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Crystals, Volume 12, Issue 9

September 2022 - 143 articles

Cover Story: Crystal growth of the new ternary chalcogenide Cu3InSe4 allowed for a detailed investigation of the crystal and electronic structure. High-resolution single-crystal synchrotron measurements revealed a cubic crystal structure, with CuSe4 and InSe4 tetrahedra connected by corner-sharing selenium atoms. Electronic structure calculations indicated p-type metallic conduction, and electron localization function analyses showed partial ionic bonding with highly delocalized electrons in the regions between the cation atoms and selenium. The crystal structure is different, but closely related to, chalcogenides with the sulvanite crystal structure that are of current interest for potential energy-related applications. View this paper
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Articles (143)

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,400 Views
18 Pages

18 September 2022

Nanostructured cadmium oxide (CdO) thin films were deposited onto glass substrates using the chemical bath deposition (CBD) technique. Different deposition parameters such as deposition time, bath temperature, pH, and CdSO4 concentration have been co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,039 Views
9 Pages

Geopolymer-Based Nepheline Ceramics: Effect of Sintering Profile on Morphological Characteristics and Flexural Strength

  • Romisuhani Ahmad,
  • Wan Mastura Wan Ibrahim,
  • Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah,
  • Phakkhananan Pakawanit,
  • Petrica Vizureanu,
  • Arman Shah Abdullah,
  • Andrei Victor Sandu and
  • Fakhryna Hannanee Ahmad Zaidi

18 September 2022

The focus of this study is the fabrication of innovative and sustainable ceramic-based geopolymer with improved low temperatures performances. Kaolin was mixed with liquid sodium silicate (Na2SiO3) and 12M of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution using al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,839 Views
12 Pages

17 September 2022

Despite a growing interest in graphene, an aspect which is less studied is the electrical and optical characterization of graphene oxide (GO)-based transparent conductors obtained using thermal annealing. In addition, few research works have studied...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,094 Views
13 Pages

Effects of Sb Doping on Electrical Conductivity Properties in Fine-Grain KNN-Based Ferroelectric Ceramics

  • Jiahao Jiang,
  • Shuaimin Chen,
  • Chunlin Zhao,
  • Xiao Wu,
  • Min Gao,
  • Tengfei Lin,
  • Changqing Fang and
  • Cong Lin

17 September 2022

In this work, the effects of Sb doping on the electrical conductivity of fine-grain 0.9(K0.5Na0.5)(Nb1−xSbx)O3-0.1Bi(Ni2/3Nb1/3)O3 (KNNSx-BNN) ceramics were systemically investigated. It was found that the grain size decreases from ~900 nm (x =...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,345 Views
7 Pages

Structural and Electronic Properties of Cu3InSe4

  • Oluwagbemiga P. Ojo,
  • Winnie Wong-Ng,
  • Tieyan Chang,
  • Yu-Sheng Chen and
  • George S. Nolas

17 September 2022

Single crystals of a new ternary chalcogenide Cu3InSe4 were obtained by induction melting, allowing for a complete investigation of the crystal structure by employing high-resolution single-crystal synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Cu3InSe4 crystallizes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,559 Views
18 Pages

Determination of Heat Transfer Coefficient by Inverse Analyzing for Selective Laser Melting (SLM) of AlSi10Mg

  • Chongjun Wu,
  • Weichun Xu,
  • Shanshan Wan,
  • Chao Luo,
  • Zhijian Lin and
  • Xiaohui Jiang

16 September 2022

Heat treatment can improve performance and control quality in the additive manufacturing process. In the numerical simulation of heat treatment, the accuracy of the heat transfer coefficient will have a significant impact on the accuracy of the simul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
108 Citations
4,488 Views
26 Pages

RETRACTED: Gyrotactic Motile Microorganisms Impact on Pseudoplastic Nanofluid Flow over a Moving Riga Surface with Exponential Heat Flux

  • Hassan Waqas,
  • Mowffaq Oreijah,
  • Kamel Guedri,
  • Sami Ullah Khan,
  • Song Yang,
  • Sumeira Yasmin,
  • Muhammad Ijaz Khan,
  • Omar T. Bafakeeh,
  • El Sayed Mohamed Tag-ElDin and
  • Ahmed M. Galal

16 September 2022

Background: The improvement of the thermal conductivity of nanofluids is practical for different processes such as drug delivery, manufacturing of crystals, polymer processing, food and drink, cancer treatment, oil and gas, paper making and for many...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,571 Views
17 Pages

16 September 2022

The application of magnesium flat products is affected by the limited formability at room temperature and the anisotropy of the mechanical properties. The main reason for this is the underlying hexagonal crystal structure of magnesium and the develop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,335 Views
25 Pages

15 September 2022

The failure of one solder joint out of the hundreds of joints in a system compromises the reliability of the electronics assembly. Thermal cycling is a result of both creep–fatigue mechanisms working together. To better understand the failure p...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,346 Views
37 Pages

Simulation of Microstructure Evolution in Mg Alloys by Phase-Field Methods: A Review

  • Yongbiao Wang,
  • Yang Zhang,
  • Xintian Liu,
  • Jiaxin Wang,
  • Xinyuan Xie,
  • Junjie Jiang,
  • Jianxiu Liu,
  • Hong Liu,
  • Yujuan Wu and
  • Shuai Dong
  • + 1 author

15 September 2022

Microstructure is one of the vital factors that determine the mechanical properties of magnesium (Mg) alloys. However, traditional microstructure characterization methods hardly satisfy the needs of tracking the morphological evolution of Mg alloys....

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