Fig. 7: Morphology and elemental distribution of the LDGC and TiO2/Al2O3@LDGC cross-section after immersing in acidic artificial saliva. | Nature Communications

Fig. 7: Morphology and elemental distribution of the LDGC and TiO2/Al2O3@LDGC cross-section after immersing in acidic artificial saliva.

From: Hybrid TiO2/Al2O3 nanolayer overcoating enhances dental lithium disilicate glass-ceramics acid resistance and surface mechanical properties

Fig. 7: Morphology and elemental distribution of the LDGC and TiO2/Al2O3@LDGC cross-section after immersing in acidic artificial saliva.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a Morphology of LDGC cross-section prepared by FIB-SEM after immersion in pH 2.5 saliva; b STEM amplified the interface morphology of figure (a); c EDS showed the element distribution of figure (b); d The morphology of the TiO2/Al2O3@LDGC cross-section prepared by FIB-SEM after immersion in pH 2.5 saliva; e STEM amplified the interface morphology of figure (d), (f) and EDS showed the element distribution of figure (e).

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