Abstract
Back Cover: The picture, based on the research results of the team of the Plasma Sources and Applications Center of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, shows four steps of plasma‐aided fabrication and performance assessment of biocompatible HA coatings of Ti6A14V orthopedic implant alloy material. Top left: Plasma glow in the process of concurrent Rf magnetron sputtering of HA and Ti targets. Top right: Surface morphology of the HA coating under optimized process conditions. Bottom left: SEM showing that apatite regrowth after immersion of the HA‐coated Ti6A14V samples in the simulated body fluid is accompanied by the formation of a complex granular network. Bottom right image: Surface of the HA‐coated sample covered by differentiated osteoblast cells during the cell culture assessment. Further details can be found in the Feature Article by S. Xu,* J. D. Long, L. Sim, C. H. Diong, and K. Ostrikov on page 373.
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