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Autonomic Healing of Acrylic Bone Cement
Author(s) -
Gladman A. Sydney,
Celestine AshaDee N.,
Sottos Nancy R.,
White Scott R.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced healthcare materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.288
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 2192-2659
pISSN - 2192-2640
DOI - 10.1002/adhm.201400084
Subject(s) - bone cement , cement , bone healing , thermoplastic , materials science , composite material , medicine , surgery
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.