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JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS
Volume 66B, Issue 2, Pages 487-501Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.10044
Keywords
isothermal heat-conduction microcalorimetry; degradation rate, ultra-high-molecular-weight; polyethylene; calcium sulfate; macrophage response
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Isothermal heat-conduction microcalorimetry (IHCMC) allows measurement of extremely small rates of heat flow-on the order of 0.1 microwatt. This provides, for example, the ability to directly observe-and quantitate in a few days-rates of degradation as low as 1% per year at body temperature, in solid material samples of a few grams. Also, one method of IHCMC data analysis allows direct determination of the reaction-rate constant at the temperature of interest, thereby avoiding possible errors due to rate mechanism changes with temperature, an issue that needs to be considered when the Arrhenius method is used. IHCMC can also be used to measure transient phenomena, such as heat of adsorption, and initial metabolic responses of cellular entities to biomaterials. The purposes of this review article are to (a) explain the basic principles, attractive features, limitations, and methods of IHCMC; (b) describe biomaterials applications to date-including studies of the stability of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene and implant-grade calcium sulfate, setting reactions of dental adhesives, and macrophage response to biomaterial particles; (c) provide a discussion of issues and concerns that should be addressed in order to maximize the utility of IHCMC in biomaterials studies; and (d) suggest a number of possible future biomaterials applications for this technique. (C) 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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