Background: The purpose of this study was to compare and evaluate the effects of metal primer on the shear bond strength of denture base resin to base metal alloy after electrolytic and laser etching. Materials and Methods: A total of 48 cobalt‐chromium (Co‐Cr) alloy specimens were fabricated. The specimens were divided into 6 groups of 8 specimens each. Group I: Sandblasting (control group). G...

Carbon-supported precious metal catalysts are widely used in heterogeneous catalysis and electrocatalysis, and enhancement of catalyst dispersion and stability by controlling the interfacial structure is highly desired. Here we report a new method to deposit metal oxides and metal nanoparticles on graphene and form stable metal-metal oxide-graphene triple junctions for electrocatalysis applicat...

This manuscript is published as part of the proceedings of the NIH Technology Assessment Conference on Effects and Sideeffects of Dental Restorative Materials, August 26-28,1991, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and did not undergo the customary journal peer-review process. I t is estimated that 96% of adults in the United States between the ages of 18 and 65 have one or more ...

OF THESIS PRECISE CONTROL OF CARBON NANOTUBE MEMBRANE STRUCTURE FOR ENZYME MIMETIC CATALYSIS The ability to fabricate a charge-driven water pump is a crucial step toward mimicking the catalytic ability of natural enzyme systems. The first step towards making this water pump a reality is the ability to make a carbon nanotube (CNT) membrane with uniform, 0.8 nm pore diameter. Proposed in this wor...

Coatings that can self-modulate their optical properties as a function of an external stimulus are of significant technological interest. In this regard, the possibilities for thermoor electrochromic materials such as V02 and W03 are already comparatively well-known. Here, however, we explore a new kind of 'smart' coating, based on the active control of a plasmon resonance in nanoparticles. One...

The Front Cover shows an artistic representation of a new class bifunctional zinc-air battery catalysts that consist hollow mesoporous carbon nanospheres decorated with various precious-metal-free transition-metal oxide nanoparticles. More information can be found in the Article by Y. He et al.

Nitrogen-doped onion-like carbon-rich materials were synthesized by heat treatment of a ‘‘hybrid’’ containing hexamethylene diamine complex in the presence of Co and Fe species while preparing non-precious metal electrocatalyst for oxygen-reduction. As demonstrated by electrochemical rotating disk electrode and fuel cell tests, the binary CoFe-based catalyst containing graphitized onion-like ca...