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Biomaterials are an important and integrated part of modern medicine, and their development and improvement are essential. The fundamental requirement of a biomaterial is found to be in its interaction with the surrounding environment, with which it...

Potassium chloride crystals are good conductors in the UV to mid-infrared broadband and can be widely used as materials for high-power CO2 lasers. However, the most important use of potassium chloride crystals has been overlooked; their stable chemis...

The aim of this work was to study the synthesis and electrochemical properties of Ti 2 wt %-Si alloys prepared by mechanical alloying (MA) and heat treatment. The MA process was performed under Ar atmosphere. The structural, morphological, and compos...

The structure and electrochemical characteristics of composites based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and manganese oxide with the addition of rhenium oxide has been studied. It has shown that the decorating of the MWCNT surface with layers...

Magnesium alloys have been investigated as temporary biomaterials for orthopedic applications. Despite their high osseointegration and mechanical (bone-like) properties, Mg alloys quickly degrade in simulated physiological media. Surface coatings can...

In this study, the effect of martensite volume fraction on the mechanical, tribological, and corrosion properties of API 5CT dual-phase steel is studied based on intercritical heat treatment routes at different temperatures (730, 760, and 790 °C)...

The corrosion behavior of soluble Mg–Gd-based alloys was systematically investigated by analyzing two key aspects: environmental factors and microstructural characteristics. Environmental influences were evaluated using immersion weight loss te...

Aluminum-ion batteries (AIBs) have become a research hotspot in the field of energy storage due to their high energy density, safety, environmental friendliness, and low cost. However, the actual capacity of AIBs is much lower than the theoretical sp...

With the growing demand for durable and corrosion-resistant materials in advanced Li-ion battery cases, super duplex stainless steels (SDSSs) have emerged as promising candidates due to their excellent mechanical and electrochemical properties. This...

Electrolytic plasma polishing technology is widely used in medical devices, aerospace, nuclear industry, marine engineering, and other equipment manufacturing fields, owing to its advantages of shape adaptability, high efficiency, good precision, env...

This study investigated the corrosion behavior of cold-drawn Cu-0.43 wt% Mg alloy wires, which were intended for high-speed railway contact lines, under varying temperature (30–50 °C) and relative humidity (85% and 93%) conditions in contro...

Newly developed Ti–10Mo–6Zr–4Sn–3Nb has fascinating mechanical properties to be used as a biomedical material. However, there is still a lack of investigation focusing on the corrosion behavior of Ti–10Mo–6Zr&ndash...

The poor operational stability of electrolytes is a persistent impediment in building redox flow battery technology; choosing suitable stability additives is usually the research direction to solve this problem. The effects of five phosphate containi...

The application of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) as an innovative class of environmentally friendly liquid media represents a significant advancement in materials science, especially for the development and enhancement of structural materials. Among...

In this work, the corrosion behavior of 30CrMnSiNi2A in a simulated marine environment was studied. The electrochemical behavior was studied by changing the temperature and pH of the solution environment. Detailed information about the rust layer was...

The corrosion and serration behaviors of TiZr0.5NbCr0.5, TiZr0.5NbCr0.5V and TiZr0.5NbCr0.5Mo high entropy alloys (HEAs) in NaCl and H2SO4 solutions were studied by potentiodynamic polarizations (PP) and immersion tests. The results show that all the...

The electrochemical behavior of the as-cast Al0.5CoCrFeNiCuxAgy (x = 0.25, 0.5; y = 0, 0.1) high-entropy alloys (HEAs) in a 0.5M H2SO4 solution was studied. Polarization measurements were carried out in a standard three-electrode electrochemical cell...

The stress corrosion cracking (SCC) behavior of aged plates of Inconel 600 welded to Inconel 600 plates in the as-received condition was studied using the slow strain rate test (SSRT) in two sodium containing electrolytes at 25 and 80 °C. The age...

As emerging smart polymers, ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) are playing more and more important roles as promising candidates for next-generation actuators in terms of academic interest and industrial applications. It is reported that the actu...

Enzymatic biosensors are often used to detect trace levels of some specific substance. An alternative methodology is applied for enzymatic assays, in which the electrocatalytic kinetic behavior of enzymes is monitored by measuring the faradaic curren...

In this study, billets of the ZK30 (Mg-3Zn-0.6 Zr-0.4 Mn, wt%) alloy were Equal Channel Angle Pressing (ECAP) processed for up to four passes of routes Bc (with rotating the sample 90° in the same direction between the subsequent passes), A (with...

Li-ion batteries are at risk of explosions caused by fires, primarily because of the high energy density of Li ions, which raises the temperature. Battery cases are typically made of plastic, aluminum, or SAF30400. Although plastic and aluminum aid w...

This study investigated the structural heterogeneity, mechanical property, electrochemical behavior, and passive film characteristics of Fe–Cr–Mo–W–C–B–Y metallic glasses (MGs), which were modified through annealing at different temperatures. Results...

The structure, composition and corrosion properties of thin films synthesized using the Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) technique starting from a three high entropy alloy (HEA) AlCoCrFeNix produced by vacuum arc remelting (VAR) method were investigated...

Titanium alloys have high specific strength and excellent corrosion resistance and have been applied in deep-sea engineering fields. However, stress corrosion cracking may become one of the biggest threats to the service safety of a high-strength tit...

Zn-Co-S ball-in-ball hollow sphere (BHS) was successfully prepared by solvothermal sulfurization method. An efficient strategy to synthesize Zn-Co-S BHS consisted of multilevel structures by controlling the ionic exchange reaction was applied to obta...

Although disubstituted imidazolium cation is sterically crowded, hundreds of ionic liquids based on this cation have been reported as electrolytes for energy storage devices. In contrast to disubstituted imidazolium, non-substituted imidazolium is un...

In this study, three new 3D coordination polymers (CPs), {[Cd3(L)(H2O)6]·H2O}n (1), {[Cu1.5(L)0.5(bimb)1.5]·5H2O·DMF}n (2), and {[Mn1.5(H3L)(bibp)0.5(H2O)2]·3H2O}n (3) (bimb= 1,3-bis(imidazol-1-yl)benzene, bibp= 1,4-bis((4...

Coatings, with a thickness of up to 75 µm, were formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) under the alternating current electrical mode in a silicate-alkaline electrolyte on aluminum composites without additives and alloyed with copper (1&n...

The microstructure evolution and the corrosion behavior of welding heat affected zone (HAZ) of Q315NS steel in 50 wt % H2SO4 at 20 °C was investigated with thermal simulation technique, surface analysis and electrochemical tests. The microstructure o...

A new electrochemical model has been carefully established to explain the carbonation behavior of cement mortar, and the model has been validated by the experimental results. In fact, it is shown by this study that the electrochemical impedance behav...

In this paper, the effect of temperature on the corrosion behavior and corrosion resistance of the copper–aluminum laminated composite plates were investigated by salt-spray corrosion, potential polarization curve and electrochemical impedance...

The electrochemical behavior of as-cast AlxCoCrFeNiM (M = Ti, V, Si, Mn, Cu) high entropy alloys (HEAs) in 1 M NaCl and 0.5 M H2SO4 solutions is studied. Polarization measurements were carried out in a standard three-electrode electrochemical cell wi...

A new superelastic Ti‐23Hf‐3Mo‐4Sn biomedical alloy displaying a particularly large recovery strain was synthesized and characterized in this study. Its native passive film is very thick (18 nm) and contains very protective TiO2, Ti2O3, HfO2, MoO2, a...

The present study introduces an economical–functional design for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell system. To do so, after introducing the optimization problem and solving the problem based on the presented equations in the fuel cell, a cost m...

In this study, we report results of the interaction of titanium (Ti) with human synovial fluids. A wide palette of electrochemical techniques was used, including open circuit potential, potentiodynamic methods, and electrochemical impedance. After th...

Two kinds of 60NiTi powders were prepared by pure Ni mixed with Ti powders, and 55NiTi alloy powder with pure Ni powder and both the powders were fully mixed by alcohol ball milling. Two kinds of coatings (denoted as 60Ni-40Ti and 55NiTi-5Ni) were pr...

Smartphone-Based Electrochemical Analytical Devices (SEAD) enable sophisticated toxic heavy metal quantification experiments to be conducted anywhere with high precision, selectivity, and sensitivity. However, a very limited number of such technologi...

The corrosion behavior of reinforcing steel in the ITT under a submarine environment was investigated. Electrochemical tests were carried out to separately determine the linear polarization curves and the AC impedance spectra of rebars in the ITT sca...

This research examines the behavior of electrochemical passivation and the chemistry of surface films on 654SMO super austenitic stainless steel and C276 nickel-based alloy in simulated condensates from flue gas desulfurization in power plant chimney...

To probe the effects of deposition temperature on the formation and structural order of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on Au(111) prepared by vapor deposition of 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethanethiol (CH3O(CH2)2O(CH2)2SH, EG2) for 24 h, we examined the su...

High-entropy alloys (HEAs), such as the Cantor alloy, are considered for various structural applications owing to their excellent corrosion resistance and high strength at low temperatures, typically below −70 °C, including cryogenic condit...

Although Graphene oxide (GO)-based materials is known as a favorable candidate for supercapacitors, its conductivity needs to be increased. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the performance of GO-based supercapicitor with new methods. In thi...

Phenoxazine, as an organic-small-molecule chromophore, has attracted much attention for its potential electrochromic applications recently. To develop appealing materials, phenoxazine chromophores were introduced at the N-position of carbazole–...

In this paper, the electrochemical performance of the NiAl intermetallic immersed in the 60% NaNO3-40% KNO3 (wt%) eutectic mixture, also known as Solar Salt, is reported. Mass loss measurements and electrochemical tests evaluate its behavior at diffe...

We have investigated the electrochemical oxidation of a number natural phenolics (salicylic acid, m-hydroxybenzoic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, protocatechuic acid, o-coumaric acid, m-coumaric acid, p-coumaric acid, caffeic acid, quercetin and rutin)...

This research synthesised zinc oxide (ZnO) structure by a hydrothermal method. ZnO samples were prepared using different molarities of zinc (Zn) precursor, ranging from 0.10 to 0.16 M. Structural and morphological properties were characterised by X-r...

Variations in the corrosion behavior of biomedical NiTi alloys in Cl− containing and acidic environments present a problem with their biological implantation. The objective of this research was to evaluate the synergy of the microstructure, the...

The automotive industry has been employing Al alloys to reduce the weight of chassis; however, this can present some corrosion problems. In this research, we study the electrochemical behavior of SiO2 superhydrophobic on Al 7075. The electrochemical...

Hydrogel-based wearable electrochemical biosensors (HWEBs) are emerging biomedical devices that have recently received immense interest. The exceptional properties of HWEBs include excellent biocompatibility with hydrophilic nature, high porosity, ta...