STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The poor chemical bonding of a denture base resin to cast titanium framework often introduces adhesive failure and increases microleakage. PURPOSE This study evaluated the shear bond strengths of a heat cure denture base resin to commercially pure titanium, Ti-6Al-4V alloy and a cobalt-chromium alloy using two adhesive primers. MATERIAL AND METHODS Disks of commercially...

Energy conversion cycles are aimed at driving unfavorable, small-molecule activation reactions with a photon harnessed directly by a transition-metal catalyst or indirectly by a transition-metal catalyst at the surface of a photovoltaic cell. The construction of such cycles confronts daunting challenges because they rely on chemical transformations not understood at the most basic levels. These...

Can cyclen (1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane) bind alkali metal azides? This question is addressed by studying the geometric and electronic structures of the alkali metal azide-cyclen [M(cyclen)N3] complexes using density functional theory (DFT). The effects of adding a second cyclen ring to form the sandwich alkali metal azide-cyclen [M(cyclen)2N3] complexes are also investigated. N3(-) is found...

Extending the class of group 6 metal-metal bonded methylate compounds supported by alkali metal counter-ions, the first sodium octamethylmolybdate(ii) complex [(TMEDA)Na]4Mo2Me8 and heptamethylchromate(ii) relations [(donor)Na]3Cr2Me7 (donor is TMEDA or TMCDA) are reported. The former was made by treating [(Et2O)Li]4Mo2Me8 with four equivalents of NaOtBu/TMEDA in ether; whereas the latter resul...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the hypothesis that the bond strength of a polymer-glass composite to cast commercially pure titanium (CPTi) can be improved by treating the metal surface with adhesive metal primers or with heat-processed silicoating. Materials and Methods: Cast commercially pure titanium disks were prepared and the cast surfaces were air-abraded with 250 μm alumin...

A Sc NHC complex readily activates three equivalents of CO2 showing 'Frustrated Lewis Pair' type reactivity with each metal-carbene bond, but whilst CS2 is also activated by the labile carbenes, no metal involvement is observed.

The existence of a series of triatomic molecules with the general formula MNM', where M is an alkaline metal (K, Rb, Cs), and M' is an alkaline earth metal (Ca, Sr, Ba), has been predicted by quantum chemical methods. Among these, the CsNBa molecule shows a feature not found before, the presence of a multiple bond between barium and nitrogen. As a consequence of this novel bonding situation, th...

Carbon monoxide binding by displacement of a pendant hemi-labile ligand at a di-iron site can be substantially 'switched-on' via a ligand protonation pathway which is competitive with metal-metal bond protonation.