Journal of Dentistry
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 786-794 , October 2008

Enamel: From brittle to ductile like tribological response

  • G. Guidoni

      Affiliations

    • Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
    • Department of Materials Physics, University of Leoben, Jahnstrasse 12, Leoben A-8700, Austria
    • ,
  • M. Swain

      Affiliations

    • Biomaterials Science Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney, United Dental Hospital, Sydney, Surry Hills NSW 2010, Australia
    • ,
  • I. Jäger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials Physics, University of Leoben, Jahnstrasse 12, Leoben A-8700, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 3842 804 308; fax: +43 3842 804 116.

Received 7 January 2008 ,Revised 19 May 2008 ,Accepted 20 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2008.05.011

Journal of Dentistry
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 786-794 , October 2008

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