Curing kinetics and mechanical properties of a composite hydrogel for the replacement of the nucleus pulposus

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1847-1853

  Borges, A C ^a   Bourban, P E ^a   Pioletti, D P ^b   Manson J A E ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE TECHNOLOGIE DES COMPOSITES ET POLYMÈRES LTC   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A. Nano composites; A. Polymers; B. Curing; C. Elastic properties; D. Rheology

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMERS; B. CURING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPOSITE HYDROGELS; CONFINED COMPRESSION; CURING KINETICS; D. RHEOLOGY; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; IN-SITU; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; N-VINYL-2-PYRROLIDONE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PHOTORHEOLOGY; POLYMER MATERIAL SYSTEMS; SHEAR STIFFNESS; UNCONFINED COMPRESSION; UV LIGHT; UV- AND;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CURING; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 77956895149     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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