2022 July - 137 articles
The alkali−silica reaction (ASR)-induced expansion of mortar bars containing four types of aggregates originating from different regions in northwest China was studied. The chemical composition, mineral composition, vitreous and amorphous subst...
In this study, L-carnosine was chosen as the model compound to systematically study solution-mediated polymorphic transformation by online experiment and theoretical simulation. Form II, a new polymorph of L-carnosine, was developed using an antisolv...
Concrete is one of the construction industry’s most essential and commonly used materials [...]
Selective area epitaxy (SAE) using metal–organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) is a crucial fabrication technique for lasers and photonic integrated circuits (PICs). A low-cost, reproducible, and simple process for the mass production of se...
The absence of novel, safe, and effective bactericide is an urgent concern worldwide and remains a challenge in scientific communities. The unique proprieties of silver nanoparticles (SNPs) synthesized from plant extracts make them a suitable candida...
Ion implantation is usually used for semiconductor doping and isolation, which creates defects in semiconductors. ZnO is a promising semiconductor and has a variety of applications, such as for use in transparent electronics, optoelectronics, chemica...
β-Ga2O3 has become an ultimate choice of emerging new-generation material for its wide range of compelling applications in power electronics. In this review, we have explored the available radiations in the atmosphere and the effects of radiatio...
An ordered ω-Al4Cr phase synthesized recently by a high-pressure sintering (HPS) approach was calculated to be stable by density function theory (DFT), implying that high pressure can accelerate the disorder-order phase transitions. The structu...
Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) play a leading role in modern information and communications technology. Among the core devices in PICs is the distributed feedback (DFB) multi-wavelength semiconductor laser array. Multi-wavelength semiconductor l...
Clays are very important from an economic and application point of view, as they are suitable hosts for organic compounds. In order to diversify the fields of application, they are structurally modified by physical or chemical methods with cationic s...
An orthogonal composite material
The polychrome statues of the Sage Mother Hall at the Jinci Temple in Taiyuan city are recognized as one of the three masterpieces of the Jinci Temple. They are also regarded as an outstanding representative of ancient Chinese temple statues. These s...
Photovoltaic cells, based on quantum dots implementation in the intrinsic region, are one of the most widely studied concepts nowadays to obtain a high solar conversion efficiency. The challenge in this third generation of solar cells is to find a go...
In this study, a multi-element microalloyed GCr15Si1MoNbV bainitic bearing steel was designed by adding trace amounts of Nb and V. The bainite/martensite/retained austenite/undissolved carbide multiphase bearing steel with a short heat-treated cycle...
Steroid-based liquid crystal polymers and co-polymers have come a long way, with new and significant advances being made every year. This paper reviews some of the recent key developments in steroid-based liquid crystal polymers and co-polymers. It c...
This paper reviewed the research progress of studies on the crystal rotation of single crystals that were deformed by tension and shear and the influences of crystal rotation and dislocation evolution on strain hardening behavior in crystals that wer...
The travelling solvent floating zone (TSFZ) growth of Eu-substituted LSCO (La1.81−xEuxSr0.19CuO4, with nominal x = 0 ÷ 0.4) single crystals was systematically explored for the first time. The substitution of La with Eu considerably decre...
Zirconium alloys are subjected to a fast neutron flux in nuclear reactors, inducing the creation of a large number of point defects, both vacancy and self-interstitial. These point defects then diffuse and can be trapped by their different sinks or c...
Al-8Zn-2Mg-1.5Cu-0.15Sc-0.15Zr alloy with high-strength performance as well as good castability has been developed. In this study, effects of electromagnetic stirring melt treatment (ESMT) on microstructure and mechanical properties of the alloy in t...
The mechanical properties of calcium carbonate minerals formed by enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) were studied using nanoindentation. Two types of precipitates were considered: (i) a “baseline” precipitate, synthesized via u...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the healing performance of solid capsules made of cement as a basis for manufacturing self-healing capsules that can heal cracks in cementitious composites. The solid capsules were mixed with 5%, 10%, and 1...
In this work, we study the effect of increasing temperature on the structure parameters (lattice, sulfur–sulfur distance, and ruthenium–sulfur distance) and the energy gap of RuS2. However, it was very challenging to obtain a sample of Ru...
In this paper, a 4-N,N-dimethylamino-4
Fe-Mn-Al-C steel, which is a potential lightweight material for automobiles, has a variety of microstructures and good mechanical properties. The effect of κ carbides on the mechanical properties and strain hardening rate of Fe-27Mn-10Al-1C (wt...
Flavonoids from natural products are well-identified as potential antiviral agents in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection and related diseases. However, some major species of flavonoids from Chinese traditional folk medicine, such as of...
Fully relaxed, crack free, smooth AlxGa1−xN layers with up to 50% Al composition were demonstrated on pseudo-substrates composed of dense arrays of 10 × 10 µm2 compliant porous GaN-on-porous-GaN tiles. The AlGaN layers were grown in...
The major goal of this investigation was to prepare carvedilol nanocrystals (CRL-NCs) for better solubility, stability, and bioavailability. Using polyvinyl pyrolidine K-30 (PVP) and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) as stabilisers, CRL-NCs were effectiv...
Latent heat storages have the ability to contribute to a more sustainable energy supply network. However, phase change materials (PCM) used for latent heat storages often show supercooling. This phenomenon takes place whenever the PCM begins crystall...
The heteroditopic molecule HacacMePz combines a Pearson hard acetylacetone donor site with a softer trimethylpyrazole and shows site selectivity towards the coinage metal cations. The coordination of the N donor function was achieved towards AgI and...
A transparent Yb:YMgB5O10 single crystal with dimensions up to 25 × 23 × 25 mm and weight 10.337 g was grown using a high-temperature solution growth on dipped seeds technique with a K2Mo3O10 solvent. The Yb3+ concentration was calculated...
Due to its high thermal and chemical stability, excellent dielectric properties, unique optical properties, corrosion resistance, and oxidation resistance, the two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is often used in a thermal conductor protec...
In this study, the structural evolution of the CdTe/ZnS composite passivation films on the surface of infrared HgCdTe material before and after annealing was comparatively explored. The surface morphology and microstructure of the passive films befor...
Compound 3-amino-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methoxy-1H-benzo[f]chromene-2-carbonitrile (4), was synthesized via the reaction of 7-methoxynaphthalen-2-ol (1), 4-chlorobenzaldehyde (2), and malononitrile (3) in an ethanolic piperidine solution under microwav...
The hot-dry environment in high geothermal tunnels negatively affects the development of properties of cementitious materials. In order to improve the mechanical properties of cementitious materials in such environments, a proper curing system was de...
Crystal nucleation determining the formation and assembly pathway of first organic materials is the central science of various scientific disciplines such as chemical, geochemical, biological, and synthetic materials. However, our current understandi...
High chromium and nickel indefinite chilled cast iron (ICCI), as an excellent hot roll material, is the preferred roll variety due to its good combination of surface roughness, hot crack resistance, and hot wear resistance. The microstructure and har...
This article deals with a general description of Angular Quasi-Phase-Matching (AQPM) in uniaxial and biaxial crystals for second-order nonlinear optical interactions. Such an exhaustive and generalized angular-dependent approach of AQPM reveals new d...
In the narrow-gap multi-layer welding of thick Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy sheets, reducing the number of filling layers can effectively improve the welding efficiency and reduce the possibility of interlayer defects. In order to explore the changes in...
Heavy-atom soaking has been a major method for experimental phasing, but it has been difficult for membrane proteins, partly owing to the lack of available sites in the scarce soluble domain for non-invasive heavy-metal binding. The lipid cubic phase...
Boron is a typical crustal element and largely incompatible in olivine. Most natural olivine samples have very low concentrations of boron. Recently, forsterite with high boron content (up to 60.53 wt% MgO and 1795.91 ppm B) has been discovered in th...
Intramedullary nails (INs) have significant advantages in rigid fracture fixation. Due to the stress shielding effect and lack of biological activity, traditional metal INs often lead to delay union or nonunion fracture healing. Undegradable metals a...
The investigation studied the effects of 0.2 wt.% and 1 wt.% scandium (Sc) additions on the microstructure of the aluminium alloy AA 6086 in different conditions. The alloys were produced by casting into a metallic mould, followed by various heat tre...
In the present work, the first (1st) and second (2nd) nearest-neighbor interaction energies are calculated by coupling the microscopic phase-field kinetic model with the calculation of phase diagrams (CALPHAD) method. The morphological evolution of t...
The use of transition metal complexes as therapeutic compounds has become more and more pronounced. These complexes offer a great diversity of uses in their medicinal applications. Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are an electronic nicotine delivery syste...
Considering that freshwater is a necessity for human life, sewage treatment has been a serious concern for an increasing number of scientists and academics in recent years. To clean industrial effluents, innovative catalysts with good adsorption, che...
The main objective of this work was to characterize and compare the microstructural and mechanical properties as well as erosion resistance of WC-12Co and WC-10Co-4Cr coatings. The High Velocity Oxy Fuel (HVOF) process was applied to carbon manganese...
In this work we present piezoresistive memory-bits based on two-dimensional nano-scale electro-mechanical systems. We demonstrate it is possible to achieve different electrical responses by fine control of micro-structural asymmetries and that inform...
Mechanical properties, including the fatigue behavior of metals, are usually determined from damage-free specimens, but it is not well known how these properties change with respect to prior damages; hence, the present work aims to understand the rem...
We investigated the effect of phase separation on the Schottky barrier height (SBH) of InAlAs layers grown by metal–organic chemical vapor deposition. The phase separation into the In-rich InAlAs column and Al-rich InAlAs column of In0.52Al0.48...
In this paper, we develop a theory of stable dendritic growth in undercooled melts in the presence of conductive and convective heat and mass transfer boundary conditions at the solid/liquid interface of a dendrite. To simplify the matter and constru...
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