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Materials, Volume 9, Issue 1

January 2016 - 66 articles

Cover Story: Epitaxial multiferroic composites built from BaTiO3 and BiFeO3 are promising because of their high magnetoelectric voltage coefficient. We found that oxygen-related defects have considerable impact on the functionality of the composite films. The cover figure shows the structure model of oxygen vacancy ordering on the {111} planes of the pseudocubic BaTiO3-type structure. Both modeled (top) and experimental selected area electron diffraction patterns agree well, thus verifying our model. Image is by Gerald Wagner and Oliver Oeckler. View the paper
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Articles (66)

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
9,242 Views
13 Pages

Correlation of High Magnetoelectric Coupling with Oxygen Vacancy Superstructure in Epitaxial Multiferroic BaTiO3-BiFeO3 Composite Thin Films

  • Michael Lorenz,
  • Gerald Wagner,
  • Vera Lazenka,
  • Peter Schwinkendorf,
  • Michael Bonholzer,
  • Margriet J. Van Bael,
  • André Vantomme,
  • Kristiaan Temst,
  • Oliver Oeckler and
  • Marius Grundmann

13 January 2016

Epitaxial multiferroic BaTiO3-BiFeO3 composite thin films exhibit a correlation between the magnetoelectric (ME) voltage coefficient αME and the oxygen partial pressure during growth. The ME coefficient αME reaches high values up to 43 V/(cm·Oe) at 3...

  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
10,563 Views
13 Pages

Effect of Rare Earth Metals on the Microstructure of Al-Si Based Alloys

  • Saleh A. Alkahtani,
  • Emad M. Elgallad,
  • Mahmoud M. Tash,
  • Agnes M. Samuel and
  • Fawzy H. Samuel

13 January 2016

The present study was performed on A356 alloy [Al-7 wt %Si 0.0.35 wt %Mg]. To that La and Ce were added individually or combined up to 1.5 wt % each. The results show that these rare earth elements affect only the alloy melting temperature with no ma...

  • Letter
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,786 Views
9 Pages

13 January 2016

In this paper, the top-contact (TC) pentacene-based organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) with a tetrafluorotetracyanoquinodimethane (F4TCNQ)-doped pentacene interlayer between the source/drain electrodes and the pentacene channel layer were fabricated...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
8,696 Views
19 Pages

Thickness Influence on In Vitro Biocompatibility of Titanium Nitride Thin Films Synthesized by Pulsed Laser Deposition

  • Liviu Duta,
  • George E. Stan,
  • Adrian C. Popa,
  • Marius A. Husanu,
  • Sorin Moga,
  • Marcela Socol,
  • Irina Zgura,
  • Florin Miculescu,
  • Iuliana Urzica and
  • Andrei C. Popescu
  • + 1 author

13 January 2016

We report a study on the biocompatibility vs. thickness in the case of titanium nitride (TiN) films synthesized on 410 medical grade stainless steel substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The films were grown in a nitrogen atmosphere, and their in vi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,222 Views
13 Pages

12 January 2016

The distribution of fiber orientation is an important factor in determining the mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced concrete. This study proposes a new image analysis technique for improving the evaluation accuracy of fiber orientation distribu...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,802 Views
13 Pages

12 January 2016

Hydroforging is a hybrid forming operation whereby a thick tube is formed to a desired geometry by combining forging and hydroforming principles. Through this process hollow structures with high strength-to-weight ratio can be produced for applicatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,367 Views
12 Pages

12 January 2016

This in vitro study investigated whether different storage conditions of plasma-treated zirconia specimens affect the shear bond strength of veneering porcelain. Zirconia plates were treated with a non-thermal atmospheric argon plasma (200 W, 600 s)....

  • Review
  • Open Access
79 Citations
16,379 Views
17 Pages

Failure Analysis in Magnetic Tunnel Junction Nanopillar with Interfacial Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy

  • Weisheng Zhao,
  • Xiaoxuan Zhao,
  • Boyu Zhang,
  • Kaihua Cao,
  • Lezhi Wang,
  • Wang Kang,
  • Qian Shi,
  • Mengxing Wang,
  • Yu Zhang and
  • You Wang
  • + 4 authors

12 January 2016

Magnetic tunnel junction nanopillar with interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA-MTJ) becomes a promising candidate to build up spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) for the next generation of non-volatile memory as...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,527 Views
15 Pages

Antimicrobial Properties and Cytocompatibility of PLGA/Ag Nanocomposites

  • Mariangela Scavone,
  • Ilaria Armentano,
  • Elena Fortunati,
  • Francesco Cristofaro,
  • Samantha Mattioli,
  • Luigi Torre,
  • Jose M. Kenny,
  • Marcello Imbriani,
  • Carla Renata Arciola and
  • Livia Visai

11 January 2016

The purpose of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial properties of multifunctional nanocomposites based on poly(dl-Lactide-co-Glycolide) (PLGA) and increasing concentration of silver (Ag) nanoparticles and their effects on cell viability fo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
8,932 Views
17 Pages

Liquid Crystal Microlenses for Autostereoscopic Displays

  • José Francisco Algorri,
  • Virginia Urruchi,
  • Braulio García-Cámara and
  • José M. Sánchez-Pena

11 January 2016

Three-dimensional vision has acquired great importance in the audiovisual industry in the past ten years. Despite this, the first generation of autostereoscopic displays failed to generate enough consumer excitement. Some reasons are little 3D conten...

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