Preliminary tribological evaluation of nanostructured diamond coatings against ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-148

  Hill, Michael R ^a   Catledge, Shane A ^b   Konovalov, Valeriy ^b   Clem, William C ^a   Chowdhury, Shafiul A ^b   Etheridge, Brandon S ^a   Stanishevsky, Andrei ^b   Lemons, Jack E ^b   Vohra, Yogesh K ^b   Eberhardt, Alan W ^a  

^a and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing surfaces; Coating(s); Nanomaterials nanophase; Polyethylene (UHMWPE); Wear

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND FILMS; FRICTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIBOLOGY; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

BEARING SURFACES; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; NANOMATERIALS/NANOPHASE;

PROSTHETICS;

CARBON; CHROMIUM; COBALT; DIAMOND; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; NANOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FRICTION; HYDROPHILICITY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIAL COATING; OSTEOLYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALLOYS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DIAMOND; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM; WETTABILITY;

EID: 41449108664     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30926     Document Type: Article

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