UV irradiation and aging effects on nanoscale mechanical properties of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene for biomedical implants

Plastics, Rubber and Composites

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 346-352

  Mohamed, H Fouad ^a   Mourad, A H I ^b,c   Barton, D C ^d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Helwan University ^*  (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerated aging; Nanomechanical properties; UHMWPE; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CEMENTS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; CROSSLINKING; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; IRRADIATION; JOINT PROSTHESES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

ACCELERATED AGING; AGING EFFECTS; ARTICULATING SURFACES; ARTIFICIAL JOINTS; BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTS; CONTINUOUS STIFFNESS MEASUREMENTS; DEFORMATION RATES; ELASTIC BEHAVIOURS; HIGH STRENGTHS; IRRADIATION DOSES; JOINT FAILURES; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LONG TERMS; LOW WEAR RATES; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUES; NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSCALE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PENETRATION DEPTHS; UHMWPE; ULTRA HIGHS; UV IRRADIATION; UV IRRADIATIONS; VISCO ELASTICITIES;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 56849121117     PISSN: 14658011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328908X314370     Document Type: Article

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