Wear-Resistant Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene-Based Nano- and Microcomposites for Implants

<table>Wear intensity (<i>I</i>) of specimens: pure UHMWPE (1), nanocomposites UHMWPE +0.1 (2), 0.5 (3), 1 (4), 2 (5) wt.% HA and microcomposites UHMWPE +5 (6), 10 (7), 20 (8), 40 (9) wt.% HA at the steady-state wearing stage.</table>

Journal of Nanotechnology

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Figure 2: Wear-Resistant Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene-Based Nano- and Microcomposites for Implants 