Syftet: Syftet med föreliggande studie var att undersöka färgstabiliteten hos manuellt infärgad hög-translucent zirkonia efter åldring i drycker med lågt pH-värde (vin och Coca Cola) och vatten. Material och metod: I studien användes 30 provkroppar i hög-translucent zirkonia. Provkropparna frästes fram i runda diskar med måtten 6 mm i diameter och 3 mm i tjocklek och färgades in manuellt med infiltreringsvätska genom doppteknik och därefter skedde sintring. Provkropparna förvarades i rött vin, Coca Cola eller destillerat vatten i 12 dagar. Färgkoordinaterna L*a*b* mättes genom spektrofotometer före (kontrollgrupp) och efter förvaring i respektive vätska. Medelvärdet av L*a*b* registrerades och färgskillnaderna (ΔEab, NBS) beräknades. Resultatet analyserades med Fisher՚s exact test samt One-way ANOVA, Tukey’s test med signifikansnivån α=0,05. Resultat: I jämförelse mellan grupperna hade gruppen som vinförvarats högst medelvärde i färgskillnad följt av vatten och Coca Cola. Färgskillnaden för gruppen som vinförvarats var kliniskt icke-acceptabel och visade en statistiskt signifikant skillnad jämfört med vatten och Coca Cola. Ingen statistisk signifikant skillnad observerades mellan de resterande grupperna vatten och Coca Cola. Signifikanta skillnader för färgskillnaden, ΔEab, observerades mellan kontrollgruppen mot övriga grupper för samtliga parametrar L* a* b* med p-värde<0,001 efter åldring i de olika dryckerna. Slutsats: Färgstabilitet hos manuellt infärgad hög-translucent zirkonia påverkas av åldring i drycker med lågt pH-värde såsom vin och Coca Cola, där vin påverkar mer än Coca Cola och vatten. Hög-translucent zirkonia som förvarats i vin uppvisar en rödare ton medan förvaring i Coca Cola uppvisar en gulare ton. / Purpose: This study investigated the color stability of manually infiltrated high translucent zirconia after immersion in beverages with low pH-value (wine and Coca Cola) and water.  Material and method: 30 specimens of high translucent zirconia were prepared. The specimens were milled into round discs and colored manually with infiltration liquid before sintering and were stored in red wine, Coca Cola, or distilled water for 12 days. The color coordinates L*a*b* were measured by spectrophotometer before and after storage in the specific beverage. The mean value of L*a*b* was recorded and the color differences (ΔEab, NBS) were calculated. The results were analyzed with Fisher's exact test and One-way ANOVA, Tukey's test with the significance level α=0.05. Results: In comparison between the groups, the wine group had the highest mean value in color difference followed by water and Coca Cola. Results from wine storage showed a statistically significant difference compared to water and Coca Cola which was clinically non-acceptable. No statistical significant difference was observed between the remaining groups.  Conclusion: Color stability of manually colored high translucent zirconia is affected by aging in beverages with a low pH-value such as wine and Coca Cola, where wine affected more as compared to Coca Cola and water. High translucent zirconia stored in wine exhibited a redder tone, while storage in Coca Cola exhibited a yellower tone.

"Thermal infrared (IR) imaging systems are widely used in medical, industrial, and defense applications. IR imaging systems utilize a lens to focus IR radiation onto a focal plane array (FPA) of IR detectors, which transduce the IR radiation from the scene into signals that can be further processed. In conventional IR imaging systems, electronic readout integrated circuitry (ROIC) is used to read out the information from the FPA, and computer signal processing allows for an IR image to be displayed on an electronic screen. However, the ROIC decreases the thermal isolation and sensitivity of the IR detectors in the FPA, and the computer processing and electronic display increase the cost, weight, and complexity of the IR imaging system. This thesis focuses on the development of an IR direct viewing system that does not require any ROIC, computer signal processing, or electronic display. This is accomplished through the use of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) uncooled IR imaging detectors, which consist of arrays of bimaterial thermomechanical cantilever structures that tilt as a function of IR radiation from a scene. Other members of the WPI-ME/CHSLT group have previously shown that an interferometric optical readout mechanism based on digital holography and computer processing can eliminate the need for ROIC and be used to measure the nanometer scale tilt of the structures in a MEMS-based IR imaging system that was found to have a responsivity of 1.5 nm/K. However, these previously demonstrated results required significant computer processing and an electronic display. The hypothesis of the current work is that an optomechanical readout mechanism can be used to realize an IR direct viewer without the use of ROIC, computer signal processing, or an electronic display. Three optical readout mechanisms were identified for transducing the nanometer scale deformations of the MEMS structures in the FPA into a directly observable visible light image. Two of these, one using live holography and the other using Nomarski differential interference contrast (DIC), were based on interferometry, while the third, using reflectometry, was based on geometrical optics. The identified optical readout mechanisms were analytically evaluated based on the performance and perception of the human vision system (HVS), and preliminary experimental results were obtained using optical setups constructed for all three readout mechanisms. Based on the analytical and experimental investigations, reflectometry was selected as the most suitable readout mechanism for a direct viewer. A visible light camera was used with custom software to determine a temperature sensitivity of 137 mK for the reflectometry readout, and thermal images of scenes at human body temperature were demonstrated using limited computer processing. A false color, direct view, live IR imaging system was then demonstrated based on a two color reflectometry readout and the output was characterized with respect to the color differentiation sensitivity of the HVS. The system temperature sensitivity, based on the theoretical color differentiation sensitivity of a human observer, was found to be on the order of 10 K across a measuring range of roughly 400 °C, and objects with a temperature as low as approximately 150 °C were distinguishable. The advantages and limitations of the developed IR imaging system are identified and recommendations for further developments and future work are provided."