Effects of solvent dehydration on creep resistance of poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel

Biomaterials

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 772-780

  Choi, Jeeyoung ^a,b   Bodugoz Senturk, Hatice ^a,b   Kung, Hsiang J ^a   Malhi, Arnaz S ^a   Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Hydrogel; Osteochondral defects; Poly(ethylene glycol); Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEHYDRATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SOLVENTS;

EQUILIBRIUM WATER CONTENT (EWC); MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; OSTEOCHONDRAL DEFECTS; THETA-GELS;

HYDROGELS;

2 PROPANOL; BIOMATERIAL; MACROGOL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; DESICCATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HYDROGEL; JOINT CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; WATER CONTENT;

2-PROPANOL; ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; DEHYDRATION; HYDROGEL; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SALTS; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 33750523459     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.09.049     Document Type: Article

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