Generation of Narrowly Distributed Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene Particles by Surface Texturing Techniques

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 741-749

  Fang, Hsu Wei ^a,b   Hsu, Stephen M ^b   Sengers, Jan V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microfabrication; Particle distribution; Surface texture; UHMWPE; Wear particles

Indexed keywords

BONE; JOINT PROSTHESES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEXTURING;

MICROFABRICATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 0346874511     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.10067     Document Type: Article

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