Assessment of bulk and surface properties of medical grade UHMWPE based nanocomposites using Nanoindentation and microtensile testing

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 18, Issue , 2013, Pages 140-151

  Rama Sreekanth, P S ^a   Kanagaraj, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Crystallinity; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Nanoindentation

Indexed keywords

BULK AND SURFACE PROPERTIES; CALORIMETRIC TECHNIQUES; CRYSTALLINITIES; FRACTURE STRAIN; MEDICAL GRADES; MICRO VOIDS; MICRO-RAMAN; MICROTENSILE TESTING; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUES; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION; RHEOLOGICAL STUDIES; SURFACE HARDNESS; SURFACE LAYERS; ULTIMATE STRESS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE TESTING;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; FLOW KINETICS; FRACTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84871551380     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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