Nanomaterials, heralded as the “new materials of the 21st century” for their remarkable physical and chemical properties and broad application potential, have attracted substantial attention in recent years. Among these materials, which c...
Under water, on land, or in the air, creatures use a variety of grasping methods to hunt, avoid predators, or carry food. Numerous studies have been conducted to construct a bionic surface for grasping tasks. This paper reviews the typical biomimetic...
Titanium alloy is widely used in aerospace and other fields due to its low density, high specific strength, corrosion resistance, and other advantages. With the development of selective laser melting additive manufacturing technology, it is possible...
Soccer balls have undergone dramatic changes in their surface structure that can affect their aerodynamics. The properties of the soccer ball surface such as the panel shape, panel orientation, seam characteristics, and surface roughness have a signi...
For a long time, spatial structures have been widely used. However, compared with the high strength of their material, their stability is weak, and especially sensitive to damage and defects. This feature has increased the engineering industry’...
This article presents an analysis of the impact of vibratory shot peening on the surface roughness and physical properties of the Ti6Al4V titanium alloy surface layer after milling. The elements of machine parts and structures made of titanium alloys...
The materials with grain size gradient variation on the surface, which were prepared with mechanical-induced severe plastic deformation, always show high resistance to high and low cycle fatigue and frictional wear because of their good strength&ndas...
Low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been used to investigate the atomic and electronic structure of gold deposited (between 0.8 and 1.0 monolayer) on the Pt...
Nanoporous structures have a great potential for application in electronic and photonic materials, including field effect transistors, photonic crystals, and quantum dots. The control of size and shape is important for such applications. In this stud...
Properties of coal surface and pore structure are important aspects to be investigated in coal preparation and utilization. In order to investigate the limits of different probe methods, a comprehensive approach was comparatively used to probe surfac...
The inner surface of engine cylinder liners has a plateau structure because of being required to have excellent sliding properties. To improve the tribological properties, the plateau surface consists of a smooth plateau region and a valley region wh...
The mineral surface structure and ions’ interaction were of significant interest to understanding mineral dissolution and reaction. In this study, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy combined with ICP emission spectrometer was used to investigate...
This paper presents an experimental study on the nature of permeation properties and pore structure of concrete surface layers containing fly ash. Concretes containing different dosages of fly ash as a replacement for cement (15% and 30% by weight of...
Due to their low cost, suitable working potential and high stability, carbon materials have become an irreplaceable anode material for alkali ion batteries, such as lithium ion batteries, sodium ion batteries and potassium ion batteries. During the i...
This review examines the adsorption of trihalomethanes (THMs) by activated carbon by treating surface hydration and internal pore structure as a continuous and interconnected sequence of phenomena. At pore entrances, an initial hydration layer is fir...
The development of a constitutive model for soil–structure contact surfaces remains a pivotal area of research within the field of soil–structure interaction. Drawing from the Gudehus–Bauer sand hypoplasticity model, this paper empl...
We theoretically compare the photoemission spectra of an Al(111) surface under a short laser pulse using two unidimensional models: jellium and band-structure-based (BSB). We solve the time-dependent Schrödinger equation and project the propagated wa...
Initial defects, for example, those occurring during the production of a rotor blade, encourage early damages such as rain erosion at the leading edge of wind turbine rotor blades. To investigate the potential that initial defects have for early dama...
In the field of homogeneous catalysis, particularly in anti-Markovnikov hydration, sterically demanding phosphine ligand has found to be very effective. Here we report the crystal structure of a phosphine-imidazolium salt which crystallized in monocl...
Model spherical polystyrene particles are studied to understand the interactions of microplastics with organic pollutants. Analysis of the experimental results presented in the literature is complicated since researchers use different types and conce...
Representatives of the hexasubstituted benzene derivatives, also known as hexa-hosts, have been the subject of extensive studies in solution and in the solid state, including the investigation of their ability to act as artificial receptors for vario...
A systematic study was conducted to investigate the distinct mechanisms involved in the formation of the inner surfaces of cylindrical and parallelepipedic-shaped structures. The surface roughness, flatness, and sinking distance were used as key indi...
Titanium alloys with special macro-micro composite structures of directional hydrophobicity are difficult to prepare due to poor thermal conductivity and good corrosion resistance, inhibiting the wide engineering applications for aerospace, marine en...
It is widely recognized that fine surface structures found in nature contribute to surface functionality, and studies on the design of functional materials based on biomimetics have been actively conducted. In this study, polymer thin films with hier...
Dung beetle leg joints exhibit a remarkable capacity to support substantial loads, which is a capability significantly influenced by their surface microstructure. The exploration of biomimetic designs inspired by the surface microstructure of these j...
The high surface accuracy design of a cable-net antenna structure under the disturbance of the extremely harsh space environment requires the antenna to have good in-orbit adjustment ability for surface accuracy. A shape memory cable-net (SMC) struct...
High-resolution photoemission spectroscopy (HRPES) measurements were collected and density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to track the exposure-dependent variation of the adsorption structure of 2-thiophenecarboxaldehyde (C4H3SCH...
To improve the strength properties, adhesion, and the thermal cycling resistance of ceramic coatings, the titanium alloy surface was modified with copper ions under different processing times. It is found that at the maximum processing time, the thic...
The accurate analysis of key components of a spherical hinge structure directly affects bridge quality and safety during construction. Considering the key components of a spherical joint structure as the research object, a refined calculation model f...
Background: The purpose of this review was to analyze and correlate the findings for zirconia implants in clinical, preclinical and in vitro cell studies in relation to surface structure. Methods: Electronic searches were conducted to identify clinic...
A surface nanocrystalline steel layer in the low alloy steel 41Cr4 was fabricated by using mechanical-pulse treatment (MPT) with different deformation modes. The structure parameters, the physical and mechanical properties, the wear resistance, and t...
Shallow coal seam mining results in the formation of various bearing structures in key strata, leading to varying degrees of surface subsidence and severe disruption to the surface ecological environment. To investigate the coupled evolution characte...
A high end-fire gain, low-profile surface wave antenna with capacitive feed structure is presented in this paper. The proposed dielectric-metal surface wave antenna is composed of a dielectric slab that is mounted on a metal carrier and a low-profile...
In general, optical methods for geometrical measurements are influenced by the surface properties of the examined object. In Structure from Motion (SfM), local variations in surface color or topography are necessary for detecting feature points for p...
The development of a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) part is carried out by utilizing many experimental results in deciding the design. For this reason, the development period of a CFRP structure is long and an obstacle for commercialization....
The surface coating properties of turbine blades are highly dependent on the material’s surface roughness, and the femtosecond laser-induced micro-structure can provide a wide range of roughness with periodicity. However, precise control of fem...
This study investigates the structure–property–performance (SPP) relationships of two thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs), FILAFLEX FOAMY 70A and SMARTFIL® FLEX 98A, manufactured by fused filament fabrication (FFF). Disc specimens were...
Calcium aluminates (CA) with a mayenite structure have attracted a growing interest during the last decades. The present paper reports the preparation of vanadia-mayenite composites performed via an impregnation of pure CA with ammonium vanadate solu...
It is expected that the applications of photocatalytic coatings will continue to extend into many areas, so it is important to explore their potential for enhanced functionality and design flexibility. In this study, we investigated the effect of a s...
The study assessed the influence of pyrolysis temperature on the properties of hickory sawdust and peanut shells based biochar, particularly its pore structure, surface functional groups, and adsorption capacity. Results from SEM analysis demonstrate...
To develop eco-friendly and highly efficient fruit and vegetable preservation materials, this study uses the multi-gradient micro–nano roughness structure and bioactive properties of orange peel as a biomimetic model, aiming to construct a func...
The engineering of porous transport layer (PTL)–catalyst layer (CL) interfacial architecture plays a critical role in optimizing the performance of proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs). Particularly, at the PTL-CL interface, ou...
The surface thermodynamic properties of polymers and copolymers modified by supramolecular structures are used in several industrial processes, such as selective adsorption, paints, coatings, colloids, and adhesion applications. Background: Inverse g...
Optimizing the structure of micromixers to improve the mixing efficiency is of great significance for chemical engineering and biology fields. In this study, an optimization of the microchannel in two liquids mixing is carried out based on computatio...
Triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) sandwich structures were proposed based on the TPMSs. The test samples for the TPMS sandwich were prepared using Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) with PA12 as the base material. Their low-velocity impact responses were in...
In this paper we present a computational model for the fluid structure interaction of a buoyant rigid body immersed in a free surface flow. The presence of a free surface and its interaction with buoyant bodies make the problem very challenging. In f...
Near-surface structure investigation plays an important role in studying shallow active faults and has various engineering applications. Therefore, we developed a near-surface structure investigation method using ambient noise in a water environment....
A new meta-surface structure (MSS) with a near-zero refractive index (NZRI) is proposed to enhance the performance of a square loop antenna array. The main challenge to improve the antenna performance is increment of the overall antenna volume that i...
To further enhance the color conversion from a quantum-well (QW) structure into a color-converting colloidal quantum dot (QD) through Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), we designed and implemented a device structure with QDs inserted into...
Engineering the surface structure of semiconductor is one of the most promising strategies for improving the separation and transfer efficiency of charge, which is a key issue in photocatalysis. Here, we designed and fabricated the C decorated hollow...
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