Crystal structures of silane have been extensively investigated using ab initio evolutionary simulation methods at high pressures. Two metallic structures with P2₁/c and C2/m symmetries are found stable above 383 GPa. The superconductivities of metallic phases are fully explored under BCS theory, including the reported C2/c one. Perturbative linear-response calculations for C2/m silane at 610 G...

Protein detection using biologically or immunologically modified field-effect transistors (bio/immunoFETs) depends on the nanoscale structure of the polymer/protein film at sensor interfaces (Bhushan 2010 Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology 3rd edn (Heidelberg: Springer); Gupta et al 2010 The effect of interface modification on bioFET sensitivity, submitted). AlGaN-based HFETs (heterojunction F...

Elastases in cystic fibrosis (CF) pulmonary fluids damage lung tissue and perpetuate cycles of infection, inflammation and injury. Elastases from three different sources may be present in CF airways: neutrophils, macrophages and Pseudomonas. We measured how well the cephalosporin-based antielastase L-658,758 blocks the activity of human neutrophil elastase (NE), human proteinase-3, human macrop...

A straightforward solution-based method to modify the biofunctionality of stainless steel (SS) using heterobifunctional silane-polyethylene glycol (silane-PEG) overlayers is reported. Reduced nonspecific biofouling of both proteins and bacteria onto SS and further selective biofunctionalization of the modified surface were achieved. According to photoelectron spectroscopy analyses, the silane-P...

fiber post (GFP) treated or not with phosphoric acid, silane coupling agent, and unfilled resin. GFPs were etched or not with 37% phosphoric acid and different surface coating applied: silane coupling agent, unfilled resin, or both. Composite resin blocks were built around a 4-mm height on the GFP. Unfilled resin (20 s) and composite resin (40 s) were light activated by a light-emitting diode u...

Using sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy, we found that water structure at nanoporous silica/water interfaces depended on the nanoporous film structure. For a periodic, self-assembled nanoporous film with monosized 2 nm pores occupying 20% of the top surface area, the surface vibrational spectrum was dominated by water in contact with silica, bare or covered by silane, at the top surface. I...

This study investigated the influence of different silica fillers on the flexural strength of experimentally filled resins. Hydrophilic (non-silanated) silica, hydrophobic silica modified by organofunctional silane, and silica modified by organofunctional silane that additionally contains polymerizable carbon double bonds were assigned into further subgroups: the first subgroup was electron bea...

As the proportion of adult orthodontic treatment increases, mainly for aesthetic reasons, orthodontic brackets are directly attached to yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (Y-TZP) restorations. This, study analyzed the shear bond strength (SBS) between various surface treated Y-TZP and orthodontic metal brackets. The Y-TZP specimens were conditioned by 110 μm Al₂O₃ sandblasting, o...

Solid dispersion formulations made of itraconazole (ITZ) and Soluplus® (polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl acetate and polyvinylcaprolactame-based graft copolymer abbreviated SOL) were produced using hot melt extrusion. Since ITZ possesses a water solubility of less than 1ng/mL, the aim of this work was to enhance the aqueous solubility of ITZ, and thereby improve its bioavailability. The three for...