Recently, a processing technique resembling plastic-type forming has been developed for solid wood. To improve the recyclability of the formed products, thermoplastics were used as a binder. In this study, a hydrophobic monomer of methylmethacrylate (MMA) was used as a thermoplastic binder and was impregnated into wood, then polymerised by heat to form polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). The effects...

A major attention is focused at present to the surface characteristics of intraocular lenses (IOLs), which determine the biological response to the prostheses. There is now an overwhelming information on the fact that some cell types adhere to a lesser extent onto heparin-surface-modified (HSM) polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) IOLs, either in vitro and in vivo. The present work aimed at sheding ne...

The current understanding of nanoplastics (NPLs) toxicity to freshwater biota, especially the potential toxic effects polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), remains limited. Thus, present work intended add knowledge about ecotoxicity ∼40 nm PMMA-NPLs focusing on lethality, morphology, feeding and regeneration capacity cnidarian Hydra viridissima, after an exposure period 96 h. Results showed that high ...

Porous (pr-)SnO2-based powders were synthesized by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis employing home-made polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) microspheres (typical particle size: 70 nm in diameter), and effects of the CuxO addition to pr-SnO2 powder on acetone toluene sensing properties investigated. Well-developed spherical pores reflecting morphology PMMA microsphere templates formed SnO2-based powders, wh...

PURPOSE To compare primary implantation of foldable hydrophilic acrylic with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) intraocular lenses (IOLs) in pediatric cataract surgery in terms of short-term complications and visual outcomes. METHODS This randomized clinical trial included 40 eyes of 31 consecutive pediatric patients aged 1 to 6 years with unilateral or bilateral congenital cataracts undergoing ca...

Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) particles have been shown to inhibit the differentiation, proliferation, and mineralization of osteoprogenitor cells in vitro. In this study, we investigated the effects of OP-1 (BMP-7) on the osteogenesis of MC3T3-E1 osteoprogenitor cells exposed to PMMA particles in vitro. MC3T3-E1 cells challenged with PMMA particles on the 1st day of differentiation in osteogen...

Abstract Introduction The use of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) after anterior cervical discectomy (ACD) shows high rates of graft migration and pseudarthrosis when compared with various other fusion procedures. Due to this fact, it is currently not considered the preferred choice of treatment in many countries. This review discusses the use of PMMA in cervical spine surgery. Materials and metho...

OBJECTIVE To compare biomechanical stiffness of cadaveric canine cervical spine constructs stabilized with bicortical stainless steel pins and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), monocortical stainless steel screws with PMMA, or monocortical titanium screws with PMMA. STUDY DESIGN Biomechanical cadaver study. ANIMALS Eighteen canine cervical vertebral columns (C2-C7) were collected from skeletal...

In order to reduce the psychological and aesthetic consequences caused by elective or therapeutic orchiectomy, we developed two types of testicular prostheses, which were produced using a 3D printer, with polylactic acid filament, coated cyanoacrylate polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). They tested in Wistar rats, orchiectomy performed on left testicle prosthesis implanted inside tunica vaginalis, g...

Resistive switching (RS) devices are commonly believed as a promising candidate for next generation nonvolatile resistance random access memory. Here, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) interlayer was introduced at the heterointerface of p-CuSCN hollow nanopyramid arrays and n-ZnO nanorod arrays, resulting in a typical bipolar RS behavior. We propose the mechanism of nanostructure trap-induced space...