Materials Proceedings, Volume 2, Issue 1

Biomolecules and extracts from natural products are gaining increasing interest due to their beneficial properties for human health, low toxicity, environmental compatibility and sustainability. In this work, keratin, chitosan and peppermint essentia...

In order to mitigate the impacts caused by the rampant consumption of fossil fuels, many countries are investing in the development and optimization of alternatives that minimize dependence on fossil energy. The second generation of ethanol (2G), cha...

White bronzes are ternary alloys composed of Cu, Zn and Sn, named after their bright whitish color. This class of alloys shares excellent hardness, corrosion and tarnishing resistance, and is commonly adopted in galvanic industrial processes as tech...

In this paper, the surface properties of bare and film-covered gallium nitride (GaN) of the wurtzite form, (0001) oriented are summarized. Thin films of several elements—manganese, nickel, arsenic and antimony—are formed by the physical vapour deposi...

Natural rubbers are characterized by extremely high molecular weight that might be beneficial in the formation of a protective barrier layer on paper substrates, providing good cohesive properties but limited adhesion to the substrate. In parallel, t...

Bi-layer coatings from sputtered indium tin oxide (ITO) and gallium doped zinc oxide (Ga:ZnO) were investigated for transparency in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum, optical rejection ability in the near infrared spectrum and conduct...

In this study, solid waste from coal combustion in thermal power plants (TPPs) was used for the synthesis of zeolite Na-X samples. They were prepared by the long-term alkaline atmospheric conversion of coal ash collected from the electrostatic precip...

Tannins are the secondary metabolites of plants, and are polymers consisting mainly of glycosides, found in nature as hydrolysable tannins or condensed tannins, as well as a combination of them. In the European Horizon 2020-funded Stance4Health proje...

Nowadays, approximately 1.5 million joint replacements are performed annually in Europe, while 7 million are performed in the United States. Despite the advances made in the biomaterials field over the last 50 years, today the average lifetime of an...

Thermoelectric (TE) devices that convert a heat gradient directly into electricity are considered as a clean technology for energy harvesting. Both hole-transporting (p-type) and electron-transporting (n-type) materials are required in order to fabri...