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Keywords Associated with Work
Biomedical and Dental Materials
Dental Materials, biomaterials, antibacterial, antimicrobial, mechanical properties,
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Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests
Dental Materials
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Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests
Biomedical materials, drug release
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Unique Equipment Used
Analytical chemical instruments
nanoACQUITY UPLC / Synapt HDMS Q-IM-TOF mass spectrometer (Waters)
HP1100 Liquid Chromatography (Agilent) / Esquire 3000 Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (Bruker Daltonics)
Nexus 670 FT-IR Spectrometer (Thermo-Nicolet)
Lambda 35 UV-Vis spectrometer (PerkinElmer)
Trace DSQ Gas Chromatography/ Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS) (Thermo-Finnigan)
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Color index, refractive index, and gloss index
Color index and gloss index
Chroma Meter CR-400 (Konica Minolta)
NOVO-CURE Gloss meter (Rhopoint Instrumentation)
Presidium Refractive Index Meter II
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mechanical testing machines
Instron 5566 Universal Testing Machine (Instron)
MTS Landmark Bionix 858 Testing Machine (MTS)
Microtensile tester (BISCO)
Micromet 5104 Hardness Tester (Buehler)
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Microscopes
S-2700 Scanning Electron Microscope (Hitachi) with EDS and digital image capability (Thermo-Noran)
MultiMode Atomic Force Microscope (Veeco)
Nikon i50 polarizing light microscope (Nikon) with SPOT Insight digital camera (Diagnostic Instrument)
Nikon Microphot-SA polarizing light microscope (Nikon)
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Particle size analyzer
Microtrac S3500 Particle Size Analyzer (Microtrac)
NanoTrac® 250 Particle Size Analyzer (Microtrac)
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Thermal analysis and rheology
Q20DSC, Q600DSC/TGA, Q400TMA, Q800DMA (Waters-TA Instrument)
ARES Rheometer (Waters-TA Instrument)
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Unique Techniques Used or Developed
Reactive electrospinning
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