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Materials, Volume 13, Issue 19

2020 October-1 - 251 articles

Cover Story: Heterostructured bilayer films consisting of co-assembled TiO2 photonic crystal bottom layers and a highly reactive mesoporous titania top layer, surface-modified by CoOx nanoclusters, are demonstrated to be highly efficient visible-light photocatalysts. Salicylic acid photodegradation was markedly enhanced by means of slow photon propagation in the inverse opal support layer assisted by Bragg reflection toward the CoOx-modified mesoporous top layer. This effect indicates that photonic crystals may be effectively utilized both as photocatalytically active and backscattering layers in multilayer photocatalytic films. View this paper
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Articles (251)

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
8,098 Views
24 Pages

Analysis of γ′ Precipitates, Carbides and Nano-Borides in Heat-Treated Ni-Based Superalloy Using SEM, STEM-EDX, and HRSTEM

  • Łukasz Rakoczy,
  • Bogdan Rutkowski,
  • Małgorzata Grudzień-Rakoczy,
  • Rafał Cygan,
  • Wiktoria Ratuszek and
  • Anna Zielińska-Lipiec

8 October 2020

The microstructure of a René 108 Ni-based superalloy was systematically investigated by X-ray diffraction, light microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and electron microscopy techniques. The material was investment cast in a vacuum...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Material and Technological Solutions in Foundry Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
4,663 Views
10 Pages

8 October 2020

Acid soluble collagen (ASC) was extracted from Silver Carp fish skin. Collagen was dissolved in acetic acid at varying concentrations and its rheological properties were studied. Steady shear flow properties of collagen solutions at concentrations of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Collagens, Collagen-Based and Collagen-Mimetic Biomaterials: Preparation, Characterization and Applications)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
121 Citations
11,463 Views
37 Pages

Biologically Active Compounds of Plants: Structure-Related Antioxidant, Microbiological and Cytotoxic Activity of Selected Carboxylic Acids

  • Beata Godlewska-Żyłkiewicz,
  • Renata Świsłocka,
  • Monika Kalinowska,
  • Aleksandra Golonko,
  • Grzegorz Świderski,
  • Żaneta Arciszewska,
  • Edyta Nalewajko-Sieliwoniuk,
  • Monika Naumowicz and
  • Włodzimierz Lewandowski

8 October 2020

Natural carboxylic acids are plant-derived compounds that are known to possess biological activity. The aim of this review was to compare the effect of structural differences of the selected carboxylic acids (benzoic acid (BA), cinnamic acid (CinA),...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research of Organic Molecules and Materials for Biological Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,064 Views
12 Pages

8 October 2020

The anisotropy of lithium niobate (LN) single crystals in mechanical properties affects its material removal uniformity during lapping. The nano-indentation hardness (HI) and elastic modulus(E) of Z-cut wafer and X-cut wafer were measured by a nano-i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,652 Views
22 Pages

Processing of Polyester-Urethane Filament and Characterization of FFF 3D Printed Elastic Porous Structures with Potential in Cancellous Bone Tissue Engineering

  • Agnieszka Haryńska,
  • Iga Carayon,
  • Paulina Kosmela,
  • Anna Brillowska-Dąbrowska,
  • Marcin Łapiński,
  • Justyna Kucińska-Lipka and
  • Helena Janik

8 October 2020

This paper addresses the potential of self-made polyester-urethane filament as a candidate for Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)-based 3D printing (3DP) in medical applications. Since the industry does not provide many ready-made solutions of medical-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Additive Manufacturing (AM) of Biomaterials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,864 Views
27 Pages

8 October 2020

Reciprocating rod seals are widely used in the hydraulic actuator to prevent the leakage of fluid. The sealing lip profile changes with the seal wear, resulting in an increase in the leakage. A texturing rod changes the lubrication characteristics of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Friction and Wear of Materials Surfaces)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,203 Views
18 Pages

8 October 2020

In designing high-performance, lightweight components, cellular structures are one of the approaches to be considered. The present study aimed to analyze the effect of the infill line distance of 3D printed circular samples on their compressive elast...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
3,639 Views
13 Pages

Effect of Halloysite Nanotube on Mechanical Properties, Thermal Stability and Morphology of Polypropylene and Polypropylene/Short Kenaf Fibers Hybrid Biocomposites

  • Piotr Franciszczak,
  • Iman Taraghi,
  • Sandra Paszkiewicz,
  • Maksymilian Burzyński,
  • Agnieszka Meljon and
  • Elżbieta Piesowicz

8 October 2020

In this article, the effect of the addition of halloysite nanotube (HNT) on the mechanical and thermal stability of polypropylene (PP) and PP/kenaf fiber biocomposites has been investigated. Different volume contents of HNTs ranging from 1 to 10 vol....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functionalization, Characterization, and Applications of Polymeric and Hybrid Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,481 Views
17 Pages

8 October 2020

Given the drawbacks of the conventional welding methods in joining the battery case and tab in the lithium-ion battery, the laser welding technique using the metal tube has been introduced for the weld. The metal tube is supposed to contribute a posi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Design for Manufacturing Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
5,326 Views
12 Pages

8 October 2020

Only a few 3D-printing techniques are able to process ceramic materials and exploit successfully the capabilities of additive manufacturing of sintered ceramic parts. In this work, a new two component binder system, consisting of polyethyleneglycol a...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,927 Views
21 Pages

Metal Removal from Nickel-Containing Effluents Using Mineral–Organic Hybrid Adsorbent

  • Inga Zinicovscaia,
  • Nikita Yushin,
  • Dmitrii Grozdov,
  • Konstantin Vergel,
  • Nadezhda Popova,
  • Grigoriy Artemiev and
  • Alexey Safonov

8 October 2020

Nickel is one of the most dangerous environmental pollutants and its removal from wastewater is an important task. The capacity of a mineral–organic hybrid adsorbent, consisting of Shewanella xiamenensis biofilm and zeolite (clinoptilolite of the Cho...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Materials for Heavy Metals Removal from Waters)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,692 Views
14 Pages

Graphene Oxide Aerosol Deposition and its Influence on Cancer Cells. Preliminary Results

  • Barbara Nasiłowska,
  • Zdzisław Bogdanowicz,
  • Kinga Hińcza,
  • Zygmunt Mierczyk,
  • Stanisław Góźdź,
  • Małgorzata Djas,
  • Krystian Kowiorski,
  • Aneta Bombalska and
  • Artur Kowalik

8 October 2020

This paper presents the results of the interaction of graphene oxide (GO) on MDA-MB-231 and SW-954 cancer cell lines. The tests were carried out in two variants. In the first one, GO was sprayed on a Petri dish and then, the cancer cell lines were cu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomedical and Environmental Applications of Graphene and Graphene Oxide)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,830 Views
16 Pages

Surface Evaluation of a Multi-Pass Flexible Magnetic Burnishing Brush for Rough and Soft Ground 60/40 Brass

  • Ayman M. Alaskari,
  • Abdulaziz I. Albannai,
  • Meshal Y. Alawadhi,
  • Abdulkareem S. Aloraier,
  • Tatiana Liptakova and
  • Abdullah A. Alazemi

8 October 2020

Burnishing is an advanced finishing process that produces higher-quality surfaces with better hardness and roughness than conventional finishing processes. Herein, a flexible magnetic burnishing brush comprising stainless steel pins under permanent m...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
3,871 Views
17 Pages

Thermoelastic Processes by a Continuous Heat Source Line in an Infinite Solid via Moore–Gibson–Thompson Thermoelasticity

  • Ahmed E. Abouelregal,
  • Ibrahim-Elkhalil Ahmed,
  • Mohamed E. Nasr,
  • Khalil M. Khalil,
  • Adam Zakria and
  • Fawzy A. Mohammed

8 October 2020

Many attempts have been made to investigate the classical heat transfer of Fourier, and a number of improvements have been implemented. In this work, we consider a novel thermoelasticity model based on the Moore–Gibson–Thompson equation i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Mechanical Metamaterials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,360 Views
15 Pages

Physico-Chemical Surface Modifications of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Using Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Radiation and EUV-Induced Nitrogen Plasma

  • Joanna Czwartos,
  • Bogusław Budner,
  • Andrzej Bartnik,
  • Przemysław Wachulak,
  • Henryk Fiedorowicz and
  • Zygmunt Mierczyk

8 October 2020

In this work, the effect of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation and the combination of EUV radiation and low-temperature nitrogen plasma on the physico-chemical properties of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) surfaces were presented. The laser-plasma EUV s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Radiation Effect on Polymeric Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,314 Views
18 Pages

7 October 2020

In this study, we used a hydrothermal method to synthesize microspheres of Cu2(Mn1−xFex)SnS4 solid solution (X = 1, 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.2, 0). The process was optimized to improve the crystallinity, morphology, and purity of the obtained materials...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,452 Views
10 Pages

Dilatometric and Microstructural Study of Martensite Tempering in 4% Mn Steel

  • Adam Grajcar,
  • Mateusz Morawiec,
  • Jose Antonio Jimenez and
  • Carlos Garcia-Mateo

7 October 2020

This paper presents the results of martensite tempering resistance in 4% Mn steel. The material was quenched and tempered at 350 °C for 15, 30, and 60 min. The analysis of the quenching and tempering was carried out using dilatometric and microst...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Effects of Temperature and Strain Rate on Steel Strengthening)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,547 Views
9 Pages

7 October 2020

The structural stability of M/Ag(111)–3×3R30°  surface alloys is systematically investigated by using first-principles calculations, where M is a member of group III (B, Al, Ga, In, Tl), IV (C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb), and V (N, P, As, S...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
5,214 Views
11 Pages

7 October 2020

To obtain Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu-xSb (x = 0, 25, 28, and 31) high-temperature lead-free solder antimony was added to Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu solder. The microstructure, thermal properties, and mechanical behavior of the solder alloy prepared were studied by using JSM...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,735 Views
15 Pages

7 October 2020

A novel fractographic approach based on a combination of (i) mechanical behavior of cured rubber in uniaxial tensile loading and (ii) spectroscopy of fracture on a ruptured surface was experimentally validated. This approach related the migration of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,344 Views
20 Pages

7 October 2020

In order to study the high and low temperature properties, and fatigue properties, of silica fume/SBS (Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene) compound modified asphalt (SFSCMA), dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) and bending beam rheometer (BBR) are used to study mat...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,802 Views
15 Pages

Structural and Chemical Hierarchy in Hydroxyapatite Coatings

  • Karlis A. Gross,
  • Christiane Petzold,
  • Liene Pluduma-LaFarge,
  • Maris Kumermanis and
  • Håvard J. Haugen

7 October 2020

Hydroxyapatite coatings need similarly shaped splats as building blocks and then a homogeneous microstructure to unravel the structural and chemical hierarchy for more refined improvements to implant surfaces. Coatings were thermally sprayed with dif...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bioactive Ceramics and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,556 Views
23 Pages

7 October 2020

A series of experiments involving the detonation of PBX 9501 encased in a copper cylinder are modeled with the objective of evaluating a proposed set of phenomenological parameters for the Wescott–Stewart–Davis reactive burn model. The nu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,146 Views
20 Pages

Tailoring the Surface Morphology and the Crystallinity State of Cu- and Zn-Substituted Hydroxyapatites on Ti and Mg-Based Alloys

  • Konstantin A. Prosolov,
  • Vladimir V. Lastovka,
  • Olga A. Belyavskaya,
  • Dmitry V. Lychagin,
  • Juergen Schmidt and
  • Yurii P. Sharkeev

7 October 2020

Titanium-based alloys are known as a “gold standard” in the field of implantable devices. Mg-based alloys, in turn, are very promising biocompatible material for biodegradable, temporary implants. However, the clinical application of Mg-b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Biocoatings)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,560 Views
13 Pages

High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Battery Using Substituted LiCoPO4: Electrochemical and Safety Performance of 1.2 Ah Pouch Cell

  • Dongqiang Liu,
  • Chisu Kim,
  • Alexis Perea,
  • Dubé Joël,
  • Wen Zhu,
  • Steve Collin-Martin,
  • Amélie Forand,
  • Martin Dontigny,
  • Catherine Gagnon and
  • Karim Zaghib
  • + 4 authors

7 October 2020

A LiCoPO4-based high-voltage lithium-ion battery was fabricated in the format of a 1.2 Ah pouch cell that exhibited a highly stable cycle life at a cut-off voltage of 4.9 V. The high-voltage stability was achieved using a Fe-Cr-Si multi-ion-substitut...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electrochemical Materials in Batteries)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,852 Views
13 Pages

7 October 2020

This paper investigates the strength, drying shrinkage, and carbonation characteristic of amorphous metallic fiber-reinforced mortar with natural and artificial lightweight aggregates. The use of artificial lightweight aggregates has the advantage of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Construction Materials: From Paste to Concrete)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,261 Views
13 Pages

Inflammatory Responses in Oro-Maxillofacial Region Expanded Using Anisotropic Hydrogel Tissue Expander

  • Kholoud Mohamed Ali Salim,
  • Aminah Abd Jalil,
  • Zamri Radzi,
  • Siti Mazlipah Ismail,
  • Jan T. Czernuszka and
  • Mohammad Tariqur Rahman

6 October 2020

Objective: Reconstruction of oral and facial defects often necessitate replacement of missing soft tissue. The purpose of tissue expanders is to grow healthy supplementary tissue under a controlled force. This study investigates the inflammatory resp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomaterials for Dental Healing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,895 Views
19 Pages

Laboratory Investigation of Rubberized Asphalt Using High-Content Rubber Powder

  • Guoqing Wang,
  • Xinqiang Wang,
  • Songtao Lv,
  • Lusheng Qin and
  • Xinghai Peng

6 October 2020

Rubberized asphalt (RA) has been successfully applied in road engineering due to its excellent performance; however, the most widely used rubber content is about 20%.To improve the content of waste rubber and ensure its performance, seven rubberized...

  • Article
  • Open Access
83 Citations
5,796 Views
21 Pages

Effect of Thermal and Oxidative Aging on Asphalt Binders Rheology and Chemical Composition

  • Ingrid Gabrielle do Nascimento Camargo,
  • Bernhard Hofko,
  • Johannes Mirwald and
  • Hinrich Grothe

6 October 2020

Aging of asphalt binders is one of the main causes of its hardening, which negatively affects the cracking and fatigue resistance of asphalt binders. Understanding asphalt aging is crucial to improve the durability of asphalt pavements. In this regar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Materials and Technologies for the Urban Roads of the Future)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,541 Views
17 Pages

6 October 2020

The article presents the results of the author’s tests involving the determination of the maximal experimental value of the stress intensity factor KQ. This value was determined for a layered material obtained as the result of explosive welding...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Investigations and Modelling of the Fracture Process in Metallic Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,887 Views
12 Pages

Topotactic Oxidation of Perovskites to Novel SrMo1-xMxO4−δ (M = Fe and Cr) Deficient Scheelite-Type Oxides

  • V. Cascos,
  • R. Martínez-Coronado,
  • M. T. Fernández-Díaz and
  • J. A. Alonso

6 October 2020

New polycrystalline SrMo1−xMxO4−δ (M = Fe and Cr) scheelite oxides have been prepared by topotactical oxidation, by annealing in air at 500 °C, from precursor perovskites with the stoichiometry SrMo1−xMxO3−δ (M...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Materials Characterization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,168 Views
16 Pages

5 October 2020

Owing to its high specific strength and low density, Al–Cu alloys have been extensively used in aerospace for lightweight components. Additive manufacturing techniques such as selective laser melting, which offers geometric freedom, is suitable...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,713 Views
16 Pages

The Galvanic Effect of Titanium and Amalgam in the Oral Environment

  • Patrick H. Carey IV,
  • Shu-Min Hsu,
  • Chaker Fares,
  • George Kamenov,
  • Fan Ren and
  • Josephine Esquivel-Upshaw

5 October 2020

The effects of the presence of amalgam on titanium (Ti) dissolution in the oral environment under acidic, neutral, and basic conditions was studied. The presence of amalgam was found to suppress Ti release under acidic conditions due to the redeposit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Corrosion and Degradation for Biomedical Materials)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,269 Views
17 Pages

Influence of Steel Structure on Machinability by Abrasive Water Jet

  • Irena M. Hlaváčová,
  • Marek Sadílek,
  • Petra Váňová,
  • Štefan Szumilo and
  • Martin Tyč

5 October 2020

Although the abrasive waterjet (AWJ) has been widely used for steel cutting for decades and there are hundreds of research papers or even books dealing with this technology, relatively little is known about the relation between the steel microstructu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechanical Properties in Progressive Mechanically Processed Metallic Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,122 Views
27 Pages

Anticorrosion Coated Stainless Steel as Durable Support for C-N-TiO2 Photo Catalyst Layer

  • Emile Salomon Massima Mouele,
  • Mihaela Dinu,
  • Anca Constantina Parau,
  • Alina Vladescu,
  • Myo Tay Zar Myint,
  • Htet Htet Kyaw,
  • Jamal Al-Sabahi,
  • Mohammed Al-Abri,
  • Sergey Dobretsov and
  • Leslie Felicia Petrik
  • + 3 authors

5 October 2020

The development of durable photocatalytic supports resistant in harsh environment has become challenging in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) focusing on water and wastewater remediation. In this study, stainless steel (SS), SS/Ti (N,O) and SS/Cr-N...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,230 Views
12 Pages

III-Nitrides Resonant Cavity Photodetector Devices

  • Susana Fernández,
  • Fernando B. Naranjo,
  • Miguel Ángel Sánchez-García and
  • Enrique Calleja

5 October 2020

III-nitride resonant cavity-enhanced Schottky barrier photodetectors were fabricated on 2 µm thick GaN templates by radio frequency plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. The optical cavity was formed by a bottom distributed Bragg reflector ba...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Materials for Photonics and Photovoltaics Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,454 Views
22 Pages

5 October 2020

The superior fracture toughness of zirconia is closely correlated with stress-induced martensitic phase transformation around a crack tip. In this study, a modified phase field (PF) model coupling phase transformation and fracture is proposed to stud...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Simulation and Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,671 Views
14 Pages

5 October 2020

Vertically-oriented zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires were synthesized on glass and silicon substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition and without the use of a catalyst. An intermediate c-axis oriented nanotextured ZnO seed layer in the form of nanowall network...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,319 Views
10 Pages

Effects of Temperature on the Morphology and Optical Properties of Spark Discharge Germanium Nanoparticles

  • Anna Lizunova,
  • Anastasia Mazharenko,
  • Bulat Masnaviev,
  • Egor Khramov,
  • Alexey Efimov,
  • Andrei Ramanenka,
  • Ivan Shuklov and
  • Viktor Ivanov

5 October 2020

We report the spark discharge synthesis of aerosol germanium nanoparticles followed by sintering in a tube furnace at different temperatures varying from 25 to 800 °C. The size, structure, chemical composition and optical properties were studied....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Synthesis, Morphology, and Properties of Functional Nanomaterials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,063 Views
19 Pages

Simulation and Experimental Study of Dynamical Recrystallization Kinetics of TB8 Titanium Alloys

  • Wenwei Zhang,
  • Qiuyue Yang,
  • Yuanbiao Tan,
  • Min Ma,
  • Song Xiang and
  • Fei Zhao

5 October 2020

The dynamic recrystallization (DRX) behavior in the hot working of TB8 titanium alloy was studied by using the experiment and finite element simulation (FEM) method. The results showed that the DRX behavior of TB8 titanium alloys was drastically affe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical and Experimental Investigations in Metal Forming)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,406 Views
13 Pages

5 October 2020

This study investigated the hardening process of alkali-activated material (AAM) mortar using calcium sulfoalumiante (CSA) expansive additive (CSA EA), which accelerates the initial reactivity of AAMs, and subsequent changes in ultrasonic pulse veloc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High Performance Concrete)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,937 Views
12 Pages

Primary Stability of Orthodontic Titanium Miniscrews due to Cortical Bone Density and Re-Insertion

  • Gi-Tae Kim,
  • Jie Jin,
  • Utkarsh Mangal,
  • Kee-Joon Lee,
  • Kwang-Mahn Kim,
  • Sung-Hwan Choi and
  • Jae-Sung Kwon

5 October 2020

The increasing demand for orthodontic treatment over recent years has led to a growing need for the retrieval and reuse of titanium-based miniscrews to reduce the cost of treatment, especially in patients with early treatment failure due to insuffici...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Titanium and Titanium Based Materials in Biomedical Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,235 Views
23 Pages

5 October 2020

The article describes the possibility of using waste glass cullet as an alternative aggregate for the production of cement composites. Three concrete mixes based on Portland cement CEM I 42.5 R with different contents of recyclate were designed. Boro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recycled Concrete with Waste and By-Products)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
7,274 Views
14 Pages

Waste Rubber Pyrolysis: Product Yields and Limonene Concentration

  • Katarzyna Januszewicz,
  • Paweł Kazimierski,
  • Tomasz Suchocki,
  • Dariusz Kardaś,
  • Witold Lewandowski,
  • Ewa Klugmann-Radziemska and
  • Justyna Łuczak

5 October 2020

Tires, conveyor belts, floor mats, and shoe soles form a main-stream of rubber waste. The amount of these used materials continuously increases due to development of the rubber market. Therefore, pro-ecological utilization (i.e., energy recycling ins...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Rubber Recycling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,130 Views
14 Pages

In Situ Growth of Ca2+-Based Metal–Organic Framework on CaSiO3/ABS/TPU 3D Skeleton for Methylene Blue Removal

  • Zhen Liu,
  • Xinshu Xia,
  • Wei Li,
  • Liren Xiao,
  • Xiaoli Sun,
  • Fubin Luo,
  • Qinghua Chen and
  • Qingrong Qian

4 October 2020

The work reports a novel strategy for combining polymers and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) into composites for adsorption applications. Calcium silicate (CaSiO3) was introduced into acrylonitrile butadiene styrene/thermoplastic polyurethane (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,517 Views
17 Pages

4 October 2020

Under the effect of different process parameters, the temperature field inside the thermoplastic fiber is very complex and directly affects the fusion quality between the resins. Considering the heat transfer behavior of thermoplastic fiber polyether...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,328 Views
16 Pages

4 October 2020

To assess the accuracy of various intraoral scanners (IOSs) and to investigate the existence of mutual compatibility that affects the accuracy between IOS and 3-dimensional (3D) printing using a scan quadrant model. For clinical implication, crown pr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomaterials for Medical and Dental Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,204 Views
13 Pages

4 October 2020

In this study, we examine the mechanism of fatigue-crack propagation in 718Plus superalloy at 704 °C under fatigue–creep–environment interactions, in this case, a new turbine disc material used in aero-engines at high temperatures. Th...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,239 Views
11 Pages

Hydrogen Plasma Treatment of Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Improvement of Field Emission Properties

  • Dmitriy V. Gorodetskiy,
  • Artem V. Gusel’nikov,
  • Alexander G. Kurenya,
  • Dmitry A. Smirnov,
  • Lyubov G. Bulusheva and
  • Alexander V. Okotrub

4 October 2020

Vertically aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays show potential for the development of planar low-voltage emission cathodes. The characteristics of cathodes can be improved by modifying their surface, e.g., by hydrogen plasma treatment, as was perform...

(This article belongs to the Section Carbon Materials)
  • Review
  • Open Access
139 Citations
9,515 Views
38 Pages

Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)-Reinforced Magnesium-Based Matrix Composites: A Comprehensive Review

  • Somayeh Abazari,
  • Ali Shamsipur,
  • Hamid Reza Bakhsheshi-Rad,
  • Ahmad Fauzi Ismail,
  • Safian Sharif,
  • Mahmood Razzaghi,
  • Seeram Ramakrishna and
  • Filippo Berto

4 October 2020

In recent years considerable attention has been attracted to magnesium because of its light weight, high specific strength, and ease of recycling. Because of the growing demand for lightweight materials in aerospace, medical and automotive industries...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Materials)

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