Treatments to induce the nucleation and growth of apatite-like layers on polymeric surfaces and foams
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- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine
- Vol. 8 (12) , 897-905
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1018514107669
Abstract
In this work, a bioactive glass is used as a percusor of calcium-phosphate (Ca-P) film deposition onto several polymer-based materials. Both bioinert (high molecular weight polyethylene, HMWPE), and...Keywords
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