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Solids, Volume 7, Issue 4

2026 August - 8 articles

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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
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Sustainable Seashell Waste-Derived Calcium Niobate: Structural, Morphological, and Thermophysical Properties

  • Andrey Escala Alves,
  • Pablo Leite Bernardo,
  • Thalis Custódia Cordeiro,
  • Roberto da Trindade Faria and
  • José Nilson França de Holanda

20 August 2026

Calcium niobate ceramics were synthesized by the solid-state reaction of seashell-derived CaCO3 and Nb2O5 at a molar ratio of 4:1 over the temperature range of 800–1200 °C for 8 h. This work provides a correlated structural, morphological,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Young Talents in Solid-State Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
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18 Pages

17 August 2026

Ultra-high-temperature ceramic (UHTC) coatings offer a promising route to extending cutting tool service life under severe conditions. This work evaluates the tribological behaviour and wear regime transitions of ZrB2–SiC/ZrO2 coatings, deposit...

(This article belongs to the Topic Multi-scale Modeling and Optimisation of Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
342 Views
27 Pages

10 August 2026

Enclosed reinforced concrete structures subjected to internal blast loading represent a critical safety concern in infrastructure applications where detonations may occur within confined spaces. Although circular cross-sections have been widely adopt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
417 Views
18 Pages

Performance Analysis of Fe-Cr Alloys Inside a Corrosive Environment at High Temperatures 500 and 600 °C

  • Adán Ramírez-López,
  • Juan Alberto Alcántara-Cardenas,
  • Federico Chávez-Alcalá,
  • Ángel de Jesús Morales-Ramírez and
  • Héctor Herrera-Hernández

30 July 2026

The new requirements for materials with improved properties and resistance to hazardous aggressive environments is very important in industrial incinerators and stoves. Thus, the present manuscript is dedicated to the study of the chemical interactio...

(This article belongs to the Topic AI-Driven Materials Design, Discovery and Manufacturing)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
670 Views
19 Pages

Optimizing Ni-N Thin Films: Effects of r.f. Power on Mechanical and Electrochemical Performance

  • Andrés González-Hernández,
  • Eugenio Rodríguez,
  • Edgar Onofre-Bustamante,
  • Willian Aperador,
  • Rodolfo Barragán-Ramírez and
  • Martín Flores-Martínez

8 July 2026

Corrosion of carbon steel components represents a major economic and safety challenge in industrial applications, motivating the development of protective thin film coatings with optimized deposition parameters. This study investigates the deposition...

  • Article
  • Open Access
687 Views
17 Pages

Enhancing Wood–PRF Extrudable Composites with Nanocellulose Reinforcement

  • Japneet Kukal,
  • Maria Soledad Peresin and
  • Armando G. McDonald

7 July 2026

The study investigated the addition of nanocellulose (NC) as a reinforcing agent in wood-phenol resorcinol formaldehyde (PRF) composites for thermoset extrusion-based manufacturing. Three types of NC (cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), bleached nanofibers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
489 Views
14 Pages

Optical Absorption in Low-Dimensional AlxASx Nanostructures: Influence of Dimensional Extension and Exotic Geometries

  • Christina Papaspiropoulou,
  • Fotios I. Michos,
  • Nikos Aravantinos-Zafiris and
  • Michail M. Sigalas

1 July 2026

In this work, the structural, optical, vibrational, and stability properties of a series of AlxAsx nanostructures are systematically investigated using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT). Starting fr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
381 Views
14 Pages

29 June 2026

The structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of the PdRSb, usually also referred to as RPdSb, (R= La-Lu) semi-Heusler compound series have been systematically investigated using first-principles calculations based on Density Functional Theory...

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