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Structure-properties correlation of acrylic resins modified with silver vanadate and graphene.
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Heliyon [Heliyon] 2024 May 28; Vol. 10 (11), pp. e32029. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 28 (Print Publication: 2024). - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This study aimed to incorporate β-AgVO <subscript>3</subscript> 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-AgVO <subscript>3</subscript> 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-AgVO <subscript>3</subscript> . The rGO samples showed higher counts of microorganisms due to the increase in physicochemical properties. It can be concluded that the incorporation of β-AgVO <subscript>3</subscript> into acrylic resins could be an alternative to improve the antimicrobial efficacy and performance of the material.<br />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.<br /> (© 2024 Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2405-8440
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Heliyon
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38868038
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32029