Reliability assessment in advanced nanocomposite materials for orthopaedic applications

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-314

  Chevalier, Jérôme ^a   Taddei, Paola ^b   Gremillard, Laurent ^a   Deville, Sylvain ^a   Fantozzi, Gilbert ^a   Bartolome J F ^c   Pecharroman, C ^c   Moya, J S ^c   Diaz, L A ^d   Torrecillas, R ^d   Affatato, Saverio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^e RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFM; Aging resistance; Ceramic nano composites; Crack resistance; Photoluminescence; SEM

Indexed keywords

AFM; AGING RESISTANCE; CERAMIC NANO-COMPOSITES; CRACK RESISTANCE; SEM;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPRESSION TESTING; CRACKS; FATIGUE TESTING; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORTHOPEDICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RATING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; ZIRCONIA;

WEAR RESISTANCE;

BIOCERAMICS; BIOMATERIAL; NANOCOMPOSITE; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; FEMUR HEAD; MECHANICAL STRESS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CERAMICS; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 79751534986     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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