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Applied Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 9

September 2016 - 34 articles

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Articles (34)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,913 Views
9 Pages

Dry Sintered Metal Coating of Halloysite Nanotubes

  • James C. Nicholson,
  • Jeffery A. Weisman,
  • Christen J. Boyer,
  • Chester G. Wilson and
  • David K. Mills

19 September 2016

Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) are a naturally-occurring aluminosilicate whose dimensions measure microns in length and tens of nanometers in diameter. Bonding defects between the alumina and silica lead to net negative and positive charges on the exter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
9,767 Views
20 Pages

19 September 2016

Recently, the usage of the automotive Electronic Control Unit (ECU) and its software in cars is increasing. Therefore, as the functional complexity of such software increases, so does the likelihood of software-related faults. Therefore, it is import...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
8,320 Views
17 Pages

19 September 2016

Quadriaxial non-crimp fabric (QNCF) composites are increasingly being used as primary structural materials in aircraft and automotive applications. Predicting the mechanical properties of QNCF lamina is more complicated compared with that of unidirec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,725 Views
15 Pages

16 September 2016

In this paper, a detailed and systematic derivation of the output filter in a novel dual-input photovoltaic (PV)-wind converter (DIPWC) is presented. The theoretical derivation is based on an energy balance principle. While the DIPWC operates in stea...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
98 Citations
16,687 Views
19 Pages

Raman Spectra of ZrS2 and ZrSe2 from Bulk to Atomically Thin Layers

  • Samuel Mañas-Valero,
  • Víctor García-López,
  • Andrés Cantarero and
  • Marta Galbiati

15 September 2016

In the race towards two-dimensional electronic and optoelectronic devices, semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) from group VIB have been intensively studied in recent years due to the indirect to direct band-gap transition from bul...

  • Review
  • Open Access
56 Citations
16,761 Views
28 Pages

14 September 2016

Two-dimensional metasurfaces are widely focused on for their ability for flexible light manipulation (phase, amplitude, polarization) over sub-wavelength propagation distances. Most of the metasurfaces can be divided into two categories by the materi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,915 Views
14 Pages

Performance Assessment and Scooter Verification of Nano-Alumina Engine Oil

  • Yu-Feng Lue,
  • Yi-Hsuan Hung,
  • Fang-Sheng Li,
  • Tun-Ping Teng,
  • Syuan-Yi Chen,
  • Chien-Hsun Wu and
  • Yu-Chang Ou

13 September 2016

The performance assessment and vehicle verification of nano-alumina (Al2O3) engine oil (NAEO) were conducted in this study. The NAEO was produced by mixing Al2O3 nanoparticles with engine oil using a two-step synthesis method. The weight fractions of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,237 Views
11 Pages

13 September 2016

The propagation of wave packets in a monolayer graphene containing a random distribution of dopant atoms has been explored. The time-dependent, two-dimensional Weyl-Dirac equation was solved numerically to propagate an initial Gaussian-type wave fron...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,703 Views
15 Pages

13 September 2016

In polymer optical fiber (POF) systems, the nonlinear transfer function of the resonant cavity light emitting diode (RCLED) drastically degrades the communication performance. After investigating the characteristics of the RCLED nonlinear behavior, a...

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