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Self‐Healing Materials: Autonomic Healing of Acrylic Bone Cement (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2/2015)
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.201570009
Subject(s) - bone healing , biomaterial , self healing , materials science , bone cement , cement , fracture toughness , self healing material , dentistry , composite material , biomedical engineering , medicine , surgery , nanotechnology , alternative medicine , pathology
Inspired by damage repair in biological systems, S. R. White and team demonstrate a novel self‐healing system in a non‐living commercial biomaterial on page 202. This self‐healing acrylic bone cement is enabled by solvent‐filled microcapsules, which heal crack damage and restore up to 80% of the initial fracture toughness of the cement. This innovation has major implications for extending the lifetime of orthopedic joint replacements.