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  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,510 Views
7 Pages

7 November 2020

Ti-13Nb-13Zr alloy is an orthopedic implant material possessing good mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, and biocompatibility. An international standard suggests a heat treatment known as “capability aging” for this alloy. This s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,502 Views
18 Pages

17 June 2020

This research work primarily focused on investigating the effects of changing rotational speed on the forming temperature and microstructure during incremental sheet metal forming (ISF) of AA-2219-O and AA-2219-T6 sheets. Tool rotational speed was va...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,194 Views
20 Pages

Annealing-Driven Modifications in ZnO Nanorod Thin Films and Their Impact on NO2 Sensing Performance

  • Sandip M. Nikam,
  • Tanaji S. Patil,
  • Nilam A. Nimbalkar,
  • Raviraj S. Kamble,
  • Vandana R. Patil,
  • Uttam E. Mote,
  • Sadaf Jamal Gilani,
  • Sagar M. Mane,
  • Jaewoong Lee and
  • Ravindra D. Mane

30 June 2025

This research examines the effect of annealing temperature on the growth orientation of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods and its subsequent influence on NO2 gas sensing efficiency. Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods were synthesized using the chemical bath depositio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,331 Views
15 Pages

26 March 2024

High-nitrogen austenitic steel (HNS) cold-rolled with a reduction rate of 25% was subjected to an investigation of the effect of annealing temperature on microstructural evolution, tensile properties and the variation in fracture surface morphology....

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,100 Views
10 Pages

13 December 2022

FeSiCr alloys are used as soft magnetic materials for power multilayer inductors. The alloys are typically annealed at intermediate temperatures in air during inductor fabrication to form an insulating chromium oxide layer around the alloy particles....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,237 Views
15 Pages

Mosaic Structure of GaN Film Grown on Sapphire Substrate by AP-MOCVD: Impact of Thermal Annealing on the Tilt and Twist Angles

  • J. Laifi,
  • M. F. Hasaneen,
  • H. Bouazizi,
  • Fatimah Hafiz Alsahli,
  • T. A. Lafford and
  • A. Bchetnia

20 January 2025

A GaN layer with a thickness of 2 µm was grown on a sapphire substrate using atmospheric pressure metal–organic chemical vapor deposition (AP-MOCVD). Subsequently, the layer was annealed under a nitrogen atmosphere at temperatures ranging...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,313 Views
9 Pages

Influence of Post-Annealing on the Structural and Nanomechanical Properties of Co Thin Films

  • Yeong-Maw Hwang,
  • Cheng-Tang Pan,
  • Ying-Xu Lu,
  • Sheng-Rui Jian,
  • Huang-Wei Chang and
  • Jenh-Yih Juang

10 February 2020

The correlations between the microstructure and nanomechanical properties of a series of thermal annealed Co thin films were investigated. The Co thin films were deposited on glass substrates using a magnetron sputtering system at ambient conditions...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,106 Views
11 Pages

13 January 2020

Cu-Al-Cu laminated composite was prepared with cold roll bonding process and annealing was carried out to study the phase evolution during the annealing process and its effect on the mechanical properties of the composite. The experimental results sh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
90 Citations
12,122 Views
15 Pages

Microwave Synthesized ZnO Nanorod Arrays for UV Sensors: A Seed Layer Annealing Temperature Study

  • Ana Pimentel,
  • Sofia Henriques Ferreira,
  • Daniela Nunes,
  • Tomas Calmeiro,
  • Rodrigo Martins and
  • Elvira Fortunato

20 April 2016

The present work reports the influence of zinc oxide (ZnO) seed layer annealing temperature on structural, optical and electrical properties of ZnO nanorod arrays, synthesized by hydrothermal method assisted by microwave radiation, to be used as UV s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,640 Views
11 Pages

Stress Effects on Temperature-Dependent In-Plane Raman Modes of Supported Monolayer Graphene Induced by Thermal Annealing

  • Yuehua Wei,
  • Zhenhua Wei,
  • Xiaoming Zheng,
  • Jinxin Liu,
  • Yangbo Chen,
  • Yue Su,
  • Wei Luo,
  • Gang Peng,
  • Han Huang and
  • Shiqiao Qin
  • + 3 authors

17 October 2021

The coupling strength between two-dimensional (2D) materials and substrate plays a vital role on thermal transport properties of 2D materials. Here we systematically investigate the influence of vacuum thermal annealing on the temperature-dependence...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,372 Views
12 Pages

15 December 2014

Ultrafine grained sheets were prepared from a twin-roll cast AA8006 aluminium alloy using accumulative roll-bonding process at room temperature. The evolution of microstructure of sheets after three accumulative roll-bonding passes during isochronal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,028 Views
20 Pages

2 June 2025

This study investigates the microstructural changes and micromechanical responses of Pb-containing and Pb-free solder alloys subjected to various annealing conditions, with the goal of elucidating the relationship between microstructure evolution and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
91 Citations
7,405 Views
11 Pages

2 February 2019

Direct current (DC) magnetron sputtering deposited WO3 films with different crystalline qualities were synthesized by postannealing at various temperatures. The in-situ DC sputtering deposited WO3 thin film at 375 °C exhibited an amorphous struct...

  • Article
  • Open Access
185 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Torsion on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Medium Manganese Steel

  • Ze Ji,
  • Lihui Sun,
  • Yaliang Liu,
  • Liguang Wang,
  • Jingyi Zhou,
  • Guolong Liu,
  • Hongyang Li,
  • Ruchao Zhang,
  • Minghe Zhang and
  • Yunli Feng

6 January 2026

In this study, a multi-gradient microstructure was introduced into medium-Mn steel through torsion following heat treatment at different annealing temperatures, and through investigations on the mechanical properties under two annealing temperatures,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,144 Views
14 Pages

Annealing Process-Induced Microstructural Variation in NiV/B4C Multilayers

  • Chenyuan Chang,
  • Zhenbo Wei,
  • Zhe Zhang,
  • Li Jiang,
  • Hui Jiang,
  • Hongchen Ma,
  • Zhong Zhang and
  • Zhanshan Wang

13 December 2024

The annealing process is one of the most common methods used to study the thermal stability of multilayers. To study the effect of the annealing process on the microstructural variation in NiV/B4C multilayers, different annealing experiments were per...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,608 Views
7 Pages

Strong Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism of MoS2 Compound Produced by Defect Generation

  • Chang-Soo Park,
  • Younghae Kwon,
  • Youjoong Kim,
  • Hak Dong Cho,
  • Heetae Kim,
  • Woochul Yang and
  • Deuk Young Kim

8 February 2024

Ferromagnetic materials have been attracting great interest in the last two decades due to their application in spintronics devices. One of the hot research areas in magnetism is currently the two-dimensional materials, transition metal dichalcogenid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
3,729 Views
14 Pages

Suppression of Oxygen Vacancy Defects in sALD-ZnO Films Annealed in Different Conditions

  • Ming-Jie Zhao,
  • Zhi-Tao Sun,
  • Zhi-Xuan Zhang,
  • Xin-Peng Geng,
  • Wan-Yu Wu,
  • Shui-Yang Lien and
  • Wen-Zhang Zhu

4 September 2020

Zinc oxide (ZnO) has drawn much attention due to its excellent optical and electrical properties. In this study, ZnO film was prepared by a high-deposition-rate spatial atomic layer deposition (ALD) and subjected to a post-annealing process to suppre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,353 Views
21 Pages

10 February 2025

Laser cladding faces several challenges, including cracking, fracture, deformation, and interlayer delamination, which hinder its widespread application in part repair. Residual stress within the workpiece is a key factor contributing to these issues...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,886 Views
9 Pages

2 November 2018

The soft magnetic properties of Fe-based nanocrystalline alloys are determined by their grain size. In the present article, the (Fe0.4Co0.6)79Nb3B18 nanocrystalline alloys have been successfully prepared by isothermal annealing. The variation of soft...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,377 Views
11 Pages

Enhancement of Luminescence Efficiency of Y2O3 Nanophosphor via Core/Shell Structure

  • Jae-Young Hyun,
  • Ki-Hyun Kim,
  • Jae-Pil Kim,
  • Won-Bin Im,
  • Kadathala Linganna and
  • Ju-Hyeon Choi

14 June 2021

We successfully fabricated Y2O3:RE3+ (RE = Eu, Tb, and Dy) core and core–shell nanophosphors by the molten salt method and sol–gel processes with Y2O3 core size of the order of 100~150 nm. The structural and morphological studies of the RE3+-doped Y2...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,376 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Microstructure on the Dimensional Stability of Extruded Pure Aluminum

  • Linlin Fu,
  • Gaohui Wu,
  • Chang Zhou,
  • Ziyang Xiu,
  • Wenshu Yang and
  • Jing Qiao

24 August 2021

High-performance extruded aluminum alloys with complex textures suffer significant dimension variation under environmental temperature fluctuations, dramatically decreasing the precision of navigation systems. This research mainly focuses on the effe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,629 Views
9 Pages

8 January 2021

FePt nanoparticles (NPs) were embedded into a single-crystal MgO host by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). It was found that its phase, microstructures and physical properties were strongly dependent on annealing conditions. Annealing induced a remarkab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
107 Citations
4,395 Views
15 Pages

28 February 2021

The formation, structure, and thermal and magnetic properties of MFe2O4@SiO2 (M = Co, Mn, Zn, Ni, Cu) (60% MFe2O4/40% SiO2) nanocomposites produced by a modified sol-gel method, followed by annealing at 300, 600, 900 and 1200 °C, were studied. The th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,671 Views
16 Pages

11 June 2025

This study intends to understand the effect of annealing behavior on the microstructure and mechanical and magnetic properties of cold-rolled extra-low-carbon steel. Deformed steel samples are annealed at temperature ranges of 200–690 °C fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,243 Views
15 Pages

30 August 2024

Titanium-clad steel plates are widely used in chemical equipment and nuclear power equipment due to their excellent corrosion resistance and high strength. However, the Ti-C and Fe-Ti compounds generated easily at the titanium/steel interface deterio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,651 Views
14 Pages

Reactive Mechanism of Cu2ZnSnSe4 Thin Films Prepared by Reactive Annealing of the Cu/Zn Metal Layer in a SnSex + Se Atmosphere

  • Liyong Yao,
  • Jianping Ao,
  • Ming-Jer Jeng,
  • Jinlian Bi,
  • Shoushuai Gao,
  • Guozhong Sun,
  • Qing He,
  • Zhiqiang Zhou,
  • Yi Zhang and
  • Liann-Be Chang
  • + 1 author

23 December 2018

Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) thin films were prepared by a two-step process with the electrodeposition of a Cu/Zn metallic stack precursor followed by a reactive anneal under a Se + Sn containing atmosphere. We investigate the effect of the Sex and SnSex (x =...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,139 Views
8 Pages

In this paper, the 650 V N-channel GaN MOSFETs are chosen as the research object to study the radiation and annealing effects under 1 MeV electron irradiation. The output, transfer, and breakdown characteristics are measured before and after electron...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,205 Views
18 Pages

Physicochemical Properties of Enzymatically Modified Starches

  • Abdellatif A. Mohamed,
  • Husham Alqah,
  • Mohammed S. Alamri,
  • Shahzad Hussain,
  • Akram A. Qasem,
  • Mohamed I. Ibraheem,
  • Hany M. Yehia and
  • Ghalia Shamlan

14 December 2021

The physicochemical properties of native, annealed and enzyme-treated chickpea (CP), corn (CS), Turkish bean (TB) and sweet potato (SPS) were investigated. Germinated sorghum extract (GSET) was used as the source of enzymes. Starches were annealed in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
989 Views
19 Pages

Temperature Areas of Local Inelasticity in Polyoxymethylene

  • Viktor A. Lomovskoy,
  • Svetlana A. Shatokhina,
  • Raisa A. Alekhina and
  • Nadezhda Yu. Lomovskaya

21 December 2024

The spectra of internal friction and temperature dependencies of the frequency of a free-damped oscillation process excited in the specimens of an amorphous–crystalline copolymer of polyoxymethylene with the co-monomer trioxane (POM-C) with a d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
99 Citations
11,995 Views
12 Pages

Optical Constants of Crystallized TiO2 Coatings Prepared by Sol-Gel Process

  • Xiaodong Wang,
  • Guangming Wu,
  • Bin Zhou and
  • Jun Shen

12 July 2013

Titanium oxide coatings have been deposited by the sol-gel dip-coating method. Crystallization of titanium oxide coatings was then achieved through thermal annealing at temperatures above 400 °C. The structural properties and surface morphology of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,487 Views
11 Pages

21 November 2022

The purpose of this study is to investigate two new heat treatment processes on the mechanical properties of TC10 titanium alloy. By changing the β annealing temperature, the variation in microstructure and mechanical properties of TC10 titanium...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
10,234 Views
9 Pages

24 December 2012

TiO2-SiO2 binary coatings were deposited by a sol-gel dip-coating method using tetrabutyl titanate and tetraethyl orthosilicate as precursors. The structure and chemical composition of the coatings annealed at different temperatures were analyzed by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
628 Views
21 Pages

Annealing-Driven Structural and Optical Evolution of Amorphous Ge–C:H Alloys

  • Domenica Marabello,
  • Alma Cioci,
  • Mauro Sgroi and
  • Paola Benzi

28 October 2025

Amorphous hydrogenated germanium–carbon alloys (Ge1−xCx:H) were synthesized by X-ray-activated Chemical Vapor Deposition and investigated to evaluate the effects of annealing on their structure, composition, and properties given the limit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,880 Views
11 Pages

Application of Annealed Bambara Starch as a Stabilizer in Ice Cream Production

  • Faith O. Nwaogazie,
  • Bolanle A. Akinwande,
  • Oluwafemi A. Adebo and
  • Samson A. Oyeyinka

25 July 2024

This study investigated the potential of annealed Bambara starch as a locally sourced stabilizer for ice cream, aimed at addressing the high cost of imported stabilizers. Annealed Bambara starch, modified at various temperatures (45, 50, 55, and 60 &...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,760 Views
26 Pages

27 January 2025

A modified carbide-free bainite (CFB) steel has been developed, building on existing alloys for compatibility with commercial continuous annealing lines (CALs), featuring a low austenitization temperature and short overaging time. The microstructural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,540 Views
12 Pages

5 October 2017

The lanthanum deficiency manganites La0.8-x□xCa0.2MnO3 (x = 0, 0.1 and 0.2), where □ is a lanthanum vacancy, were prepared using the classic ceramic methods with different thermal treatments (1373 K and 973 K). The structural, magnetic, and magnetoca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,635 Views
16 Pages

12 December 2012

Increasing the temperature variation rate is a useful method for enhancing the response of pyroelectric devices. A three-dimensional ZnO film was fabricated by the aerosol deposition (AD) rapid process using the shadow mask method, which induces late...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,334 Views
9 Pages

13 August 2020

Nickel–ruthenium–phosphorus, Ni–Ru–P, alloy coatings were fabricated by magnetron dual-gun co-sputtering from Ni–P alloy and Ru source targets. The composition variation and related microstructure evolution of the coatin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,914 Views
24 Pages

The Influence of Annealing Temperature on the Microstructure and Performance of Cold-Rolled High-Conductivity and High-Strength Steel

  • Shuhai Ge,
  • Xiaolong Zhao,
  • Weilian Zhou,
  • Xueming Xu,
  • Xingchang Tang,
  • Junqiang Ren,
  • Jiahe Zhang and
  • Yaoxian Yi

16 May 2025

Low-carbon micro-alloyed steel has become a wire material with great potential for further development due to its excellent comprehensive performance; however, there is still a lack of insight into the evolution of its electrical conductivity during...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,376 Views
14 Pages

15 May 2023

Super duplex stainless steel (SDSS) is used for manufacturing large valves and pipes in offshore plants because of its excellent strength and corrosion resistance. Large valves and pipes are manufactured by forging after casting, and the outside and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,933 Views
9 Pages

2 December 2019

Due to the differences between the glass and crystalline phases, crystallization of metallic glass occurs with heat release, volume shrinkage, and electrical resistivity drastic changes. Electrical resistivity of the Zr52.5Cu17.9Ni14.6Al10Ti5 metalli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,592 Views
37 Pages

21 October 2021

The runtime behavior of Simulated Annealing (SA), similar to other metaheuristics, is controlled by hyperparameters. For SA, hyperparameters affect how “temperature” varies over time, and “temperature” in turn affects SA’s decisions on whether or not...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,418 Views
8 Pages

Enhancing OLED Performance by Optimizing the Hole Transport Layer with a Self-Assembled Monolayer

  • Ziying Niu,
  • Yongqiang Wang,
  • Zhenjiang Xu,
  • Yunlong Liu,
  • Wenjun Wang and
  • Shuhong Li

8 February 2025

The enhancement of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device performance has been a key area of research in organic optoelectronic devices. Optimizing carrier mobility within OLED devices is a crucial strategy. In this study, the hole transport laye...

  • Article
  • Open Access
79 Citations
8,174 Views
15 Pages

Tuning Structural Properties of WO3 Thin Films for Photoelectrocatalytic Water Oxidation

  • Amar Kamal Mohamedkhair,
  • Qasem Ahmed Drmosh,
  • Mohammad Qamar and
  • Zain Hassan Yamani

16 March 2021

The preparation of tungsten oxide (WO3) thin film by direct current (DC) reactive sputtering magnetron method and its photoelectrocatalytic properties for water oxidation reaction are investigated using ultraviolet-visible radiation. The structural,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,626 Views
23 Pages

22 January 2023

For the first time, the deposition of CuCrO2 thin films was carried out using a dual-target RF magnetron sputtering technique using Cu2O and Cr2O3 targets. The deposited films were subsequently annealed in N2 ambiance from 600–900 °C. This...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,021 Views
12 Pages

7 February 2023

For a wide industrial application of magnesium alloys, a method for imparting high damping properties while maintaining mechanical properties is required. Controlling the crystallographic texture seems to be useful, because dislocations are known to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,572 Views
11 Pages

Negative Effects of Annealed Seed Layer on the Performance of ZnO-Nanorods Based Nitric Oxide Gas Sensor

  • Pragya Singh,
  • Firman Mangasa Simanjuntak,
  • Li-Lun Hu,
  • Tseung-Yuen Tseng,
  • Hsiao-Wen Zan and
  • Jinn P. Chu

5 January 2022

Nitric oxide (NO) is a toxic gas, which is dangerous for human health and causes many respiratory infections, poisoning, and lung damage. In this work, we have successfully grown ZnO nanorod film on annealed ZnO seed layer in different ambient temper...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,665 Views
19 Pages

14 April 2022

Nowadays, to improve quality of life, to have a more comfortable life, in internal spaces we try to maintain conditions that are free from external environmental influences. Thus, existing as well as newly built houses have adequate interiors maintai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,492 Views
11 Pages

Effect of Annealing Heat Treatment on the Composition, Morphology, Structure and Mechanical Properties of the W-S-N Coatings

  • Talha Bin Yaqub,
  • Abbas Al-Rjoub,
  • Hafiza Ayesha Khalid,
  • Khurram Yaqoob,
  • Filipe Fernandes and
  • Albano Cavaleiro

9 June 2022

Alloyed-transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) coatings have been under investigation as multi-environment lubricants for the past few decades. These coatings display very low coefficient of friction properties at elevated temperatures. Studies on the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,400 Views
13 Pages

Warpage Behavior on Silicon Semiconductor Device: The Impact of Thick Copper Metallization

  • Michele Calabretta,
  • Alessandro Sitta,
  • Salvatore Massimo Oliveri and
  • Gaetano Sequenzia

1 June 2021

Electrochemical deposited (ECD) thick film copper on silicon substrate is one of the most challenging technological brick for semiconductor industry representing a relevant improvement from the state of art because of its excellent electrical and the...

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