Metal-assisted chemical etching of silicon is an electroless method that can produce porous silicon by immersing metal-modified silicon in a hydrofluoric acid solution without electrical bias. We have been studying the metal-assisted hydrofluoric acid etching of silicon using dissolved oxygen as an oxidizing agent. Three major factors control the etching reaction and the porous silicon structur...

Titanium implant surface etching has proven an effective method to enhance cell attachment. Despite the frequent use of hydrofluoric (HF) acid, many questions remain unresolved, including the optimal etching time and its effect on surface and biological properties. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of HF acid etching time on Ti topography, surface chemistry, wettability,...

Photoresists, wafers, plating solutions, etchants and solvents ... Phone: +49 731 977343 0 www.microchemicals.eu [email protected] Etching of SiO2, Quartz, and Glasses with HF Hydrofluoric acid is the only etchant which attacks amorphous SiO2, quartz, or glasses at significant high etch rate. However, HF is not only a strong corrosive, but also highly toxic towards higher concentrations: ...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of several surface preparation methods for improving shear bond strength of brackets to demineralised enamel. MATERIALS AND METHODS STUDY DESIGN in vitro study. Eighty premolars were selected and divided into 5 groups. Group 1 served as the control, while the remaining 4 groups were immersed in a demineralising solution (pH 4.8) for ...

PURPOSE The goal of this in vitro study was to identify the topographical features of the enamel surface deproteinized and etched with phosphoric acid (H3PO4) compared to phosphoric acid alone. MATERIALS AND METHOD Ten extracted lower first and second permanent molars were polished with pumice and water, and then divided into 4 equal buccal sections having similar physical and chemical proper...

Bonding to enamel has over 50 years of history. Efforts have been made to develop or introduce a simplified alternative, but enamel acid etching remains the most effective procedure for stable enamel bonding. Although acid etching is considered the most popular procedure in dentistry, there are characteristics that deserve special attention because of how crucial they can be in many clinical si...

Photoresists, developers, remover, adhesion promoters, etchants, and solvents ... Phone: +49 731 36080-409 www.microchemicals.eu e-Mail: [email protected] Etching of SiO2, Quartz, and Glasses with HF Hydrofluoric acid is the only etchant which attacks amorphous SiO2, quartz, or glasses at significant high etch rate. However, HF is not only a strong corrosive, but also highly toxic towards...

background and aims. nano-ionomer (ni) interacts with tooth structures superficially, and there is a concern about the enamel bonding ability of mild self-etch ketac primer. this study compared the effect of different adhesive procedures (self-etching and etch-and-rinse approach) on long-term marginal microleakage of nano-filled resin-modified glass-ionomer (ni) cervical restorations. materials...

The purpose of this study was to characterize the etching mechanism, namely, the etching rate and the activation energy, of a titanium dental implant in concentrated acid and to construct the relation between the activation energy and the nanoscale surface topographies. A commercially-pure titanium (CP Ti) and Ti-6Al-4V ELI surface were tested by shot blasting (pressure, grain size, blasting di...