Figure 9From: Surface pretreatments for medical application of adhesionBond strengths between PE surfaces (sand blasted, adhesive: PMMA-BisGMA-Bonder and Refobacin®-Palacos®R) without (0d) and with (30d...150d) hydrolytic load (demineralized water, 37°C). The samples were plasma treated (20 min, plasma at 0.5...1 mbar partial pressure of O2).Back to article page