New methods for the assessment of in vitro and in vivo stress cracking in biomedical polyurethanes

Biomaterials

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 973-978

  Martin, Darren J ^a,c   Poole Warren, Laura A ^a   Gunatillake, Pathiraja A ^b   McCarthy, Simon J ^b   Meijs, Gordon F ^b   Schindhelm, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biostability; ESC; Pellethane; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DEGRADATION; POLYURETHANES; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MAGNIFICATION-WEIGHTED IMAGE RATING SYSTEMS; STRESS CRACKING;

PROSTHETICS;

ACETONE; POLYETHERURETHAN; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYURETHANES;

EID: 0035342613     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00262-3     Document Type: Article

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