Materials characterization of explanted polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene composites: Spectral and thermal analysis

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 455-462

  Cozad, Matthew J ^a   Grant, David A ^a   Bachman, Sharon L ^a   Grant, Daniel N ^a   Ramshaw, Bruce J ^a   Grant, Sheila A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Implant retrieval; Polyethylene terephthalate; Polypropylene; PTFE

Indexed keywords

[CARBONYL; ATR FTIR; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; COMPOSITE MESH; EXPANDED POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; EXPANDED POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (EPTFE); HEAT OF FUSION; HIGH STRESS; IMPLANT RETRIEVAL; IN-VIVO; MATERIAL DEFECT; MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION; MODULATED DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; PEAK AREA; SEM; SURFACE DEGRADATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL STABILITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

ANODIC OXIDATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATERIALS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE DEFECTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

THERMOPLASTICS;

POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE; BIOMATERIAL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CROSS LINKING; EXPLANT; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HERNIA; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; CHEMISTRY; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; SURGICAL MESH;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MESH; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 77955347041     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31675     Document Type: Article

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