## Abstract Many hydrogels have been proposed as articular cartilage replacements as an alternative to partial or total joint replacements. In the current study, poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVA/PVP) hydrogels were investigated as potential cartilage replacements by investigating th
Influence of protein conformation on frictional properties of poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogel for artificial cartilage
β Scribed by K. Nakashima; Y. Sawae; T. Murakami
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 503 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1023-8883
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