Masters Theses
Abstract
"The main goal of this project is to develop lithium disilicate glass-ceramics with different shades of color but similar degrees of fluorescence intensities. These materials find widespread applications in dental restorations and it is desired that the fluorescence properties of the glass-ceramics match the natural fluorescence of teeth.
A brief review of background information is provided in Section 1. Section 2 describes the crystallization and fluorescence studies of cerium doped lithium disilcate glasses with varying amounts of transition metal oxides (up to 0.7wt%V2O5 and up to 0.3wt% of MnO2) and constant amount of cerium oxide (2wt% of Ce oxide).
In Section 3 the fluorescence properties of cerium-terbium co-doped lithium disilicate glasses with constant wt% of terbium (0.25wt% and 0.5wt% of Tb4O7) and varying additions of Ce oxide (0-2 wt% CeO2) were studied. Section 4 outlines some of the future work in this area"--Abstract, page iii.
Advisor(s)
Brow, Richard K.
Committee Member(s)
Fahrenholtz, William
Bertino, Massimo F.
Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
Fall 2006
Pagination
xi, 81 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 62).
Rights
© 2006 Sandhya Jayaraman Rukmani, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
CrystallizationDental ceramicsGlass-ceramicsLithium silicates
Thesis Number
T 9090
Print OCLC #
123955820
Electronic OCLC #
123955820
Recommended Citation
Rukmani, Sandhya Jayaraman, "Crystallization and fluorescence studies of lithium-disilicate glass-ceramics for dental restorations" (2006). Masters Theses. 5884.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/5884
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