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Educational Background:
Areas of Research Interest: Research interests include development and evaluation of nematic liquid crystal monomers and monomer blends having ultra low polymerization shrinkages. These monomers are synthesized and evaluated for cure shrinkage and mechanical and physical properties including tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, toughness, cure shrinkage, degree of conversion and color. Further evaluation includes formulation and characterization of highly filled resin composites (> 60 wt. %). Other interests include modification of bulk materials for improved surface properties including wettability and biocompatibility and surface modifications for the same purposes. Modifications include surfactant additions, microwave plasma grafting and surface coating via RF planar magnetron sputtering. Interests include characterization of surface modification via contact angle measurements and x-ray diffraction. Selected Publications: Boland EJ, Carnes DL, Macdougall MJ, Satsangi N, Rawls HR, Norling BK. In vitro cytotoxicity of a low-shrinkage polymerizable liquid crystal resin monomer J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2006 Oct;79(1):1-6. Satsangi N, Rawls HR, Norling BK. Synthesis of Low Shrinkage Polymerizable Methacrylate Liquid Crystal Monomers, J Biomed Mat Res Part B: Applied Biomaterials 74B(2): 706-711, 2005. Satsangi N, Rawls HR, Norling BK. Synthesis of Low Shrinkage Polymerizable Liquid Crystal Monomers, J Biomed Mat Res Part B: Applied Biomaterials 71B(1): 153-158, 2004. Rawls HR, Furman BR, Wellinghoff ST, Nicolella D, Dixon H, Ong J, Park Y-J, and Norling BK: Homogeneous microfilled composites with low shrinkage, radiopacity and translucency. Korean Res Soc Dent Mater 27:3-6, 2000. Mahon JM. Norling BK. Phoenix RD. Effect of varying fixture width on stress and strain distribution associated with an implant stack system. Implant Dentistry. 9(4):310-20, 2000. Ong JL. Farley DW. Norling BK. Quantification of leucite concentration using X-ray diffraction. Dental Materials. 16(1):20-5, 2000 Jan. Rawls HR, Furman BR, Wellinghoff ST, Nicolella D, Dixon H, Ong J, Park Y-J, and Norling BK: Homogeneous microfilled composites with low shrinkage, radiopacity and translucency. Korean Res Soc Dent Mater 27:3-6, 2000. Rawls H R, Wellinghoff V T, Norling B K, Leamon S H, Swynnerton N F and Wellinghoff S T. Low shrinkage resins from liquid crystal diacrylate monomers. Poly Prepr 38 (2): 167-168, 1997. O'Boyle KH. Norling BK. Cagna DR. Phoenix RD. An investigation of new metal framework design for metal ceramic restorations. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. 78(3):295-301, 1997 Sep. Contact Information: Division of Biomaterials University of Texas Health Science Center Phone: 210-567-3657 Fax: 210-567-3669 norling@uthscsa.edu |
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