Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 202-207 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Advanced Healthcare Materials |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Bone cement
- Fracture toughness
- Microcapsules
- Self-healing
- Solvent bonding
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biomaterials
- Biomedical Engineering
- Pharmaceutical Science