Journal: Materials & design

Article Title: A multi-modal strategy for enhancing titanium–bone interface strength and antimicrobial properties of PMMA bone cements

doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2026.115970

Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Shear bond strength (MPa) as a function of varying adhesive systems using only the Biomet Bone Cement R as the cement material with and without mechanical cycling in the bioreactor. The non-cycled samples were stored in 37°C Millipore water for 24 h, where the cycled samples were stored for 1 week under the same conditions. Different uppercase letters indicate statistically significant differences between the tested adhesive systems across both storage conditions (p ≤ 0.05). (B) Failure analysis (% out of 100) of the same tested samples (n = 6) to indicate the fracture interface using the different adhesive systems under the two cycling conditions.

Article Snippet: Bone Cement R (Zimmer Biomet, Warsaw, IN, USA) was selected as a commonly used cement in orthopedic practice, and Jet Acrylic (Lang Dental, Wheeling, IL, USA), which is used to produce dentures, was used as proxy, both independently and in conjunction with experimental monomers.

Techniques: Shear, Adhesive