Impact of some environmental conditions on the tensile, creep-recovery, relaxation, melting and crystallinity behaviour of UHMWPE-GUR 410-medical grade

Enhanced adherence of mouse fibroblast and vascular cells to plasma modified polyethylene

“…The crystallinity of individual samples was determined by DSC analysis taking into account theoretical heat of fusion of PE foil with 100% crystallinity (ΔH f 0 = 290 J·g −1 ) [25,26]. Crystallinity portion of studied PE foils was 30, 62 and 52% for LDPE, HDPE and UHMWPE, respectively.…”

The effect of processing conditions on the rheological properties of blends of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene with high‐density polyethylene

“…The large chain lengths lead to a large number of entanglements per chain, thus creating a dense entanglement network resulting in very high elastic modulus. Recently, the feasibilities of employing UHMWPE as an additive in polymer blends have been explored to improve the properties of the blend [6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. In particular, UHMWPE has been mixed in varying quantities with highdensity polyethylene (HDPE) in order to improve the mechanical properties of the latter [13][14][15][16][17][18], which can be beneficial for various applications such as high strength pipes [19].…”

Effect of long‐term natural aging on the thermal, mechanical, and viscoelastic behavior of biomedical grade of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene

“…These properties make UHMWPE the preferred candidate to articulate against metallic or ceramic femurs. Therefore, the growing demand for UHMWPE as a bearing material for total joint replacement has led to active research for the characterization and the development of its mechanical and tribological properties 3–9. However, wear and degradation of UHMWPE in the artificial joint still limit the in vivo service and duration of total joint replacement 10, 11…”