Friction, lubrication, and polymer transfer between UHMWPE and CoCrMo hip-implant materials: A fluorescence microscopy study

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1011-1018

  Crockett, Rowena ^a   Roba, Marcella ^a,b   Naka, Marco ^b   Gasser, Beat ^c   Delfosse, Daniel ^d   Frauchiger, Vinzenz ^c   Spencer, Nicholas D ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Dr Robert Mathys Foundation   (Switzerland)

^d Empa ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Albumin; Artificial hip joints; CoCrMo; Fluorescence; Friction; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ARTIFICIAL HIP JOINTS; BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; COCRMO; FLUORESCENCE LABELING; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTION VALUES; IMPLANT MATERIALS; LABELED ALBUMIN; LOW DENSITY; LOW FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; POLYMER TRANSFER; PROTEIN FILMS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; UHMWPE;

BODY FLUIDS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORES; HIP PROSTHESES; QUENCHING; SURFACES; TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION;

ALBUMIN; ALLOY; CHROMIUM COBALT MOLYBDENUM ALLOY; FLUORESCENT DYE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FRICTION; IMPLANT; LUBRICATION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ALLOYS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYETHYLENES; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYNOVIAL FLUID; VITALLIUM;

EID: 66249134939     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32036     Document Type: Article

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