Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene/graphene oxide nanocomposites: Thermal, mechanical and wettability characterisation

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 185-191

  Suner S ^a   Joffe, R ^a   Tipper, J L ^b   Emami, N ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Inst of Biol and Med Engineering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); D. Mechanical testing; D. Thermal analysis; Total joint replacements

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; JOINT PROSTHESES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOANALYSIS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WETTING;

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; GRAPHENE OXIDES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84927770115     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.03.075     Document Type: Article

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