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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials

University of Ulster

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Output 27 of 71 in the submission

Article title

Fatigue and biocompatibility properties of a poly(methyl methacrylate) bone cement with multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.actbio.2011.10.010

Title of journal

Acta Biomaterialia

Article number

Volume number

Issue number

First page of article

1201

ISSN of journal

17427061

Year of publication

2012

URL

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742706111004417

Number of additional authors

Additional information

Resulting from a collaborative project with Queen’s University Belfast School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering and School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Engineering, this paper describes the significant improvements in bone cement fatigue through the use of a novel nanocomposite material based on PMMA functionalised with multiwalled carbon nanotubes. The research has strong applications for vertebroplasty and orthopaedic regeneration and subsequently obtained internal proof of principle funding to determine commercial potential. Collaborative links have been established with SiSaf Ltd (www.sisaf.co.uk) S. Sibertt (44) 7827 275663, a University of Ulster spin-in company focused on nanotechnology for topical drug delivery.

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

A - Biomaterials

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract