Improving fracture toughness of dental nanocomposites by interface engineering and micromechanics

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1857-1871

  Chan, K S ^a   Lee, Y D ^a   Nicolella, D P ^a   Furman, B R ^b   Wellinghoff, S ^a   Rawls, R ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental nanocomposites; Fracture toughness; Interface engineering; Toughening mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TENSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

INTERFACE ENGINEERING; NEAR-TIP FRACTURE PROCESSES; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

DENTAL COMPOSITES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DENTAL COMPOSITES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TENSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 34047242217     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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