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Materials, Volume 15, Issue 2

January-2 2022 - 298 articles

Cover Story: The direct laser interference patterning (DLIP) configuration proposed here can be used for a variety of applications that benefit from the nature of periodic microstructures produced at high throughput and uniformly. In this work, a diffractive fundamental beam-mode shaper (FBS) is combined with a DLIP optical setup to generate a square-shaped top-hat intensity distribution in the interference volume. Experiments showed that by utilizing top-hat shaped interference patterns, it is possible to produce periodic structures which are 44.8% deeper as well as 60% more homogeneous at the same throughput, or to produce microstructures with comparable height and homogeneity at 53% higher throughput, compared to Gaussian intensity distribution. View this paper
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Articles (298)

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,080 Views
18 Pages

17 January 2022

Thermal plasma systems are being used for the recovery of metals from complex waste and minerals. The latter contain multiphase metals in various forms that are extremely tedious to separate. Thermal plasma arc melts the waste and minerals for qualit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,009 Views
14 Pages

Directional Growth of cm-Long PLGA Nanofibers by a Simple and Fast Wet-Processing Method

  • Erik Betz-Güttner,
  • Martina Righi,
  • Silvestro Micera and
  • Alessandro Fraleoni-Morgera

17 January 2022

The development of aligned nanofibers as useful scaffolds for tissue engineering is an actively sought-for research objective. Here, we propose a novel improvement of an existing self-assembly-based nanofabrication technique (ASB-SANS). This improvem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,959 Views
24 Pages

17 January 2022

Three charges of scrap-based, Ti-stabilized, Cr-Ni-Mo austenitic stainless steel in the form of hot-rolled steel plates were characterized. Based on automated metallographic analyses of representative microstructures, a quality characterization in te...

  • Review
  • Open Access
123 Citations
10,965 Views
28 Pages

Synthesis and Potential Applications of Lipid Nanoparticles in Medicine

  • Ewelina Musielak,
  • Agnieszka Feliczak-Guzik and
  • Izabela Nowak

17 January 2022

Currently, carriers of active ingredients in the form of particles of a size measured in nanometers are the focus of interest of research centers worldwide. So far, submicrometer emulsions, liposomes, as well as microspheres, and nanospheres made of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,566 Views
20 Pages

Morphological Study of Bio-Based Polymers in the Consolidation of Waterlogged Wooden Objects

  • Zarah Walsh-Korb,
  • Ingrid Stelzner,
  • Juliana dos Santos Gabriel,
  • Gerhard Eggert and
  • Luc Avérous

17 January 2022

The removal of water from archaeological wooden objects for display or storage is of great importance to their long-term conservation. Any mechanical instability caused during drying can induce warping or cracking of the wood cells, leading to irrepa...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,126 Views
9 Pages

17 January 2022

The absorption of CO2 on MgO is being studied in depth in order to enhance carbon engineering. Production of carbonate on MgO surfaces, such as MgCO3, for example, has been shown to hinder further carbon lattice transit and lower CO2 collecting effic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,739 Views
16 Pages

Effects of Low-Temperature Construction Additives (LCAs) on the Performance of Asphalt Mixtures

  • Yuanyuan Li,
  • Jianlin Feng,
  • Anqi Chen,
  • Fan Wu,
  • Shaopeng Wu,
  • Quantao Liu and
  • Ruifang Gong

17 January 2022

Green production of asphalt materials is very important to promote energy savings and emission reduction during the construction and maintenance of asphalt pavement. A low-temperature construction additive (LCA) made from the waste plastic and waste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,234 Views
8 Pages

Rapid Fabrication of Smooth Micro-Optical Components on Glass by Etching-Assisted Femtosecond Laser Modification

  • Bao-Xu Wang,
  • Jin-Yong Qi,
  • Yi-Ming Lu,
  • Jia-Xin Zheng,
  • Ying Xu and
  • Xue-Qing Liu

17 January 2022

Femtosecond laser (fs-laser) is unfavorable in applications for the fabrication of micro-optical devices on hard materials owing to the problems of low fabrication efficiency and high surface roughness. Herein, a hybrid method combining fs-laser scan...

  • Review
  • Open Access
59 Citations
6,493 Views
14 Pages

An Overview Regarding Microbial Aspects of Production and Applications of Bacterial Cellulose

  • Raluca Elisabeta Lupașcu,
  • Mihaela Violeta Ghica,
  • Cristina-Elena Dinu-Pîrvu,
  • Lăcrămioara Popa,
  • Bruno Ștefan Velescu and
  • Andreea Letiția Arsene

17 January 2022

Cellulose is the most widely used biopolymer, accounting for about 1.5 trillion tons of annual production on Earth. Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a form produced by different species of bacteria, representing a purified form of cellulose. The structure...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,007 Views
20 Pages

Non-Linear Dynamic Analysis on Hybrid Air Bearing-Rotor System under Ultra-High Speed Condition

  • Laiyun Song,
  • Guoqin Yuan,
  • Hongwen Zhang,
  • Yalin Ding and
  • Kai Cheng

17 January 2022

The non-linear dynamic behavior of a hybrid air bearing-rotor system is very complicated and requires careful attention when designing to avoid spindle failure, especially under ultra-high speed condition. In this paper, the rotor trajectory of a hyb...

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