Oxidation-induced dynamic changes in morphology reflected on freeze-fractured surface of gamma-irradiated ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene components

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 540-549

  Watanabe, Eiichiro ^a   Suzuki, Masahiko ^a   Nagata, Kazuya ^b   Kaneeda, Toshiaki ^c   Harada, Yoshitada ^a   Utsumi, Masahiro ^a   Mori, Akiko ^b   Moriya, Hideshige ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF OKAYAMA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Freeze fracture; Gamma radiation; Oxidation; Scanning electron microscopy; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SUBSURFACE LAYERS;

POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; FREEZE FRACTURE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IMPLANTATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MECHANICAL STRESS; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIBIA; CHEMISTRY; GAMMA RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

FREEZE FRACTURING; GAMMA RAYS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STERILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0037114272     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.10357     Document Type: Article

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