The joining of lead-free Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu (SAC305) solder alloy to metal substrate with the addition of a porous Cu interlayer was investigated. Two types of porous Cu interlayers, namely 15 ppi—pore per inch (P15) and 25 ppi (P25) were sandwiched in b...
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions have attracted much attention for increasing concern on the quality of the atmospheric environment. In view of NO decomposition in the cement production process, the preparation of Cu-Al/SiO2 porous material and its eff...
Macro-porous alumina was used as a support for a pellet-type Cu-based desulfurization sorbent in the gas purification process for producing blue hydrogen by the gasification of petroleum coke. The effects of the macro-porous alumina on the pellet-typ...
Through free corrosion, a new low cost porous material was successfully fabricated by removing a single phase of a binary aluminum-copper alloy. This selective phase dissolution was carried out an Al-Al2Cu eutectic alloy of the Al-Cu binary system an...
The development of biomass-waste-derived functional porous materials can support resource-conscious strategies for environmental remediation. In this study, Cu-SSZ-13 porous catalysts were prepared from rice husk ash as a biomass-derived silica sourc...
An activation reaction sintering process was utilized to produce Cr-Cu-Mo-Ni porous alloys. Subsequently, weight loss measurements and electrochemical methods were applied to investigate the effect of Cr content ranging from 10wt% to 30wt% on the cor...
Small porous Cu-SSZ-13 catalysts have recently been commercialized for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with ammonia (NH3-SCR) on diesel vehicles. Unfortunately, the conventional Cu-SSZ-13 catalyst still confronts the challenge of diffusion l...
This study proposes a low-temperature transient liquid phase bonding (TLPB) method using Sn58Bi/porous Cu/Sn58Bi to enable efficient power-device packaging at high temperatures. The bonding mechanism is attributed to the rapid reaction between porous...
The electroreduction of CO2 (CO2RR) is a promising and environmentally sustainable approach to closing the carbon cycle. However, achieving high activity and selectivity for multicarbon (C2₊) products remains a significant challenge due to the...
Additive manufacturing techniques, such as selective laser melting (SLM), enable the production of intricate and integrated components made from metallic materials with inherent porosity. The pores, typically perceived as defects, are commonly observ...
With the porous medium-filling inclined channels, we investigate the nanoparticle sphericity of Cu-Al2O3-H2O hybrid nanofluid flows. We consider the constant flow rate through the channels as well as the uniform heat flux on wall channels. We provide...
Municipal sewage sludge (MSS) and hazelnut shells were selected for co-pyrolysis and chemically activated with K2CO3 in a N2 atmosphere. The biochar was then modified by photocatalysis. Hazelnut shells, as a solid waste, were selected as a carbon sou...
Nanostructuring of metals is nowadays considered as a promising strategy towards the development of materials with enhanced electrochemical performance. Porous and fully dense CuNi films were electrodeposited on a Cu plate by electrodeposition in vie...
Porous C nanosheet/Cu2S composites were prepared using a simple self-template method and vulcanization process. The Cu2S nanoparticles with an average diameter of 140 nm are uniformly distributed on porous carbon nanosheets. When used as the anode of...
At present, it is urgent to synthesize highly active ozone decomposition catalysts to cope with the ever-increasing ozone concentration in the atmosphere. In this study, a highly porous Cu2O catalyst was prepared by using combined surfactants of trib...
A super-porous hybrid platform can offer significantly increased number of reaction sites for the analytes and thus can offer advantages in the biosensor applications. In this work, a significantly improved sensitivity and selectivity of hydrogen per...
The structures and applications of metal-organic framework materials (MOFs) have been attracting great interest due to the wide variety of possible applications, for example, chemical sensing, separation, and catalysis. N-[3-(Trimethoxysilyl)propyl]e...
Electromigration tests of SnAg solder bump samples with 15 μm bump height and Cu under-bump-metallization (UBM) were performed. The test conditions were 1.45 × 104 A/cm2 at 185 °C and 1.20 × 104 A/cm2 at 0 °C. A porous Cu3Sn intermetallic compound (I...
Humic acid (HA) and iron oxide (such as Fe3O4) nanoparticles are widely distributed in soil, and their complex embedded in soil might affect the transport and fate of Cu2+ in the vadose zone, while Cu2+ is a serious threat to the underlying groundwat...
A porous Cu (P-Cu) mesh was used as a current collector and its morphological effect on the supercapacitor performance was investigated. A porous surface was obtained by thermally annealing the Cu mesh using ammonia gas. Hierarchically porous activat...
Novel porous magnetic soft materials (pMSMs) based on a poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) porous matrix filled with CuNi nanoparticles (NPs) of around 70 nm were synthesized. Initially, magnetic CuNi NPs were fabricated by the reduction of Ni and Cu ions wi...
The manufacturing of semiconducting films using solution-based approaches is considered a low cost alternative to vacuum-based thin film deposition strategies. An additional advantage of solution processing methods is the possibility to control the l...
Porous Copper (Cu) was brazed to Cu plates using Cu-9.7Sn-5.7Ni-7P amorphous filler metal. The effects of brazing parameters on the porous Cu and brazed joints were investigated. The furnace brazing temperatures employed were 660 °C and 680 °...
Porous Cu bodies with complex shapes were fabricated by freeze-casting and vacuum sintering water-based CuO slurry. The sintered bodies showed no noticeable macroscopic defects and good shape tolerance. The interconnected pore tunnels were observed b...
Porous 3D Cu layers with the following average parameters: thickness ~35 µm, pore density ~4.0 × 106 cm−2, and pore sizes ~25 µm were electrodeposited from an acidic sulphate electrolyte, and the suitability of different elect...
Porous copper (Cu), with varying porosities, has been made using carbamide as a space holder through the powder metallurgy route. Two shapes of carbamide particles were used, (i) needlelike and (ii) spherical, in order to investigate the effect of th...
This work is devoted to the physical and mechanical properties of porous alloys based on TiNi alloyed with different amounts of Cu additive. We show that by doping a porous TiNi alloy with copper instead of nickel, it is possible to obtain characteri...
In this study, Cu-2.2 at. % Nd alloy films using a co-sputtering deposition method were directly deposited onto porous low-dielectric-constant (low-k) films (SiOCH). The effects of CuNd alloy film on the electrical properties and reliability of porou...
The purpose of the study is to investigate the (Au-Cu)/Water and (Au-Cu)/Ethylene glycol hybrid nanofluids flow and heat transfer through a linear stretching porous plate with the effects of thermal radiation, ohmic heating, and viscous dissipation....
Porous Cu/Cu2O catalytic materials with a unique pore structure were successfully synthesized via a one-step solvothermal method using Cu-MOF-74 as the intermediate, followed by induced collapse and oxidation. The structural properties and catalytic...
In this paper, we report a complete solution for enhanced sludge treatment involving the removal of toxic metal (Cu(II)) from waste waters, subsequent pyrolytic conversion of these sludge to Cu-doped porous carbon, and their application in energy sto...
Natural convection heat transfer in a porous annulus filled with a Cu nanofluid has been investigated numerically. The Darcy–Brinkman and the energy transport equations are employed to describe the nanofluid motion and the heat transfer in the porous...
Metallic porous microtubes were obtained from commercial wires (200–250 µm diameter) of Cu-65Ni-2Fe, Cu-44Ni-1Mn and Cu-23Ni, alloys (wt. %) by surface oxidation at 1173 K in air, removal of the unoxidized core by chemical etching, and reduction in a...
This paper presents a highly efficient porous adsorbent PGMA-N prepared through a series of amination reactions between polyglycidyl methacrylate (PGMA) and different polyamines. The obtained polymeric porous materials were characterized using Fourie...
In our previous study, a novel barrier processing on a porous low-dielectric constant (low-k) film was developed: an ultrathin Mn oxide on a nitrogen-stuffed porous carbon-doped organosilica film (p-SiOCH(N)) as a barrier of the Cu film was fabricate...
Graphene oxide (GO) is likely to encounter heavy metals due to its widespread use and inevitable release into the subsurface environment, where the ubiquitous presence of iron oxides (e.g., hematite) would affect their interaction and transport. The...
In this work, a dealloying technique is proposed as a synthesis method to obtain highly porous Nickel electrodes starting from Ni-Cu co-deposit: pulsed corrosion is applied adopting different corrosion and relaxation times. Different morphologies, po...
Porous structured silicon or porous silicon (PS) powder was prepared by chemical etching of silicon powder in an etchant solution of HF: HNO3: H2O (1:3:5 v/v). An immersion time of 4 min was sufficient for depositing Cu metal from an aqueous soluti...
Due to its extremely high theoretical mass specific capacity, silicon is considered to be the most promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, serious volume expansion and poor conductivity limit its commercial application. He...
The electrochemical conversion of CO2 into value-added chemicals is a promising approach for addressing environmental and energy supply problems. In this study, electrochemical CO2 catalysis to ethanol is achieved using incorporated Cu/CuxO nanoparti...
The effective removal of uranium from an aqueous solution is a highly valuable process for the environment and health. In this study, we developed a facile and rapid method to synthesize hierarchically porous Cu-BTC (RT-Cu-BTC) using a cooperative te...
The vibrations in functionally graded porous Cu-Si microcantilever beams are investigated based on physical neutral plane theory, modified coupled stress theory, and scale distribution theory (MCST&SDT). Porous microcantilever beams define four p...
Driven by the rapid development of deep-space exploration, artificial intelligence, and new energy vehicles, the integration density of power devices has been significantly improved, creating an urgent demand for electronic packaging interconnection...
In this study, a porous titanium zirconium (TiZr)-based bulk metallic foam was successfully fabricated using the Cu spacer by employing the hot press method. TiZr-based bulk metallic foams with porosities ranging from 0% to 50% were fabricated and an...
The electrolysis of water is an efficient and environmentally friendly technology for large-scale hydrogen production. However, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) involves a multi-electron–proton coupling transfer step that limits the efficien...
The catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol is significantly important both practically and scientifically for the reduction in CO2 emissions. Furthermore, it can partially address the issue of human reliance on non-renewable resources. Th...
The use of experimental relations to approximate the efficient thermophysical properties of a nanofluid (NF) with Cu nanoparticles (NPs) and hybrid nanofluid (HNF) with Cu-SWCNT NPs and subsequently model the two-dimensional pulsatile Casson fluid fl...
Cu-based nanomaterials have been widely considered to be promising electrocatalysts for the direct conversion of CO2 to high-value hydrocarbons. However, poor selectivity and slow kinetics have hindered the use of Cu-based catalysts for large-scale i...
Porous ceramic membranes (PCMs) are considered as an efficient hot gas filtration material in industrial systems. Functionalization of the PCMs with high-efficiency catalysts for the abatement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during dust eliminat...
Highly porous low-dielectric-constant (low-k) dielectric materials with a dielectric constant (k) less than 2.50 are needed for 32 nm and beyond technological nodes. In this study, a highly porous low-k dielectric film with a k value of 2.25, open po...
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