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Table 2 Crystallite sizes for leading phases of Ti3Au thin films doped with Ag and Cu, calculated from their respective dominant diffraction peak using Scherrer’s equation

From: Biocompatible Ti3Au–Ag/Cu thin film coatings with enhanced mechanical and antimicrobial functionality

Sample ID

Crystallite size (nm)

On glass sub

Std dev

On Ti sub

Std dev

Sstd

49.8

0.1

47.2

0.1

SCu1

50.3

0.1

46.2

0.0

SCu2

51.8

0.1

46.1

0.1

SCu3

52.3

0.1

49.8

0.1

SCu4

54.1

0.1

48.4

0.1

SAg1

49

0.1

43.9

0.1

SAg2

53.2

0.1

55.5

0.4

SAg3

54.7

0.1

53.3

0.1

SAg4

48.3

0.2

36.5

0.2