Electron emission (EE) from real metal surfaces occurring during sliding contact with a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) rider has been investigated using the thermodynamic data of metal oxides and the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) intensity r...
The Se–Cl interactions in five selenite chlorides (α,β-Zn2(SeO3)Cl2 (sofiite and its polymorph), α,β-Cu5O2(SeO3)2Cl2 (georgbokiite and parageorgbokiite), and KCdCu7O2(SeO3)2Cl9 (burnsite)) have been investigated by means o...
Thin-film transistors (TFTs) made of solution-processable transparent metal oxide semiconductors show great potential for use in emerging large-scale optoelectronics. However, current solution-processed metal oxide TFTs still suffer from relatively p...
Hexanary high-entropy oxides (HEOs) were synthesized through the mechanochemical sol-gel method for electrocatalytic water oxidation reaction (WOR). As-synthesized catalysts were subjected to characterization, including X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fouri...
The objective of this study was to test the influence of selected base metals, which act as oxide formers, on the metal-ceramic bond of dental veneer systems. Using ion implantation techniques, ions of Al, In and Cu were introduced into near-surface...
The photo-induced aerobic oxidation of C–H bonds has become an increasingly valuable strategy in organic synthesis, offering a green and efficient method for introducing oxygen into organic molecules. The utilization of molecular oxygen as an o...
Performing synthetic transformation using visible light as energy source, in the presence of a photocatalyst as a promoter, is currently of high interest, and oxidation reactions carried out under these conditions using oxygen as the final oxidant ar...
The bond coat of a NiCrAlY thermal barrier coating plays an important role in solving the thermal expansion mismatch between a metal matrix and a ceramic layer and in improving the oxidation resistance of the whole thermal barrier coating. However, t...
Amorphization using impurity doping is a promising approach to improve the thermoelectric properties of tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) thin films. However, an abnormal phenomenon has been observed where an excessive concentration of doped atoms increas...
This article provides a discussion on the nature of bonding between noble gases (Ng) and noble metals (M) from a quantum chemical perspective by investigating compounds such as NgMY (Y=CN, O, NO3, SO4, CO3), [NgM−(bipy)]+, NgMCCH, and MCCNgH co...
Development of sensor materials based on metal oxide semiconductors (MOS) for selective gas sensors is challenging for the tasks of air quality monitoring, early fire detection, gas leaks search, breath analysis, etc. An extensive range of sensor mat...
Bonding agents have been developed to improve bond strength between ceramic and Co-Cr metal. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of two bonding agents on bond strength of Co-Cr metal fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM). Bon...
Because the laser powder bed fusion process is generally completed in a confined space and in a very short time, it is difficult to study material oxidation during this process using traditional methods. To address this knowledge gap, in this work, w...
Oxidation of the bond coat during turbine operation leads to additional stresses in the thermal barrier coating (TBC) system that promotes spalling of the thermal insulation. Therefore, the oxidation behavior of a TBC system plays an important role i...
Thermochemical energy storage is promising for the long-term storage of solar energy via chemical bonds using reversible redox reactions. The development of thermally-stable and redox-active materials is needed, as single metal oxides (mainly Co and...
In this manuscript, we use the primary source of geometrical information, i.e., Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), combined with density functional theory (DFT) calculations (PBE0-D3/def2-TZVP level of theory) to demonstrate the relevance of π-h...
Thermocompression bonding for wafer-level hermetic packaging was demonstrated at the lowest temperature of 370 to 390 °C ever reported using Al films with thin Sn capping or insertions as bonding layer. For shrinking the chip size of MEMS (micro elec...
Recent energy research focuses on the efficiency enhancement of supercapacitor devices for multipurpose applications. Several materials have been used as electrode materials to achieve the maximum specific capacitance. The present review article conc...
A comparison study on the reliability of gold (Au) and copper (Cu) wire bonding is conducted to determine their corrosion and oxidation behavior in different environmental conditions. The corrosion and oxidation behaviors of Au and Cu wire bonding ar...
In recent years, it has been found that adjusting the organizational structure of Co3O4 through solid solution and other methods can effectively improve its catalytic performance for the oxidation of low concentration methane. Its catalytic activity...
Plasmonics nanoparticles gained prominence in the last decade in fields of photonics, solar energy conversion and catalysis. It has been shown that anchoring the plasmonics nanoparticles on semiconductors via a molecular linker reduces band bending a...
Gold–palladium (Au–Pd) bimetallic nanostructures with engineered plasmon-enhanced activity sustainably drive energy-intensive chemical reactions at low temperatures with solar simulated light. A series of alloy and core–shell Au–Pd nanoparticles (NPs...
Tri-metallofullerenes, specifically M3@C80 where M denotes rare-earth metal elements, are molecules that possess intriguing magnetic properties. Typically, only one metal element is involved in a given tri-metallofullerene molecule. However, mixed tr...
Molecular dynamics of the interaction between four metal oxides (ZnO, Fe2O3, Al2O3, and CaO) present in zinc-bearing dust sludge and choline chloride (ChCl)-malonic acid (MA)(1:2) was studied in this work using Materials Studio software. The interact...
With the continuous exploration of low-dimensional nanomaterials, two dimensional metal oxides (2DMOs) has been received great interest. However, their further development is limited by the high cost in the preparation process and the unstable states...
Transition metal complexes with β-diketonate and diamine ligands are valuable precursors for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of metal oxide nanomaterials, but the metal-ligand bond dissociation mechanism on the growth surface is not yet clarified in...
Graphene (Gr) has shown great potential in the field of oxidation protection for metals. However, numerous studies have shown that Gr will suffer structural degradation on metal surface during high-temperature oxidation, which significantly limited t...
Nanocomposite powders based on metal-coated graphene were synthesized using an in-situ co-reduction method in order to improve wettability and interfacial bonding between graphene and metal. Graphene oxide (GO) of 2~3 atomic layers was synthesized us...
In this work, the oxidation behavior of an atmospheric plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coating (TBC) system with a thin Al physical vapor deposition (PVD) film deposited over the bond coat is discussed. The TBC consisted of: (i) CoNiCrAlY bond coat sp...
Photoactivatable nitric oxide donors (photoNORMs) are promising agents for controlled NO release and real-time optical tracking in biomedical theranostics. Here, we report a comprehensive density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TDDFT)...
Novel polymer-based piezoelectric nanocomposites with enhanced electromechanical properties open new opportunities for the development of wearable energy harvesters and sensors. This paper investigates how the dissolution of different types of hexahy...
Layered metal composites play an increasingly important role in aerospace, automotive, and nuclear energy. Compared with a single metal or alloy, the layered metal composite exhibits an excellent strong-plastic matching effect. In this paper, multila...
The oxygen vacancy formation behavior and electrochemical and thermal properties of Ba0.5Sr0.5Fe1−xMnxO3−δ (BSFMnx, x = 0–0.15) cathode materials were investigated. For thermogravimetric analysis, the weight decreased from 1.9...
Various carbon dioxide (CO2) capture materials and processes have been developed in recent years. The absorption-based capturing process is the most significant among other processes, which is widely recognized because of its effectiveness. CO2 can b...
In this paper, zirconium–aluminum–oxide (ZAO) dielectric layers were prepared by a solution method with intent to combine the high dielectric constant with a low leakage current density. As a result, dielectric layers with improved electrical propert...
Molybdenum carbide (Mo2C) is a promising and low-cost catalyst for the reverse water−gas shift (RWGS) reaction. Doping the Mo2C surface with alkali metals can improve the activity of CO2 conversion, but the effect of these metals on CO2 convers...
The active layer of metal oxide semiconductor thin film transistor (MOS-TFT) prepared by solution method, with the advantages of being a low cost and simple preparation process, usually needs heat treatment to improve its performance. Laser treatment...
Environmental pollution has been widely considered by researchers, especially the heavy metals damage to the human and ecological environment is irreversible. Adsorption is an important method to remove heavy metal ions from the environment. In this...
The development and improvement of methods for the synthesis of environmentally friendly catalysts based on base metals is currently an urgent and promising task of modern catalysis. Catalysts based on nanoscale magnetite and maghemite have fast adso...
Graphitic carbon nitride is recognized as a very promising support structure to anchor single atoms and small, sub-nanometric metal clusters, with vast applications in catalysis. In the current manuscript, we aim to study the geometry and electronic...
Metal oxide titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles were synthesized by using a simple and economical sol-gel method. The prepared nanoparticles were used to evaluate methylene blue dye degradation and as catalysts in the oxidation of benzaldehyde. The...
Polymer-bonded Nd–Fe–B and Sm–Fe–N magnets have excellent magnetic properties, but their corrosion resistance is inferior. Polymer-bonded magnets, the binary alloys Nd–Fe and Sm–Fe, and the metals Fe, Nd, and Sm we...
The femtosecond laser direct writing of metals has gained significant attention for micro/nanostructuring. Copper (I) oxide nanospheres (NSs), a promising material for multi-photon metallization, can be reduced to copper (Cu) and sintered through nea...
Ab initio density functional theory was used to investigate the adsorption of oxygen molecule on the nickel-rich pentlandite (110) surface, which is important for mineral extraction. The three most reactive adsorption sites: Fe-top, Ni-top, and fcc-h...
1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethene (FOX-7) an insensitive high-energetic compound, has rarely been reported previously with respect to combustion performance. In order to quickly apply it to propellants, the thermal decomposition behaviors of FOX-7 should...
The term graphene was coined using the prefix “graph” taken from graphite and the suffix “-ene” for the C=C bond, by Boehm et al. in 1986. The synthesis of graphene can be done using various methods. The synthesized graphene w...
It has been proposed that late transition metals with low coordination numbers (square planar or linear) can act as nucleophiles and participate in σ-hole interactions as electron donors. This is due to the existence, in this type of metal comp...
The efficient removal of pollutants from different environments has been one of the great challenges for scientists in recent years. However, the understanding of the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon is still the subject of passionate debates, m...
This work presents an energy-efficient, cheap, and rapid production method of a metal–ceramic preform with open porosity suitable for liquid metal infiltration and filtration applications. It is based on cold isostatic pressing of a mixture of...
In this work, we investigated the catalytic effects of a Sharpless dimeric titanium (IV)–tartrate–diester catalyst on the epoxidation of allylalcohol with methyl–hydroperoxide considering four different orientations of the reacting...
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