High Modulus Dental Nanocomposites

ISBN-13: 9783639070217 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 140 str.

Yijun Wang

Opis

When materials scientists in dentistry turn to use nanofiller in composites because of their superb properties, rather than microfiller in dental restorations, they are also facing a series of new challenges. This book reviews dental materials that are currently used in the industry. It presents the methods of fabricating a type of novel high elastic modulus dental resin nanocomposites, and investigates their mechanical properties including the visco-elastic properties associated with filler loading and coupling agents by nanoindentation. Key features include: Proposes a type of novel resin composites in the applications of dental laminate structures; Details on how to fabricate this dental nanocomposites, how to measure their mechanical properties by nanoindentation, and how to predict the elastic modulus using several models; Discussion of visco-elastic properties of resin nanocomposites and analysis of their behaviors using a new VEP model. The properties of dental resin nanocomposites and the modeling/testing methodology presented in this book are not only applicable to dental composites, but also to general particulate-filled polymer composites as well.

O autorze

Wang Yijun Dr. Yijun Wang, Materials Scientist at Pixelligent Tech. LLC. He is working on the synthesis and capping of semiconductor nanoparticles. He received his BS and ME degree in Materials Engineering from Nanjing University, China. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2007.