Autonomic healing of acrylic bone cement.
Self-healing in orthopedic bone cement is demonstrated with a novel thermoplastic solvent-bonding approach. Low toxicity solvent-filled microcapsules, embedded in a commercial acrylic bone cement matrix, enable recovery of up to 80% of the virgin fracture toughness of the cement at room and body temperature conditions without external stimuli or human intervention.
['Gladman|A Sydney|AS|', 'Celestine|Asha-Dee N|AD|', 'Sottos|Nancy R|NR|', 'White|Scott R|SR|']
D001843:Bone Cements D002214:Capsules D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate D013314:Stress, Mechanical D013997:Time Factors
bone cement self-healing microcapsules fracture toughness solvent bonding