Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 57-62 , January 2006

Diffuse reflectance of short-fiber-reinforced composites aligned by an electric field

  • William M. Chirdon

      Affiliations

    • Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Department of Biologic and Materials Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • William J. O'Brien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biologic and Materials Science, University of Michigan, 1011 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 47109-1078, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 734 763 9339; fax: +1 734 647 5293.
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  • Richard E. Robertson

      Affiliations

    • Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Received 13 July 2004 ,Revised 11 January 2005 ,Accepted 24 March 2005.

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PII: S0109-5641(05)00129-6

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.03.004

Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 57-62 , January 2006

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