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Advances in Materials Research Volume 11, Number 2, June 2022 , pages 165-170 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/amr.2022.11.2.165 |
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Evaluating the absorption loading technique to acrylic resin for drug delivery |
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Arshad F. Al-Kaabi and Mohammed A. Hamid
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| Abstract | ||
| This work shows the impregnation of scents using a graphene sponge (GS). This was functionalized by the modified Hummers method, pursuing to add different functional groups. It is proposed to achieve the release and seek to control it through electrical potential applied to the graphene sponge with essential oils. The graphene sponge was functionalized and steeped with two kinds of oil. The electrochemical study demonstrates the variation in the electrochemical behaviour of the functionalized graphene sponge without and impregnated with oil. The release of the oil and its aromatic scents was carried out by applying an electrical potential of 30 V, with a release rate of 1.86 mg/min. The heating of the sample that causes the release of oil, associated with the electrical resistance of the system, reaches temperatures of about 150 °C. The essential oils, graphene sponge, surfactant, graphene sponge with essential oils, graphene sponge recuperated after applying electric potential, graphene sponge recovered by temperature and dipropylene glycol (DPG) were characterized using Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), digital microscopy, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). | ||
| Key Words | ||
| absorption; methylene blue; PMMA | ||
| Address | ||
| Department of Dental Technology, College of Health and Medical Technology, Middle Technical University, Baghdad 00964, Iraq. | ||
