1. Structure-properties correlation of acrylic resins modified with silver vanadate and graphene.
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Sahm BD, Ferreira I, Carvalho-Silva JM, Vilela Teixeira AB, Uchôa Teixeira JV, Lisboa-Filho PN, Alves OL, and Cândido Dos Reis A
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This study aimed to incorporate β-AgVO
3 and rGO into self-curing (SC) and heat-curing (HC) acrylic resins and to evaluate their physicochemical, mechanical, and antimicrobial properties while correlating them with the characterized material structure. Acrylic resin samples were prepared at 0 % (control), 0.5 %, 1 %, and 3 % for both nanoparticles. The microstructural characterization was assessed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (n = 1) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) (n = 1). The physicochemical and mechanical tests included flexural strength (n = 10), Knoop hardness (n = 10), roughness (n = 10), wettability (n = 10), sorption (n = 10), solubility (n = 10), porosity (n = 10), and color evaluation (n = 10). The microbiological evaluation was performed by counting colony-forming units (CFU/mL) and cell viability (n = 8). The results showed that the β-AgVO3 samples showed lower counts of Candida albicans , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , and Streptococcus mutans due to their promising physicochemical properties. The mechanical properties were maintained with the addition of β-AgVO3 . The rGO samples showed higher counts of microorganisms due to the increase in physicochemical properties. It can be concluded that the incorporation of β-AgVO3 into acrylic resins could be an alternative to improve the antimicrobial efficacy and performance of the material., Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (© 2024 Published by Elsevier Ltd.)- Published
- 2024
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