Poster(Material Science and Applied Engineering 4)

[M-P4-05] Improved mechanical-tribological properties and cytocompatibility evaluation of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene/cellulose nanofiber bio-nanocomposites (C000230)

*NUR SHARMILA SHARIP¹, HIDAYAH ARIFFIN^1,2, YOSHITO ANDOU³, YUKI SHIROSAKI⁴, MOHAMAD JAWAID⁵, PARIDAH MD TAHIR⁶, NOR AZOWA IBRAHIM⁷ (1. Laboratory of Biopolymer and Derivatives, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2. Department of Bioprocess Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 3. Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 4. Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 5. Laboratory of Biocomposite Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 6. Laboratory of Sustainable Bioresource Management, Institute of Tropical Forestry and ForestProducts (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 7. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia)

Keywords:Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, cellulose nanofiber, bio-nanocomposite, cytocompatibility, osteoblastic cells MG63