Lubricating medical devices with fullerene-like nanoparticles

Tribology Letters

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-109

  Goldbart, Ohad ^a   Sedova, Anastasia ^a,b   Yadgarov, Lena ^a   Rosentsveig, Rita ^a   Shumalinsky, Dmitry ^c   Lobik, Leonid ^c   Wagner, H Daniel ^a   Tenne, Reshef ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b Azrieli College of Engineering   (Israel)

^c BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endoscope; Fullerene like nanoparticles; Tribology; Urology

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FULLERENES; TRIBOLOGY; UROLOGY;

ADHESION FORCES; FULLERENE-LIKE STRUCTURES; HUMAN BODIES; MEDICAL DEVICES; MEDICAL GEL; METALLIC LEADS; SOFT MATERIAL; TRACTION FORCES;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84905637567     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-014-0337-9     Document Type: Article

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