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ArticleJournal of functional biomaterials2018

Incorporating Germanium Oxide into the Glass Phase of Novel Zinc/Magnesium-Based GPCs Designed for Bone Void Filling: Evaluating Their Physical and Mechanical Properties.

Basel A Khader, Omar Rodriguez, Mark R Towler

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Article in Journal of functional biomaterials, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Basel A KhaderDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada. basel.khader@ryerson.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-3963-971X
Omar RodriguezDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada. omaralejandro.rodrig@ryerson.ca.
Mark R TowlerDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada. mtowler@ryerson.ca.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The structural role of Germanium (Ge), when substituting for Zinc (Zn) up to 8 mol % in the 0.48SiO₂⁻0.12CaO⁻0.36ZnO⁻0.04MgO glass series, was investigated with respect to both the glass chemistry and also the properties of glass polyalkenoate cements (GPCs) manufactured from them. The Network connectivity (NC) of the glass was calculated to increase from 1.83 to 2.42 with the addition of GeO₂ (0⁻8 mol %). Differential thermal analysis (DTA) results confirmed an increase in the glass transition temperature (

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bioactive glassgermanium oxideglass polyalkenoate cementinjectabilitywettability

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PMID30065207
PMCPMC6165385

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