Mota, Laureana MoreiraNicomedes, Daniel NilsonBarboza, Ana Paula MoreiraRamos, Sérgio Luís Lima de MoraesVasconcelos, Rebecca Schirmer de SouzaMedrado, Nathanael VieiraAlvarenga, Érika Lorena Fonseca Costa deMachado, GiovannaJuste, Karyne Ramos de CamposVasconcelos, Cláudia Karina Barbosa deRighi, ArieteManhabosco, Sara MatteResende, Rodrigo RibeiroBatista, Ronaldo Junio CamposSoares, Jaqueline dos SantosManhabosco, Taíse Matte2022-03-172022-03-172020MOTA, L. M. et al. Soapstone reinforced hydroxyapatite coatings for biomedical applications. Surface & Coatings Technology, v. 397, artigo 126005, 2020. Disponível em: <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0257897220306745>. Acesso em: 25 ago. 2021.0257-8972http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/jspui/handle/123456789/14686Mechanical resistant bioactive materials are of high interest for biomedical applications. In this work, we address the improvement in mechanical properties of HA coatings by the addition of a cheap and widely available secondary phase material, the talc from soapstone. The composites hydroxyapatite/talc (HA/talc) were successfully obtained by pulsed electrodeposition and characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, corrosion and wear resistance and biocompatibility tests. We found that the addition of talc greatly improves the mechanical properties of coatings (i. e., wear track and friction coefficient in wear tests were significantly diminished) without diminishing corrosion resistance and biocompatibility. Alamar Blue® tests, alkaline phosphatase activity, and collagen production indicate that the biocomposites are biocompatible and talc itself induce bone maturation.en-USrestritoPulsed electrodepositionBiocompatibilityArtigo publicado em periodicohttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0257897220306745https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126005