One of the main failure modes of an insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) module is the reconstruction of an aluminum (Al) metallization layer on the surface of the IGBT chip. In this study, experimental observations and numerical simulations were...
Polymer, especially polyimide (PI), is the best suitable substrate material for the design of flexible electronics. The compact silver can be reduced on the surface of PI films by surface modification and in situ self-metallization technique. The for...
Prior to the laser processing, the surface of the TiC-reinforced particles underwent a metallization process with Ni-P, with the objective of enhancing the wettability between the TiC and the Ti6Al4V, thereby ensuring enhanced wear resistance of the...
The work was devoted to the development of technology for applying metal coatings to the surface of polypropylene products. At the same time, the main stages of the technology were carried out using the influence of electromagnetic waves of light rad...
The liquid metal lyophobicity of a rough substrate was, in previous articles, found to be rather independent on the surface wettability. In this article, we scrutinize the impact of surface wettability of a structured (rough) surface on the liquid me...
The main principles and development of electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) are briefly reviewed. The role of ESCA techniques (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Auger electron spectroscopy) in the investigation of metallic surfaces i...
The cleanliness and functionalization of metal surfaces are critical factors to determining their performance in high-performance microelectronic packaging, reliable biomedical implants, advanced composite bonding, and other fields. Compared to tradi...
Metallic biomaterials are frequently exposed to chemically aggressive environments that may compromise surface integrity and corrosion resistance. Acidic media containing organic acids represent a relevant challenge for metallic systems, as they can...
Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) are considered as one of the most promising energy storage technologies due to their advantages of being low in cost, high in safety, and their environmental friendliness. However, dendrite growth and parasitic side...
In aerospace and automotive applications, composite materials are used as a major structural material along with metals. Composite-metal and metal-metal joining are very crucial in such structures. Adhesive bonding is commonly used for this purpose....
The paper presents the issues of metal surface treatment in fibre metal laminates (FML) to obtain high adhesion at the metal–composite interface. Aluminium 2024-T3 and titanium Grade 2 were analysed. The metal surface modifications were carried...
The detection of surface defects in metal materials has been a challenging issue in the industrial domain. The existing algorithms for metal surface defect detection are limited to a few specific types of defects and exhibit low performance with dete...
All-surface induction heating systems, typically comprising small-area coils, face a major challenge in detecting the presence of a metallic vessel and identifying its partial surface coverage over the coils to determine which of the coils to power u...
Similar to biological muscles, the actuator materials can function as artificial muscles by directly converting an external stimulus in the form of electrical or chemical energy into a mechanical response through the reversible changes in material di...
This review focuses on the surface modification of metallic nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery. Metallic nanoparticles, owing to their unique size, stability, and payload capacity, have emerged as promising drug carriers. However, their applica...
The oral cavity harbors complex microbial communities, which leads to biomaterial-associated infections (BAI) during dental and orthopedic treatments. Conventional antibiotic treatments have met great challenges recently due to the increasing emergen...
The surface scattering property is one of the important indicators of the optical properties of metal materials, which is of great significance for the development, processing, and application of optical devices. The bidirectional reflection distribu...
Fiber Metal Laminates (FMLs), a class of hybrid materials combining the benefits of metals and composites, have emerged as promising lightweight structural materials. Consequently, research interest in FML production technologies is growing. Accordin...
Recently, there has been an increasing emphasis on improving the performance of metal components across various industries, such as automotive, aerospace, electronics, medical devices, and military applications. However, the challenges related to eff...
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...
Metallic biomaterials have been extensively used in orthodontics throughout history. Gold, stainless steel, cobalt-chromium alloys, titanium and its alloys, among other metallic biomaterials, have been part of the orthodontic armamentarium since the...
Metallic biomaterials play essential roles in modern medical devices, but their long-term performance depends critically on protein adsorption and subsequent cellular responses at material interfaces. This review examines the molecular mechanisms gov...
Field’s metal, a low-melting-point eutectic alloy composed of 51% In, 32.5 Bi% and 16.5% Sn by weight and with a melting temperature of 333 K, is widely used as liquid metal coolant in advanced nuclear reactors and in electro–magneto&ndas...
Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) have been extremely popular in recent decades, owing to their superior properties. However, how to improve the surface functions and durability of BMGs has always been a key engineering issue. In this work, a facile laser...
Converting and storing solar energy directly as chemical energy through photoelectrochemical devices are promising strategies to replace fossil fuels. Metal oxides are commonly used as photoanode materials, but they still encounter challenges such as...
A new surface strengthening process: Plasma surface chromizing was implemented on the metallic card clothing to improve its wear resistance based on double glow plasma surface metallurgy technology. A chromizing coating was prepared in the process, w...
This paper presents a comprehensive review of recent advancements in surface engineering of metals, encompassing techniques, characterization methods and applications. The study emphasizes the significance of surface engineering in enhancing the perf...
The detection technology for metal surface defects plays a crucial role in improving metal product quality and production efficiency in various manufacturing and 3-D printing factories. Metal defect detection faces scale variation and irregular shape...
Nanosized noble metal catalysts supported on high-surface-area support are of great importance for numerous industrial chemical processes to mediate reaction pathways in heterogeneous catalysis. Control of surface area and surface energy of nanocatal...
Significant progress was achieved presently in the development of metallic foam-like materials improved by biocompatible coatings. Material properties of the iron, magnesium, zinc, and their alloys are promising for their uses in medical applications...
Two-stage revision is considered the gold standard treatment for chronic periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). During the interim period, between explantation of the infected hip endoprosthesis and revision arthroplasty, individually formed articulat...
Mechanical interlocking has been proven to be an effective bonding mechanism for dissimilar material groups like polymers and metals. Therefore, this contribution assesses several surface pretreatments for the metallic adherent. Blasting, etching, co...
Nickel (Ni) metallization of polyimide (PI) was performed using a solution-based process including imide-ring opening reactions, the implanting of Ni ions, the reduction of catalytic Ni nanoparticles, and the electroless deposition of a Ni film. The...
The aim of the work was to quantify the surface wettability of metallic (Fe, Al, Cu, brass) surfaces covered with sprayed paints. Wettability was determined using the contact angle hysteresis approach, where dynamic contact angles (advancing ΘA...
The surface cleaning of metals plays a pivotal role in ensuring their overall performance and functionality. Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma, due to its unique properties, has been considered to be a good alternative to traditional cleaning...
In the light of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and growing numbers of bacteria with resistance to antibiotics, the development of antimicrobial coatings is rising worldwide. Inorganic coatings are attractive because of low environmental leakage and wear res...
Polycrystalline cBN/copper composite abrasive particles were prepared by an electroless powder coating process. Ti metallization and tin/silver metallization techniques were used to improve the coating process by depositing an autocatalytic metallic...
Aiming at handling the contradiction between power constraint of on-orbit manufacturing and the high energy input requirement of metal additive manufacturing (AM), this paper presents an AM process based on small-power metal fine wire feed, which pro...
Metal contaminants can distort the surface electric field of the tri-post epoxy insulator and cause serious surface charge accumulation, significantly reducing the insulation performance of the insulator under the superimposed DC and lightning impuls...
This paper describes a metal mount RFID tag that works reliably on metallic surfaces. The method proposes the use of commercial label type RFID tags with 2.5 mm thick Styrofoam103.7 with a relative permittivity of 1.03 attached on the back of the tag...
During the machining processes, surfaces are often contaminated by cutting fluids, metallic debris, and residual films, which may compromise subsequent operations (e.g., coating, bonding, or precision assembly). In the present study, the effectivenes...
Real-time measuring and obtaining surface tension of liquid metal during the arc welding process is critical for studying the behavior of the weld pool, such as Marangoni flow and flow velocity. The dynamic variation of surface tension of weld pool d...
High-speed mass-production environments require reliable surface inspection because metal surface defects directly affect product reliability and process stability. Recent automatic surface inspection systems have increasingly adopted RGB image-based...
Metal–polyphenol networks (MPNs) are being used as versatile coatings for regulating membrane surface chemistry and for the formation of thin separation layers. The intrinsic nature of plant polyphenols and their coordination with transition me...
The surface crack, also known as the partly through-thickness crack, is a serious threat to the structural integrity of offshore metallic pipes. In this paper, we review the research progress in regard to surface crack growth in metallic pipes subjec...
Focusing on the influence of fine metal particles on the insulation characteristics of outdoor insulators, spherical micrometer-level iron powders were used to represent fine metal particles of different parameters on a polymer insulator specimen sur...
The surface morphology of lithium metal electrodes evolves markedly during cycling, modulating interfacial kinetics and increasing the risk of dendrite-driven internal short circuits. Here, we infer this morphological evolution from direct-current (D...
Metallic particles attached to epoxy resin surfaces can severely distort the local electric field, degrade surface-insulation reliability, and reduce the partial discharge inception voltage (PDIV), partial discharge extinction voltage (PDEV), and fla...
Palladium and ruthenium nanoparticles have been prepared following the organometallic precursor decomposition methodology, under dihydrogen pressure and in the presence of borane protected P-stereogenic phosphines. NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) mo...
The laser surface modification of metallic implants presents a promising alternative to other surface modification techniques. A total of four alloyed metallic biomaterials were used for this study: medical steel (AISI 316L), cobalt–chromium&nd...
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