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Polymeric Microsensors For Intraoperative Contact Pressure Measurement, Emily R. Pritchard
Polymeric Microsensors For Intraoperative Contact Pressure Measurement, Emily R. Pritchard
Doctoral Dissertations
Biocompatible sensors have been demonstrated using traditional microfabrication techniques modified for polymer substrates and utilize only materials suitable for implantation or bodily contact. Sensor arrays for the measurement of the load condition of polyethylene spacers in the total knee arthroplasty (TKA) prosthesis have been developed. Arrays of capacitive sensors are used to determine the three-dimensional strain within the polyethylene prosthesis component. Data from these sensors can be used to give researchers a better understanding of component motion, loading, and wear phenomena for a large range of activities. This dissertation demonstrates both analytically and experimentally the fabrication of these sensor arrays …
Multi-Scale Simulation Of Linear, Short-Chain Polyethylene Liquids Under Flow Conditions, Jun Mo Kim
Multi-Scale Simulation Of Linear, Short-Chain Polyethylene Liquids Under Flow Conditions, Jun Mo Kim
Doctoral Dissertations
The rheological and structural properties of polymeric liquids cannot be condensed within a single numerical model. They should be described within hierarchical, multi-level numerical models in which each sub-model is responsible for different time and length scales; atomistic, mesoscopic, and continuum. In this study, the rheological and structural properties of linear, short-chain polyethylene liquids were investigated from the classical atomistic level to the mesoscopic and continuum levels of description. At the atomistic level of description, nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations of linear, short-chain polyethylene liquids spanning from C16H24 to C128H256 were performed to advance our knowledge of fundamental characteristic of …