Journal article
Atomic and vibrational origins of mechanical toughness in bioactive cement during setting
Abstract
Bioactive glass ionomer cements (GICs) have been in widespread use for ∼40 years in dentistry and medicine. However, these composites fall short of the toughness needed for permanent implants. Significant impediment to improvement has been the requisite use of conventional destructive mechanical testing, which is necessarily retrospective. Here we show quantitatively, through the novel use of calorimetry, terahertz (THz) spectroscopy and …
Authors
Tian KV; Yang B; Yue Y; Bowron DT; Mayers J; Donnan RS; Dobó-Nagy C; Nicholson JW; Fang D-C; Greer AL
Journal
Nature Communications, Vol. 6, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1038/ncomms9631
ISSN
2041-1723