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For the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) graft, synthetic UHMWPE is an ideal candidate due to its biocompatibility and extremely high tensile strength. However, significant problems are observed in UHMWPE based implants, such as wear debris and oxidative degradation. To resolve the issue of wear and to enhance the life of UHMWPE as an implant, in recent years, this field has witnessed numerous innovative methodologies such as biofunctionalization or high temperature melting of UHMWPE to enhance its toughness and strength. The surface functionalization\/modification\/treatment of UHMWPE is very challenging as it requires optimizing many variables, such as surface tension and wettability, active functional groups on the surface, irradiation, and protein immobilization to successfully improve the mechanical properties of UHMWPE and reduce or eliminate the wear or osteolysis of the UHMWPE implant. Despite these difficulties, several surface roughening, functionalization, and irradiation processing technologies have been developed and applied in the recent past. The basic research and direct industrial applications of such material improvement technology are very significant, as evidenced by the significant number of published papers and patents. However, the available literature on research methodology and techniques related to material property enhancement and protection from wear of UHMWPE is disseminated, and there is a lack of a comprehensive source for the research community to access information on the subject matter. Here we provide an overview of recent developments and core challenges in the surface modification\/functionalization\/irradiation of UHMWPE and apply these findings to the case study of UHMWPE for ACL repair.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/polym14112189","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,31]],"date-time":"2022-05-31T00:25:12Z","timestamp":1653956712000},"page":"2189","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Functional Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites for Ligament Reconstructions and Their Targeted Applications in the Restoration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Sonia","family":"Wahed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7586-4071","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Colin","family":"Dunstan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Philip","family":"Boughton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Ruys","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shaikh","family":"Faisal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science & Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tania","family":"Wahed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar 1342, Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bidita","family":"Salahuddin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xinying","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia"},{"name":"School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chun","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammad","family":"Islam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8834-0397","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shazed","family":"Aziz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"Requirements for Selection\/Development of a Biomaterial","volume":"14","author":"Gobbi","year":"2019","journal-title":"Biomed. 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