Characterization of irradiated blends of α-tocopherol and UHMWPE

Biomaterials

Volumn 26, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 6657-6663

  Oral, Ebru ^a,b   Greenbaum, Evan S ^a,c   Malhi, Arnaz S ^a   Harris, William H ^a,b   Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Gamma irradiation; Hip replacement prosthesis; Lipid; Polyethylene; Wear mechanism

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVE WEAR; FATIGUE RESISTANCE; OXIDATIVE EMBRITTLEMENT; OXIDATIVE STABILITY;

CHARACTERIZATION; CROSSLINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMBRITTLEMENT; GAMMA RAYS; MELTING; OXIDATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; LIPID; OXYGEN; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HIP PROSTHESIS; MELTING POINT; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGING; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CELL ADHESION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FREE RADICALS; GAMMA RAYS; LIPIDS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN; POLYETHYLENES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22544437873     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.04.026     Document Type: Article

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