Many orthodontists believe that the only way to maintain perfect alignment after treatment is some form of permanent retention. Considering the antibacterial properties of silver ions, this in vivo study aimed to investigate the effects of silver ion coating of orthodontic fixed retainers on gingival health in rabbits. In this experimental study 24 adult male New Zealand rabbits, weighing appro...

The present study was an attempt to formulate and evaluate enteric coated tablets for esomeprazole magnesium trihydrate. Different core tablets were prepared and formulation (F-1) was selected for further enteric coating, based on the disintegration time. Seal coating was applied to achieve 3% weight gain using opadry®. Enteric coating was carried out using different polymers like Eudragit L-30...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of tribochemical silica coating and silane surface conditioning on the bond strength of rebonded metal and ceramic brackets. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty debonded metal and 20 debonded ceramic brackets were randomly assigned to receive one of the following surface treatments (n=10 for each group): (1) sandblasting (control); (2) tribo...

CrNx coatings with a low nitrogen content below 31.7 at.% were deposited using closed field unbalanced magnetron sputtering by varying the N2:Ar flow ratio. A dense and column-free coating was obtained at of 14.8 at.%, whereas other all columnar structured. The composed two types structures: an N-incorporated Cr(N) solid solution matrix high number point defects dispersed Cr2N nanocrystallines....

The present study outlines the use of Taguchi parameter design to minimize the wear performance of electroless Ni-B coating by optimizing the tribological testing parameters. The tests are carried out in a multitribotester and the three parameters viz. load (L), speed (S) and time (T) are considered with three levels each. An L27 array is used to accommodate the three factors as well as their i...

This study aimed to evaluate the influence of mesoporous silica coating surface treatments on push-out bond strength of zirconia posts. Zirconia posts (Cosmopost) were treated with vehicle (control), sandblasting plus silane application (SB+SI), a combination of sandblasting, mesoporous silica coating and silane application (SB+MSC+SI) (n=10/group). Specimens were cemented with RelyX Unicem (3M...

A new Cu current collector was prepared by introducing a mussel-inspired polydopamine coating onto a Cu foil surface to improve the electrochemical performance of a Si electrode. The polydopamine coating covalently bonded the polymeric binder (with hydroxyl functional groups) via a condensation reaction. The coating improved the adhesion strength between the Si composite electrode and the Cu cu...

This data article is related to our recently published article (Hussain et al., in press [1]) where we have proposed a new solar cell model based on n-ZnO as front layer and p-Si as rear region. The ZnO layer will act as an active n-layer as well as antireflection (AR) coating saving considerable processing cost. There are several reports presenting use of ZnO as window/antireflection coating i...

BACKGROUND Numerous cardiopulmonary bypass circuits with various coatings designed to reduce the inflammatory response and to provide better hemocompatibility are available. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of phosphorylcholine-coated, albumin-heparin-coated and synthetic polymer-coated perfusion tubing systems on patient outcome. METHODS We performed a retrospective database r...

In the current study, the properties of the CrxN coatings deposited on the Inconel 718 superalloy using direct current reactive magnetron sputtering are investigated. The influence of working pressure on the microstructure, mechanical, and tribological properties of the CrxN coatings before and after high-temperature hydrogen exposure is studied. The cross-sectional scanning electron micrograph...