Introduction: The present study aimed to evaluate an experimental herbal mouthwash, as compared to sodium fluoride mouthwash on the frictional resistance and surface roughness between brackets and two rectangular archwire types. Methods: A total of 60 premolar׳s brackets engaged with 0.019×0.025 archwires made of stainless steel and nickel-titanium alloys were used in this study. The samples we...

In the title compound, [Cr(2)Nd(2)F(4)(NO(2))(8)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(4)]·4CH(3)OH·H(2)O, two cis-difluoridobis(1,10-phenanthroline)chromium(III) fragments containing octa-hedrally coordinated chromium(III) bridge via fluoride ions to two tetra-nitratoneodymate(III) fragments, forming an uncharged tetra-nuclear square-like core. The fluoride bridges are fairly linear, with Cr-F-Nd angles of 168.74 (8...

Although offering superior resistance to corrosion, titanium is unable to withstand discoloration with exposure to peroxide or fluoride. The mechanism of this discoloration, however, remains to be clarified. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism underlying discoloration of titanium with immersion in peroxide- or fluoride-containing solutions based on electrochemical quartz ...

TiO2/ZrO2 nanocomposite was obtained by the sonochemical technique. In this method, two separate gels containing zirconium and titanium were prepared and mixed together. The precursor sol of zirconium was prepared from an aqueous solution of ZrCl4. The precursor titanium tetra isopropoxide (TTIP) dissolved in isopropanol. Mixing of Titanium and Zirconium gels was resulted in a yellow TiO2/ZrO2 ...

TiO2/ZrO2 nanocomposite was obtained by the sonochemical technique. In this method, two separate gels containing zirconium and titanium were prepared and mixed together. The precursor sol of zirconium was prepared from an aqueous solution of ZrCl4. The precursor titanium tetra isopropoxide (TTIP) dissolved in isopropanol. Mixing of Titanium and Zirconium gels was resulted in a yellow TiO2/ZrO2 ...

Semiclathrate hydrate formers such as tetra-n-butylammonium bromide (TBAB), chloride (TBAC) and fluoride (TBAF) are promising compounds that mild the thermodynamic conditions of gas hydrates, considerably. The Clausius-Clapeyron equation is employed in this manuscript to calculate dissociation enthalpies methane/carbon dioxide/nitrogen + TBAF semiclathrate hydrates. A 460 cm3 stirred batch reac...

Screw-shaped endosseous implants that have a turned surface of commercially pure titanium have a disadvantage of requiring a long time for osseointegration while those implants have shown long-term clinical success in single and multiple restorations. Titanium implant surfaces have been modified in various ways to improve biocompatibility and accelerate osseointegration, which results in a shor...

Titanium oxyhydroxy-fluoride, TiO0.9(OH)0.9F1.2 · 0.59H2O rods with a hexagonal tungsten bronze (HTB) structure, was synthesized via a facile one-step solvothermal method. The structure, morphology, and component of the products were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetry (TG), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution...

Seeding polymer substrates for the attachment and growth of metallic contacts is an important problem in modern microcircuit fabrication. A new method to effect such polymer metallization is described in which the polymer is first treated with vapor of zirconium or titanium tetra-tert-butoxide and then thermalyzed to give several monolayers of zirconium or titanium oxides that are attached to t...

The title compound, [Ti(C24H33O2)Cl3(C4H8O)], is a rare example of a trigonal-bipyramidal titanium coordination complex with three chloride and two oxygen donor ligands. The asymmetric unit contains two independent mol-ecules having essentially the same conformation. The mol-ecules feature the titanium(IV) metal cation complexed with three chloride ligands, a tetra-hydro-furan mol-ecule, and on...