Introduction: Development of new pulp capping agents has paved the way towards the preservation of pulp vitality, which is an important goal in restorative dentistry. This study sought to assess the calcium ion release, pH and setting of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) Angelus, an experimental formulation of nano-hybrid MTA containing nano-SiO2, nano-Al2O3 and nano-TiO2 and MTA Angelus plus na...

this study investigates the prediction model of compressive strength of self–compacting concrete (scc) by utilizing soft computing techniques. the techniques consist of adaptive neuro–based fuzzy inference system (anfis), artificial neural network (ann) and the hybrid of particle swarm optimization with passive congregation (psopc) and anfis called psopc–anfis. their performances are comparativ...

Pollution flashover on insulators is one of the greatest challenges affecting smooth operation high-voltage transmission lines. Demonstrating super-hydrophobic coatings insulators’ interfaces an effective measure to prevent insulator flashovers. In present investigation, a FAS-17-modified SiO2/PDMS coating composite was demonstrated by spraying. The had contact angle 159.2° and sliding 1.3° wit...

Ab initio and density-functional theory (DFT) calculations have been used to investigate the model rearrangements of quadricyclane to norbornadiene catalysed by single CuSO4 and SnCl2 molecules. The isolated reactions with the two molecular catalysts proceed via electron-transfer catalysis in which the hydrocarbon is oxidised, in contrast to systems investigated previously in which the substrat...

Macroporous SnO2 (mp-SnO2(P-n); P means polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and n = diameter of PMMA microsphere) thick film gas sensors were fabricated by a modified sol-gel method by employing PMMA microspheres (n = 800, 400, 250 and 150 nm) as a template and SnCl2 as a tin source. Morphology of mp-SnO2 films was markedly dependent on the SnCl2 concentration and the diameter of PMMA microspheres. E...

A nitrogen-doped TiO2@SiO2 core/shell nano-photocatalyst (N-TiO2@SiO2) was used as an additive in photocatalytic paint and applied for the degradation of gaseous acetaldehyde under light-emitting diode (LED) visible light irradiation. N-TiO2 synthesised via solvothermal method then encapsulated by SiO2 sol-gel method. The incorporation N atom into TiO2 structure observed X-ray photoelectron spe...

The interlayer adhesion in the multilayered micro-devices is of significant importance for their electronic properties. scratch test applied here using a micro-blade sliding under linearly increased load, combined with optical and SEM visualization, to study Al2O3/GR/SiO2/Si Al2O3/hBN/GR/SiO2/Si stacks. failure interlayers determined by critical load at which sudden change coefficient friction ...