TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Hamed Hamza Ibrahim AU - Amr Abdelrahman Shaarawy , AU - Usama Farid Mahmoud Kandil , TI - Physical properties enhancement of biomaterials using nanotechnology / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Hamed Hamza Ibrahim , KW - Glassy polymers KW - Nanocomposites KW - PMMA rubber blends N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of System and Biomedical Engineering; Issued also as CD N2 - Biomaterials such as PMMA, ceramics, hydroxyapatite... etc are relatively brittle and fracture easily which limit its characteristics in a lot of applications such as joint replacements, bone plates, dental implants for tooth fixation,... etc. In order to obtain high mechanical properties; the rubber nanoparticles have been chemically connected with the PMMA matrix to be well compatible via interfacial adhesion UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -