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Quantitative analysis of adhesive resin in the hybrid layer using Raman spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Zou Yuan,
Armstrong Steven R.,
Jessop Julie L. P.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of biomedical materials research part a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1552-4965
pISSN - 1549-3296
DOI - 10.1002/jbm.a.32692
Subject(s) - comonomer , materials science , adhesive , raman spectroscopy , molar , dentin , composite material , dilution , analytical chemistry (journal) , monomer , layer (electronics) , chromatography , polymer , chemistry , dentistry , medicine , physics , optics , thermodynamics
Abstract The objective was to determine absolute molar concentration of adhesive resin components in the hybrid layer by establishing methods based on Raman spectroscopy fundamentals. The hybrid layer was treated as a three‐component system consisting of collagen and an adhesive resin containing two monomers. Adhesive standard specimens and Raman peak area ratios obtained with a 785 nm excitation wavelength were used to construct separate calibration curves for comonomer relative molar concentration and Bis‐GMA absolute molar concentration. As collagen and water had no measurable peaks in the fingerprint region, a dilution coefficient K j was defined to describe their impact on Raman peak area and to calculate HEMA absolute molar concentration. Methodology was validated using an analogous system containing acetone/ethanol/water. The absolute molar concentration of Bis‐GMA and HEMA decreased 87% and 83%, respectively, from the top quarter to the middle of the hybrid layer. Additionally, less Bis‐GMA penetrated the hybrid layer than HEMA, as indicated by the ∼20% decrease in comonomer molar concentration ratio between the adhesive resin layer and the top half of the hybrid layer. Lack of complete monomer infiltration will further challenge dentin‐adhesive bond longevity. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res, 2010