@article{5eb83ca2b6504b3096600001ce6a6835,
title = "Evaluation of wear suppression for phospholipid polymer-grafted ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene at concentrated contact",
abstract = "The wear resistance of cross-linked polyethylene grafted with poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine) (PMPC-grafted CLPE) and unmodified CLPE loaded by an alumina roller were evaluated in a simulated synovial fluid (0.5 wt% hyaluronate solution containing 30 vol% fetal bovine serum). To evaluate the wear depth distribution within the wear scar, we compared the projected area of wear and non-wear for indents on polyethylene surfaces produced by a triangular pyramidal indenter and estimated the local wear depths on the basis of the changes in the projected area. The worn depth of PMPC-grafted CLPE was almost a third lower than that on CLPE.",
author = "Shuichiro Uehara and Seido Yarimitsu and Toru Moro and Masayuki Kyomoto and Kenichi Watanabe and Sakae Tanaka and Kazuhiko Ishihara and Teruo Murakami",
note = "Funding Information: Two of the authors (Masayuki Kyomoto and Kenichi Watanabe) are employed by KYOCERA Medical Corporation. One (Toru Moro) received outside funding from KYOCERA Medical Corporation. Funding Information: Part of this research was supported by Health and Welfare Research Grants for Research on Publicly Essential Drugs and Medical Devices ( H23-007 ), Research on Measures for Intractable Diseases ( H24-001 ), and Research on Development of New Medical Devices ( H26-006 ) from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Research on Development of New Medical Devices from Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development , AMED ( 15hk0102009h002 ). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Elsevier Ltd.",
year = "2016",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.triboint.2016.04.026",
language = "English",
volume = "101",
pages = "264--272",
journal = "Tribology International",
issn = "0301-679X",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
}