Materials, Volume 17, Issue 15

The treatment of bone defects caused by disease or accidents through the use of implants presents significant clinical challenges. After clinical implantation, these materials attract and accumulate bacteria and hinder the integration of the implant...

Improving the durability of short-rotation wood can be achieved through chemical and thermal modification. Chemical and thermal modification can have an impact on the physicochemical properties of wood, which can affect wood’s surface character...

Improvement of wear, corrosion, and heat-resistant properties of coatings to expand the operational capabilities of metals and alloys is an urgent problem for modern enterprises. Diffusion titanium, chromium, and aluminum-based coatings are widely us...

The density functional theory (DFT) framework in the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) was employed to study the mechanical, dynamical, and thermodynamic properties of the ordered bimetallic Fe-Pt alloys with stoichiometric structures Fe3Pt, F...

The remarkable stability, suitable thermomechanical characteristics, and acceptable electrical properties of donor-doped strontium titanates make them attractive materials for fuel electrodes, interconnects, and supports of solid oxide fuel and elect...

In recent years, laser cladding technology has been widely used in surface modification of titanium alloys. To improve the wear resistance of titanium alloys, ceramic-reinforced nickel-based composite coatings were prepared on a TC4 alloy substrateus...

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) are promising drug carriers for cancer therapy. Their functionalization with ligands for specific tissue/cell targeting and stimuli-responsive cap materials for sealing drugs within the pores of MSNs is extensiv...

Waste oyster shells were utilized to produce calcium carbonate (CaCO3) by grinding. This CaCO3 was then reacted with acetic acid to yield calcium acetate monohydrate (Ca(CH3COO)2·H2O). Both CaCO3 and Ca(CH3COO)2·H2O were used as precurs...

Red mud (RM), a hazardous solid waste generated in the alumina production process, of which the mineral composition is mainly hematite, is unable to be applied directly in the cement industry due to its high alkalinity. With the rise of geopolymers,...

This paper investigates the impact of element size on the microstructure of the steel–concrete interface in self-compacting concrete (SCC). Experiments were conducted on two types of test elements: a deep beam measuring 1440 × 640 ×...