Fatigue testing of implantable specimens: Effect of sample size and branching on the dynamic fatigue properties of polyisobutylene-based biomaterials

Polymer

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 591-597

  Puskas, Judit E ^a   Dos Santos, Lucas M ^a   Fischer, Frank ^b   Götz, Christian ^b   El Fray, Miroslawa ^c   Altstädt, Volker ^b   Tomkins, Matthew ^d  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

In vitro tensile testing; Long chain branching; Poly(styrene b isobutylene b styrene) SIBS

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; CHAINS; FATIGUE TESTING; STRAIN RATE; STRESS RELAXATION; STYRENE; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

DYNAMIC PROPERTY; FATIGUE PROPERTIES; HYSTERESIS METHOD; IN-VITRO; LONG CHAIN BRANCHING; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; POLY(STYRENE-B-ISOBUTYLENE-B-STYRENE) SIBS; POLYISOBUTYLENES;

TENSILE TESTING;

BIOPOLYMER; BLOCK COPOLYMER; ELASTOMER; FATIGUE; STRAIN; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER;

EID: 58149202113     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2008.10.061     Document Type: Article

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