Dental Materials
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 296-301 , March 2009

Mechanical properties of experimental dental composites containing a combination of mesoporous and nonporous spherical silica as fillers

  • Solomon Praveen Samuel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19141, USA
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  • Shuxi Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Indraneil Mukherjee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Yi Guo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Alpa C. Patel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • George Baran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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  • Yen Wei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel.: +1 215 895 2650; fax: +1 215 895 1265.

Received 10 April 2008 ,Revised 9 July 2008 ,Accepted 17 July 2008.

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PII: S0109-5641(08)00199-1

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2008.07.012

Dental Materials
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 296-301 , March 2009