Dental Materials Incorporated with Nanometals and Their Effect on the Bacterial Growth of .

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of different commercially used dental materials (RelyX Luting Plus and Dyract Extra) mixed with either a metallic ionic solution or a colloidal suspension of metallic nanoparticles. Both the solution and the suspension contained a mixture of silver, copper, and lithium ions.

Methods: The metal/ion-incorporated dental materials were prepared into disk-shaped samples and tested against the growth of .

Phase change material for efficient removal of crystal violet dye.

Hazardous dye removal and recovery from wastewater requires efficient capturing material. We report a phase change material (PCM) with phase change temperature of 16 degrees C giving up to 98% removal of crystal violet in few minutes. The PCM was found to collect 54 times of its weight soluble dye.