The correlation between surface roughness and energy density in the down surface area of AlSi10Mg alloy manufactured by selective laser melting was analyzed. This study investigated the relationship between the contour melt pool shape and surface roughness in the down surface area across an energy density range of 10-150 J/mm³. As the energy density increased, the contour melt pool in the down surface area became more stable, which significantly influenced surface roughness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe metal-oxide-based gas sensors show great potential in exhaled breath analysis owing to their simple, fast, and noninvasive characteristics. However, the exhaled breath contains moisture, and the surface-active sites of metal oxides are easily poisoned by water molecules, leading to degradation of the sensor performance, particularly the gas response and selectivity. Therefore, it is essential to develop oxide sensors that can reliably sense target gases over a wide humidity range without sacrificing the gas response.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study aimed to analyze the accuracy of the output of three-dimensional (3D) customized surgical guides and titanium implants in a rabbit model, and of mandibulectomy, reconstructive surgery, and surgical outcome; additionally, the correlation between surgical accuracy and surgical outcomes, including the differences in surgical outcome according to surgical accuracy, was analyzed.
Results: The output of implants was accurately implemented within the error range (- 0.03-0.
Transition metal (TM)-based carbon hybrids have numerous applications in the field of regenerative electrochemical energy. The synergetic effects of high conductivity of carbon supports and abundant catalytic active sites in TMs make these hybrids promising oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts. However, strategies for modulating the catalytic active species in the above hybrids are limited despite being highly sought after.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the daily food intake rate and the rate of screw loosening between 2 groups of rabbits with mandibular continuity defects: custom implant (CI) group and 5-hole mini-plate group.
Materials And Methods: Two types of cylindrical implants were printed, and their physical strength was compared. In this study using rabbits, 1 group (n = 5) received a CI for the reconstruction of a mandibular continuity defect (CI group) and the other group (n = 5) received a 5-hole mini-plate without a bone graft (reconstruction plate [RP] group).