Abstract
A matrix of galactopyranose, tetraethylorthosilicate xerogels were used to synthesize glass ionomer gels. The purpose was to produce gels of glass ionomer cement in the presence of a polysaccharide by means of the sol-gel method. The gels were characterized by scanning electron microscope, analysis for fractal dimension, energy dispersive X-ray and watershed segmentation method. According to the results, the gels were successfully synthesized with TEOS xerogels in the presence of a polymeric network in solution. Among other things, the peaks/µm2 count corresponding to the surface properties of the characterized gels have a normal distribution with ranges between 17 and 22 nm. Also, the analysis of fractal dimension that represents the similarity of the roughness of the surface of the gels has a value of 2.508.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1469-1477 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Oct 1 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Glass ionomer cement gels
- Polymeric matrix
- Scanning electron microscopy
- Sol-gel
- Tetraethylorthosilicate
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Structural Biology
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Biomedical Engineering
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry