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Materials, Volume 11, Issue 8

August 2018 - 221 articles

Cover Story: Inspired by the problems associated with osteochondral defects, we fabricated cytocompatible, biomimetic, and highly porous 3D architectures of sodium alginate (SA) and Gel based on 3D printing technology for cartilage repair. Various physicochemical attributes, as well as the mechanical properties and chondrogenicity of the scaffolds, were explored to prove their efficiency. Furthermore, the cartilage repair was explored with a simple growth regulator, ICA treatment. The picture on the cover by Kankala and co-workers schematically illustrates the efficiency of highly porous 3D architectures in cartilage repair. View the paper here.
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Articles (221)

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
5,332 Views
9 Pages

19 August 2018

Pure rankinite (C3S2) was prepared by calcining a C-S-H gel precursor at a temperature of 1300 °C. The carbonation hardening behavior of the resulting rankinite was revealed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectrosc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,716 Views
19 Pages

19 August 2018

This work presents pulsed laser deposition as a method to obtain unoxidized LaNi5 nanoscale films and describes their temperature and thickness dependent electrical conductivity and the spectral dispersions of some optical properties. AB5-type rare e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
6,412 Views
16 Pages

Biological Compatibility of a Polylactic Acid Composite Reinforced with Natural Chitosan Obtained from Shrimp Waste

  • Yaret Gabriela Torres-Hernández,
  • Gloria Michel Ortega-Díaz,
  • Lucía Téllez-Jurado,
  • Nayeli Shantal Castrejón-Jiménez,
  • Alejandro Altamirano-Torres,
  • Blanca Estela García-Pérez and
  • Heberto Balmori-Ramírez

18 August 2018

The aim of this work is to evaluate the effect of chitosan content (1, 3 and 5 wt %) dispersed in polylactic acid (PLA) on the structure and properties of composites. Also, the hydrolytic degradation, and the cell viability and adhesion of human MG-6...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,197 Views
12 Pages

Experimental Study of Macro and Microgeometric Defects in Drilled Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics by Laser Beam Machining

  • Pedro F. Mayuet Ares,
  • Juan Manuel Vázquez Martínez,
  • Mariano Marcos Bárcena and
  • Antonio J. Gámez

18 August 2018

Plastic matrix composite materials are an excellent choice for structural applications where high strength-weight and stiffness-weight ratios are required. These materials are being increasingly used in diverse industrial sectors, particularly in aer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,639 Views
14 Pages

Microstructures, Mechanical and Corrosion Properties of the Extruded AZ31-xCaO Alloys

  • Yalin Lu,
  • Yang Zhang,
  • Mengqi Cong,
  • Xingcheng Li,
  • Wenting Xu and
  • Leipeng Song

18 August 2018

The effects of the extrusion process and CaO addition amount on microstructure, mechanical, and corrosion properties of AZ31 alloys were investigated by means of optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectrosc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
6,751 Views
15 Pages

Hydrothermal Synthesis of Co-Doped NiSe2 Nanowire for High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors

  • Yun Gu,
  • Le-Qing Fan,
  • Jian-Ling Huang,
  • Cheng-Long Geng,
  • Jian-Ming Lin,
  • Miao-Liang Huang,
  • Yun-Fang Huang and
  • Ji-Huai Wu

18 August 2018

Co@NiSe2 electrode materials were synthesized via a simple hydrothermal method by using nickel foam in situ as the backbone and subsequently characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,682 Views
19 Pages

Product Lifecycle Management as Data Repository for Manufacturing Problem Solving

  • Alvaro Camarillo,
  • José Ríos and
  • Klaus-Dieter Althoff

18 August 2018

Fault diagnosis presents a considerable difficulty to human operators in supervisory control of manufacturing systems. Implementing Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in existing manufacturing facilities implies an investment, since it requires up...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,623 Views
15 Pages

18 August 2018

Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) composites are widely used in aerospace applications that require severe quality parameters. To simplify the assembly operations and reduce the associated costs, the current trend in industry is to optimize the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,845 Views
10 Pages

18 August 2018

The structural stability, mechanical properties, and Debye temperature of alloying elements X (X = Sc, Ti, Co, Cu, Zn, Zr, Nb, and Mo) doped Al3Li were systematically investigated by first-principles methods. A negative enthalpy of formation ΔH...

  • Article
  • Open Access
71 Citations
9,680 Views
11 Pages

Multi Jet Fusion PA12 Manufacturing Parameters for Watertightness, Strength and Tolerances

  • Sergio Morales-Planas,
  • Joaquim Minguella-Canela,
  • Jordi Lluma-Fuentes,
  • Jose Antonio Travieso-Rodriguez and
  • Andrés-Amador García-Granada

18 August 2018

The aim of this paper is to explore the watertightness behaviour for high pressure applications using Multi Jet Fusion technology and polyamide 12 as a material. We report an efficient solution for manufacturing functional prototypes and final parts...

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