Materials, Volume 19, Issue 2

Diabetic wounds are often accompanied by severe inflammation, which is unfavorable for vascular growth and wound repair. Therefore, promoting the healing of diabetic wounds is of great significance. In this study, carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS) was gr...

This work investigates the corrosion behavior of 18%Ni high-strength steel (00Ni18Co-8Mo5TiAl, solution-treated at 820 °C for 3 h and aged at 480 °C for 3 h) in NaCl solutions with 1%, 3.5%, and 6% chloride ions, as well as chloride ions&rsqu...

The microstructure, precipitation behavior, and mechanical properties of an ultrahigh-strength stainless bearing steel after tempering were investigated using multiscale characterization techniques along with tensile and impact testing. Based on the...

This study aims to clarify the optimization mechanism of yttrium (Y) doping on the interfacial bonding and macroscopic properties of WC/Co cemented carbides, with the goal of achieving materials that combine high hardness, high toughness, and excelle...

A new method of in situ hydrothermal reduction of graphene oxide (GO) to reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in polymer bulk was developed, which involves heating GO/polyacrylonitrile (PAN) composite membranes (0.5; 1.0; 2.0% w/w of GO/PAN) in the presence...

Plant-based materials exhibit different moisture absorption properties than synthetic materials. In the case of synthetic fibrous insulation, the effect of moisture on thermal conductivity can be relatively easily determined based on the mass fractio...

Milling force is a parameter affecting wood processing quality, tool life, and energy consumption, and its variation is influenced by the multi-factor coupling of cutting parameters and tool geometric factors. This study systematically investigates m...

Electric Discharge Machining (EDM) is a well-established process for fabricating complex geometries from hard materials. However, identifying the influence of process parameters remains challenging and costly due to the stochastic nature of EDM and t...

Rare-earth fluoride nanocrystals have emerged as promising scintillator materials due to their excellent optical properties, environmental stability, and ease of fabrication into flexible screens. However, their practical application is often hindere...

The anaerobic thermal decomposition of plant biomass produces raw materials such as wood charcoal, wood oil, or biogas, which can be used to replace conventional fossil fuels. This enables the development of environmentally friendly alternatives to t...

Recycling wastewater from washing concrete trucks in concrete production addresses both economic and sustainability needs. In the present article, wastewater from washing concrete trucks was added to cement pastes made with two different types of cem...

Oligocarbonate diols (OCD) require tedious and time-consuming synthesis procedures. The most common ones use dimethyl carbonate or alkylene carbonate as starting materials. Considering the preparation of small batches of oligomerols with an atypical...

The valorization of dredged sediments represents a major environmental and logistical challenge, particularly in the context of forthcoming regulations restricting their marine disposal. This study investigates the potential of untreated dredged sedi...

This paper presents an experimental framework that allows damage identification and retrofitting assessment in reinforced concrete (RC) beam with implemented piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) sensors embedded into the concrete matrix. The s...

Hypoeutectic aluminum–silicon casting alloys in their unmodified state have a coarse-grained eutectic (α + β), which results in poor mechanical properties and brittleness. Microstructure refinement and improved mechanical properties...

The construction of heterostructures has been recognized as an effective strategy for enhancing material activity and stability. Herein, a ternary heterojunction FeSe₂-BiSe₂-CoSe₂ was synthesized via a hydrothermal selenidation reaction. The signific...

This study systematically compares three unsupervised segmentation algorithms (Simple Linear Iterative Clustering (SLIC), Felzenszwalb’s graph-based method, and the Watershed algorithm) in combination with two classification approaches: Random...

Furfural extraction oil (FEO) is rich in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and is hard to convert under mild conditions. To address this upgrade challenge, this study proposed a co-aquathermolysis process with corn stalk and a Ni/Mo hydrofining...

Sheep wool is a low-value agricultural by-product with potential to contribute to more sustainable cementitious materials. This study investigates Segureña sheep wool fibres as reinforcement in cement mortars, comparing washed wool (W) and cem...

Occlusal splints are a type of intraoral appliance that are widely used for the management of temporomandibular disorders and bruxism, yet limited evidence exists regarding the comparative effects of combined aging on conventional and digitally manuf...

Powder bed fusion (PBF) is a widely adopted additive manufacturing (AM) process category that enables high-resolution fabrication across metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites. However, its inherent process complexity demands robust modeling to e...

Urban leaf litter represents an underutilized biomass resource with potential applications in sustainable building materials. This study investigates the suitability of dried, comminuted leaves collected from municipal green areas as a loose-fill the...

To address the high-carbon emissions associated with the large use of Portland cement (PC) in traditional engineered cementitious composites (ECCs) and the resource constraints on supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), this study proposes a str...

This study presents a systematic investigation of laser surface hardening of 9CrSi tool steel with the aim of establishing the relationships between processing parameters, microstructural evolution, and resulting mechanical and tribological propertie...

Machine learning has been widely applied to phase prediction and property evaluation in multi-principal element alloys. In this work, a data-driven machine learning framework is proposed to predict the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and total elonga...

Biomass liquefaction is a thermochemical process that converts lignocellulosic materials into reactive liquid intermediates, enabling the production of bio-based polyols as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-derived chemicals. This study investig...

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Acid mine drainages (AMDs) enriched with toxic metals pose a significant environmental risk. Microbial bioremediation offers a sustainable and cost-effective approach for metal removal from AMD. In this study, a wild yeast isolated from the Kavart ab...

In this study, inverse gas chromatography (IGC) was applied to characterize the key surface physicochemical properties of carbon–mineral composites and to clarify how these properties relate to removal efficiencies of selected antibiotics, with...

Zinc-based alloys are promising candidates for biodegradable implant applications; however, their rapid initial corrosion and limited cytocompatibility remain major challenges. In this study, a Zn-Ca-P layer in a form of parascholzite (CaZn₂(PO₄)₂&mi...

The aim of this work is to develop structurally enhanced and highly hydrophobic polyurethane (PU) foams for the efficient remediation of liquid organic pollutants. For this purpose, PU foams were modified with renewable activated biochar derived from...

Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) exhibit excellent high-temperature strength, oxidation resistance, and fracture toughness, making them superior to traditional metals and single-phase ceramics in extreme environments such as aerospace, nuclear energy...

The calculation of the limiting efficiency and structural optimization of solar cells based on the detailed balance principle is systematically investigated in this study. Through modeling and numerical simulations of various cell architectures, the...

In this study, we created multifunctional bone tissue engineering scaffolds that combine prophylactic antifungal action with structural support. We produced PVA/CS/HA/BA nanofiber matrices via a specifically designed electrospinning technique to stop...

Recently, with concern for the environment and the request for sustainable materials, more researchers and manufacturers have focused on the substitute solution of synthetic fiber reinforcement composites in industry applications. Green hybrid compos...

This study evaluated the influence of various surface treatments on the bonding performance and mechanical behavior of zirconia, with particular emphasis on the effect of laser surface texturing (LST) compared with conventional 10-methacryloyloxydecy...

Composite laminates possess complex anisotropic behavior, motivating the development of simplified yet accurate modeling approaches. In this paper, we present a study that introduces a stiffness-invariants-based constitutive model for symmetric, bala...

We employ the Dynamical Projective Operatorial Approach (DPOA) to investigate the ultrafast optical excitations of germanium under intense, ultrashort pump pulses. The method has very low resource demand relative to many other available approaches an...

This study investigates the use of fly ash to mitigate the long-term performance degradation of Portland cement-based sealing materials in high-salinity environments, such as those found in gas storage reservoirs. We systematically evaluated the evol...

Multi-axial forging (MAF) and aging were employed to process a high-strength aluminum alloy. The tensile properties, microstructure, and corrosion behavior were researched. After MAF, the strength of the alloy was observably increased, but the elonga...

Tunnel Oxide-Passivated Back Contact solar cells represent a next-generation photovoltaic technology with significant potential for achieving both high efficiency and low cost. This study addresses the challenge of low bifaciality inherent to the rea...

The aim of this study was to develop porous curdlan (Cur)–whey protein isolate (WPI) biomaterials and evaluate their properties as potential cartilage scaffolds. A novel combined fabrication method involving ion-exchange dialysis, porogen leach...

This review provides a comprehensive overview of dental materials that promote tissue healing while exhibiting antimicrobial properties. The focus is on materials that are biocompatible, bioactive, and non-toxic to host cells, with demonstrated bacte...

The detection of chiral properties is crucial for pharmacology and biochemistry, yet standard circular dichroism spectroscopy suffers from low sensitivity when probing minute sample volumes. While complex asymmetric chiral nanostructures can enhance...

Laser powder bead fusion (LPBF) allows for the fabrication of highly accurate components from metal powders, which is difficult to achieve using traditional methods. LPBF-produced components can be characterized by their porosity and unfavorable micr...

Metal Injection Molding (MIM) enables complex orthodontic-bracket geometries but can introduce surface and geometric discontinuities that act as initiation sites for crevice and pitting corrosion. The effect of acidic, kombucha-like exposure on corro...

The article presents a method that supports the evaluation of design manufacturability in the area of input material selection, enabling the reduction in material diversity under single-piece and small-batch production conditions. The proposed approa...

Addressing the environmental challenges posed by phosphogypsum (PG) stockpiling, this study investigates the synergistic mechanisms of a dual-functional application strategy where PG serves as both cementitious binder and aggregate. Unlike previous r...

When grinding silicon carbide, surface and subsurface damage have a significant impact on the product’s surface quality. One method to control the crack dimensions is laser irradiation on the SiC surface. The effect of this method on the grindi...

Measuring the fatigue crack growth rate via the crack growth experiment (a-N curve) is labor-intensive and time-consuming. A machine learning interpolation–extrapolation strategy (MLIES) aimed at enhancing the prediction accuracy of small-data...