Nano-scale topography of bearing surface in advanced alumina/zirconia hip joint before and after severe exposure in water vapor environment

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 762-766

  Pezzotti, Giuseppe ^a   Saito, Takuma ^a   Padeletti, Giuseppina ^b   Cossari, Pierluigi ^b   Yamamoto, Kengo ^c  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFM; Aging; Alumina; Hip joint; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FEMUR HEAD; IN VIVO STUDY; NANOIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER VAPOR;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; FEMUR HEAD; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STEAM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 77951485566     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21069     Document Type: Article

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