α-Tocopherol-doped irradiated UHMWPE for high fatigue resistance and low wear

Biomaterials

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5515-5522

  Oral, Ebru ^a,b   Wannomae, Keith K ^a   Hawkins, Nathaniel ^a   Harris, William H ^a,b   Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Arthroplasty; Fatigue; Lipid; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; IRRADIATION; MELTING; OXIDATION; POLYETHYLENES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

LIPOPHILIC NATURE; POSTIRRADIATION MELTING;

BIOMATERIALS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROSS LINKING; IRRADIATION; LIPOPHILICITY; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; DIFFUSION; MATERIALS TESTING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 2342495274     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2003.12.048     Document Type: Article

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