High density polyethylene/graphite nano-composites for total hip joint replacements: Processing and in vitro characterization

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1376-1383

  Fouad, H ^a,b   Elleithy, Rabeh ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Engineering Department   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Graphite nano particles; HDPE; Mechanical; Morphology; Rheological; XRD

Indexed keywords

ABRASION TESTS; BEARING MATERIALS; CELL LINES; COMPLEX VISCOSITY; COMPREHENSIVE PROPERTIES; CRYSTALLINITIES; IN-VITRO; IN-VITRO TESTS; MATRIX; MECHANICAL; MELT BLENDING; MOLECULAR MOBILITY; PEAK INTENSITY; RHEOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGICAL TEST; TENSILE TESTS; TOTAL HIP JOINTS; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; XRD; XRD PATTERNS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ABRASION; BLENDING; CELL CULTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GRAPHITE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; RHEOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE NANOPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY; VISCOSITY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CELL LINE; GRAPHITE; HARDNESS; HUMANS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYETHYLENE; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79960556121     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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