polymethyl methacrylate (pmma), widely used as a prosthodontic base, has many disadvantages, including a high thermal expansion coefficient and low thermal conductivity, a low elasticity coefficient, low impact strength and low resistance to fatigue. this study aimed to make an in vitro comparison of the thermal conductivity, compressive strength, and tensile strength of the acrylic base of com...

To improve biocompatibility of hydrophobic polymethyl methacrylate intraocular lens (PMMA IOL), 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) was immobilized by UV-induced graft copolymerization method. The hydrophilicity and chemical composition of the PMMA IOL surface after each step of surfaces modification were analyzed by contact angle (CA) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The morphology o...

Microspheres of polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA) are exciting new soft-tissue fillers that are becoming increasing popular for facial rejuvenation. Some reports of side effects of this procedure are basically in respect to dermal reaction, with late-onset granulomatous lesion with giant cells and vacuoles. We report blindness and total ophthalmoplegia after PMMA injection into glabellar area in a...

Background. The objective of our study was to evaluate the stabilization of reconstructed long bones after metastatic tumor resection and defect filling with polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) or bone allograft. Material and methods. We studied a group of 107 patients who underwent surgery between 1996 and 2004 (55 females and 46 males). A primary neoplasmatic focus was found after histopathologica...

Recently, thermoplastic polymers have become popular materials for microfluidic chips due to their easy fabrication and low cost. A polymer based microfluidic device can be formed in various fabrication techniques such as laser machining, injection molding, and hot embossing. A new bonding process presented in this paper uses a 2.5% (w/w) polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) solution as an adhesive l...

Polymethyl methacrylate, PMMA, is one of the most important thermoplastic material which can be used as replacement of glass due to its unmatched properties. But PMMA is prone to UV and thermal degradation. So to overcome this drawback, along with PMMA, UV absorber is incorporated which not only acts as a stabiliser but also inhibits 60% of degradation. It also provides better thermal stability...

A gallium phosphide (GaP) photovoltaic junction is grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) on a GaP substrate. An anti-reflection coating of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is applied and the cell is measured under concentrations of 1 and 10.7 in an outdoor setting. Efficiencies up to 2.6% and open circuit voltages up to 1.57 V are reported. & 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

In our experiments, we use different photoresists for proton beam writing and mold fabrication. We have fabricated Ni mold with structures down to 500 nm. We first use a fine focused proton beam to expose different photoresists, Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA), AR-P 3250 and ma-N 2410. After development and nickel sulfamate electroplating, the structures were faithfully transferred from the phot...

Acrylate polymers are derivatives of acrylic acid, but contain a plethora different functional groups and best discussed by themselves. In this column, we study the spectrum an important polymer, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), which is otherwise known as plexiglass, found in windows, car parts, paint. We then spectra PMMA mixtures copolymers detail.

Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) was surface modified by tetrafluoromethane (CF4) plasma and its effect on the human breast cancer cells (MCF-7) adhesion and proliferation were investigated. The promotion of MCF-7 cell growth was positively and quantitatively related to the CF4 plasma modification as revealed by different characterizations. From ESCA analysis, it is revealed that CF4 plasma treat...