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Materials, Volume 12, Issue 8

April-2 2019 - 165 articles

Cover Story: In our search to discover interesting photophysical materials, we have stumbled upon two tetramethylammonium cyanocuprate(I) 3D networks that display optical memory activity. This behavior is demonstrated by the loss of emission intensity over time during laser irradiation of microcrystalline samples. The reduced intensity can be completely recovered simply by heating the samples. We assign the optical memory behavior to a photo-induced electron transfer between cyanocuprate(I) subunits. Where metallophilic based triplet emission is observed, the rate of reduction is dramatically reduced. Our findings are beneficial in the rational design of optical memory active complexes given the difficulty in predicting their behavior. View this paper.
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Articles (165)

  • Article
  • Open Access
110 Citations
8,000 Views
14 Pages

Investigating the Mechanical Properties of ZrO2-Impregnated PMMA Nanocomposite for Denture-Based Applications

  • Saleh Zidan,
  • Nikolaos Silikas,
  • Abdulaziz Alhotan,
  • Julfikar Haider and
  • Julian Yates

25 April 2019

Acrylic resin PMMA (poly-methyl methacrylate) is used in the manufacture of denture bases but its mechanical properties can be deficient in this role. This study investigated the mechanical properties (flexural strength, fracture toughness, impact st...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
4,983 Views
17 Pages

Nitrogen-Doped Superporous Activated Carbons as Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

  • María José Mostazo-López,
  • David Salinas-Torres,
  • Ramiro Ruiz-Rosas,
  • Emilia Morallón and
  • Diego Cazorla-Amorós

25 April 2019

Nitrogen-containing superporous activated carbons were prepared by chemical polymerization of aniline and nitrogen functionalization by organic routes. The resulting N-doped carbon materials were carbonized at high temperatures (600–800 °C) in inert...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,545 Views
13 Pages

Microwave Sintering of SiAlON Ceramics with TiN Addition

  • Özgür Sevgi Canarslan,
  • Roberto Rosa,
  • Levent Köroğlu,
  • Erhan Ayas,
  • Alpagut Kara and
  • Paolo Veronesi

25 April 2019

α-β SiAlON/TiN composites with nominal composition of α:β = 25:75 were fabricated by microwave sintering. The effect of titanium nitride addition on the phases, microstructure, microwave absorption ability and mechanical properties (Vickers hardness...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,910 Views
15 Pages

A Comparative Study of Experimental Configurations in Synchrotron Pair Distribution Function

  • Jesus D. Zea-Garcia,
  • Angeles G. De la Torre,
  • Miguel A. G. Aranda and
  • Ana Cuesta

25 April 2019

The identification and quantification of amorphous components and nanocrystalline phases with very small crystal sizes, smaller than ~3 nm, within samples containing crystalline phases is very challenging. However, this is important as there are seve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
4,965 Views
9 Pages

Defect Chemistry and Na-Ion Diffusion in Na3Fe2(PO4)3 Cathode Material

  • Navaratnarajah Kuganathan and
  • Alexander Chroneos

25 April 2019

In this work, we employ computational modeling techniques to study the defect chemistry, Na ion diffusion paths, and dopant properties in sodium iron phosphate [Na3Fe2(PO4)3] cathode material. The lowest intrinsic defect energy process (0.45 eV/defec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,430 Views
15 Pages

New Organic/Inorganic Pigments Based on Azo Dye and Aluminum-Magnesium Hydroxycarbonates with Various Mg/Al Ratios

  • Anna Marzec,
  • Bolesław Szadkowski,
  • Jacek Rogowski,
  • Waldemar Maniukiewicz,
  • Przemysław Rybiński and
  • Mirosława Prochoń

25 April 2019

This study set out to investigate the impact of aluminum-magnesium hydroxycarbonates (LHs) with various Mg/Al ratios on the formation of hybrid pigments. The colorants were also evaluated for their flame-retardant properties. In the first part of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,381 Views
14 Pages

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 34CrMo4 Steel for Gas Cylinders Formed by Hot Drawing and Flow Forming

  • Yuebing Li,
  • Wei Fang,
  • Chuanyang Lu,
  • Zengliang Gao,
  • Xiakang Ma,
  • Weiya Jin,
  • Yufeng Ye and
  • Fenghuai Wang

25 April 2019

An integral manufacturing process with hot drawing and cold flow forming was proposed for large-diameter seamless steel gas cylinders. The main purpose of this study was to find out the effects of the manufacturing process on the microstructure and m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,068 Views
12 Pages

25 April 2019

(1) The alloy material 20CrMnTiH is widely used in gear manufacturing, but difficult to process, and its quantity (efficiency) and quality (surface quality) are generally negative correlation indicators. As a difficult but realistic problem, it is of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,429 Views
6 Pages

25 April 2019

It is hypothesized that there is no statistically significant impact of drilling speed (DS) on the primary stability (PS) of narrow-diameter implants (NDIs) with varying thread designs placed in dense and soft simulated bone. The aim of this in vitro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
206 Citations
15,657 Views
16 Pages

4D Printing Self-Morphing Structures

  • Mahdi Bodaghi,
  • Reza Noroozi,
  • Ali Zolfagharian,
  • Mohamad Fotouhi and
  • Saeed Norouzi

25 April 2019

The main objective of this paper is to introduce complex structures with self-bending/morphing/rolling features fabricated by 4D printing technology, and replicate their thermo-mechanical behaviors using a simple computational tool. Fused deposition...

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