Polylactic acid (PLA) is a biodegradable polymer suitable for selective laser sintering, yet the atomic-level sintering mechanisms of plant-fiber-reinforced PLA remain largely unclear. Here, all-atom molecular dynamics simulations are used to investi...
The dissimilar materials bonding of NiTi alloy with shape memory effect (SME) and CuSn10 alloy with good ductility, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity can be used in aerospace, circuits, etc. In order to integrate NiTi and CuSn10 with...
The Al4C3 phase was precipitated via a reaction of graphene (Gr) with Al during selective laser melting (SLM). The interfacial nature of the Gr (0001)/Al4C3 (0001) interface was determined using the first-principle calculation. The simulation results...
The effect of Mn on interfacial Sn segregation during the selective oxidation of Fe-(0–10)Mn-0.03Sn (at.%) alloys was determined for annealing conditions compatible with continuous galvanizing. Significant Sn enrichment was observed at the subs...
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage as high-safety, low-cost, and abundant zinc resources. Compared with conventional zinc foil, zinc powder (Zn-P) anodes display controllable capacity by regulating zinc...
CO and CO2 hydrogenation provide essential routes for linking carbon resource recycling with renewable hydrogen utilization, yet the predictable design of CeO2-based catalysts remains constrained by an incomplete understanding of how CeO2 defect chem...
In this work, we have used TiO2 and SnO2 layers as electron selective contact (ESC) in n-i-p perovskite solar cells configuration. To study and compare the ion migration kinetics of these ESC, CsFAMAPbIBr and MAPbI3-based devices were fabricated and...
For the first time, the interfacial microstructures and hardening mechanisms of a multi-material (MM) 316L stainless steel/Inconel 718 (316L SS/IN 718) interface fabricated by a novel multi-material selective laser melting (MM SLM) additive manufactu...
Interfacial adhesion between selective laser-melted (SLM) AlSi10Mg and polyimide (PI) insulating coatings is often limited by mismatched physicochemical properties. To improve adhesion, Al-rich and Si-rich microstructured surfaces were fabricated on...
The electrochemical properties of ion-exchanger-based solvent polymeric ion-selective electrodes (ISEs)—bulk and interfacial resistance, capacitance, and polarization under a galvanostatic current step—are studied, with a nitrate ISE base...
Some multi-materials produced via SLM and containing 316L steel may exhibit defects and cracks in the interfacial zone. There is a lack of research on 316L/NiTi multi-materials with an interlayer produced via SLM. This study aims to investigate the i...
Recent developments in the field of the breath figure (BF) method have led to renewed interest from researchers in the pore-selective functionalization of honeycomb-patterned (HCP) films. The pore-selective functionalization of the HCP film gives uni...
The development of the additive manufacturing (AM) technology proffers challenging requirements for forming accuracy and efficiency. In this paper, a hybrid additive manufacturing technology combining fusion-based selective laser melting (SLM) and so...
Orientation-dependent performance has been demonstrated in different materials consisting of nanoparticles on substrates. The fabrication of desirably oriented nanoparticles requires knowledge of orientation selection rules. Based on the Wulff–...
Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) offers good hydrothermal, chemical, and thermal stabilities, and is therefore of interest in membrane synthesis. In this work, an interfacial polymerization (IP) method was applied by anchoring ZIF-8 to the sk...
Electrochemical impedance and chronopotentiometric measurements with Na+-selective solvent polymeric (PVC) membranes containing a neutral ionophore and a cation exchanger revealed low-frequency resistance, which is ascribed to Na+ ion transfer across...
Our current study experimentally evaluates the impacts of surface hydrophilicity of supports on the properties of polyamide (PA) thin-film composite (TFC) nanofiltration (NF) membranes. A series of “carboxylated polyethersulfone” (CPES) copolymers wi...
Hydrocarbon biodegradation in cold environments is constrained not only by microbial catabolic capacity but also by interfacial access to poorly soluble substrates and by the way remediation materials interact with microbial envelope-related structur...
Inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs), or p-i-n PSCs, have become increasingly attractive for high-performance perovskite photovoltaics owing to their low-temperature processability, reduced hysteresis, flexible-substrate compatibility and suitabili...
Loose nanofiltration (LNF) membranes with a molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) of about 1000 Da and high surface negative charge density have great application potential for drinking water treatment pursuing high rejection selectivity between natural or...
The technology for measuring cytomembrane ion transport is one of the necessities in modern biomedical research due to its significance in the cellular physiology, the requirements for the non-invasive and easy-to-operate devices have driven lots of...
Polyurethane-modified epoxy crack sealants can combine the cohesive strength of epoxy networks with the flexibility required for asphalt pavement crack repair. However, their selection under different winter pavement-temperature conditions requires a...
We show that halide evaporation during melt growth of
Ultrathin and smooth polyamide (PA) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes have attracted significant interest due to their potential advantages of high permeance and low fouling propensity. Although a layered interfacial polymerization (LIP) technique aided...
As a p-type metal oxide, nickel oxide (NiO) has been extensively utilized for providing a favorable hole transport pathway in organic solar cells (OSCs). To obtain higher crystallinity, a post-annealing process at high temperature is required for the...
TiC/316L stainless steel composites were prepared by selective laser melting. The adhesion work, interface energy and electronic structure of the TiC/γ-Fe interfaces in TiC/316L stainless steel composites were studied to investigate the heterog...
Defect engineering and metal–support coupling provide an effective route to tune interfacial charge dynamics for selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Here, Ti-vacancy-rich Bi4Ti3O12 (BTvO) nanosheets were prepared and decorated with Au nanop...
This study investigated the effect of post-silanization processing on the surface chemistry and dispersion stability of 3 mol% yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (3Y-TZP) nanoparticles intended for the reinforcement of dental photopoly...
A rational design of transition metal catalysts to achieve selective hydrogenation of furfural (FFR) to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) under facile conditions is a promising option. In this work, a series of Ni catalysts were synthesized by contro...
Reliable prediction of interfacial tension (IFT) is critical for optimizing engineering processes like hydrogen separation, high-density energy storage and fluid displacement in underground oil reservoir systems. The goals of this study are: (a) to a...
Lignin-derived chemicals are important renewable building blocks for a sustainable chemical industry, and their selective hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) into cyclohexanol offers a promising route to high-value products; however, efficient C–O bond cl...
Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) has been recognized as an eco-friendly separation system owing to its excellent cost and energy saving efficiency, easy scale-up in the narrow area and mild operation conditions. Membrane properties are the key pa...
Comminution of BCS II APIs below the 1 μm threshold followed by solidification of the obtained nanosuspensions improves their dissolution properties. The breakage process reveals new crystal faces, thus creating altered crystal habits of improved wet...
High water-cut oil production is one of the major issues in the petroleum industry. The present study investigates different profile control solutions, with an emphasis on selective methods and materials that mostly decrease the permeability of water...
Forward osmosis (FO) is a promising separation technology to overcome the challenges of pressure-driven membrane processes. The FO process has demonstrated profound advantages in treating feeds with high salinity and viscosity in applications such as...
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes are technologies used in the oil and gas industry to maximize the extraction of residual oil from reservoirs after primary and secondary recovery methods have been carried out. The injection into the reservoir of...
Hydrogen titanate nanotube (HTT)/graphene nanocomposites are synthesized by hydrothermal reduction of graphene oxide (GO) and simultaneous preparation of nanotubular HTT via an alkaline hydrothermal process. By using this facile in-situ compositing s...
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is one of the most practical and prevalent photo-functional materials. Many researchers have endeavored to design several types of visible-light-responsive photocatalysts. In particular, TiO2-based photocatalysts operating und...
Nanofiltration (NF) is considered a competitive purification method for acidic stream treatments. However, conventional thin-film composite NF membranes degrade under acid exposures, limiting their applications in industrial acid treatment. For examp...
Serpentine, a magnesium-bearing gangue mineral commonly associated with pentlandite, severely impairs flotation selectivity through electrostatic heterocoagulation and slime contamination. In this study, a squaramide-based small-molecule depressant (...
The interfacial properties between the asphalt mastic and fibers plays an essential role in the fiber-enhanced asphalt mixture properties. However, there is a lack of comprehensive studies on the indicators to evaluate the interfacial interaction abi...
Thin-film composite mixed matrix membranes (CMMMs) were fabricated using interfacial polymerization to achieve high permeance and selectivity for CO2 separation. This study revealed the role of substrate properties on performance, which are not typic...
Polyglycerol polyricinolate (PGPR) and polyglycerol-2 dioleate were selected as model surfactants to construct water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions, and the effect of interfacial rheological properties of surfactant film on the stability of emulsions were in...
Remanufacturing damaged components with high-performance materials often produces heterogeneous coating–substrate interfaces, which can substantially influence the rolling contact fatigue performance of repaired components. In this study, the f...
Defect engineering in semiconductor heterojunctions offers a promising route for enhancing the selectivity of photocatalytic CO2 conversion. In this work, a ZnS/gel-derived TiO2 photocatalyst featuring sulfur vacancies introduced via hydrazine hydrat...
Previous coreflooding results and wettability analyses in our group show that injection of naphthenic-acid-enriched water can improve oil recovery over traditional waterflooding. This observation is still a subject of research efforts without a defin...
The interfacial zone between aggregate particles and asphalt mortar presents a significant effect on the strength of an asphalt mixture. In this paper, basalt, limestone, and diabase were selected, and the influence of these aggregates on the mechani...
The failure of resistance spot welds through the fusion zone along the sheet/sheet interface (i.e., interfacial failure) is critical for automotive crashworthiness. This paper investigates the effect of fusion zone hardness on the interfacial failure...
To investigate the influence of secondary crosslinking time on the interfacial insulation performance between crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) and a semiconductive shielding layer, XLPE sheets and semiconductive EVA pellets were selected. XLPE/semicon...
Hydrophilic sucrose esters are widely used in whipped cream, but the relationship between their molecular structure, interfacial behavior, and whipping performance remains unclear. This study investigated three hydrophilic sucrose esters, S1170, S157...
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