Restricting the ageing degradation of the mechanical properties of gamma irradiated UHMWPE using MWCNTs

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-66

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Gamma irradiation; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

AGEING DEGRADATION; DEGRADATION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; DEGREE OF CROSS-LINKING; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INTEGRAL DOSE; IRRADIATED SAMPLES; IRRADIATION-INDUCED DEFECTS; MEDICAL GRADE POLYMERS; MEDICAL GRADES; PROPERTY DEGRADATION; RADICAL SCAVENGING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC; TEST SAMPLES;

CROSSLINKING; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

AGING; AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; MECHANICS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYETHYLENES; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84874798887     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.01.028     Document Type: Article

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