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Kumar A, Bhasin M, Chitkara M. Morphological analysis and grain size distribution of SnO 2 nanoparticles via digital image processing across diverse calcination temperatures. J Microsc 2023; 292:123-134. [PMID: 37888747 DOI: 10.1111/jmi.13241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
Abstract
This study presents a comprehensive image analysis of the SnO2 nanoparticles synthesised through calcination at diverse temperatures, which enables an estimation of grain size distribution (GSD) from field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) images. Even though FE-SEM images could provide us with a lot of information about sample differences, we can learn more and perform a more accurate analysis of them by using quantitative data obtained by our image processing application. The digital image processing techniques used in this research provide a detailed analysis of the nanoparticles' size and shape, enabling a deeper understanding of their unique characteristics. The results reveal the significant impact of calcination temperature on the morphology of the nanoparticles, with changes in grain size and grain size distribution observed at varying temperatures.
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- Aashish Kumar
- Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
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- Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
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- Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
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Amaki Y, Okada H, Nagai N. Structural Analysis of Injection-Molded Polyoxymethylene Treated Below a Melting Point Using Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy and Infrared Spectroscopy. Appl Spectrosc 2022; 76:699-711. [PMID: 35081767 DOI: 10.1177/00037028221078050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The heat treatment of an injection-molded polyoxymethylene slightly below the melting point and subsequent isothermal treatment at 130 °C were performed. The polyoxymethylene structure was examined using field-emission scanning electron microscopy and polarization infrared reflection measurements. After the heat treatment, a significant change in the surface morphology was observed, and the reflection spectrum derived from the polariton in the injection direction also changed dramatically. Since the reflection spectrum in the injection direction contains the reflection component of the perpendicular direction and vice versa, the polarization spectra of both directions can be calculated consistently. The mixing ratio of each crossed component and the pure relative permittivity both parallel and perpendicular to the main-chain direction were determined using the oscillator model. The heat treatment reduced the ratio of the perpendicular component and increased the order structure until just before melting. The structural changes characterized by the two techniques, along with Raman spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry, are discussed.
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- Yuko Amaki
- Industrial Research Institute of Niigata Prefecture, Niigata, Japan
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- Industrial Research Institute of Niigata Prefecture, Niigata, Japan
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- Industrial Research Institute of Niigata Prefecture, Niigata, Japan
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, 594248Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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Kim HJ, Jang JH, Woo SU, Choi KK, Kim SY, Ferracane JL, Lee JH, Choi D, Choi S, Kim S, Bang A, Kim DS. Effect of Novel Bioactive Glass-Containing Dentin Adhesive on the Permeability of Demineralized Dentin. Materials (Basel) 2021; 14:ma14185423. [PMID: 34576647 PMCID: PMC8465205 DOI: 10.3390/ma14185423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a novel bioactive glass (BAG)-containing dentin adhesive on the permeability of demineralized dentin. Bioactive glass (85% SiO2, 15% CaO) was fabricated using the sol-gel process, and two experimental dentin adhesives were prepared with 3 wt% silica (silica-containing dentin adhesive; SCA) or BAG (BAG-containing dentin adhesive; BCA). Micro-tensile bond strength (μTBS) test, fracture mode analysis, field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) analysis of adhesive and demineralized dentin, real-time dentinal fluid flow (DFF) rate measurement, and Raman confocal microscopy were performed to compare SCA and BCA. There was no difference in μTBS between the SCA and BCA (p > 0.05). Multiple precipitates were evident on the surface of the BCA, and partial occlusion of dentinal tubules was observed in FE-SEM of BCA-approximated dentin. The DFF rate was reduced by 50.10% after BCA approximation and increased by 6.54% after SCA approximation. Raman confocal spectroscopy revealed an increased intensity of the hydroxyapatite (HA) peak on the dentin surface after BCA application. The novel BAG-containing dentin adhesive showed the potential of both reducing dentin permeability and dentin remineralization.
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- Hyun-Jung Kim
- Department of Conservative Dentistry, Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital, Seoul 02453, Korea;
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02453, Korea; (J.-H.J.); (K.-K.C.); (D.C.)
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02453, Korea;
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02453, Korea; (J.-H.J.); (K.-K.C.); (D.C.)
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Korea;
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97201, USA;
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- Department of Biomaterials Science, College of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Chungcheongnam-Do, Korea;
- Institute of Tissue Regeneration Engineering (ITREN), Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Chungcheongnam-Do, Korea
- Department of Nanobiomedical Science & BK21 PLUS NBM Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Chungcheongnam-Do, Korea
- UCL Eastman-Korea Dental Medicine Innovation Centre, Cheonan 31116, Chungcheongnam-Do, Korea
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02453, Korea; (J.-H.J.); (K.-K.C.); (D.C.)
- Oregon Health & Science University-Portland State University School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02453, Korea; (S.C.); (S.K.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02453, Korea; (S.C.); (S.K.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02453, Korea; (S.C.); (S.K.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02453, Korea; (J.-H.J.); (K.-K.C.); (D.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-2-958-9330; Fax: +82-2-960-5108
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Thakur VS, Kankar PK, Parey A, Jain A, Jain PK. Force and vibration analysis in biomechanical preparation of root canals using reciprocating endodontic file system: In vitro study. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2021; 236:121-133. [PMID: 34479454 DOI: 10.1177/09544119211044236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The shaping and cleaning of the root canal are very important in root canal treatment. The excessive force and vibration during biomechanical preparation of the root canal may result in failure of the endodontic file. In this study, force and vibration analysis was carried out during root canal preparation. The samples of human extracted (premolar) teeth were provided by the College of Dental Science and Hospital. Endodontic instruments for reciprocating motion, such as the WaveOne Gold file system, had been used for root canal preparation. Force and vibration signals were recorded by dynamometer and accelerometer, respectively. The acquired signals were denoised using the db4 (SWT denoising 1-D) wavelet. Four levels of decomposition were carried out for each signal. The signal denoising technique was used to remove unwanted noise from the acquired signal. FESEM analysis was used to visualize the levels of severity of endodontic files during the cleaning and shaping of the root canal. In most of the cases, the failure occurred due to the improper use of the root canal instrumentation. The optimum amount of force was used to avoid the file failure and provided the proper instrumentation. The curve fitting regression model was used to find the interdependency between force and vibration.
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- Vinod Singh Thakur
- System Dynamics Lab, Discipline of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- System Dynamics Lab, Discipline of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Solid Mechanics Lab, Discipline of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, College of Dental Science and Hospital, Rau, Indore, India
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- PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Toyooka K, Shinozaki-Narikawa N. Efficient fluorescence recovery using antifade reagents in correlative light and electron microscopy. Microscopy (Oxf) 2020; 68:417-421. [PMID: 31415090 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfz029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 05/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) enables ultrastructural-level analysis of fluorescence-labeled proteins by combining images obtained from both fluorescence and electron microscopies. A technical challenge with the CLEM method is the effective detection of fluorescence from samples embedded in resins, which generally cause fluorescence decay. To overcome this issue, we developed a method for fluorescence recovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP) in resin-embedded semi-thin sections using commercially available antifade reagents. By applying this method, we successfully obtained CLEM images using field-emission scanning electron microscopy with moderately enhanced GFP signals, demonstrating the efficacy of this simple fluorescence recovery method.
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- Kiminori Toyooka
- Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Suehiro-cho 1-7-22, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Suehiro-cho 1-7-22, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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Takahashi T, Sato M, Toyooka K, Matsuzaki R, Kawafune K, Kawamura M, Okuda K, Nozaki H. Five Cyanophora (Cyanophorales, Glaucophyta) species delineated based on morphological and molecular data. J Phycol 2014; 50:1058-1069. [PMID: 26988787 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Cyanophora is an important glaucophyte genus of unicellular biflagellates that may have retained ancestral features of photosynthetic eukaryotes. The nuclear genome of Cyanophora was recently sequenced, but taxonomic studies of more than two strains are lacking for this genus. Furthermore, no study has used molecular methods to taxonomically delineate Cyanophora species. Here, we delimited the species of Cyanophora using light and electron microscopy, combined with molecular data from several globally distributed strains, including one newly established. Using a light microscope, we identified two distinct morphological groups: one with ovoid to ellipsoidal vegetative cells and another with dorsoventrally flattened or broad, bean-shaped vegetative cells containing duplicated plastids. Our light and scanning electron microscopy clearly distinguished three species with ovoid to ellipsoidal cells (C. paradoxa Korshikov, C. cuspidata Tos.Takah. & Nozaki sp. nov., and C. kugrensii Tos.Takah. & Nozaki sp. nov.) and two species with broad, bean-shaped cells (C. biloba Kugrens, B.L.Clay, C.J.Mey. & R.E.Lee and C. sudae Tos.Takah. & Nozaki sp. nov.) based on differences in cell shape and surface ornamentations of the vegetative cells under the field-emission scanning electron microscope. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of P700 chl a apoprotein A2 (psaB) genes and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA), as well as a comparison of secondary structures of nuclear rDNA ITS-2 and genetic distances of psaB genes, supported the delineation of five morphological species of Cyanophora.
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- Toshiyuki Takahashi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Natural Science, Faculty of Science, Kochi University, 2-5-1 Akebono-cho, Kochi-shi, 780-8520, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Doctoral Course, Kuroshio Science, Kochi University, 2-5-1 Akebono-cho, Kochi-shi, 780-8520, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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Sano Y, Jansen S. Perforated pit membranes in imperforate tracheary elements of some angiosperms. Ann Bot 2006; 97:1045-53. [PMID: 16520339 PMCID: PMC2803404 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2005] [Revised: 12/15/2005] [Accepted: 01/19/2006] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The structure of pit membranes in angiosperms has not been fully examined and our understanding about the structure is incomplete. Therefore, this study aims to illustrate the micromorphology of pit membranes in fibres and tracheids of woody species from various families. METHODS Specimens from ten species from ten genera and eight families were prepared using two techniques and examined by field-emission scanning electron microscopy. KEY RESULTS Interfibre pit membranes with an average diameter of <4 microm were frequently perforated or appeared to be very porous. In contrast, pit membranes in imperforate tracheary elements with distinctly bordered pits and an average diameter of >or=4 microm were homogeneous and densely packed with microfibrils. These differences were observed consistently not only among species but also within a single species in which different types of imperforate tracheary elements were present. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that the structure of interfibre pit membranes differs among cell types and the differences are closely associated with the specialization of the fibre cells. It is suggested that perforated pit membranes between specialized fibres contribute to the dehydration of the fibre cells at or soon after maturation.
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- Yuzou Sano
- Laboratory of Wood Biology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan.
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