Mechanical properties and wear performance of cross-linked UHMWPE for orthopaedic joints

Proceedings of the IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Engineering, MCTE 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 58-59

  Chiesa, R ^a   Moscatelli, M ^a   Gonzalez Mora, V ^b   Hoffmann, M ^b   Stroosnijder, M F ^b   Tanzi, M C ^a   Cigada, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross linking; Mechanical properties; Prostheses; UHMWPE; Wear

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; JOINT PROSTHESES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROSTHETICS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ARTIFICIAL JOINT; CROSS-LINKED MATERIALS; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; NANOMETRIC RANGES; ORTHOPAEDIC PROSTHESIS; RADIATION CROSS-LINKING; WEAR PERFORMANCE; WEAR PROPERTIES;

WEAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84949805597     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MCTE.2002.1175003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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