Selected publications

Huynh B, Rajasekaran SR, Batista J, Lewis S, Sinhoreti MAC, Pfeifer CS, Fugolin AP. Improving Self-Healing Dental Restorative Materials with Functionalized and Reinforced Microcapsules. Polymers, 2024 [accepted for publication]

Rajasekaran SP, Huynh B, Fugolin APP. Tailoring Microemulsification Techniques for the Encapsulation of Diverse Cargoes: A Systematic Analysis of Poly(Urea-Formaldehyde) Microcapsules. J. Funct. Biomater. 2024, 15, 117. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb15050117

Fugolin APP, Huynh B, Rajasekaran SP. Innovations in the Design and Application of Stimuli-Responsive Restorative Dental Polymers. Polymers. 2023; 15(16):3346. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15163346

Scaffa PMC, Kendall A, Icimoto MY, Fugolin APP, Logan MG, de Vito-Moraes AG, Lewis SH, Pfeifer CS. Glycosyl-transferase inhibitors for targeted reduction of S. mutans biofilms in dental materials. Sci Rep. 2023 Jul 23;13(1):11889. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-39125-2.

Fugolin AP, Costa AR, Correr-Sobrinho L, Chaw C, Lewis S, Ferracane JL, Pfeifer CS. Toughening and stress-reducing effects in composites formulated with thiourethane treated fillers: systematic evaluation of the influence of filler size, loading and surface treatment. Sci Rep 2021, 11:7638. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-87151-9.

Gourlart M, Fugolin AP, Lewis SH, Rodrigues JA, Enhardt MC, Pfeifer CS. Thiourethane filler functionalization for dental resin composites: concentration-dependent effects on toughening, stress reduction and depth of cure. Materials Science & Engineering C. 2021, vol 118, p.111535. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2020.111535.

Lewis S, Fugolin AP, Lam S, Scanlon C, Ferracane JL, Pfeifer CS. Effects of systematically varied thiourethane-functionalized filler concentration on polymerization behavior and relevant clinical properties of dental composites. Mater Des. 2021, Jan 1; 197: 109249. doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2020.109249.

Guimaraes G, Bronze-Uhle E, Lisboa-Filho P, Fugolin APP, Gonzaga CC, Pfeifer CS, Furuse AY. Effect of the addition of functionalized TiO2 nanotubes and nanoparticles on properties of model resin composites. Dent Mater. 2020 Dec;36(12):1544-1556. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2020.09.013. Epub 2020 Oct 2. PMID: 33012518

Fugolin AP, Navarro O, Logan MG, Huynh V, França C, Ferracane JL, Pfeifer CS. Synthesis of di- and triacrylamides with tertiary amine cores and their evaluation as monomers in dental adhesive interfaces. Acta Biomater. 2020 Oct 1;115:148-159. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.08.026. Epub 2020 Aug 24. PMID: 32853802

Fugolin AP, Costa-Correr AR, Kono E, Quirk E, Ferracane JL, Pfeifer CS. Influence of the organic matrix composition on the polymerization behavior and bulk properties of resin composites containing thiourethane-functionalized fillers. Eur Poly J. 2020 vol 130 May 5 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.109664.

Barcelos LM, Borges MG, Soares CJ, Menezes MS, Huynh V, Logan MG, Fugolin AP, Pfeifer CS. Effect of the photoinitiator system on the polymerization of secondary methacrylamides of systematically varied structure for dental adhesive applications. Dent Mater. 2020 Mar; 36(3): 468-477. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2020.01.020.

Fugolin AP, Dobson A, Huynh V, Mbiya W, Navarro O, Franca C, Logan M, Merritt J, Ferracane JL, Pfeifer CS. Antibacterial, Ester-Free Monomers: Polymerization Kinetics, Mechanical Properties, Biocompatibility and Anti-Biofilm Activity. Acta Biomater. 2019 Sep 28. pii: S1742-7061(19)30660-9. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.09.039.

Maktabi H, Ibrahim M, Alkhubaizi Q, Weir M, Xu Hockin, Strassler H, Fugolin AP, Pfeifer CS, Melo MAS. Underperforming light curing procedures trigger detrimental irradiance-dependent biofilm response on incrementally placed dental composites. J Dent. 2019 Apr. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdent.2019.04.003

Feitosa VP, Fugolin AP, Correr AB, Correr-Sobrinho L, Consani S, Watson TF, Sinhoreti MA, Sauro S. Effects of different photo-polymerization protocols on resin-dentine μTBS, mechanical properties and cross-link density of a nano-filled resin composite. J Dent. 2012 Oct; 40(10):802-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2012.05.014.