Liquid Crystals in Biotribology [electronic resource] : Synovial Joint Treatment / by Sergey Ermakov, Alexandr Beletskii, Oleg Eismont, Vladimir Nikolaev.
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical EngineeringPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016Description: XII, 211 p. 105 illus., 9 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9783319203492
- Physics
- Orthopedics
- Amorphous substances
- Complex fluids
- Biophysics
- Biological physics
- Biomedical engineering
- Tribology
- Corrosion and anti-corrosives
- Coatings
- Physics
- Biophysics and Biological Physics
- Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings
- Biomedical Engineering
- Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
- Conservative Orthopedics
- 571.4 23
- QH505
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Introduction -- Biomechanics of Joint Synovia -- Brief Review of Liquid Crystals -- Modern Concepts of Friction and Lubrication of Solids -- Modern Concepts of Friction, Wear and Lubrication of Joints -- Effect of Liquid Crystals on Biological Mechanisms of Reducing Joint Friction -- Liquid Crystals as Effective Preparations for Treatment of Joint and Similar Pathologies -- Conclusions.
This book summarizes the theoretical and experimental studies confirming the concept of the liquid-crystalline nature of boundary lubrication in synovial joints. It is shown that cholesteric liquid crystals in the synovial liquid play a significant role in the mechanism of intra-articular friction reduction. The results of structural, rheological and tribological research of the creation of artificial synovial liquids - containing cholesteric liquid crystals in natural synovial liquids - are described. These liquid crystals reproduce the lubrication properties of natural synovia and provide a high chondroprotective efficiency. They were tested in osteoarthritis models and in clinical practice.