Will ethylene oxide sterilization influence the application of novel Cu/LDPE nanocomposite intrauterine devices?

Contraception

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-70

  Xia, Xianping ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Cai, Shuizhou ^a   Xie, Changsheng ^a   Zhu, Changhong ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cupric ions release; Ethylene oxide sterilization; Mechanical property; Novel Cu LDPE nanocomposite IUDs; Structure

Indexed keywords

COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE; CUPRIC ION; ETHYLENE OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYETHYLENE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COOLING; HEATING; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MECHANICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ABSORPTION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CONTRACEPTION; COPPER; DISINFECTANTS; ETHYLENE OXIDE; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, COPPER; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 56549129731     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.07.018     Document Type: Article

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