Polymer composite structures for bone and cartilage tissue engineering

4 Polymer composite structures for bone and cartilage tissue engineering 

Composites are defined as multicomponent materials comprising multiple different phase domains in which at least one type of phase domain is a continuous phase a polymer composite is a composite in which at least one component is a polymer (Work et al., 2007). 

A Stainless steel X Co-Cr alloy X Tl-alloy O Amalgam Alumina - Zirconia Bioglass O Hydroxyapatite 

9 Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) + Polyethylene terephtalate (PET) Q Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) 

From Mano, J.F., Sousa, R.A., Boesel, L.F., Neves, N.M., Reis, R.L., 2004. Bioinert, biodegradable and injectable polymeric matrix composites for hard tissue replacement state of the art and recent developments. Composites Science and Technology 64, 789-817. 

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