Autonomic healing of acrylic bone cement.

نویسندگان

  • A Sydney Gladman
  • Asha-Dee N Celestine
  • Nancy R Sottos
  • Scott R White
چکیده

Self-healing in orthopedic bone cement is demonstrated with a novel thermoplastic solvent-bonding approach. Low toxicity solvent-filled microcapsules, embedded in a commercial acrylic bone cement matrix, enable recovery of up to 80% of the virgin fracture toughness of the cement at room and body temperature conditions without external stimuli or human intervention.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Advanced healthcare materials

دوره 4 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015