Structure modification of UHMWPE used for total joint replacements

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 800-807

  Nevoralová, Martina ^a   Baldrian, Josef ^a   Pospíšil, Jan ^a   Chodák, Ivan ^b   Horák, Zdeněk ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Crystallinity; Gamma radiation; Heat treatment; Long period; Modification; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; HEAT TREATMENT; IRRADIATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MELTING; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

Γ IRRADIATION; JOINT REPLACEMENTS; LAMELLAR PERIODICITY; SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

NITROGEN; POLYMER; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HEAT TREATMENT; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MELTING POINT; RADIATION DOSE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; GAMMA RAYS; HEAT; JOINT PROSTHESIS; POLYETHYLENES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 23044495210     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30317     Document Type: Article

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