Materials, Volume 16, Issue 9

The mass erosion of the kinetic energy of projectiles penetrating concrete targets at high speed is an important reason for the reduction in penetration efficiency. The heat generation and heat conduction in the projectile are important parts of the...

Auxetic materials exhibit a negative Poisson’s ratio under tension or compression, and such counter-intuitive behavior leads to enhanced mechanical properties such as shear resistance, impact resistance, and shape adaptability. Auxetic material...

In the present work, activated-carbon-containing pellets were preparedby direct chemical activation of sawdust, using clays as a binder. The obtained pellets (ACC) were coated with hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanoparticles (ACC-HAp) to improve adsorption to...

Graphitic carbon is a valuable material that can be utilized in many fields, such as electronics, energy storage and wastewater filtration. Due to the high demand for commercial graphite, an alternative raw material with lower costs that is environme...

In the present work, the conducted research concerned the determination of the toxicity and oxidative stress generation of the antidepressant fluoxetine (FLU), its metabolite nor-fluoxetine (Nor-FLU), the antibiotic nalidixic acid (NA), caffeic acid...

The PN-EN 197-1:2012 standard allows the use of additives as the main component above 5.0% by mass, as well as as a secondary component in an amount less than 5.0% by mass of cement. Proper selection of additives positively affects the rheological ch...

Extruded Al-Mg-Si profiles applied in the automotive industry are required to achieve an appropriate combination of strength and bendability. In order to investigate the effect of Mg/Si ratio on the bendability and anisotropic bending behavior, AA600...

To assess the individual and synergistic effects of 2-butyne-1,4-diol (BD) and chloride ions on the microstructure and residual stress of electrodeposited nickel, various nickel layers were prepared from sulfamate baths comprising varying concentrati...

In this study, raw talc powder surface modification was conducted, and the powder was modified in two different methods using acid washing and ball milling. Modified talc was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transforms infrared spect...

Optical fiber tips with the flat end-facets functionalized take the special advantages of easy fabrication, compactness, and ready-integration among the community of optical fiber devices. Combined with plasmonic structures, the fiber tips draw a sig...