• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.432-435
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• 2009

The preventive effect of chewing gum containing maltitol, xylitol, gum base, and sugar on remineralization were investigated. The clinical study consisted of 8 weeks' randomized, double blind, controlled, cross-over clinical trials including 24 healthy adults had chew gum. After each test week, remineralization effect was evaluated by measuring microhardness and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Microhardness of experimental chewing gum containing maltitol or xylitol was significantly higher than that of sugar gum (p<0.005). Images of SEM showed the remineralization effect of gum containing gum base, maltitol, or xylitol compared with sugar gum. Maltitol and xylitol gums were more effective in remineralization than sugar gum. It was concluded that maltitol and xylitol can be used as sugar substitute to prevent dental caries.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.241-246
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• 2008

Pure Mg and Mg-6wt.%Al alloy were coated by the plasma electrolytic oxidation with various coating times and the microstructural and mechanical characteristics of the coatings were investigated. The coatings on pure Mg and Mg-6wt.%Al alloy consisted of MgO and $Mg_2SiO_4$. The surface roughness and thickness of the coatings became larger as the coating time increased. The coatings on the Mg-6wt.%Al alloy were more uniform and thicker than those on pure Mg. The microhardness and friction coefficient of the coatings increased progressively as the coating time increased. In addition, the coatings on the Mg-6wt.%Al alloy compared to pure Mg showed improved microhardness and a better friction coefficient.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.165-169
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• 2010

$Ni-Al_2O_3$ nanocomposite coatings were fabricated by conventional electrodeposition technique using nickel sulfamate bath. Effect of plating parameters on electrodeposition of $Ni-Al_2O_3$ nanocomposite were studied. The properties of the nano composite were investigated by using SEM, XRD, and Vicker's microhardness test. The results demonstrated that $Al_2O_3$ incorporation in the composite coatings was found to be increased by increasing stir rate and $Al_2O_3$ content in plating bath. Microhardness of the composite coatings was also increased with increasing content of the nano particles in the plating bath. The surface morphologies of the nanocomposite coatings were found to be varied with varying pH, current densities as well as alumina content in the plating bath.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 1999년도 제17회 학술발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.123-123
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• 1999

Amorphous hydrogenated silicon carbide (a-SiC:H) films were deposited at the temperature of 40$0^{\circ}C$ using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The a-SiC:H films were characterized by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and nanoindentation method. By increasing the plasma power from 20W to 160W, the oxygen content of the a-SiC:H films were observed to decrease from 12.1% to 4.4%. On the other hand, the plasma power did not affect the ratio of carbon to silicon in our experiment where the 1, 3-disilabutane was used as the precursor. Microhardness of the films was observed to increase as the plasma power increased, while the elastic modulus was observed to gave a maximum value at the plasma power of 80W. Microhardness of the film is thought to be strongly affected by the content of adventitious oxygen in the film and it is concluded that the hardness of the film can be improved by increasing the plasma power.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.293-297
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• 1998

The influence of ion implantation on surface properties of polymers was studied. We investigated microhardness, friction, wear and wettablility of polyimide. Energies of 50, 200keV were used with doses range from $1{\times}10^{13} to 1{\times}10^{16} [ions/cm^2]$. The implanted ion species were B, N and Ar. The microhardness of polyimide was increased after implantation for doses of $1{\times}10^{15}\; [ions/cm^2]$. A reduction of the friction coefficient was in most case correlated with a reduction of wear. The contact angles of water for $B^+,N^+$ implanted polyimide decreased from $76^{\circ}C$ to zero, as the fluencies increased at energies of 50 and 200 KeV. However, the contact angle of Ar ion implanted polyimide did not change under ambient room conditions even if the time elapsed. SEM measurement was performed to characterize the modified surface layer.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.485-491
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to compare the mechanical properties of three condensable composite resins and one hybrid composite resin. The compressive strength, diametral tensile strength, Vicker's microhardness were tested for mechanical properties of condensable composite resins (SureFil, Ariston pHc, Synergy compact), and hybrid composite resin (Z 100). The tested materials were divided into four groups: control group Z 100 (3M Co. USA), experimental group I Ariston pHc, (Vivadent, Co., Liechtenstein) experimental group II SureFil (Dentsply, Co., U.S.A.), experimental group III Synergy Compact (Coltene, Co., Swiss). According to the above classification, we made samples of SureFil, Ariston pHc, Synergy Compact, Z 100 with separable cylindrical metal mold. And then, we measured and compared the value of compressive strength, diametral tensile strength and Vicker's microhardness of each sample. (omitted)

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.149-156
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• 1996

Conducting diamond-like carbon films are synthesized using Triode Magnetron Sputtering-Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition(TMS-PECVD), and are examined by four point probe, microhardeness tester, and scanning electron miscroscopy(SEM). As the target bias and Ar/CH$_4$, ratio increase, the electrical resitivity and microhardness of the films are found to decrease, and also, their surface morphologies tend to be rough. While the resistivities of the films are shown to increase in proportion to the increase of the substrate bias, the microhardness of the films is shown to be maximun value(1600kg/$\textrm{mm}^2$) at a certain substrate bias(-70V). We can obtain the conducting diamond-like carbon films with the microhardness of 1600(kg/$\textrm{mm}^2$) and electrical resitivity of 16($\Omega$cm) at the process condition such as target bias -400V, substrate bias -70V, and Ar/$CH_4$ ratio 20.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.335-340
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• 2017

복합 레진은 소아치과 영역에서 대중적으로 사용되는 재료가 되었다. 하지만 복합 레진은 중합 수축을 최소화하기 위하여 적층 충전을 해야 하기 때문에 긴 시술 시간이 필요하다. 이러한 문제를 극복하기 위하여 임상가들은 bulk-filling 재료에 관심을 돌리기 시작하였고, 최근 bulk-base 복합 레진이 새로 출시되었다. 본 연구는 bulk-base 복합 레진의 깊이별 미세경도 측정값을 비교, 평가하였다. 실험군으로 1종의 저점도 bulk-base 복합 레진과 1종의 고점도 bulk-base 복합 레진을 사용하였고 대조군으로 1종의 전통적 복합 레진을 사용하였다. 각 깊이별 재료들의 미세경도에 대한 결과로 대조군의 경우는 중합 깊이가 깊어질수록 미세경도의 유의한 차이를 보였다(p < 0.05). 이에 반해 실험군 인 HFB는 0 mm와 4 mm에서, 그리고 MFB는 0 mm와 2 mm, 0 mm와 3 mm에서 각각 유의한 차이를 보였으나 높이에 따른 유의한 감소 경향을 보이지는 않았다. 각각의 깊이에서 시편들의 미세경도를 비교하였을 때 표면과 2 mm에서는 대조군이 실험군보다 큰 미세경도를 보였다(p < 0.05). 3 mm에서는 저점도 실험군이 대조군보다 미세경도가 크게 나왔으나 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 아니었다. 하지만 4 mm에서는 모든 실험군이 대조군보다 통계적으로 유의하게 큰 미세경도 값을 보였다(p < 0.05). 이번 실험을 통하여 bulk-base 복합 레진이 4 mm에서 기존의 복합 레진보다 더 높은 미세경도를 보였고 표면과 2 mm에서는 더 낮은 미세경도를 보이는 것을 관찰하였다. 그러므로 bulk-base 레진의 기계적 성질의 향상을 통해 표면의 낮은 미세경도 특성이 극복된다면 소아 환자의 수복 치료 시 적용이 고려되어 질 만 할 것이다.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.403-410
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• 2002

Several ways of curing are being tried to improve material's properties and reduce marginal gap. However, all are considering about the pattern of light intensity. It was noted from the preliminary study the change of light wavelength from filter changing may give an impact on material's property and microleakage. The object of this study was to verify the effect of filters with various wavelength width on the microhardness and microleakage of composite resin ; hybrid type of DenFil and submicron hybrid type of Esthet X. Composite resins were cured using 3 kinds of filter; narrow-banded(465-475 nm), mid-banded(430-470 nm), wide-banded(400-500 nm). After the estimation of microhardness. degree of dye penetration and the maximum gap from SEM evaluation were done between 4 groups that showed no difference in microhardness value of the lower surface . The results were as follows : 1 Adequate microhardness could not be gained with a narrow-banded filter irrespective of curing time. At the upper surface, DenFil should be polymerized with middle or wide-banded filter for 20 seconds at least, while Esthet X be col$.$ed with middle or wide-banded filter for 30 seconds at least to get simitar hardness value to control group. 2. There was little dye penetration in enamel margin, but all dentin margins skewed much more dye penetration irrespective of curing conditions. Although there was no statistical difference, groups cured with mid-banded filter for 40 seconds and with wide-width filter for 20 seconds showed relatively less dye penetration. 3. It was revealed from the SEM examination that group cured with wide-banded filter had the smallest gap without statistical significance. Spearman's rho test showed that the correlation between the results of dye penetration and SEM examination was very low. From these results, it could be concluded that curing with wide-width filter would be better than the other techniques, even though the curing technique using mid-width filter seems to have its own unique advantage.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2005

최근에 개발된 나노 충전제를 microhybrid 복합레진에 첨가할 때, 나노 충전제 함량이 중합에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해, 실험적으로 나노 충전제의 함량을 다르게 제작한 복합레진에서 광중합 후 미세경도를 측정, 분석하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 나노 충전제의 함량이 2%, 3%인 군은 0%, 1%인 군에 비해 중합된 면의 미세경도가 유의하게 높았으나(p<0.01), 그 차이는 크지 않았다. 2. 나노 충전제의 함량이 높을수록 레진 시편의 하면에서의 미세경도는 증가하였으며, 나노 충전제의 함량이 0%, 1%, 2%간에 0%, 1%, 3%간에 유의한 차이가 있었고(p<0.01), 2%와 3%간에는 차이가 없었다(p>0.05). 3. 레진 시편의 상면과 하면의 미세 경도 차이는 나노 충전제 함량이 높을수록 감소하였으며, 나노 충전제의 함량이 0%, 1%, 2%간에, 0%, 1%, 3%간에 유의한 차이가 있었고(p<0.01), 2%와 3%간에는 차이가 없었다(p>0.05).