Development of composites for bone repair

Current bone repair materials can be too stiff compared to native bone and with insufficient strength for load bearing applications often with brittle fracture behaviour. In addition they can have unacceptably high polymerization shrinkage and decline in strength with time. This thesis describes the...

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Main Author: Main, K. A. I.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.626026