Candida-associated denture stomatitis (CADS) is a significant clinical concern. We have demonstrated that urethane-based denture biomaterials with 10% methacrylic acid (MAA) could bind and then slowly release antifungal drug for months. Drugs on the resins could be repeatedly quenched/recharged, and in subsequent recharging, they could be changed/switched to more potent/effective ones. However,...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to measure and analyze the mechanical properties of several composite materials designed for dental restoration. METHODS The materials were composed of a visible light-curing monomer mixture (either Bis-GMA+TEGDMA or Bis-GMA+HEMA) as a matrix and hydroxyapatite (either microscopic or nanoscopic particles) as a reinforcing filler. The surface of the hyd...

In this work, a 3D printed polymer-metal soft-magnetic composite was developed and characterized for its material, structural, and functional properties. The material comprises acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) as the polymer matrix, with up to 40 vol. % stainless steel micropowder as the filler. The composites were rheologically analyzed and 3D printed into tensile and flexural test specim...

The most common additive manufacturing technique fused filament fabrication (FFF) suffers from inter-bead porosity that reduces mechanical properties. Inter-bead pores follow the raster angle, which causes anisotropic Yet, effects of angle on behavior short-carbon-fiber-reinforced (SCFR) thermoplastics are unclear. In this study, we performed tensile, flexural, and fracture toughness tests SCFR...

The aim of present study is to investigate the effect of various parameters such as length, thickness, density, shear modulus of the core and Young modulus of skins for various boundary conditions:  clamped-free and simply supported. By applying the model of Khalili et al for frees vibration analysis of sandwich beams by using finite element methods. Where, the core density is taken on consider...

fiber reinforced concrete (frc) has been widely used due to its advantages over plain concrete such as high energy absorption, post cracking behaviour, flexural and impact strength and arresting shrinkage cracks. but there is a weak zone between fibers and paste in fiber reinforced concretes and this weak zone is full of porosity, especially in hybrid fiber reinforced concretes. so it is necess...

In this study, the physical, morphological, mechanical and thermal properties of furfuryl alcohol/2-ethylhexyl methacrylate/halloysite nanoclay wood polymer nanocomposites (FA-co-EHMA-HNC WPNCs) were investigated. FA-co-EHMA-HNC WPNCs were prepared via an impregnation method and the properties of the nanocomposites were characterized through the weight percent gain, Fourier transform infrared (...

Abbreviations a 1 , a 2 , a 3 , a 4 and A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 Constants in the shape function y(x) a C Contact radius α Wave number of the flexural waves A Cross-section area of the cantilever b Thickness of the cantilever c P Ratio φ Lat /φ d Y 0 , d X0 Normalized amplitude of the sensor tip in y-and x-direction, respectively δ n , δ L Normal, lateral contact deflection (in the coordinate syst...

This study used a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) polymer matrix, pine-wood flour (PWF) and walnut-shell (WSF) to produce wood-plastic composite (WPC) boards. The PWF WSF filler amounts were adjusted 20%, 30%, 40% by weight. Some of the mechanical properties produced boards comparatively investigated, such as flexural strength, modulus, deformation at break, tensile elongation break. Flexural ...