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Yang Song, Jiaoyue Long, Jeremiah Woodcock, Joy Dunkers, Hung Chun Lin, Douglas M. Fox, Xiaoling Liao, Yonggang Lv, Li Yang, Martin Chiang
This study experimentally substantiates the micromechanical compatibility between cell and substrate is essential for cells to achieve energetically favorable mechanotransduction that directs phenotypic transitions. The argument for this compatibility is
Martin Chiang, Yongwen Guo, Forrest A. Landis, Zhengzhi Wang, Ding Bai, Li Jiang
This study was to use a compliance-variable instrument to simultaneously measure and compare the polymerization shrinkage stress (PS) evolution, degree of conversion (DC), and exotherm of a bulk-fill flowable composite(Filtek Bulk-fill, FBF)to a packable
Sri Vikram Palagummi, Forrest A. Landis, Martin Chiang
An instrumentation capable of simultaneously determining degree of conversion (DC), polymerization stress (PS), and polymerization exotherm (PE) in real time was introduced to self-curing bone cements. This comprises the combination of an in situ high
Zhengzhi Wang, Forrest A. Landis, Anthony A. Giuseppetti, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Martin Chiang
Objectives. Photopolymerized composites are used in a broad range of applications with their performance largely directed by reaction kinetics and contraction accompanying polymer-ization. The present study was to demonstrate an instrument capable of
The effect of filler content in dental restorative composites on the polymerization shrinkage stress (PS) is not straightforward and has caused much debate in the literature. Our objective in this study was to clarify the PS/filler content relationship
Kyle Anderson, Kerry Scott, Christina Bergonzo, Ioannis Karageorgos, Elyssia Gallagher, Venkata Tayi, Michael Butler, Jeffrey W. Hudgens
Previous reports present different models for the stabilization of the Fc—FcγRI immune complex. Although accord exists on the importance of L235 in IgG1 and some hydrophobic contacts for complex stabilization, discord exists regarding the existence of
Paul Salipante, Steven D. Hudson, Styliani Alimperti
We use a three-dimensional (3D) microvascular platform to measure the elasticity and membrane permeability of the endothelial cell layer. The microfluidic platform is connected with a pneumatic pressure controller to apply hydrostatic pressure. The
John Tolbert, Diana Hammerstone, Nathaniel Yuchimiuk, Jonathan Seppala, Lesley Chow
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a popular technique to fabricate scaffolds for tissue engineering because of its ability to produce complex tissue-like architectures. Scaffolds are often 3D printed using biodegradable polymers like poly(caprolactone)
Label-free spectromicroscopy methods offer the capability to examine complex cellular phenomena. Electron and X-ray based spectromicroscopy methods, though powerful, have been hard to implement with hydrated objects due to vacuum incompatibility of the
A Kulkarni, A N. Goland, H Herman, Andrew J. Allen, T A. Dobbins, F DeCarlo, J Ilavsky, S Fang, P Lawton
The ongoing quest to increase gas turbine efficiency and performance (increased thrust) provides a driving force for materials development. While improved engine and usage of novel materials provide solutions for increased engine operating temperatures
C A. King, H Pois, S Zangooie, R M. Young, Joseph Woicik, J A. Gupta
We report the construction and testing of a model for the measurement of graded SiGe bipolar transistor structures after epitaxial growth. Using a commercially available system with spectroscopic ellipsometry as well as other optical measurement
J A. Gupta, Joseph Woicik, S P. Watkins, K E. Miyano, J G. Pellegrino, E D. Crozier
X-ray standing wave and x-ray diffraction meaurements were used to determine the structure of nominal 1 monolayer and monolayer InAs films buried in GaAs(001). The films were grown by atomic layer epitaxy using trimethylgallium, tertiarybutylarsine and
In artifical joint systems, wear particles generated during the life of the replacement have been associated with Osteolysis and prosthetic loosening. The morphology of the wear particles varies according to different articulating geometry, material pairs
C H. Hsueh, P Becher, Lin-Sien H. Lum, Stephen A. Langer, W Carter
Both analytical modeling and numerical simulations were performed to analyze the stress transfer in platelet-reinforced composites in a two-dimensional sense. In the two-dimensional model, an embedded elongate plate bonded to a matrix along its length
V Vaithyanathan, J Lettieri, W Tian, A Kochhar, H Ma, A Sharan, A Vasudevarao, J. A. Aust, Y Li, Long-Qing Chen, P Zschack, Joseph Woicik
c-axis oriented epitaxial films of the ferroelectric BaTiO3 have been grown on (001) Si by reactive molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE). The orientation relationship between the film and substrate is (001) BaTiO3 // (001) Si and [100] BaTiO3 // [110] Si. The
I E. Grey, Robert S. Roth, W G. Mumme, J Planes, Leonid A. Bendersky, C Li, J Chenavas
Two new calcium tantalate polytypes have been prepared in the system Ca2Ta2O7-Ca2Nb2O7. Their structures have been determined and refined using single crystal X-ray diffraction data and powder neutron diffraction data, and their dielectric properties have
Patrick S. Lysaght, Joseph Woicik, Daniel A. Fischer, Gennadi Bersuker, Joel Barnett, Brendan Foran, Hsing-Huang Tseng, Raj Jammy
Nitrogen incorporation in HfO2/SiO2 films utilized as high-k gate dielectric layers in advanced metal-oxide field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) has been investigated. Thin HfO2 blanket films deposited by atomic layer deposition on either SiO2 or NH3 treated
M T. Ahrens, E B. Stokes, Albert Davydov, Peter K. Schenck, Abhishek Motayed, T R. Harris, S T. Morton
Although the efficiency of the Gallium Nitride (GaN) Light Emitting-Diode (LED) has improved in the past decade, a great opportunity for further efficiency improvement lies in the optimization of the Nickel-Gold composition of the p-type GaN metal contacts
I P. Raevski, S A. Prosandeev, U Waghmare, V V. Eremkin, V G. Smotrakov, V A. Shuvaeva
Experimental data obtained for PBFe 1/2Ta 1/20 3 (PFT) and NaNbO 3:Gd (NaNbGd) single crystals show a diffused dielectric permittivity peak that is inherent to relaxor ferroelectrics. However some deviations from the normal relaxor properties were also
A 3D finite element model is constructed to simulate the local impact and its aftermath.For a given design of the disk structure with known elastic/plastic and damage properties as well as the slider s design with its surface texture, the model predicts
Through detection of valence photoelectrons, the technique of x-ray standing waves directly measured the charge asymmetry of the GaAs valence band. Using the back-reflection geometry for the (111) and (111) diffraction planes, we determine from the
F S. Aguirre-Tostado, A Herrera-Gomez, Joseph Woicik, R Droopad, Z Yu, D G. Schlom, E Karapetrova, P Zschack
Polarization dependent x-ray absorption fine structure measurements performed at the Ti K edge together with x-ray diffraction have been used to study the local structure in SrTiO3 thin films grown epitaxially on Si(001). SrTiO3 layers on Si(001) are found
W Li, A I. Frenkel, Joseph Woicik, C Ni, S I. Shah
Doping large bandgap semiconductors is typically done in order to enhance photocatalytic, photovoltaic and other chemical and optoelectronic properties. The identification of dopant position and its local environment is essential to exploring the doping
C H. Hsueh, J Haynes, M Lance, P Becher, M Ferber, Stephen A. Langer, W Carter, W R. Cannon, Lin-Sien H. Lum
The adherence of plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) is dependent on mechanical interlocking at the interface between the ceramic top coat and the underlying metallic bond coat. A rough bond coat surface is required in order to establish