In 1995, Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., and Surface Solutions, Inc., partnered to develop, test, and evaluate a promising, but experimental, coating technology invented by Surface Solutions. Early work with Surface Solutions' linear magnetron sputtering (LMS) process indicated that it had the potential to apply uniform, high-quality ceramic coatings to the internal surfaces of steel cylind...

A capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detector produced in Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) technology for microchip capillary electrophoresis (CE) is reported in this work. Electrodes located outside the measurement channel are used to sense impedance variations caused by conductive ions. The application of LTCC in combination with contactless conductivity detection is very pr...

Preceramic polymers were proposed over 30 years ago as precursors for the fabrication of mainly Si-based advanced ceramics, generally denoted as polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs). The polymer to ceramic transformation process enabled significant technological breakthroughs in ceramic science and technology, such as the development of ceramic fibers, coatings, or ceramics stable at ultrahigh tempe...

background : in anterior endodontically treated teeth a better esthetic can be achieved by using all-ceramic post -core restorations instead of metal post systems. maximum retention and fracture resistance of the post are the criteria upon which selection of a post system is based. the aim of this study was to evaluate the fracture resistance and retention of two all-ceramic post and core syste...