Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 335-342 , March 2007

Modification of glass fibers to improve reinforcement: A plasma polymerization technique

  • Dilek Çökeliler

      Affiliations

    • Plasma Aided Bioengineering and Biotechnology Research Laboratory, Engineering Faculty, Hacettepe University, Beytepe Campus, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Selim Erkut

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prosthodontics, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Josef Zemek

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • Hynek Biederman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Macromolecular Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • Mehmet Mutlu

      Affiliations

    • Plasma Aided Bioengineering and Biotechnology Research Laboratory, Engineering Faculty, Hacettepe University, Beytepe Campus, Ankara, Turkey
    • Plasma Aided Bioengineering and Biotechnology Research Laboratory, Bioengineering Division, Institute for Pure and Applied Sciences, Hacettepe University, Beytepe Campus, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 312 297 7103; fax: +90 312 299 2123.

Received 19 April 2005 ,Revised 23 October 2005 ,Accepted 5 January 2006.

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PII: S0109-5641(06)00043-1

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2006.01.023

Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 335-342 , March 2007

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