The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyse the fracture toughness of yttria-
stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (Y-TZP) dental ceramics by means of the Vickers …

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of the different available intraoral ceramic polishing
systems on the surface roughness of the latest ceramic materials. Methods: Eighty ceramic …

Oil and gas shales are a system where understanding the mechanical properties at the
microscale is of paramount importance, eg to better understand the behavior of proppant …

Purpose: Feldspathic ceramic restorations can be obtained by different techniques
(stratification or computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing [CAD/CAM] blocks) …

Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyze the indentation size
effect (ISE) in Vickers hardness of monolithic yttria partially stabilized zirconia (Y-TZP) dental …

Objectives To determine the contact response and damage tolerance or strength
degradation of a range of dental CAD/CAM ceramic materials including novel polymer …

Aiming to evaluate the influence of microstructure on residual strength of hardmetals, conical
indentation is implemented and validated as a simple and practical methodology to …

Vickers indentation (IF) and single‐edge‐V‐notched beam (SEVNB), to measure the fracture
toughness (K IC) of zirconia‐based dental ceramics and mathematical models were …

Objective: This study evaluated the influence of porcelain (VM9, VITA Zahnfabrik, Germany)
thickness on the flexural strength and crack propagation in bilayered zirconia systems (YZ …

Objectives To understand the resistance to cyclic and static contact loading of feldspathic
porcelain on dental zirconia (3Y-TZP), in order to understand the partial failure of porcelain …