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Materials, Volume 15, Issue 4

February-2 2022 - 351 articles

Cover Story: This work represents a quantum mechanical study of the interactions of nitrazepam with various models of amorphous silica surfaces, differing in structural and interface properties. The interest in these systems is related to the use of mesoporous silica as a carrier in drug delivery. Do silica–drug interactions favor the drug degradation mechanism, hindering the beneficial pharmaceutical effect? Our simulations demonstrate that adsorption of nitrazepam on amorphous silica is a strongly exothermic process in which a partial proton transfer from the surface to the drug is observed, highlighting a possible catalytic role of silica in the degradation reaction of benzodiazepines. View this paper.
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Articles (351)

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,694 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Temperature on the Corrosion Behavior and Corrosion Resistance of Copper–Aluminum Laminated Composite Plate

  • Qiannan Li,
  • Yifan Zhang,
  • Yulin Cheng,
  • Xiaojiao Zuo,
  • Yinxiao Wang,
  • Xiaoguang Yuan and
  • Hongjun Huang

21 February 2022

In this paper, the effect of temperature on the corrosion behavior and corrosion resistance of the copper–aluminum laminated composite plates were investigated by salt-spray corrosion, potential polarization curve and electrochemical impedance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,054 Views
11 Pages

21 February 2022

In order to realize high-value utilization of calcium silicon slag (CSS) and silica fume (SF), the dynamic hydrothermal synthesis experiments of CSS and SF were carried out under different hydrothermal synthesis temperatures. In addition, phase categ...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,135 Views
19 Pages

Advanced Carbon Reinforced Concrete Technologies for Façade Elements of Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings

  • Robert Kraft,
  • Alexander Kahnt,
  • Otto Grauer,
  • Mike Thieme,
  • Daniel Sebastian Wolz,
  • Dominik Schlüter,
  • Matthias Tietze,
  • Manfred Curbach,
  • Klaus Holschemacher and
  • Hubert Jäger
  • + 1 author

21 February 2022

The building sector accounts for approx. 40% of total energy consumption and approx. 36% of all greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. As the EU climate targets for 2030 call for a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by more than half compared to the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,412 Views
12 Pages

21 February 2022

The effect of initial Fe content on the iron removal efficiency, morphology evolution of the Fe-rich phase and the mechanical properties of the recycled Al-7Si-xFe-1.2xMn alloy during melt holding was studied using an optical microscope (OM), scannin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,587 Views
14 Pages

Alkali-Activated Red Mud and Construction and Demolition Waste-Based Components: Characterization and Environmental Assessment

  • Alessio Occhicone,
  • Mira Vukčević,
  • Ivana Bosković,
  • Serena Mingione and
  • Claudio Ferone

21 February 2022

The aluminum Bayer production process is the most diffused process in the world, but it creates a high amount of basic waste material known as red mud (RM). The use of RM as a precursor of alkali-activated materials is one of the best opportunities f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,796 Views
17 Pages

Development of an Oxide Layer on Al 6061 Using Plasma Arc Electrolytic Oxidation in Silicate-Based Electrolyte

  • Priya Jadhav,
  • Arunkumar Bongale,
  • Satish Kumar,
  • Danil Yurievich Pimenov,
  • Khaled Giasin and
  • Szymon Wojciechowski

21 February 2022

The plasma electrolytic method is one of the techniques which can be used to form an oxide layer on the substrate material surface. This technique employs ion exchange by developing an electrolytic arc between the cathode and the anode. The strong bo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,540 Views
10 Pages

21 February 2022

In this work, we report the fabrication and enhanced supercapacitive performance of nitrogen-doped nanoporous stainless steel foils, which have been prepared by electrochemical anodization and subsequent thermal annealing in ammonia atmosphere. The n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,784 Views
22 Pages

21 February 2022

The challenges of handling user-hostile alkaline solutions in the conventional alkali-activated binders (AAB) have initiated the development of “just add water” or one-part solid-based AAB systems. This paper aims to present a preliminary...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,776 Views
15 Pages

21 February 2022

Fibre-reinforced composite laminates are frequently used in various engineering structures, due to their increased weight-to-stiffness ratio, which allows to fulfil certain regulations of CO2 emissions. Limited inter-laminar strength makes composites...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,462 Views
21 Pages

21 February 2022

Chemical corrosion has a significant impact on the properties of rock materials. To study the mechanical behavior and energy mechanism of rock under chemical corrosion, this paper took the sandstone of Haitangshan tunnel in Fuxin as the research obje...

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