The effects and interactions of fabrication parameters on the properties of selective laser sintered hydroxyapatite polyamide composite biomaterials

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-27

  Savalani, M M ^a,b   Hao, L ^b   Dickens, P M ^b   Zhang, Y ^c   Tanner, K E ^c   Harris, R A ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Polymer matrix composite; Polymers; Powder processing; Rapid manufacturing; Selective laser sintering; Sintering; Thermal properties of materials

Indexed keywords

BONE REGENERATION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIRECT PRODUCTION; ENERGY DENSITY; FABRICATED PARTS; FABRICATION PARAMETERS; FULL FACTORIAL EXPERIMENT; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; LAYER THICKNESS; MICRO AND MACRO; OPEN POROSITY; OSTEOCONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES; POLYAMIDE COMPOSITE; PORE MORPHOLOGY; PORE WIDTH; POWDER PROCESSING; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; RAPID MANUFACTURING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SINTERED PARTS; THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS;

APATITE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BONE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HYDROXYAPATITE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); LASER HEATING; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SINTERING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84862965652     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541211193467     Document Type: Article

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