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PUBLICATIONS

Application of Fluorescent Molecules as In-Situ Probes of Bone Cement Cure

Published

Author(s)

Francis W. Wang, D G. Sauder

Abstract

This paper describes the fluorescence behavior of anthracene and Re(CO)3CIL, (where L=4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline) in a commercial bone cement. New in these studies is the observation that the reduction in intermolecular quenching accompanying increasing polymer concentration allows the recovery of normal fluorescence to be correlated with a sample's increased viscosity. This is the first report of fluorescence recovery due to the impedance of quenching being used to monitor polymerization processes.
Citation
Polymer Preprints
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

bone cement, cure monitoring, fluorescence

Citation

Wang, F. and Sauder, D. (2008), Application of Fluorescent Molecules as In-Situ Probes of Bone Cement Cure, Polymer Preprints (Accessed October 11, 2025)

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Created October 16, 2008
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