Understanding adsorption phenomena on stainless steel surfaces is of important because stainless steel is widely used from food and dairy to pharmaceutical industries. Protein adsorption and fouling undermines the efficiency of stainless steel process equipments and leads to an increase in operational costs due to regular cleaning. For this reason, adsorption of milk proteins on stainless steel...

Microelectrodes implanted in cortical tissue have been shown to effectively send and record electrical brain signals. The limitation encountered in the past is the robustness of these electrodes. New flexible electrodes are being developed to solve this problem, but electrochemical (EC) measurements are a required step in the characterization of these microelectrodes before they can be implante...

Intergranular stress corrosion cracking has occurred in BWR environments in non-sensitised, cold-worked austenitic stainless steel materials. The affecting parameters are so far not fully known, but deformation mechanisms may be decisive. The effect of cold deformation and nitrogen content on the deformation behaviour of austenitic stainless steels was investigated. The materials were austeniti...

BACKGROUND Friction between archwires and brackets is assuming greater importance for finishing with increased use of sliding mechanics in orthodontics as friction impedes the desired tooth movement. The following study is conducted to compare and evaluate the effect of ligation on friction in sliding mechanics using 0.022" slot bracket in dry condition. MATERIALS & METHODS In the study 48 co...

The surface topography of 100 clinically used archwires of stainless steel, beta-, or nickel-titanium were investigated that had contacted either ceramic or stainless steel brackets. One group consisted of two sets: 60 wires with no treatment records accessed to bias analyses, and 40 wires for which extensive clinical records were available, half of which were used with ceramic or stainless ste...

Metal-based scaffolds such as stents are the most preferred treatment methods for coronary artery disease. However, impaired endothelialization on the luminal surface of the stents is a major limitation occasionally leading to catastrophic consequences in the long term. Coating the stent surface with relevant bioactive molecules is considered to aid in recovery of endothelium around the wound s...

Frictional resistance is an important counterforce to orthodontic tooth movement during sliding mechanics. This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of ceramic bracket and ceramic bracket with metal slot -archwire‐ ligation combinations on “resistance to sliding” during simulated canine retraction on typodont model. The frictional resistance was tested between Ceramic brackets (3MUNITEK...

The corrosion resistance of type 304L and 316 austenitic stainless steels in 2M H2SO4 at 0-1.5%NaCl concentrations was studied through potentiodynamic polarization technique and optical microscopy analysis. The corrosion rate, pitting potential, passivation potential and surface morphology of both steel where significantly altered by the Clion concentration, alloy composition and metallurgical ...

In an inductively-coupled H2-Ar plasma at a total pressure of 1.5 Pa the influence of the electrode cover material on selected line intensities of H, H2, and Ar are determined by optical emission spectroscopy and actinometry for the electrode cover materials stainless steel, copper, tungsten, Macorr, and aluminum. Hydrogen dissociation degrees for the considered conditions are determined experi...

Fracture fixation of the medial malleolus in rotationally unstable ankle fractures typically results in healing with current fixation methods. However, when failure occurs, pullout of the screws from tension, compression, and rotational forces is predictable. We sought to biomechanically test a relatively new technique of bicortical screw fixation for medial malleoli fractures. Also, the AO gro...