In vivo production of nanosized metal wear debris formed by tribochemical reaction as confirmed by high-resolution TEM and XPS analyses

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1100-1110

  Milošev, Ingrid ^a,b   Remškar, Maja ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Valdoltra Orthopaedic Hospital   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Metal on metal; Nanoparticles; TEM; Wear debris; XPS

Indexed keywords

BASE ALLOYS; CARBON-RICH LAYERS; CHROMIUM LAYER; FEMORAL HEADS; GLOBULAR PARTICLES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION TEM; IN-VIVO; METAL OXIDES; METAL WEAR; METAL-ON-METAL; NANO-SIZED; SHAPED PARTICLES; SOLID DEPOSITS; TEM; THICK LAYERS; TRIBOCHEMICAL REACTION; WEAR DEBRIS; WEAR PARTICLES; XPS; XPS ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METALS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ALLOY; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COBALT; METAL; NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL REACTION; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO CULTURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AGED; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 70450164378     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32301     Document Type: Article

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