OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that adhesive remnant index (ARI) scores show no differences when examined under different magnifications. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 80 upper human premolars. Stainless steel brackets were bonded to the specimens with Transbond XT light cure adhesive and Transbond Plus Self Etch Primer (3M Unitek, Monrovia, Calif, USA). The brackets were debonde...

In a previous work we developed a volume-memory liquid that can expand or shrink significantly as the temperature varies. The working mechanism is based on the thermally induced infiltration and defiltration of an electrolyte solution in the nanopores. In the current study, we investigate the influence of electrolyte concentration on the infiltration behavior, as well as its dependence on tempe...

Zeolite nanoblock (ZNB), prepared by hydrochloric acid decomposition of Na-A type zeolite, works as a highly efficient hydrogen-permeable membrane. Si and Al K-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectra were measured for ZNB to clarify the local structures. The Si K-edge XANES spectrum is similar to that of the Na-A type zeolite, but the Al K-edge XANES spectrum is interpreted as...

An overview by D Roy 10x is a new initiative at the MIT Media Laboratory with the goal of magnifying human abilities by an order of magnitude ('10x'), or more, along various cognitive and physical dimensions. Based on an understanding of human abilities and limitations, technologies can be shaped to extend human reach. By setting our sights on 10x gains, we deliberatively seek human abilities w...

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of natural zeolite (commercial preparation with 80% of clinoptilolite) on counts of different physiological groups of bacteria i.e. sulfide-producing, faecal and total coliform, mesophilic aerobic and anaerobic, and thermophilic bacteria in pig slurry. Zeolite was spread daily directly over partially slatted floor in a dose of 0.4 kg/1 m 2 durin...

—A machine learning approach is applied to classify zeolite crystals according to their framework type. The Zeolite-Structure-Predictor is introduced based on the Random Forest algorithm. Zeolites structural data from the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD) are used to train the model. The ZSP uses sixteen attributes including topological descriptors obtained with statistical geometry a...

Ultrathin MFI-zeolite nanosheets can be packed on porous supports to create molecular sieve membranes. The nanosheets on porous support reduce morphological damage seen in regular MFIzeolite crystals [1]. MFI-zeolite belongs to pentasil family of zeolites where the periodic building unit (PerBU) is composed of 12 interconnected SiO4 tetrahedral (T12) units of 41m2 (D2d) symmetry [2]. Rotation o...

Dye-exchanged Y zeolite is shown to be an effective medium to control the stereoselectivity in the photooxygenation of chiral oxazolidinone-functionalized Z/E-1 enecarbamates. An enantioselectivity (ee) as high as 80% was observed in the methyldesoxybenzoin (MDB) product, obtained in the methylene-blue-exchanged NaY zeolite at room temperature. The efficacy of the asymmetric induction in the MD...

Zeolite Phi is synthesized by two methods reported previously. Results from X-ray powder diffraction and scanning electron microscopy suggest that t h e materials are physical mixtures of chabazite and offretite; one sample has a small amount of phillipsite. The X-ray powder diffraction data from these samples, and those reported previously, are indexed and their unit-cell parameters compare we...

Zeolite micropattern created from structurally similar hydrophobic Sil-1 and hydrophilic ZSM-5 zeolites, and tested for the immobilization of fluorescein isothiocyanate conjugate bovine serum albumin (BSA-FITC), biotin conjugate bovine serum albumin (Biotin-BSA), Hochest 33342 and rhodamine conjugate αbungatoxin, were preferentially deposited onto hydrophobic ZSM-5 patterns regardless of the pa...