Improving the fretting biocorrosion of Ti6Al4V alloy bone screw by decorating structure optimised TiO2 nanotubes layer
Jiajun Luoa, Maryam Tamaddona, Changyou Yanb, Shuanhong Mab,*(), Xiaolong Wangb, Feng Zhoub, Chaozong Liua,*()

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Fig. 1.. Schematic of fretting at bone-implant interface: Fretting behavior of inserted injury fixation screws (a), load vertically applied on screws, fretting behavior at bone implant interface, the fretting leads to implant surface damage and wear debris generation (b) and mechanical jig setup (c).