Characterization of PEEK biomaterials using the small punch test

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1275-1282

  Jaekel, David J ^a   MacDonald, Daniel W ^a   Kurtz, Steven M ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium sulphate; Crystallinity; Mechanical properties; PEEK; Polyetheretherketone; Radiopacifier; Small punch test

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULPHATES; CRYSTALLINITIES; IMAGE CONTRASTS; MATERIAL GRADES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MOLDING PROCESS; PEAK LOAD; POLYMERIC BIOMATERIALS; RADIOPACIFIER; SMALL PUNCH TEST;

BARIUM; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ETHERS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLDING; TESTING;

BONE CEMENT;

POLYETHERETHERKETONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMALL PUNCH TEST; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; KETONES; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79960562604     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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