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Manufacturing and Properties of New Special Glass- and Ceramic-Based Composites

A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Ceramic Coatings and Engineering Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2024) | Viewed by 14779

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Dr. Natalia A. Wójcik

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Department of Solid State Physics, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza Street 11/12, 80–233 Gdańsk, Poland
Interests: finding new special glasses and glass-ceramic composites; in vitro dissolution of bioglasses; electrical properties; oxynitride composites; different preparation techniques of amorphous materials; ferroelectric and ferromagnetic materials; nonlinear impedance studies
Prof. Dr. Ryszard Jan Barczyński

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Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
Interests: materials characterization; electrical properties analysis of glassy materials; nonlinear impedance analysis

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In the last years glass and ceramic-based composite materials are of great interest. They have found a lot of practical and interesting applications in our everyday lives. One of the newest research areas focused on nanocomposites and thin films used as coatings showing special properties. These materials are in used in medicine and as well energy storage fields both on the top interest nowadays. Therefore it is highly important to expand our knowledge about them and look for new opportunities for these brilliant and still unexplore materials.

This Special issue covers a topic of manufacturing and properties of new special glass- and ceramic-based composites. It is the aim of the this Special Issue to provide a peer-reviewed forum for the publication of original papers and authoritative review and opinion papers dealing with the most important issues facing the use of glass- and ceramic-based composites in clinical practice and as energy storage materials. Especially researches correlated with novel special nanocomposites and thin films are highly welcome.

Research areas of this Special Issue may include (but not limited to) the following: different synthesis, fabrication, structure, morphology, physical properties, biological properties, performance, and technological application of novel special glass- and ceramic-based composite materials. Original research papers which presents new scientific and technological knowledge and reviews of high interest to the international community are welcome.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Natalia A. Wójcik
Prof. Dr. Ryszard Jan Barczyński
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • glass composites
  • ceramic composites
  • manufacturing techniques
  • physical properties
  • thin films
  • nanocomposites
  • biological properties
  • energy storage materials

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Manufacturing and Properties of Various Ceramic-Embedded Composite Fabrics for Protective Clothing in Gas and Oil Industries Part II: Thermal Wear Comfort via Thermal Manikin
by Hyun-Ah Kim
Coatings 2023, 13(10), 1778; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13101778 - 16 Oct 2023
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Thermal wear comfort for workwear clothing plays a vital role in maintaining comfortable water- and moisture-vapor-permeable properties while wearing clothing. In particular, thermal wear comfort measured using a thermal manikin is required in the protective workwear clothing market because their use provides objective [...] Read more.
Thermal wear comfort for workwear clothing plays a vital role in maintaining comfortable water- and moisture-vapor-permeable properties while wearing clothing. In particular, thermal wear comfort measured using a thermal manikin is required in the protective workwear clothing market because their use provides objective data concerning the actual wearing performance of the clothing. This paper investigated the thermal wear comfort properties of various ceramic-embedded composite fabrics for workwear clothing worn in gas and oil industries produced from new schemes. The thermal insulation rate (Clo value) of Al2O3(Aluminum oxide)/graphite, ZnO(zinc oxide)/ZrC(zirconium carbide) and ZnO/ATO(antimony tin oxide)-embedded clothing was greater (25.5, 24.7 and 16.9%, respectively) than that of regular clothing (control), which was in accordance with the results (15.0, 13.8 and 11.3% higher, respectively) of the heat retention rate (I) of fabric specimens. It revealed that ZnO- and ATO-embedded yarns mixed with ZrC particles enhanced thermal wear comfort and had superior anti-static and UV-protective properties. Considering UV-protective and anti-static protective clothing worn in gas and oil industries and cold weather regions, it can be concluded that ZnO/ZrC-incorporated fabric is suitable because it showed superior thermal wear comfort with excellent UV-protective and acceptable anti-static properties. Meanwhile, assuming high functional performance for protective clothing worn in winter and factories, ZnO/ATO-incorporated fabric is pertinent to fabricating protective clothing for cold weather regions. Full article
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Manufacturing and Properties of Various Ceramic Embedded Composite Fabrics for Protective Clothing in Gas and Oil Industries Part I: Anti-Static and UV Protection with Thermal Radiation
by Hyunah Kim
Coatings 2023, 13(9), 1481; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13091481 - 22 Aug 2023
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Protective clothing in gas and oil industries requires high-performance characteristics, with superior anti-static and ultraviolet (UV) protection and good thermal wear comfort in cold weather regions. This study examined the manufacturing and properties of various ceramic-embedded composite fabrics made from a new scheme [...] Read more.
Protective clothing in gas and oil industries requires high-performance characteristics, with superior anti-static and ultraviolet (UV) protection and good thermal wear comfort in cold weather regions. This study examined the manufacturing and properties of various ceramic-embedded composite fabrics made from a new scheme (not a coating method) for protective clothing in the gas and oil industries. Therefore, sheath–core yarn specimens embedded with various ceramics, such as aluminum oxide (Al2O3)–graphite, zinc oxide–zirconium (ZnO–ZrC), and zinc oxide–antimony tin oxide (ZnO–ATO) were produced using a bi-component melt spinning machine, which is a novel method that was not tried before. Fabric specimens were also made from these ceramic-embedded sheath–core yarn specimens. UV-protection and anti-static properties of the ceramic-embedded composite specimen were compared with the thermal radiation and far-infrared (FIR) characteristics. The UV-protection factor (UPF) was measured according to the AS/NZ 4399 (1996) standard. ATLAS measuring equipment was used to analyze five duplicate specimens (4 × 8 cm). An anti-static assessment was also conducted using the JIS L 1094 standard method. A light heat emission apparatus was used to assess thermal radiation. A 10 × 10 cm specimen was prepared, and five duplicate assessments were conducted. Statistical analysis (F-test) was performed to verify the statistical significance of the experimental data with a 99% confidence limit. The ZnO–ATO-embedded composite fabric exhibited greater UV protection than the Al2O3–graphite-embedded and regular (control) specimen, indicating the excellent UV-protection property of the ZnO. In addition, the ZnO–ATO-embedded composite specimen exhibited excellent anti-static properties with lower rub-static voltage than the control fabric, which was attributed to the better electrical conductivity of ATO particles. In particular, the ZnO–ZrC-embedded composite specimen showed superior thermal radiation with excellent UPF and relatively good anti-static characteristics. Based on the high-performance characteristics of protective clothing worn in gas and oil industries, ZnO–ATO-embedded composite fabric has practical use for fabricating workwear protective clothing. In addition, considering protective clothing suitable for cold weather, ZnO–ZrC-embedded composite fabric is useful for protective clothing in cold weather regions. Full article
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Thermal Instability of Gold Thin Films
by Marcin Łapiński, Piotr Dróżdż, Mariusz Gołębiowski, Piotr Okoczuk, Jakub Karczewski, Marta Sobanska, Aleksiej Pietruczik, Zbigniew R. Zytkiewicz, Ryszard Zdyb, Wojciech Sadowski and Barbara Kościelska
Coatings 2023, 13(8), 1306; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13081306 - 25 Jul 2023
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The disintegration of a continuous metallic thin film leads to the formation of isolated islands, which can be used for the preparation of plasmonic structures. The transformation mechanism is driven by a thermally accelerated diffusion that leads to the minimalization of surface free [...] Read more.
The disintegration of a continuous metallic thin film leads to the formation of isolated islands, which can be used for the preparation of plasmonic structures. The transformation mechanism is driven by a thermally accelerated diffusion that leads to the minimalization of surface free energy in the system. In this paper, we report the results of our study on the disintegration of gold thin film and the formation of nanoislands on silicon substrates, both pure and with native silicon dioxide film. To study the processes leading to the formation of gold nanostructures and to investigate the effect of the oxide layer on silicon diffusion, metallic film with a thickness of 3 nm was deposited by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) technique on both pure and oxidized silicon substrates. Transformation of the thin film was observed by low-energy electron microscopy (LEEM) and a scanning electron microscope (SEM), while the nanostructures formed were observed by atomic force microscope (AFM) method. Structural investigations were performed by low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) methods. Our experiments confirmed a strong correlation between the formation of nanoislands and the presence of native oxide on silicon substrates. Full article
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Optimization of Electrical Properties of Nanocrystallized Na3M2(PO4)2F3 NASICON-like Glasses (M = V, Ti, Fe)
by Maciej Nowagiel, Anton Hul, Edvardas Kazakevicius, Algimantas Kežionis, Jerzy E. Garbarczyk and Tomasz K. Pietrzak
Coatings 2023, 13(3), 482; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13030482 - 21 Feb 2023
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Recently, an interest in NASICON-type materials revived, as they are considered potential cathode materials in sodium–ion batteries used in large-scale energy storage. We applied a facile technique of thermal nanocrystallization of glassy analogs of these compounds to enhance their electrical parameters. Six nanomaterials [...] Read more.
Recently, an interest in NASICON-type materials revived, as they are considered potential cathode materials in sodium–ion batteries used in large-scale energy storage. We applied a facile technique of thermal nanocrystallization of glassy analogs of these compounds to enhance their electrical parameters. Six nanomaterials of the Na3M2(PO4)2F3 (M = V, Ti, Fe) system were studied. Samples with nominal compositions of Na3V2(PO4)2F3, Na3Ti2(PO4)2F3, Na3Fe2(PO4)2F3, Na3TiV(PO4)2F3, Na3FeV(PO4)2F3 and Na3FeTi(PO4)2F3 have been synthesized as glasses using the melt-quenching method. X-ray diffraction measurements were conducted for as-synthesized samples and after heating at elevated temperatures to investigate the structure. Extensive impedance measurements allowed us to optimize the nanocrystallization process to enhance the electrical conductivity of cathode nanomaterials. Such a procedure resulted in samples with the conductivity at room temperature ranging from 1×10−9 up to 8×10−5 S/cm. We carried out in situ impedance spectroscopy measurements (in an ultra-high-frequency range up to 10 GHz) and compared them with thermal events observed in differential thermal analysis studies. Full article
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Influence of Processing Time in Hydrogen Plasma to Prepare Gallium and Aluminum Codoped Zinc Oxide Films for Low-Emissivity Glass
by Shang-Chou Chang, Jhih-Ciang Hu, Huang-Tian Chan and Chuan-An Hsiao
Coatings 2022, 12(7), 945; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings12070945 - 3 Jul 2022
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Low-emissivity glass has high transmission in the visible region and high reflectivity in the infrared region. Gallium and aluminum codoped zinc oxide (GAZO) processed by hydrogen (H2) plasma treatment holds promise for fabricating good low-emissivity glass. The applied processing time is [...] Read more.
Low-emissivity glass has high transmission in the visible region and high reflectivity in the infrared region. Gallium and aluminum codoped zinc oxide (GAZO) processed by hydrogen (H2) plasma treatment holds promise for fabricating good low-emissivity glass. The applied processing time is one of the key factors in plasma treatment. The GAZO films were prepared by in-line sputtering at room temperature, and the effect of using different plasma processing times on the structural, electrical and optical properties of the films were surveyed. Experimental results indicate that H2 plasma treatment of GAZO film samples indeed influenced the structure, optical and electrical properties. An appropriate processing time can improve the electrical properties and reduce the emissivity of GAZO films. The optimum processing time is 5 min for plasma treatment of GAZO films. The electrical resistivity and emissivity of plasma-annealed films for 5 min decrease by 59% and 55% compared to those of as-deposited GAZO films. Values of 5.3 × 10−4 Ω-cm in electrical resistivity, 0.13 in emissivity and 94% in average optical transmittance in the visible wavelength region could be obtained for GAZO films after H2 treatment of 5 min in this work for low-emissivity glass applications. Full article
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The Influence of Thin Gold Electrodes on the High-Temperature Impedance of Oxide Glasses
by Natalia Anna Wójcik and Ryszard Jan Barczyński
Coatings 2022, 12(6), 784; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings12060784 - 6 Jun 2022
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The influence of thin gold electrodes on the electrical measurements of glasses at high temperatures was studied using impedance spectroscopy. The impedance was measured several times over a wide frequency range from 10 mHz to 1 MHz and the temperature ranged from 213 [...] Read more.
The influence of thin gold electrodes on the electrical measurements of glasses at high temperatures was studied using impedance spectroscopy. The impedance was measured several times over a wide frequency range from 10 mHz to 1 MHz and the temperature ranged from 213 to 673 K under air and nitrogen atmospheres. The results showed a drop in the conductivity of more than an order of magnitude at a temperature around 603 K during heating. An additional relaxation process was found at the low-frequency region. The occurred process was correlated with the thermal disintegration of the gold nano-layer used as an improvement in the electrical contact. The possible ambiguous interpretation of high-temperature impedance spectra was presented as a consequence of performing the electrical measurements only during heating or cooling while using unstable thin gold electrodes. Moreover, a possible solution to this problem was proposed. Full article
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