Natural Polyphenols Enhance Stability of Crosslinked UHMWPE for Joint Implants

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 473, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 760-766

  Shen, Jie ^a,b   Gao, Guorong ^a   Liu, Xincai ^b   Fu, Jun ^a  

^a NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

^b NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPHENOLS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH; VITAMIN E;

EID: 84939894169     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3850-0     Document Type: Article

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