Liquid Crystals in Biotribology Synovial Joint Treatment /

• Main Authors: Ermakov, Sergey (Author), Beletskii, Alexandr (Author), Eismont, Oleg (Author), Nikolaev, Vladimir (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Physics.; Orthopedics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Tribology.; Corrosion and anti-corrosives.; Coatings.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings.; Biomedical Engineering.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Conservative Orthopedics.
• Physical Description: XII, 211 p. 105 illus., 9 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319203492
• ISSN: 1618-7210

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.