molecular-weight polyethylene
Extended Chain Crystals of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fiber Prepared by Melt Spinning
... Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber is the next highly oriented fiber with extended-chain structure after Kevlar, UHMWPE fibers have excellent resistance to UV radiation, chemical ...
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Silver Nanoparticles Modification of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene in Non-Aqueous Medium
... A series of experiments for obtaining modified with silver nanoparticles ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is done. Optimal precursors are silver trifluoroacetate, silver nitrate and ...
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Study of the Mechanical Properties of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fiber Rope
... Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber exhibits an excellent balance of excellent mechanical properties, including ultra-high breaking strength at fine diameter, low elongation and ...
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Surface modification of vascular endothelial growth factor-loaded silk fibroin to improve biological performance of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene via promoting angiogenesis
... Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) has been applied in orthopedics, as the materials of joint prosthesis, artificial ligaments, and sutures due to its advantages such as high tensile ...
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Influence of third-body particles originating from bone void fillers on the wear of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene
... ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene is ...ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene were carried out in a six-station multi-axial pin on plate reciprocating rig against the ...
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Synthesis of high molecular weight polyethylene using FI catalyst
... high molecular weight polyethylene, though due to overwhelming steric congestion derived from bulky substitutions in the catalyst, the activity of the catalyst was ...
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Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Tape Applied for Distal Humeral Condyle Fracture around Total Elbow Arthroplasty in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Report of Two Cases
... Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Tape Versus Conventional Metal Wire for Sublaminar Segmental Fixation in the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoli- ...
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Composite Materials Based on Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene and Rare-Earth Element Oxides
... high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) properties impose a number of limitations on the applicability of widely used methods of producing highly-filled ...
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Effect of Carbon Fillers in Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Matrix Prepared by Twin Screw Extrusion
... Oxidized (GO) and expanded (G-Exp) graphite were employed to prepare compo- sites with ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) matrix using mas- terbatches of polyethylene with ...
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Effect of Irradiation Treatment on Compressive Properties of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene
... Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is used as a bearing material in total joint prostheses. One of the criterion that determines the strength of medical UHMWPE is its tensile ...
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Processability and thermal properties of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene/polypropylene blends
... Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is a polymer with superior mechanical properties. However, processing of UHMWPE has been a great challenge due to the extremely high viscosity of ...
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Macrophage inhibits the osteogenesis of fibroblasts in ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) wear particle-induced osteolysis
... Conclusions: Macrophages are potentially involved in the periprosthetic osteolysis by reducing the osteogenic capability of fibroblasts treated with wear particles generated from UHMWPE [r] ...
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Antibacterial efficacy of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene with silver containing diamond-like surface layers
... Because pathogens involved in implant associated infec- tions are diverse and bacteria in biofilms are protected from antibiotics (Ceri et al. 1999), the restricted activ- ity of these substances limits their clinical ...
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Reattachment of the Osteotomized Greater Trochanter in Hip Surgery Using an Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fiber Cable: A Multi Institutional Study
... The purpose of this multicenter study was to evaluate the clinical performance of an ultrahigh molecular weight poly- ethylene (UHMWPE) fiber cable for re-attachment of the osteotomized greater trochanter ...
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Ion Radiation Detection Using Implanted Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Structures (UHMWPE)
... average molecular weight of the latter, which subsequently produces an en- hancement in the bulk due to high energy radiation as the γ -dose increases ...of polyethylene and iso- tactic ...
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Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene/Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites: Thermal, Mechanical and Wettability Characterisation
... UHMWPE/GO nanocomposites (up to 0.5 wt%) showed little change in the degree of crystallinity due to the addition of GO. A more notable effect on the degree of crystallinity of nanocomposites has been previously reported. ...
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Synthesis by high-efficiency liquid-phase (HELP) method of oligonucleotides conjugated with high-molecular weight polyethylene glycols (PEGs)
... Polyethylene glycol monomethylether (MPEG) was a commercial product from Shearwater Polymers, Inc., Huntsville AL (USA), with a very narrow MW distribution value, and was stored in a dessicator over KOH pellets. ...
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Mechanical properties of hybrid carbon fiber reinforced polyethylene and epoxy composites
... wt.% weight ratios ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene powder as an additive to the epoxy ...of polyethylene and epoxy resin was mixed by hand for around 10 minutes before adding ...
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Paulus, Alexander (2012): Separation und Analyse von Polyethylen-Partikeln unterschiedlicher fixed-bearing Knieprothesendesigns aus dem Kniesimulator. Dissertation, LMU München: Medizinische Fakultät
... In der Tribologie, der Lehre von Reibungs-, Schmierungs- und Verschleißvorgängen, spielen im Bereich der Kniegelenksendoprothetik mehrere Komponenten eine entscheidende Rolle. Zum einen sollen Materialien mit einem ...
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A Comprehensive Combined Experimental and Computational Framework for Pre-clinical Wear Simulation of Total Knee Replacements
... ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) bearing material were independently measured from experimental studies under realistic test conditions, similar to the loading conditions found in ...
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