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F. Foroutan, J. Javadpou, A. Khavandi, M. Atai, H. R. Rezaie,
Volume 8, Issue 2 (spring 2011 2011)
Abstract
Abstract: Composite specimens were prepared by dispersion of various amounts of nano-sized Al2O3 fillers in a monomer system containing 60% Bis-GMA and 40% TEGDMA. For comparative purposes, composite samples containing micrometer size Al2O3 fillers were also prepared following the same procedure. The mechanical properties of the light- cured samples were assessed by three-point flexural strength, diametral tensile strength, and microhardness tests. The results indicated a more than hundred percent increase in the flexural strength and nearly an eighty percent increase in the diametral tensile strength values in the samples containing nano-size Al2O3 filler particles. It is interesting to note that, this improvement was observed at a much lower nano-size filler content. Fracture surfaces analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, indicated a brittle type of fracture in both sets of specimens.
Y. Kianinia, A. K. Darban, E. Taheri-Nassaj, B. Rahnama, A. Foroutan,
Volume 12, Issue 1 (march 2015 2015)
Abstract
A method for producing high surface area nano-sized mesoporous alumina from inexpensive Iranian kaolin
as raw material is proposed. In this method, first, kaolin was purified for purifying Kaolin, High Grade Magnetic
Separation and leaching with HCl and chemical bleaching treatment by using sodium dithionite (Na
2
S
2O4
) as reducing
agent in acidic media (H
2SO
4
) were used. Purified kaolin was calcined. After that, Al (hydr) oxide from acid -leachates of calcined kaolin was precipitated with ammonia, in presence of polyethylene glycol. Finally, a white
powder of nano-sized alumina particles was obtained after calcination. BET surface area, X-ray diffraction (XRD),
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to characterize
the sample. The resulting alumina with relatively high surface area (201.53 m
2
g
-1
) and narrow mean pore diameter
(6.91 nm), consists of a particle size distribution ranging from 22 to 36 nm.
Sh. Foroutan, M. Hashemian, A. Khandan,
Volume 17, Issue 4 (December 2020)
Abstract
In this article, a novel bio-nanocomposite consists of sodium alginate polymer-based graphene nanosheet enhanced incorporating wollastonite containing various amount of graphene nanosheet were produced using freeze-drying technique. The bio-nanocomposites were mechanically and biologically evaluated using tensile strength and biological test. The phase and topological characterization were conducted using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique. Subsequently, based upon Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam theories (EBT and TBT), the buckling responses of the porous bio-nanocomposite soft tissue are analyzed corresponding to various graphene amounts. In order to solve the governing equations a sufficient numerical solution is proposed. Elastic modulus and mass density of the porous bio-nanocomposite are extracted from the experimental tests. The obtained results indicated the sample with 1 wt% graphene sheet has shown proper mechanical and biological features. Therefore, the sample with 1 wt% graphene sheet can be used as potential case for light weight bone substitute applications.
