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Clefts of the palate, alveolus and lip are some of the most frequently encountered anomalies of the face. This article presents a case report of a neonate with cleft lip and palate in whom a feeding obturator was delivered. This article demonstrates the indications, construction, and benefits of a pa...
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PMID: 21521924
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This study examined the adaptation accuracy of acrylic denture base processed using fluid-resin (PERform), injection-moldings (SR-Ivocap, Success, Mak Press), and two compression-molding techniques. The adaptation accuracy was measured primarily by the posterior border gaps at the mid-palatal area u...
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PMID: 20675954
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The separation of synthetic dye Rhodamine 6G (R6G) and water was investigated using blended organic liquids in a supported liquid membrane (SLM) extraction system. Liquid membrane (LM) components include octyl alcohol (OcOH) as the dye extractant and a polysiloxane liquid as the stabilizing agent. I...
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PMID: 20553932
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We employed a recently developed, quality assured method to measure D(5) concentration in ambient air at a rural site in Sweden. The samples were collected with daily resolution between January and June 2009. The D(5) concentration ranged from 0.3 to 9 ng m(-3), which is 1-3 orders of magnitude lowe...
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PMID: 20568739
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Increasing the setting time might be necessary for impression materials with a polyether backbone to improve elastic recovery....
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PMID: 20416412
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In spite of some significant differences found in sulcus-reproducing ability with hydrophilic and hydrophobic impression materials applied at different impression-making temperatures and with different techniques, the practical relevance is limited....
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PMID: 20213014
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To evaluate the influence of loading forces on the vertical discrepancies caused by interocclusal recording materials.
A custom-made apparatus was used to simulate the maxilla and mandible. Eight interocclusal records were made in each of the following groups: G1-Aluwax (aluminum wax; Aluwax), G2-Be...
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PMID: 20165738
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To demonstrate the clinical feasibility of autoclaving certain silicone impression materials in order to avoid potential cross-contamination during handling, transport, and subsequent processing.
Semicritical devices are recommended to be treated at least with high-level disinfectants or actually st...
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PMID: 20953566
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Home made siloxan material <
> for making external face prosthesis was introduced into clinical practice. Original technique of making external face prosthesis for defects and deformations of middle zone of face based upon making individual prosthetics according to esthetic requirements of t...
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PMID: 20559237
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In vitro studies showed superior impression correctness for one-stage impressions. However, clinical data, especially clinical trials, are lacking in this matter. The aim of the study was to investigate the three-dimensional correctness of impressions for final restorations applying three different...
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PMID: 20927421
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This in vitro study aimed to evaluate the gingival microleakage in class II cavities in primary molars restored with a low shrink silorane resin composite (Filtek P90) or a nanohybride composite resin (Filtek supreme XT) using three different techniques, (total bonding, closed or ope...
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PMID: 21417120
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The overall mean marginal gaps (microm) for the three methods were: IP = 111.6 (+/- 34.0); EP = 161.4 (+/- 37.6) and ES = 116.8 (+/- 42.3). IP and ES were equal, but both were significantly less than EP. The pooled mean marginal gaps (microm) for the occlusal = 110.5 (+/- 39) and lingual = 111.5 (+/...
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PMID: 20533633
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We investigated the behaviour of siloxanes, which adversely affect biogas engines, as well as their concentration levels in sewage sludge biogas in Japan. We also performed experiments on the absorptive removal of siloxanes using various adsorbents and determined the main adsorbent characteristics r...
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PMID: 20388997
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The modification of cyclo-olefin polymer Zeonor by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition to form a silica-like surface and evaluation of its application for lateral flow bioassays applications are discussed in this study. The SiOx layer was extensively characterized using contact angle measureme...
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PMID: 19735157
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We describe a simple particle lithography technique to fabricate substrates with hexagonally patterned dots of protein surrounded by a protein-repellent layer of poly(ethylene glycol). Using this bottom-up approach, dot arrays of three different proteins (fibrinogen, P-selectin, and human serum albu...
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PMID: 19670836
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Fibrous tissue encapsulation may slow the diffusion of the target analyte to an implanted sensor and compromise the optical signal. Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) hydrogels are thermoresponsive, exhibiting temperature-modulated swelling behavior that could be used to prevent biofouling. Unfor...
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PMID: 18563815
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Siloxanes are widely used in different applications: health care, dry cleaning, household products, paints and coatings, paper, personal care, for example. This explains their prevalence in the environment. Because of their volatile nature, most of the time they are dispersed in the atmosphere, but...
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PMID: 19886432
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We note the functional platform of caveolae with dual functions, internalization of external substances and cell signalings leading to nitric oxide release, and hypothesize that the switching of enzyme activity of endothelial nitric oxide synthase can be achieved by targeting caveolae with nanoparti...
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PMID: 19583242
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A disposable, low-cost colorimetric sensor array has been created by pin-printing onto a hydrophilic membrane 16 chemically responsive nanoporous pigments that are comprised of indicators immobilized in an organically modified silane (ormosil). The array has been used to detect and identify 14 diffe...
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PMID: 20337402
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Ilaria Marabotti,
Andrea Morelli,
Lorenzo M Orsini,
Elisa Martinelli,
Giancarlo Galli,
Emo Chiellini,
Einar M Lien,
Michala E Pettitt,
Maureen E Callow,
James A Callow,
Sheelagh L Conlan,
Robert J Mutton,
Anthony S Clare,
Aleksandra Kocijan,
Crtomir Donik and
Monika Jenko
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Fouling-release coatings were prepared from blends of a fluorinated/siloxane copolymer with a poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) matrix in order to couple the low modulus character of PDMS with the low surface tension typical for fluorinated polymers. The content of the surface-active copolymer was varie...
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PMID: 19373571
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Today, dental implant therapy is considered a valuable asset of mainstream dental therapeutics by both patients and clinicians. In many ways, the availability of implant therapy to facilitate the support, stability, and retention of dental prostheses has revolutionized the profession and the procedu...
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PMID: 19630250
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of food-simulating liquids (FSL) on the hardness and flexural strength (FS) of a new silorane-based composite and to compare it with methacrylate-based composites (MBCs). Four restorative materials (Filtek Silorane, P60, Z250, and Supreme XT)...
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PMID: 19662736
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Vinyldisiloxanes equilibrate with the corresponding silanolates under basic conditions and subsequently undergo palladium catalysed cross coupling with aryl/heteroaryl iodides and bromides.
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PMID: 19262923
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We report here on the use of nanoimprint technology to fabricate low loss broadband high index contrast waveguides in a Polysiloxane polymer system for the first time....
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PMID: 19219165
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Statistical analysis of microleakage scores revealed no significant difference among the groups tested (P>.05, Kruskal-Wallis test). CONCLUSION: The tested LED curing units may provide reduction in total application time without comprising marginal integrity of the ormocer-based sealant....
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PMID: 19341580
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Alkenyl silanes are efficiently converted to the corresponding silyl cyclopropanes in the presence of a slight excess of diazomethane (2-4 equiv) and a low loading of Pd(OAc)(2) (<0.5 mol %). Diazoethane and diazobutane can also be employed and yield silyl cyclopropanes with diastereoselectivities o...
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PMID: 19191237
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OBJECTIVES: The dual-arch impression technique is convenient in that it makes the required maxillary and mandibular impressions, as well as the inter-occlusal record in one procedure. The accuracy of inter-abutment distance in dies fabricated from dual-arch impression technique remains in question b...
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PMID: 20139562
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This review focuses on novel carbosilane dendrimers containing branches with Si-C and Si-O-C bonds. Introduction of organic moieties into the dendrimers is performed by hydrosilation of carbon-carbon double/triple bonds. Versatile organic or organometallic moieties are introduced onto the peripheral...
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PMID: 19783954
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Dimensionally accurate occlusal registration records are essential for restorative dentistry; moreover, since records are not used immediately or may be used more than once, the registration material should exhibit accuracy over time (a concept known as dimensional stability). It has been speculated...
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PMID: 19903644
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The accurate diagnosis of non-cavitated occlusal caries is generally considered problematic. Induced fluorescence quantified by the DIAGNOdent device (KaVo) gives a reading from 0-99, which may help in the caries diagnostic process. There is some controversy around the implication of increased sever...
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PMID: 19363968
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This study compared the average marginal gap of Procera crowns fabricated from a definitive cast made from polyurethane resin with those made from type IV stone. A metallic maxillary central incisor and first premolar were prepared according to the Procera guidelines and incorporated into a U-shaped...
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PMID: 19552368
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In this study, the surface hardness of five light-cured composite resins were evaluated, namely: filled (Estelite), nanofil (AElite), unfilled (Valux Plus), hybrid (Tetric ceram), and Ormocer-based (Admira) composite resins. The microhardness values of composite specimens were measured at the top an...
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PMID: 19662734
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The aim of this study was to investigate the contact angles of six different type 3 dental impression materials (DIMs). Contact angles (n = 3) were continuously determined for 20 seconds after placing 4 MuL of deionized water onto a thin layer (50 Mum) of freshly mixed DIM (polyvinyl siloxane, C-sil...
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PMID: 19639079
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We attempted to prepare chitosan-silicate hybrid for use in a medical application and evaluated the physico-chemical properties and osteocompatibility of the hybrids as a function of gamma-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPTMS) concentration. Chitosan-silicate hybrids were synthesized using GPTMS a...
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PMID: 18722166
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Several ocular and orbital disorders require surgical intervention that may result in ocular defects. Immediate intervention is required to preserve the anophthalmic socket size and prevent scar tissue contractures that may follow surgery. Unfortunately, immediate fitting of an anophthalmic socket w...
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PMID: 18761579
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RNA can be chemically synthesized by automated DNA/RNA synthesizers, using protected ribonucleosides activated as phosphoramidites. The efficiency of the synthesis depends greatly on the protecting groups used, especially the protecting group on the 2'-hydroxyl functionality. The strategies employed...
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PMID: 19020680
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All techniques caused a temporary gingival inflammation; the greatest was in Expasyl, which also showed slower recovery. Cordless techniques did not induce bleeding during or after retraction....
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PMID: 19040582
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Experience with dissection of the cavernous sinus and the temporal bone is essential for training in skull base surgery, but the opportunities for cadaver dissection are very limited. A modification of a commercially available prototype three-dimensional (3D) skull base model, made by a selective la...
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PMID: 19106500
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Organically modified silica nanoparticles doped with Nile Red were synthesized and characterized. Silica encapsulation is relatively transparent for light and can protect hydrophobic Nile Red against denaturalization induced by the extreme bio-environment, making the entire nanoparticle hydrophilic...
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PMID: 19030044
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The synthesis and intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions of trienes 5 and 6 with a siloxacyclopentene-constrained dienophile are described. These reactions provide the primary cycloadducts 7 and 8 with high diastereoselectivity. These cycloadducts possess trans-relationships between the ring fusion pr...
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PMID: 18954061
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A general catalytic method for the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction between Danishefsky-type siloxy dienes and ketones was developed. Optimum results were produced with a catalyst generated from CuOTf x (C6H6)1/2 and TBAT with Ph 3PO as the catalytic additive. This reaction was extended to an asymmetric...
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PMID: 18959423
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A comprehensive study is reported of Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films (spread at the air/water interface using the Langmuir balance technique) composed of surface active, nonionic, and OH-free amphiphilic siloxane phosphonate ester macromolecules. Analysis is made on three molecular structures in the fo...
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PMID: 18610958
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The use of absorbents as retaining materials in the through oven transfer adsorption desorption interface (TOTAD) of an on-line coupled reversed-phase liquid chromatography-gas chromatography system (RPLC-GC) is proposed for the first time. A comparative study of an adsorbent (Tenax TA) and two abso...
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PMID: 18922537
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Interfacial dynamics of membrane-enclosed fluid volumes in viscous flows is complicated due to the coupling of the fluid dynamics with the membrane properties. Based on computational investigation via our interfacial spectral boundary element algorithm, our study shows that a (strain-hardening) Skal...
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PMID: 19113382
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We estimated the maximum possible mass transfer rate of D4 in the biotrickling filter to be in the range of 30-100 mg m(-3) h(-1). These values are low and suggest that mass transfer limitations play an important role in the low treatment performance that was observed. The possibility of enhancing D...
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PMID: 19068840
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Novel ruthenium-encapsulating polysiloxane gels are prepared by treatment of polymethylhydrosiloxane with diols in the presence of (mu(3),eta(2),eta(3),eta(5)-acenaphthylene)Ru(3)(CO)(7), and act as reusable catalysts in the isomerization of alkenes without leakage of the catalyst species.
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PMID: 18985197
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To elucidate interactions of neutral organic contaminants (NOCs) with siloxane surfaces (often referred to hydrophobic nanosites)found between cations in 2:1 phyllosilicates, adsorption of aliphatic and aromatic compounds onto both internal and external siloxane surfaces oftetramethylammonium-interc...
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PMID: 19031880
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Patients demonstrated robust ID/ED deficits. However, their siblings were minimally impaired, and this impairment did not seem to run in families. These results suggest that impairments on attentional set shifting assessed by ID/ED task are strongly associated with clinical illness, but these impair...
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PMID: 18597738
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Restorations made on incorrectly mounted casts might require considerable intra-oral adjustments to correct the occlusion or might even necessitate a remake of the restoration. The aim of this study was to evaluate interocclusal recording materials for their ability to reproduce accurate vertical in...
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PMID: 18482345
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The aim of this study was to assess by means of a three-dimensional computed tomography scanning system the occlusal surface characteristics of dental casts made using two different impression materials. Alginate and polyvinyl siloxane impressions were taken of 20 dental students resulting in 40 den...
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PMID: 18482343
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In this in vitro experiment, changing the velocity of seating had a significant effect on the peak pressure produced during simulated impressions....
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PMID: 18992572
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We report the results of trials undertaken to explore the substantivity and barrier protection properties of this new product when applied to clinically normal skin, as well as the beneficial effects when applied to inflamed skin, including skin affected by eczema. The results indicate that the crea...
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PMID: 19202673
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Patients with contact dermatitis require both preventive and therapeutic interventions to minimize their burden of disease. The ideal product would support resolution of inflamed skin without the use of glucocorticoids while protecting undamaged skin against further contact with irritants and antige...
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PMID: 19202672
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We determined the biostability and biocompatibility of two types of amphiphilic conetworks (APCNs): (1) hydrophilic poly(N,N-dimethyl acrylamide) (PDMAAm) and hydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microdomains co-crosslinked with polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) clusters (PDMAAm/PMHS/PDMS), and (2)...
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PMID: 18085659
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