Alumina/zirconia micro/nanocomposites: A new material for biomedical applications with superior sliding wear resistance

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3177-3184

  Bartolomé, José F ^a   De Aza, Antonio H ^b   Martín, Antonia ^c   Pastor, José Y ^c   Llorca, Javier ^b,f   Torrecillas, Ramón ^d   Bruno, Giovanni ^e,g  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CERÁMICA Y VIDRIO   (Spain)

^c IMDEA MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^g NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS ANALYSIS; WEAR RESISTANCE; ZIRCONIA;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MONOLITHIC ALUMINA; SUPERIOR SLIDING;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 34548850891     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01884.x     Document Type: Article

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