PMID- 27573062
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180427
LR  - 20190112
IS  - 2045-2322 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-2322 (Linking)
VI  - 6
DP  - 2016 Aug 30
TI  - Non-stick syringe needles: Beneficial effects of thin film metallic glass 
      coating.
PG  - 31847
LID - 10.1038/srep31847 [doi]
LID - 31847
AB  - This paper reports on the use of Zr-based (Zr53Cu33Al9Ta5) thin film metallic 
      glass (TFMG) for the coating of syringe needles and compares the results with 
      those obtained using titanium nitride and pure titanium coatings. TFMG coatings 
      were shown to reduce insertion forces by  approximately 66% and retraction forces by  approximately 72%, when 
      tested using polyurethane rubber block. The benefits of TFMG-coated needles were 
      also observed when tested using muscle tissue from pigs. In nano-scratch tests, 
      the TFMG coatings achieved a coefficient of friction (COF) of just  approximately 0.05, which 
      is about one order of magnitude lower than those of other coatings. 
      Finite-element modeling also indicates a significant reduction in injection and 
      retraction forces. The COF can be attributed to the absence of grain boundaries 
      in the TFMG coating as well as a smooth surface morphology and low surface free 
      energy.
FAU - Chu, Jinn P
AU  - Chu JP
AD  - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of 
      Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.
FAU - Yu, Chia-Chi
AU  - Yu CC
AD  - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of 
      Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.
FAU - Tanatsugu, Yusuke
AU  - Tanatsugu Y
AD  - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of 
      Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.
AD  - Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Tokushima University, Tokushima 
      770-8506, Japan.
FAU - Yasuzawa, Mikito
AU  - Yasuzawa M
AD  - Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Tokushima University, Tokushima 
      770-8506, Japan.
FAU - Shen, Yu-Lin
AU  - Shen YL
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 
      87131, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20160830
PL  - England
TA  - Sci Rep
JT  - Scientific reports
JID - 101563288
PMC - PMC5004157
EDAT- 2016/08/31 06:00
MHDA- 2016/08/31 06:01
PMCR- 2016/08/30
CRDT- 2016/08/31 06:00
PHST- 2016/05/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/07/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/08/31 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/08/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/08/31 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2016/08/30 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - srep31847 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/srep31847 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sci Rep. 2016 Aug 30;6:31847. doi: 10.1038/srep31847.