| Materials for hip prostheses: a review of wear and loading considerations M Merola, S Affatato Materials 12 (3), 495, 2019 | 324 | 2019 |
| Advanced biomaterials in hip joint arthroplasty. A review on polymer and ceramics composites as alternative bearings S Affatato, A Ruggiero, M Merola Composites Part B: Engineering 83, 276-283, 2015 | 186 | 2015 |
| Experimental comparison on tribological pairs UHMWPE/TIAL6V4 alloy, UHMWPE/AISI316L austenitic stainless and UHMWPE/AL2O3 ceramic, under dry and lubricated conditions A Ruggiero, E Gómez, M Merola Tribology International 96, 349-360, 2016 | 127 | 2016 |
| Tribological characterization of vegetal lubricants: Comparative experimental investigation on Jatropha curcas L. oil, Rapeseed Methyl Ester oil, Hydrotreated Rapeseed oil A Ruggiero, R D’Amato, M Merola, P Valašek, M Müller Tribology International 109, 529-540, 2017 | 122 | 2017 |
| Tribo-mechanical characterization of reinforced epoxy resin under dry and lubricated contact conditions A Ruggiero, M Merola, P Carlone, VM Archodoulaki Composites Part B: Engineering 79, 595-603, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| On the tribological behavior of retrieved hip femoral heads affected by metallic debris. A comparative investigation by stylus and optical profilometer for a new roughness … M Merola, A Ruggiero, JS De Mattia, S Affatato Measurement 90, 365-371, 2016 | 66 | 2016 |
| Nanosheets of MoS2‐oleylamine as hybrid filler for self‐lubricating polymer composites: Thermal, tribological, and mechanical properties A Sorrentino, C Altavilla, M Merola, A Senatore, P Ciambelli, S Iannace Polymer Composites 36 (6), 1124-1134, 2015 | 60 | 2015 |
| Finite element simulations of hard-on-soft hip joint prosthesis accounting for dynamic loads calculated from a musculoskeletal model during walking A Ruggiero, M Merola, S Affatato Materials 11 (4), 574, 2018 | 46 | 2018 |
| On the tribological performance of vegetal lubricants: experimental investigation on Jatropha Curcas L. oil A Ruggiero, R D’Amato, M Merola, P Valášek, M Müller Procedia Engineering 149, 431-437, 2016 | 46 | 2016 |
| Does metal transfer differ on retrieved Biolox® Delta composites femoral heads? Surface investigation on three Biolox® generations from a biotribological point of … S Affatato, A Ruggiero, M Merola, S Logozzo Composites Part B: Engineering 113, 164-173, 2017 | 35 | 2017 |
| On the improvement of AA2024 wear properties through the deposition of a cold-sprayed titanium coating A Astarita, F Rubino, P Carlone, A Ruggiero, C Leone, S Genna, ... Metals 6 (8), 185, 2016 | 35 | 2016 |
| Friction and wear behaviors of Al/Epoxy Composites during Reciprocating Sliding tests A Ruggiero, P Valášek, M Merola Manufacturing technology 15 (4), 684-689, 2015 | 32 | 2015 |
| FEM analysis of metal on UHMWPE total hip prosthesis during normal walking cycle A Ruggiero, S Affatato, M Merola, MC DE SIMONE Proceedings of the XXIII Conference of the Italian Association of …, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
| On the biotribology of total knee replacement: A new roughness measurements protocol on in vivo condyles considering the dynamic loading from musculoskeletal multibody model A Ruggiero, M Merola, S Affatato Measurement 112, 22-28, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
| Development of a novel in silico model to investigate the influence of radial clearance on the acetabular cup contact pressure in hip implants S Affatato, M Merola, A Ruggiero Materials 11 (8), 1282, 2018 | 27 | 2018 |
| Wear behaviours and oxidation effects on different UHMWPE acetabular cups using a hip joint simulator S Affatato, A Ruggiero, SA Jaber, M Merola, P Bracco Materials 11 (3), 433, 2018 | 26 | 2018 |
| Tribological performances of total knee prostheses: Roughness measurements on medial and lateral compartments of retrieved femoral components S Affatato, M Merola, A Ruggiero Measurement 135, 341-347, 2019 | 13 | 2019 |
| Mechanical and tribological characterization of composite laminates manufactured by liquid composite molding processes M Merola, P Carlone, A Ruggiero, VM Archodoulaki Key Engineering Materials 651, 907-912, 2015 | 11 | 2015 |
| Preliminary results of the tribological performance of new modular temporary knee spacer antibiotic-impregnated S Affatato, F Foroni, M Merola, F Baldacci Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 95, 205-209, 2019 | 6 | 2019 |
| Does the Hirsch Index improve research quality in the field of biomaterials? A new perspective in the biomedical research field S Affatato, M Merola Materials 11 (10), 1967, 2018 | 4 | 2018 |
