• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.125-133
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• 1988

The thermal degradation of polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA) blend namely polymethyl methacrylate-polycarbonate(PMMA-PC) blend and polymethyl methacrylate-polystyrene(PMMA-PS) blend were carried out by isothermal method under air at several heating temperature from 220 to $270^{\circ}C$. Molecular weight changes during the thermal decomposition were monitored by means of the viscosity average molecular weight($\bar{M}v$). The viscosity average molecular weight was determined by Gel Permeation Chromatography(GPC). The dominant process in the degradation of PMMA-PC and PMMA-PS blend were main chain scission randomly due to weak links that may be distributed along the polymer backbone and the initial rate which the bonds are broken is not sustained. The infra-red spectra of degraded PMMA-PS blend show that the presence of aromatic ketone band at $1685cm^{-1}$. However, the infra-red spectra of degraded PMMA-PC blend show that the presence of hydroperoxide band at $3450cm^{-1}$. Thus indicating that the weak links are attacked by oxygen from the air and produce hydroperoxide or ketone. The activation energies of PMMA-PC blend and PMMA-PS blend were 18.2 and 17.9 Kcal/mol, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.28 no.12
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• pp.1403-1410
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• 2011

Creep characteristic is an important failure mechanism when evaluating engineering materials that are soft material as polymers or used as mechanical elements at high temperatures. One of the popular thermo-elastic polymers, Polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA) which is used broadly for engineering polymer, as it has excellent mechanical and thermal properties compared to other polymers, was studied for creep characteristic at various level of stresses and temperatures. From the experimental results, the creep limit of PMMA at room temperature is 85 % of tensile strength. which is higher than that of PE (75%)at room temperature. Also the creep limits decreased to nil linearly as the temperatures increased, up to $120^{\circ}C$ of the melting point($267^{\circ}C$). Also the first and third stage among the three creep stages were non-existent nor were there any rupture failure which occurred for many metals at high temperatures.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.22 no.11
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• pp.1255-1260
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• 2001

The expansion of two different kinds of hydrodynamic size of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA Mw: 1.56- 2.04 ${\times}$ 106 g/mol) has been measured by dynamic light scattering and viscometry above the Flory $\theta$ temperature of the variou s solvents such as n-butyl chloride, 3-heptanone, and 4-heptanone. The expansion of PMMA chains was analyzed in terms of universal temperature parameters and also compared with previous results of polystyrene (PS) system. First it was found that simple $\tau/{\tau}c$ parameter no longer had its universality for the expansion behavior of hydrodynamic size in the chemically different linear polymer chains. However after modifying ${\tau}/{\tau}c$ parameter into $(Mw/Ro2)3}2(\tau/\tauc)$, we observed a much better universality for both PMMA and PS systems. Here Mw, Ro, $\tau[=(T-{\theta}$)/${\theta}$]$, and ${\tau}c[=({\theta}-Tc)/Tc]$ are defined as the weight average molecular weight, the unperturbed end-to-end distance, the reduced temperature and the reduced critical temperature, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.103.2-103.2
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.286-287
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 최근 유체소자 재료로써 많이 사용되고 있는 polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)의 레이저 직접식각에 관한 특성을 나타내었다. 식각을 위한 레이저 원으로 기본파가 1064 nm, 반복율이 10 Hz인 Nd:YAG 레이저의 4고조파 성분 ($\lambda$=266 nm)을 사용하였다. X-Y-Z 축으로 이동 가능한 스테이지의 수평 이동속도를 변화시키며, 표면으로 조사되는 펄스 수를 제어하였다. 식각 후 광학현미경으로 식각 단면을 조사하여 식각 깊이와 폭을 측정하였다. 측정된 식각 깊이로부터 식각률을 계산하고, 그 값과 레이저 빔 밀도와의 관계를 알아보았다. 그 결과 시료 표면에 조사되는 레이저 빔 밀도의 로그값과 선형적인 관계를 갖는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 주사전자현미경을 이용하여 채널 형상 및 채널 내벽을 관찰하였다. 마이크로 채널 내벽에 식각 과정에서 발생한 생성물의 제거를 위해, 레이저 식각과 함께 질소가스 블로잉을 해주었다. 질소 블로잉 압력 1500 torr에서 식각 잔유물이 제거된 내벽을 볼 수 있었다. 실험결과, Nd:YAG 4고조파를 이용하여 PMMA 기판상에 유체 이동을 위한 마이크로 채널을 형성시킬 수 있었다.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.65-69
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• 2022

A 5 day-old Warmblood foal was presented with a quarter crack due to the dam accidentally stepping on his left hind foot. Physical examination revealed the vertical crack included the coronary band of the medial side of the left hind hoof (quarter crack) with the lower pastern avulsion wound. Different from adult horses, the foot of the 5 day-old foal lacked adequate hoof wall thickness for stainless steel wire insertion and hoof size for a reinforcing fabric to be applied. Therefore, the authors decided to stabilize the edges of the cracked wall only by the polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) composites without wiring and a reinforcing fabric application; and gluing a plastic shoe that was reshaped to protect the lower pastern and to spread pressure to other parts of the hoof when bearing weight. Disinfection and a supportive bandage were applied daily for 2 weeks. A month after the hoof crack accident, lameness had diminished. The quarter crack in this foal was treated successfully by the application of the composites three times with a reshaped gluing shoe, with approximately a month interval over the 4 months. After 4 months, it presented a successful functional recovery and needed no further treatment. When followed up 8 months after the accident, it revealed successful outcomes without hoof shape distortion and unbalanced hoof/limb growth.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.111-112
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• 2006

실리콘을 기반으로 한 micro-Total Analysis Systems(${\mu}$-TAS)이 출현한 이후에, 현재까지 다양한 고분자 화합물을 이용한 유체소자의 연구가 진행중이다. 고분자 화합물은 실리콘과 유리를 이용한 전통적인 유체소자 재료에 비해 재료의 경제성과 소자 제작의 용이성 그리고 처리하고자 하는 유체에 맞는 다양한 재료를 선택할 수 있다는 장점을 지니고 있다. 하지만 고분자 화합물의 표면 에너지가 실리콘과 유리에 비해 낮은 단점을 가지고 있다. 이러한 문제를 극복하기 위해 다양한 표면처리 연구가 이루어져왔다. 레이저를 이용한 표면처리는 실험장치가 간단하고 대기 중에서 실시할 수 있다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Nd:YAG 레이저(${\lambda}$=266 nm, pulse)를 이용하여 유체소자 재료로써 많이 사용되는 polymethly methacrylate(PMMA)의 표면개질을 시도하였다. 표면처리 후 접촉각 측정기를 이용하여 표면개질 정도를 확인한 결과, 표면 산소 함유량이 증가됨에 따라 접촉각이 감소하였다. 결론적으로 PMMA의 본래 성질은 유지한 채 레이저 표면처리를 이용한 표면 에너지 증가 효과를 볼 수 있었다.

• Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.232-243
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the shear bond strength of various 3D printed denture base resins and the conventional denture base resin to various denture relining materials. Materials and Methods: For denture base materials, a heatcured (Vertex RS) and two types of 3D printed DENTCA Denture base II, NextDent^TM Base) were used. And 4 types denture relining materials (Tokuyama Rebase II fast, Kooliner, Denture Liner, Denture Liner, Lang Jet Denture Repair Kit) with different components were used. It was classified into 12 groups. Adhesion was performed between the resin base and the relining materials in accordance with ISO/TS 11405 standard. The shear bonding strength was measured, and then the adhesion interface was observed with a stereoscopic microscope and a scanning electron microscope. The fracture pattern was investigated through the analysis of the fragment. Results: In the 3D printed denture resin group, the shear bonding strength with relining materials was significantly lower than that of the heat-cured resin group (P < 0.05). The group of polymethyl methacrylate -based relining materials, high shear bonding strength was shown regardless of the type of denture. As for the fracture pattern, adhesive fracture appeared in most groups, and cohesive, mixed fracture appeared in some groups. Conclusion: The polymethyl methacrylate -based denture relining materials showed high shear bonding strength values compared to other denture relining materials. But, for direct methods, it is considered advantageous in terms of shear bonding strength to use a isobutyl methacrylate-based denture relining materials.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.167-171
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• 2016

PURPOSE. This study inspects the effect of incorporating halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) into polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) resin on its flexural strength, hardness, and Young's modulus. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Four groups of acrylic resin powder were prepared. One group without HNTs was used as a control group and the other three groups contained 0.3, 0.6 and 0.9 wt% HNTs. For each one, flexural strength, Young's modulus and hardness values were measured. One-way ANOVA and Tukey's test were used for comparison (P<.05). RESULTS. At lower concentration (0.3 wt%) of HNT, there was a significant increase of hardness values but no significant increase in both flexural strength and Young's modulus values of PMMA resin. In contrast, at higher concentration (0.6 and 0.9 wt%), there was a significant decrease in hardness values but no significant decrease in flexural strength and Young's modulus values compared to those of the control group. CONCLUSION. Addition of lower concentration of halloysite nanotubes to denture base materials could improve some of their mechanical properties. Improving the mechanical properties of acrylic resin base material could increase the patient satisfaction.

• Advances in nano research
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.83-90
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• 2020

This research investigates the effect of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) dimensions in terms of diameter on the mechanical properties (longitudinal and transverse Young's modulus) of the simulated nanocomposites by molecular dynamics (MDs) method. MDs utilized to create nanocomposite models consisting of five case studies of SWCNTs with different chiralities (5, 0), (10, 0), (15, 0), (20, 0) and (25, 0) as the reinforcement and using polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) as the common matrix. The results show that with increasing of SWCNTs diameter, the mechanical and physical properties increase. It is important that with the increasing of SWCNTs diameter, density, longitudinal and transverse Young's modulus, shear modulus, poisson's ratio, and bulk modulus of simulated nanocomposite from (5, 0) to (25, 0) approximately becomes 1.54, 3, 2, 1.43, 1.11 and 1.75 times more than (5, 0), respectively. Then to validate the results, the stiffness matrix is obtained by Materials studio software.