Synthetic scleral reinforcement materials. III. Changes in surface and bulk physical properties

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 525-533

  Jacob, Jean T ^a   Lin, Jonah J ^a   Mikal, Sean P ^a  

^a LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ATR FTIR; Creep; Ocular implants; Rabbits; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; CREEP TESTING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POLYACRYLATES; POLYETHERS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; POLYURETHANES; POROUS MATERIALS; PROTEINS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

SYNTHETIC SCLERAL REINFORCEMENT MATERIALS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SCLERA; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPLIANCE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MYOPIA; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RABBITS; SCLERA; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 9844237003     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19971215)37:4<525::AID-JBM11>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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