Curing of Highly Loaded Ceramic Suspensions in Acrylates

Curing of Highly Loaded Ceramic Suspensions in Acrylates

The objective of this study is to use differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to characterize the curing kinetics of Al2O3 and hydroxyapatite suspensions in acrylates. The heat evolution of the acrylate premix and ceramic suspensions in dynamic and isothermal curing was measured. The calculated activation energies for the acrylate premix and the two ceramic suspensions were 133, 74, and 78 kJ/m...

Ceramic Capillary Suspensions: Novel Processing Route for Macroporous Ceramic Materials

We introduce a novel method to produce macroporous ceramics by capillary suspensions. Adding a small amount (~1 vol%) of an immiscible secondary phase to a low concentration (~20 vol%) suspension can increase the yield stress by several orders of magnitude. This drastic change in flow behavior is induced by the creation of a sample-spanning particle network in the suspension controlled by capil...

Differential photo-calorimetry of photopolymerizable ceramic suspensions

Suspensions of alumina powders in low-viscosity acrylate monomers were produced and their curing behaviour characterized. Although these suspensions contain 50 vol % Al2O3 particles, the viscosity is between 200 and 300 mPas. These suspensions were rendered ultraviolet-curable by the addition of photoinitiators sensitive to ultraviolet radiation. Photopolymerization kinetics were characterized ...

Process Control of UV and EB Curing of Acrylates by In-line NIR Reflection Spectroscopy

Curing efficiency of various resin-based materials polymerized through different ceramic thicknesses and curing time

PURPOSE The aim of this in vitro study was to examine the curing efficiency of various resin-based materials polymerized through ceramic restorations with 3 different thicknesses. Curing efficiency was evaluated by determining the surface microhardness (VHN) of the resin specimens. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four kinds of resin materials were used. Z350 (3M ESPE Filtek™ Z350: A2 Shade), Z250 (3M E...