Photosensitive glasses for radiation-induced 3D microstructuring, due to their optical transparency and thermal, mechanical, and chemical resistance, enable the use of new strategies for numerous microscale applications, ranging from optics to biomed...
Governments worldwide are actively committed to achieving their carbon emission reduction targets, and one avenue under exploration is harnessing the potential of hydrogen. Blending hydrogen with natural gas is emerging as a promising strategy to red...
Over the last few years, research activities have seen two-dimensional (2D) materials become protagonists in the field of nanotechnology. In particular, 2D materials characterized by ferroelectric properties are extremely interesting, as they are bet...
This paper presents the study of a two-hundred-year-old, demolded solid clay brick using the rebound hammer test for the estimation of the compressive strength. During the test, the location and face type influence on the rebound values are monitored...
This study investigates the electrical characteristics observed in n-channel and p-channel ferroelectric field effect transistor (FeFET) devices fabricated through a similar process flow with 10 nm of ferroelectric hafnium zirconium oxide (HZO) as th...
Opto-spintronics is an emerging field that focuses on harnessing light to manipulate and analyze electron spins to develop next-generation electronic devices. This paper explores recent progress and the role of solid-state materials in opto-spintroni...
Iron-containing nickel sulfides, selenides, and sulfoselenides were synthesized via a simple two-step hydrothermal reaction (temperature ≤ 160 °C) for their application as electrocatalysts in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in an alkaline...
The refractive index of solids gauges their transparency to incident light, while the energy gap determines the threshold for light absorption. This paper provides a mathematical formulation for the relationship between the refractive index and the e...
MXenes, a class of two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides, emerged as a promising material for next-generation energy storage and corresponding applications due to their unique combination of high electrical conductivity, tunable surf...
Copper phosphides are promising materials for energy conversion applications because of their unique electronic structure and controllable composition. Two stoichiometric copper phosphides, CuP2 and Cu3P, were prepared by direct wet-chemical synthesi...
Austenitic stainless steel SS316LN is used as the material of construction of the vessel and core components of fast breeder reactors, which operate at an elevated temperature of 550 °C. For design and integrity analysis using the finite element...
Gallium Nitride (GaN) is a wide-bandgap semiconductor that has revolutionized optoelectronic applications, enabling blue/white light-emitting devices and high-power electronics. Point defects in GaN strongly influence its optical and electronic prope...
Several ternary rare-earth metals containing titanium aluminum intermetallics in the RE2TiAl3 series (RE = Y, Gd–Lu) have been synthesized from the elements using arc-melting techniques. All compounds crystallize in the trigonal crystal system...
This study presents the first comprehensive theoretical investigation utilizing SCAPS-1D simulation to systematically evaluate eight hole transport materials for CsPbI2Br perovskite solar cells under authentic indoor LED conditions (560 lux, 5700 K c...
Magnesium and its rare-earth alloys are extensively studied for their lightweight properties and high specific strength, making them attractive for aerospace, automotive, and biomedical applications. However, their hexagonal close-packed structure le...
The modified suspension polymerization technique has been used for the preparation of composite microparticles from the mixture of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA), styrene (S), and divinylbenzene (DVB) in the presence of hydrophobized Fe3O4 nanoparticles...
Polystyrene has limited adhesivity to inorganic materials such as metals. However, the inorganic surface can be treated to enhance bonding to energetically stable polystyrene. This concept is verified in this paper with organosilane aminopropyltrieth...
Biomass-derived materials have traditionally been used to generate electrical energy through the combustion of their organic components. However, within the past few years, certain common biomass compounds, especially plant-based products such as cel...
This paper aims to investigate multiple large-strain topology-optimized structures, by interpreting their overlay as a probability density function. Such a strategy is suited to finding an optimum design of silicon electrodes subject to a random cont...
Aging studies of lithium-ion batteries are essential for understanding material degradation, which impacts performance and, consequently, battery lifespan. In this paper, we propose the use of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, differential capa...
This article reports the pressure-dependent crystal radii of Mg, Si, Ge, Be, Fe, Ca, Sr, Ba, Al, Ti, Li, Na, K, Cs, and of some rare earths, that is: the major Earth mantle elements, important minor, and some trace elements. Pressure dependencies of...
Refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs) are strong candidates for use in high-temperature engineering applications. As such, the thermodynamic properties as a function of temperature for a variety of RHEA systems need to be studied. In the present wor...
Photoluminescence (PL) from Be-doped bulk GaN crystals grown by the High Nitrogen Pressure Solution method was studied and compared with PL from GaN:Be layers on sapphire grown by molecular beam epitaxy and metalorganic chemical vapor deposition tech...
Using the solid-state reactions method Na0.55(Co,M)O2 (M = Cr, Ni, Zn, W, and Bi) ceramics were prepared and their crystal structure, microstructure, electrophysical, thermophysical, and thermoelectric properties were studied. Doping of Na0.55CoO2 by...
Titanium nitride (TiN) is an advantageous material for plasmonic applications and is suitable for extreme conditions in which conventional plasmonic materials such as gold (Au) cannot be utilized. In this study, TiN and Au nanodisk arrays with differ...
The cements industry is increasingly under pressure to reduce carbon emissions while maintaining performance standards. Limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) presents a promising low-carbon alternative; however, its performance depends significantly o...
Based on a potential theoretical approach, the subsurface stress field is calculated for an elastic half-space which is subject to normal and uniaxial tangential surface tractions that—in the case of elastic decoupling—correspond to rigid...
Taking advantage of fact that the surface electrons of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) can be effectively released even at a low voltage bias, we demonstrate an improvement in the electrochemical performance of nanosized Prussian Blue (PB)-based seconda...
Compacted graphite iron (CGI) is an engineering material with the potential to fill the application gap between flake- and spheroidal-graphite irons thanks to its unique microstructure and competitive price. Despite its wide use and considerable past...
Phase equilibria studies were performed in the Li2O-SiO2 system for heat-treated samples using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). The temperature of the eutectic reaction (Liq. ⇌ Li4SiO4 + Li2SiO3) was experimentall...
To improve the low solubility of poorly water soluble olaparib, in the following study, we prepared olaparib-loaded quaternary solid dispersions with hypromellose, Tween 20 or Labrasol, and colloidal silica. The solubility of olaparib with various ty...
The atomistic structure and point-defect thermodynamics of the model
We report the topochemical solid-state polymerization of different series of symmetrical diacetylenes (DAs) and asymmetrical chlorodiacetylenes (ClDAs), whose members differ in their alkyl spacing lengths of one to four methylene units (n = 1, 2, 3,...
Reported herein are the synthesis and crystal chemistry analysis of the Zintl phase Sr21Cd4Sb18. Single crystals of this compound were grown using the Sn-flux method, and structural characterization was carried out using single-crystal X-ray diffract...
In this study, nanostructured copper oxide-based films with crystallite size below 10 nm were electrochemically synthesized on copper foil and foam electrodes and investigated for their supercapacitive behaviour. The synthesis was carried out via cyc...
The luminous transmittance and the color rendering index of daylight through semitransparent photovoltaic glazing are essential parameters for visual comfort indoors, and they must be considered for different absorber materials that were traditionall...
Composite materials such as molybdenum carbides, nitrides, oxides, and mixed anionic compounds like Mo(C,N,O)x embedded in carbonaceous matrix exhibit promising potential as anode materials for lithium batteries, with a preference for fine-grained mo...
Complex perovskite La2(Al1/2MgTa1/2)O6 (LAMT) crystallizes in a monoclinic unit cell with space group P21/n at room temperature. Its B-site cations are ordered in a rock-salt-type arrangement. Previously, the full occupancy of Mg on the 2c-Wyckoff po...
Due to its unique electronic and optical properties, tungsten disulfide (WS2) is a promising material for various device applications. However, achieving an efficient and cost-effective method for synthesizing large-area uniform WS2 is still challeng...
Dynamically loaded structures made of thermoplastic polymers have been extensively exploited in several demanding industries. Due to the viscoelastic and thermal properties of thermoplastic polymers, self-heating is generally inevitable, especially d...
Despite notable advancements in lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology, growing industrialization, rising energy demands, and evolving consumer electronics continue to raise performance requirements. As the primary determinant of battery performance, c...
The rotational correlation times of a small compact spin probe (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl in isotactic polypropylene were obtained over a wide temperature range by EPR spectra simulation taking into account rotational anisotropy as well...
Akimotoite, ilmenite-type MgSiO3 high-pressure polymorph can be stable in the lower-mantle transition zone along average mantle and subducting slab geotherms. Significant amounts of Al2O3 can be incorporated into the structure, having the pyrope (Mg3...
Ferroelectric and antiferroelectric materials are technologically important by the richness of applications such as piezoelectric, pyroelectric, electro-optic, elasto-optic, and nonlinear optic effects. Especially, oxides with a perovskite structure...
In this study, we investigate the magnetization behavior of coaxial nanowires fabricated through the sol-gel electrospinning method. Our analysis uncovers a significant reduction in coercivity for CoFe
Layered Ruddlesden–Popper titanates HLnTiO4 and H2Ln2Ti3O10 (Ln = La, Nd) have been exfoliated into nanosheets in aqueous tetrabutylammonium hydroxide and systematically investigated as hydrogen evolution photocatalysts. The nanosheets were tes...
The atomic structures of Zn and Na borophosphate glasses were studied using X-ray and neutron scattering techniques. Peaks assigned to the B−O, P−O, and O−O distances confirm that only BO4 units co-exist with the PO4 tetrahedra. The...
In the quest to combat global warming, traditional thermal chemistry processes are giving way to selective photocatalysis, an eco-friendly approach that operates under milder conditions, using benign solvents like water. Benzaldehyde, a versatile com...
The influence of the quantity of silanol in an active silicic acid solution (ASAS) on the growth rate of colloidal silica particles was investigated. The quantity of silanol in the ASAS was controlled by varying the acid concentration as a hydrolysis...
With the rapid increase in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) usage in recent years, recycling has become indispensable in mitigating environmental damage and safeguarding natural resources. In this context, this study presents a methodology for valori...
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