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

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">UHMWPE</td><td align="center">0.5 wt.% HA (nano)</td><td align="center">20 wt.% HA (micro)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">56.6</td><td align="center">41.1</td><td align="center">41.4</td></tr><tr><td align="left">60.2</td><td align="center">48.9</td><td align="center">46.8</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Journal of Nanotechnology

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