant coatings can be made available by the (1) incorporation of organic moieties (e.g., proteins, peptides, enzymes) into thin films using innovative methods such as combinatorial MAPLE, (2) direct coupling of therapeutic agents with bioactive glasses or ceramics within substituted or composite layers via RF-MS, or (3) innovation in high-energy deposition methods, such as arc evaporation or pulsed electron beam methods.

pulsed electron deposition --- thin films --- orthopedic applications --- bioactivity --- ceramic coatings --- yttria-stabilized zirconia --- calcium phosphates --- hydroxyapatite --- biomimetic coatings --- antibacterial coatings --- thin film --- RF magnetron sputtering --- pulsed DC --- Silicon --- bio-coatings --- biomimetics --- laser deposition --- PLD --- MAPLE --- tissue engineering --- cancer --- titanium-based carbonitrides --- coating --- corrosion resistance --- X-ray diffraction --- nanoindentation --- cathodic arc deposition --- biological-derived hydroxyapatite coatings --- lithium doping --- food industrial by-products --- in vivo extraction force --- pulsed laser deposition --- 3D printing --- calcium phosphate --- PEEK --- surface modification --- sputtering --- ToFSIMS --- XPS --- implant coating --- bioactive glass --- copper doping --- gallium doping --- mechanical --- cytocompatibility --- antibacterial --- physical vapour deposition --- thin-films --- medical devices --- biomimicry

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The book outlines a series of developments made in the manufacturing of bio-functional layers via Physical Vapour-Deposited (PVD) technologies for application in various areas of healthcare. The scrutinized PVD methods include Radio-Frequency Magnetron Sputtering (RF-MS), Cathodic Arc Evaporation, Pulsed Electron Deposition and its variants, Pulsed Laser Deposition, and Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) due to their great promise, especially in dentistry and orthopaedics. These methods have yet to gain traction for industrialization and large-scale application in biomedicine. A new generation of implant coatings can be made available by the (1) incorporation of organic moieties (e.g., proteins, peptides, enzymes) into thin films using innovative methods such as combinatorial MAPLE, (2) direct coupling of therapeutic agents with bioactive glasses or ceramics within substituted or composite layers via RF-MS, or (3) innovation in high-energy deposition methods, such as arc evaporation or pulsed electron beam methods.

Technology: general issues --- pulsed electron deposition --- thin films --- orthopedic applications --- bioactivity --- ceramic coatings --- yttria-stabilized zirconia --- calcium phosphates --- hydroxyapatite --- biomimetic coatings --- antibacterial coatings --- thin film --- RF magnetron sputtering --- pulsed DC --- Silicon --- bio-coatings --- biomimetics --- laser deposition --- PLD --- MAPLE --- tissue engineering --- cancer --- titanium-based carbonitrides --- coating --- corrosion resistance --- X-ray diffraction --- nanoindentation --- cathodic arc deposition --- biological-derived hydroxyapatite coatings --- lithium doping --- food industrial by-products --- in vivo extraction force --- pulsed laser deposition --- 3D printing --- calcium phosphate --- PEEK --- surface modification --- sputtering --- ToFSIMS --- XPS --- implant coating --- bioactive glass --- copper doping --- gallium doping --- mechanical --- cytocompatibility --- antibacterial --- physical vapour deposition --- thin-films --- medical devices --- biomimicry

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The world of laser matter interaction has known great and rapid advancements in the last few years, with a considerable increase in the number of both experimental and theoretical studies. The classical paradigm used to describe the dynamics of laser produced plasmas has been challenged by new peculiar phenomena observed experimentally, like plasma particles’ oscillations, plume splitting and self-structuring behavior during the expansion of the ejected particles. The use of multiple complementary techniques has become a requirement nowadays, as different aspects can be showcased by specific experimental approaches. To balance these non-linear effects and still remain tributary to the classical theoretical, views on laser produced plasma dynamics novel theoretical models that cover the two sides of the ablation plasma (differentiability and non-differentiability) still need to be developed. Plasma is a strongly nonlinear dynamic system, with many degrees of freedom and other symmetries, favorable for the development of ordered structures, instabilities and transitions (from ordered to chaotic states). In such contexts, we showcased research based on global and local symmetries, complexity and invariance. This special number highlighted exciting new phenomena related to laser produced plasma dynamics with the implementation of theoretical models, towards understanding the complex reality of laser matter interaction.

Lorenz system --- fractal analysis --- laser produced plasmas --- plasma structuring --- ionic oscillations --- optical emission spectroscopy --- laser ablation --- petrographic analysis --- fractal model --- group invariance --- nitinol --- pulsed laser deposition --- in situ plasma monitoring --- thin films --- fractal modelling --- SL(2R) invariance --- homographic transformations --- Riccati equation --- plasma diagnostic --- hydroxyapatite thin film --- charged particle oscillations --- Langmuir probe --- Lie groups --- joint invariant functions