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Materials, Volume 15, Issue 6

March-2 2022 - 357 articles

Cover Story: This work reports on TiN-Ag antimicrobial coatings deposited by DC magnetron sputtering on leather for insoles on the footwear industry and studies involving the antimicrobial properties of these coatings. The XRD results suggested the presence of a crystalline fcc-TiN phase and a fcc-Ag phase in the samples containing silver. SEM analysis shows that coatings were homogeneous, and dispersed Ag clusters were found on samples with silver content above 8 at.%. ICP-OES spectrometry analysis showed that the ionization of silver over time depends on the morphology of coatings. The samples did not present cytotoxicity and only samples with silver presented antibacterial and antifungal activity, highlighting the potential of the TiN-Ag insole coatings for diseases such as diabetic foot. View this paper
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Articles (357)

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  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,695 Views
32 Pages

21 March 2022

Renovation, restoration, remodeling, refurbishment, and the retrofitting of buildings often imply applying forces (i.e., concentrated loads) to beams that before were subjected to distributed loads only. In the case of reinforced concrete structures,...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,927 Views
19 Pages

21 March 2022

In this paper, the spatial and temporal damage evolution was described during crevice corrosion through developing a two-dimensional (2-D) model. COMSOL code was used to simulate the crevice corrosion regulated by the I∙R voltage of nickel (Ni)...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,334 Views
10 Pages

Preparation and Properties of Pea Starch/ε-Polylysine Composite Films

  • Zuolong Yu,
  • Deping Gong,
  • Chao Han,
  • Yunxiao Wei,
  • Changchun Fu,
  • Xuejiao Xu and
  • Youri Lu

21 March 2022

The composite films comprising pea starch (St) and ε-polylysine (PL) as the matrix and glycerol and sodium alginate as the plasticizers were investigated. The rheological properties, mechanical properties, Fourier transformed infrared spectro...

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  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,526 Views
20 Pages

21 March 2022

Three ionic liquids (ILs)—1-butyl-1-methyl-pyrrolidinium Imidazolate (BMPyrIM), 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium Imidazolate (BMImIM), and bis(1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium Imidazolate) (BBMImIM)—were synthesized and examined experimentally an...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,365 Views
13 Pages

21 March 2022

As a typical third-generation semiconductor material, silicon carbide (SiC) has been increasingly used in recent years. However, the outstanding performance of SiC component can only be obtained when it has a high-quality surface and low-damage subsu...

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  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,443 Views
10 Pages

Fabrication and Characterization of Submicron-Scale Bovine Hydroxyapatite: A Top-Down Approach for a Natural Biomaterial

  • Maria Apriliani Gani,
  • Aniek Setiya Budiatin,
  • Maria Lucia Ardhani Dwi Lestari,
  • Fedik Abdul Rantam,
  • Chrismawan Ardianto and
  • Junaidi Khotib

21 March 2022

Submicron hydroxyapatite has been reported to have beneficial effects in bone tissue engineering. This study aimed to fabricate submicron-scale bovine hydroxyapatite (BHA) using the high-energy dry ball milling method. Bovine cortical bone was pretre...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,166 Views
14 Pages

Radiation-Induced Sharpening in Cr-Coated Zirconium Alloy

  • Joël Ribis,
  • Alexia Wu,
  • Raphaëlle Guillou,
  • Jean-Christophe Brachet,
  • Cédric Baumier,
  • Aurélie Gentils and
  • Marie Loyer-Prost

21 March 2022

To improve the safety of nuclear power plants, a Cr protective layer is deposited on zirconium alloys to enhance oxidation resistance of the nuclear fuel cladding during both in-service and hypothetical accidental transients at High Temperature (HT)...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,539 Views
15 Pages

Investigating Optimum Conditions for Developing Pozzolanic Ashes from Organic Wastes as Cement Replacing Materials

  • Suhail Zaffar,
  • Aneel Kumar,
  • Naeem Aziz Memon,
  • Rabinder Kumar and
  • Abdullah Saand

21 March 2022

This research was performed to investigate the optimum conditions for developing pozzolanic ashes from organic wastes to be used as cement replacement materials. The organic wastes explored in the research are rice husk ash (RHA), wheat straw ash (WS...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,101 Views
15 Pages

21 March 2022

The use of fibres as structural reinforcement in concrete is included in standards, providing guidelines to reproduce their behaviour, which have been proven adequate when steel fibres are used. Nevertheless, in recent years new materials, such as po...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,766 Views
20 Pages

Production and Characterization of the Third-Generation Oxide Nanotubes on Ti-13Zr-13Nb Alloy

  • Bożena Łosiewicz,
  • Sandra Skwarek,
  • Agnieszka Stróż,
  • Patrycja Osak,
  • Karolina Dudek,
  • Julian Kubisztal and
  • Joanna Maszybrocka

21 March 2022

In the group of vanadium-free titanium alloys used for applications for long-term implants, the Ti-13Zr-13Nb alloy has recently been proposed. The production of a porous layer of oxide nanotubes (ONTs) with a wide range of geometries and lengths on t...

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