Polymer smart materials are a broad class of polymeric materials that can change their
shapes, mechanical responses, light transmissions, controlled releases, and other functional …

Bearing on artificial hip joint experiences friction, wear, and surface damage that impact on
overall performance and leading to failure at a particular time due to continuous contact that …

Due to polymeric wear debris causing osteolysis from polymer, metal ions causing
metallosis from metal, and brittle characteristic causing fracture failure from ceramic in the …

The choice of ceramic-on-ceramic coupling in total hip prosthesis has advantages over
couplings with other combinations of materials that use polyethylene and metal materials in …

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is most likely one of the most successful surgical procedures in
medicine. It is estimated that three in four patients live beyond the first post-operative year …

Hip joint prostheses are used to replace hip joint function in the human body. The latest dual-
mobility hip joint prosthesis has an additional component of an outer liner that acts as a …

The use of material for implant bearing has a vital role in minimizing failures that endanger
implant recipients. Evaluation of contact pressure of bearing material can be the basis for …

Many investigations for developing total hip arthroplasty performance presented in previous
literature show focusing on implant users' external factors. Although this is important …

Poly (aryl-ether-ketone) materials (PAEKs), a class of high-performance polymers comprised
of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and polyetherketoneketone (PEKK), have attracted interest …

Stress shielding secondary to bone resorption is one of the main causes of aseptic
loosening, which limits the lifespan of the hip prostheses and increases the rates of revision …