This study aimed at comparing amounts of nickel (Ni) and chromium (Cr) released from brackets from different manufacturers in simulated oral environments. 280 brackets were equally divided into 7 groups according to manufacturer. 6 groups of brackets were stainless steel, and 1 group of brackets was made of a cobalt-chromium alloy with low Ni content (0.5%). International standard ISO 10271/200...

Black phosphorus (BP) is a new class of 2D material which holds promise for next generation transistor applications owing to its intrinsically superior carrier mobility properties. Among other issues, achieving good ohmic contacts with low source-drain parasitic resistance in BP field-effect transistors (FET) remains a challenge. For the first time, we report a new contact technology that emplo...

Special potential scan programs were designed for cyclic voltammetric development of β-NiOOH or γ-NiOOH/ β-NiOOH mixtures on the surface of nickel or nickel-chromium (80:20) alloy electrodes in NaOH 0.10 M. The programs consisted on changing the anodic or cathodic switching limit to facilitate the chemical reactions taking place either between Ni(II) hydroxides or between Ni(III) oxides-hydroxi...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the present study was to evaluate the bending properties of Hyflex instruments, which exhibit a lower percent in weight of nickel (52 Ni %wt) and compare them with other commercially available nickel-titanium (NiTi) rotary instruments. METHODS Ten instruments with tip size 25, 0.06 taper of each of the following NiTi rotary instrumentation techniques were selected for ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the role of temporary thermally expandable urethral stents in maintaining urethral patency in patients with a recurrent bulbar urethral stricture. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-three men with a recurrent bulbar urethral stricture after several attempts at direct visual internal urethrotomy (DVIU) and/or failed urethroplasty were managed with a thermally expandable, biocompa...

The present study utilizes molecular dynamics simulations to the athermal and stress-induced martensitic transformation of B2 B19' phase in a Ni-Ti alloy effect precipitates on transformation. demonstrate existence an intermediate B19 between martensite austenite phases. Nickel-Titanium shape memory with is studied by introducing Ni3Ti, NiTi2 Ni4Ti3 individually using atomistic simulations. res...

This paper describes a novel microgripper, fabricated in superelastic alloy (Ni50.8Ti49.2) by wired micro Electro Discharge Machining (μEDM). The main features of the new microgripper are fabrication technology (μEDM) and exploited material (superelastic alloy); the gripper was sensorized with commercial semiconductor strain-gauges and implemented in the force-feedback micromanipulation worksta...