Regulated fracture in tooth enamel: A nanotechnological strategy from nature

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2444-2451

  Ghadimi, Elnaz ^a   Eimar, Hazem ^a   Song, Jun ^a   Marelli, Benedetto ^a   Ciobanu, Ovidiu ^a   Abdallah, Mohamed Nur ^a   Stähli, Christoph ^a   Nazhat, Showan N ^a   Vali, Hojatollah ^a   Tamimi, Faleh ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apatite; Crack propagation; Crystal size; Enamel; Microhardness

Indexed keywords

APATITE; ASPECT RATIO; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRACK PROPAGATION; ENAMELING; ENAMELS; MICROHARDNESS; NANOCRYSTALS; TOOTH ENAMEL;

BIO-MECHANICAL MODELS; CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CRACK RESISTANCE; CRYSTAL SIZE; HALL-PETCH THEORY; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; MODEL-BASED OPC;

CRACKS;

APATITE; NANOCRYSTAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENAMEL; HARDNESS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SIZE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; THICKNESS; TOOTH FRACTURE;

APATITE; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTAL SIZE; ENAMEL; MICROHARDNESS;

APATITES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENTAL ENAMEL; HARDNESS; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TOOTH; TOOTH FRACTURES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84902183127     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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