Radiation and chemical crosslinking promote strain hardening behavior and molecular alignment in ultra high molecular weight polyethylene during multi-axial loading conditions

Biomaterials

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1449-1462

  Kurtz, Steven M ^a   Pruitt, Lisa A ^b   Jewett, Charles W ^a   Foulds, Jude R ^a   Edidin, Avram A ^c  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Irradiation; Peroxide; Polyethylene; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON BEAMS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PEROXIDES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; POLYETHYLENES; RADIATION EFFECTS; STRAIN HARDENING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLINE MORPHOLOGY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR MOBILITY; MULTIAXIAL LOADING; SMALL PUNCH TESTS;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

PEROXIDE; POLYETHYLENE; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; HARDNESS; HYPOTHESIS; IRRADIATION; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; HIP PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0033179629     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(99)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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