Metal matrix composites (MMCs) are a constantly developing class of materials. Simultaneously achieving a high strength and a high ductility is a challenging task in the design of MMCs. This article aims to highlight a recent trend: the development o...
Composite material uses ceramic reinforcement to add to the metal matrix to obtain higher material properties. Structural design is an important direction of composite research. The reinforcement distribution of the core-shell structure has the uniqu...
An effective model to calculate thermal conductivity of polymer composites using core-shell fillers is presented, wherein a core material of filler grains is covered by a layer of a high-thermal-conductivity (HTC) material. Such fillers can provide a...
Novel core-shell structure hard carbon/Si-carbon composites are prepared, and their electrochemical performances as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries are reported. Three different types of shell coating are applied using Si-carbon, Si-carbo...
Thermoplastic composites have become increasingly popular due to their numerous benefits. To enhance the performance of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites, many research efforts have been made using various types of fillers. However, the high...
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)-based core-shell composites have advanced the development of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) analysis, which originates from the promising structural characteristics of the outer framework material as well as...
Selective catalytic reduction of NO with methane (NO-CH4-SCR) in the presence of excess oxygen was investigated over the synthesized MnH-ZZs-n zeolite composite catalysts with FAU (as core) and BEA (as shell) topologies. XRD, SEM, and NH3-TPD technol...
Two novel core-shell composites SiO2@PMDA-Si-Tb, SiO2@PMDA-Si-Tb-phen with SiO2 as the core and terbium organic complex as the shell, were successfully synthesized. The terbium ion was coordinated with organic ligand forming terbium organic complex i...
Dielectric elastomer (DE) is one type of promising field-activated electroactive polymer. However, its significant electromechanical actuated properties are always obtained under a giant electric voltage, which greatly restricts the potential applica...
Soft magnetic composite (SMC) cores have been obtained by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) using pseudo core–shell powders. Pseudo core–shell powders are formed by a core of soft magnetic particle (nanocrystalline permalloy or supermalloy) su...
The influence of nano-silica (nSiO2) and micro-silica (mSiO2) in the shell and wood fiber filler in the core on the thermal expansion behavior of co-extruded wood/polyethylene composites (Co-WPCs) was investigated to optimize the thermal expansion re...
In recent years, core–shell composite particles with organic polymer as the core and inorganic SiO2 as the shell have attracted widespread attention and prompted robust scientific endeavors. The encapsulation of SiO2 can endow the polymer core...
In order to improve the conversion and transmission efficiency of the photoelectron, core–shell spheroid structure titanium dioxide/cadmium sulfide (TiO2/CdS) composites were synthesized as epoxy-based coating fillers using a simple hydrotherma...
Epoxy resin composites filled with ceramic particles are commonly applied in electrification devices as an electrical insulation. In order to maintain proper functionality of such apparatuses it is crucial to optimize a broad range of properties, suc...
SiCp reinforced aluminium matrix composites (AMCs), which are widely used in the aerospace, automotive, and electronic packaging fields along with others, are usually prepared by ex situ techniques. However, interfacial contamination and poor wettabi...
A core–shell nanowire heterostructure is an important building block for nanowire-based optoelectronic devices. In this paper, the shape and composition evolution induced by adatom diffusion is investigated by constructing a growth model for al...
Supercapacitors have emerged as one of the promising energy storage systems owing to their rapid charge/discharge capability, long-term cycling stability, and high power density. The application of core-shell nanostructures for supercapacitors is one...
Gallium-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs), including AlGaInP and GaN, have become the most widely used light-emitting devices in modern scientific research and practical applications. However, structures like carrier injection layers, active layers,...
Mechanical ball milling is used to produce multi-materials for selective laser melting (SLM). However, since different powders have different particle size distributions and densities there is particle segregation in the powder bed, which affects the...
Novel hybrid magnetoactive composite scaffolds based on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), gelatin, and magnetite (Fe3O4) were fabricated by electrospinning. The morphology, structure, phase composition, and magnetic properties of composite scaffolds wer...
Over the last three decades, the protocols and procedures of the DNA amplification technique, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), have been optimized and well developed. However, there have been no significant innovations in processes for sample dispers...
As an advanced high-temperature structural material, TiAl alloy, is often used in the manufacturing of hot-end components of aviation and aerospace engines. However, it is difficult to increase the strength at high temperature, which limits its wider...
In the current work, we developed a facile synthesis of yolk/core-shell structured TS-1@mesosilica composites and studied their catalytic performances in the hydroxylation of phenol with H2O2 as the oxidant. The core-shell TS-1@mesosilica composites...
The process of the hydrothermal synthesis of hierarchically organized nanomaterials with the core-shell structure with the composition ((CeO2)0.8(Sm2O3)0.2)@NiO was studied, and the prospects for their application in the formation of planar composite...
Boron (B) powder is a promising high-energy fuel but suffers from inefficient combustion due to its native boron oxide (B2O3) passivation layer. Surface coating is a crucial strategy to overcome this limitation. In this study, core–shell struct...
Recently, SiO2 has attracted wide attention in lithium-ion batteries owing to its high theoretical capacity and low cost. However, the utilization of SiO2 is impeded by the enormous volume expansion and low electric conductivity. Although constructin...
The chiral covalent-organic framework (CCOF) is a new kind of chiral porous material, which has been broadly applied in many fields owing to its high porosity, regular pores, and structural adjustability. However, conventional CCOF particles have the...
Sizing agents are essential to address the increasing demands of enhanced carbon fibers (CFs), where increasing interfacial adhesion and the analysis of mechanical properties are achieved for critical engineering applications. In this work, five type...
Aggregation and coalescence are major drawbacks that contribute to polydispersity in microparticles and nanoparticles fabricated from diverse biopolymers. This study presents the evaluation of a novel method for the direct, electrospray-induced fabri...
Epoxy foam adhesives are widely used for weight reduction, watertight property, and mechanical reinforcement effects. However, epoxy foam adhesives have poor impact resistance at higher expansion ratios. Hence, we prepared an epoxy composite foam adh...
An insulating shell on the surface of conductive particles is vital for restraining the dielectric loss and leakage current of polymer composites. So as to inhibit the enormous loss and conductivity of pristine nickel (Ni)/poly(vinylidene fluoride)(P...
In previous works, we reported the fabrication of cotton-wool-like composites consisting of siloxane-doped vaterite and poly(l-lactic acid) (SiVPCs). Various irregularly shaped bone voids can be filled with the composite, which effectively supplies c...
The emulsion polymerization process via which core–interlayer–shell polymer nanoparticles are synthesized is engineered to offer a crucial control of the eventual size and monodispersity of the polystyrene (PS) cores. We examine the role...
The possibility of using light to drive chemical reactions has highlighted the role of photocatalysis as a key tool to address the environmental and energy issues faced by today’s society. Plasmonic photocatalysis, proposed to circumvent some of the...
Composite materials based on low-density polyethylene (LDPE) embedded with iron-manganese nanoparticles with compositions Fe0.9Mn0.1 and Fe0.8Mn0.2 were prepared and investigated. The newly created composites were characterized using transmission ele...
Using bamboo residue and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) as the main raw materials, core–shell structured wood plastic composites (WPCs) with nano-CaCO3 filling shell were prepared by coextruded technology. The effect of nano-CaCO3 contents on...
In this study, we successfully prepared core–shell heterostructured nanocomposites (Fe NWs@SiO2), with ferromagnetic nanowires (Fe NWs) as the core and silica (SiO2) as the shell. The composites exhibited enhanced electromagnetic wave absorptio...
An NbC–Fe composite powder was synthesized from an Nb2O5/Fe/C mixture by electrochemical reduction and subsequent carbonization in molten CaCl2–NaCl. The composite has a core–shell structure, in which NbC acts as the cores distributing in the Fe matr...
Laser additive manufacturing is a promising technique for the preparation of complex-shaped SiC composites. High-quality powders are critical for high-precision laser printing. In this work, core-shell Cf @phenolic resin (PR) composites for selective...
In this research, a nitrogenized shell layer was formed on the surface of Ti powder in a high-temperature N2 environment, resulting in core–shell-structured Ti@TixN powder. Using this as a reinforcement, Ti@TixN/Al composite was successfully de...
Herein we report on novel multiferroic core–shell nanostructures of cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4)–bismuth, sodium titanate doped with barium titanate (BNT–BT0.08), prepared by a two–step wet chemical procedure, using the sol–...
One-dimensional GaAs/InGaAs core–shell nanowires (NWs) with reverse type-I band alignment are promising candidates for next-generation optoelectronic devices. However, the influence of composition gradients and atomic interdiffusion at the core–shell...
Vinyl-capped cationic waterborne polyurethane (CWPU) was prepared using isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), polycarbonate diol (PCDL), N-methyldiethanolamine (MDEA), and trimethylolpropane (TMP) as raw materials and hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) as a...
Because of serious electromagnetic pollution caused by the widespread use of radio frequency equipment, the study of electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials has been a long-standing topic. Carbon fiber and graphene composites have grea...
Since rare earth oxides and hard ceramic particles improve coating quality, a novel Al2O3@Y2O3 core–shell structure was prepared. Then, Ni60A coatings with different amounts (2~6 wt.%) of Al2O3@Y2O3 core–shell structures were prepared usi...
In this research, core–shell structured Fe3O4@MIL-100(Fe) composites were prepared by coating Fe3O4 magnetite with porous MIL-100(Fe) metal-organic framework (MOF) material, which were then utilized as magnetic supports for the covalent immobil...
This work presents a new method to prepare poly(sodium acrylate) magnetite composite nanoparticles. Core/shell type magnetite nanocomposites were synthesized using sodium acrylate as monomer and N,N-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as crosslinker. Microe...
Weak polyelectrolyte chains are versatile polymeric materials due to the large number of functional groups that can be used in different environmental applications. Herein, one weak polycation (polyethyleneimine, PEI) and two polyanions (poly(acrylic...
The application of transition metal oxides/hydroxides in energy storage has long been studied by researchers. In this paper, the core-shell CNFs@Ni(OH)2/NiO composite electrodes were prepared by calcining carbon nanofibers (CNFs) coated with Ni(OH)2...
MoS2 quantum dots (QDs)/CdS core/shell nanospheres with a hierarchical heterostructure have been prepared by a simple microwave hydrothermal method. The as-prepared samples are characterized by XRD, TEM, SEM, UV-VIS diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS)...
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