PMID- 9827682
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990204
LR  - 20190909
IS  - 0021-9304 (Print)
IS  - 0021-9304 (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 4
DP  - 1998 Dec 15
TI  - Bioglass/high density polyethylene composite for soft tissue applications: 
      preparation and evaluation.
PG  - 577-86
AB  - Particulate 45S5 Bioglass with an average size of 46 microm was incorporated into 
      a high density polyethylene (HDPE) for potential medical applications. Composites 
      with Bioglass volumes of 10, 20, and 40% were produced by a manufacturing process 
      consisting of blending, compounding, powdering, and compression molding. The 
      Bioglass particles were well dispersed, and their homogeneous distribution in the 
      polymer matrix, achieved after compounding, was retained during subsequent 
      composite processing. The Young's modulus and microhardness of the composites 
      increased with an increase in Bioglass volume while the tensile strength and 
      fracture strain decreased. Fourier transform infrared spectra, obtained from 
      Bioglass/HDPE samples exposed for 20 h at 37 degrees C to a simulated body fluid 
      (SBF-9), demonstrated that composites of all the compositions examined developed 
      the surface biological apatite layer equivalent to that for bulk Bioglass.
FAU - Wang, M
AU  - Wang M
AD  - Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials, Queen Mary and 
      Westfield College, University of London, United Kingdom.
FAU - Hench, L L
AU  - Hench LL
FAU - Bonfield, W
AU  - Bonfield W
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Biomed Mater Res
JT  - Journal of biomedical materials research
JID - 0112726
RN  - 0 (Biocompatible Materials)
RN  - 0 (Bioglass)
RN  - 0 (Polyethylenes)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Biocompatible Materials
MH  - Body Fluids
MH  - Ceramics/*chemistry
MH  - Humans
MH  - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
MH  - Polyethylenes/*chemistry
MH  - Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
MH  - Stress, Mechanical
MH  - Tensile Strength
EDAT- 1998/11/25 03:02
MHDA- 2000/06/20 09:00
CRDT- 1998/11/25 03:02
PHST- 1998/11/25 03:02 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/06/20 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 1998/11/25 03:02 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19981215)42:4<577::AID-JBM14>3.0.CO;2-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4636(19981215)42:4<577::aid-jbm14>3.0.co;2-2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Biomed Mater Res. 1998 Dec 15;42(4):577-86. doi: 
      10.1002/(sici)1097-4636(19981215)42:4<577::aid-jbm14>3.0.co;2-2.