title: Autonomic healing of acrylic bone cement.
abstract: Self-healing in orthopedic bone cement is demonstrated with a novel thermoplastic solvent-bonding approach. Low toxicity solvent-filled microcapsules, embedded in a commercial acrylic bone cement matrix, enable recovery of up to 80% of the virgin fracture toughness of the cement at room and body temperature conditions without external stimuli or human intervention.
authors.affiliation: Autonomic Materials Systems Group, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
authors.forename: A Sydney
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gladman
authors.forename: Asha-Dee N
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Celestine
authors.forename: Nancy R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Sottos
authors.forename: Scott R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D001843:Bone Cements / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002214:Capsules; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D002214:Capsules; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate
keywords: bone cement; fracture toughness; microcapsules; self-healing; solvent bonding