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ABSTRACT In order to reduce the environmental impact of the accumulation of synthetic polymer waste, especially in the case of products with a short shelf life, such as disposable diapers and sanitary napkins, this study evaluated the biodegradation of samples of polypropylene (PP) modified with an organic additive fr…
Nanoindentation is used to assess mechanical properties of ordered mesoporous titania thin films with pore sizes in the range of 8–16 nm. Estimates of strut properties are obtained under the standard scaling assumptions widely used in porous media. The inferred hardness and fracture toughness of individual struts are…
Honeycomb‐patterned porous films of poly(ether sulfone) (PES) are prepared via breath figures (BF), in which dichloromethane (DCM) is used as the solvent, although the solubility of PES in DCM is relatively low. It is found that the use of a DCM suspension of PES as the casting solution and the addition of an amphiphi…
An experimental campaign was carried out to study the passivity of steel embedded in Ordinary Portland mortar. Mockup samples made of steel coupons (roughly polished or pre-corroded) embedded in mortar were tested under a relative humidity of 80, 90 and 95% or in a solution simulating the ground water of the French si…
Excellent piezoelectric properties can be obtained near the polymorphic phase transition (PPT) region in (K, Na)NbO3 based piezoceramics. The enhanced piezoelectric properties resulted from the 18-fold spontaneous polarization directions caused by the coexistence of orthorhombic and tetragonal phases. In this study, t…
In this study, localised corrosion properties of the biomedical grade Ti–Nb–Cu alloy and AISI 316 austenitic stainless steel specimens were investigated. Ti–Nb–Cu alloy specimens were produced by powder metallurgy method. Nb was used for beta-phase Ti stabiliser. Beta-Ti phase has low Young’s modulus close to bone, hi…
The damping characteristics of Ti50Ni50−xCux (x = 0~30 at.%) shape memory alloys (SMAs) at a low frequency have been studied using a dynamic mechanical analyzer. The magnitude of the tan δ value and the values of the storage modulus (E0) softening/hardening and the strain variation exhibited in B2↔B19 transformation a…
A metalens, i.e., a dense array of identical resonators, allows to image an object pattern at subwavelength scale from far field radiation field. Here, we show that the efficiency can be improved when the resonant frequencies of the cell are distributed over a given frequency range. Because in such systems each eigen…
Radioactive Waste Management Limited (RWM), formerly the Radioactive Waste Management Directorate of the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA RWMD), has a continuing programme of research and development to support the safe disposal of radioactive wastes in a geological disposal facility (GDF). This paper describ…
Epitaxial (Ba1-xSrx)(Zr0.1Ti0.9)O3 (BSZT, x = 0 – 0.45) thin films were deposited on (LaAlO3)0.3(Sr2AlTaO6)0.35 (LSAT) substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The experimental results demonstrate that the structural, dielectric, and ferroelectric properties of the BSZT thin films were greatly dependent on the strontium…
Magnetic properties of graphite modified at the edges by KCl and exfoliated graphite in the form of twisted multilayered graphene (<4 layers) are analyzed to understand the evolution of magnetic behavior in the absence of any magnetic impurities. The mixed magnetism in multilayer graphene is deconvoluted using…
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), an intrinsic intumescent flame retardant system, able to behave as a char-former, has been melt-blended with an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) at different concentrations (namely, 10, 15 and 20wt.-%). The thermal and fire stability of the obtained compounds has been thoroughly inve…
Intermetallic clathrates are promising candidates for thermoelectric applications. For theoretical investigations of their lattice thermal conductivity, effective potentials for silicon- and germanium-based structures have been developed. To stabilize the fourfold coordinated cage framework, angular dependent potentia…
ABSTRACT Binary polymer brushes, including mixed homopolymer brushes and diblock copolymer brushes, are an attractive class of environmentally responsive nanostructured materials. Owing to microphase separation of the two chemically distinct components in the brush, multifaceted nanomaterials with functionalized and p…
We report the synthesis and properties of a dibenzophenazine discotic dimer, which was found to adopt a folded conformation in solution. This stable π-stacked structure persists at elevated temperatures and in all solvents examined. Folding allows the dimer to assemble into a columnar liquid crystal phase, despite its…
We examine the role of the oxide support in modulating the activity and selectivity of common oxide-supported transition metal heterogeneous catalysts. Using representative models of various supported nanoparticle systems, we use computational studies based on density functional theory to decouple the metal–support in…
High mechanical properties and light weight structures of composite materials and advances in manufacturing processes have increased the use of composite materials in the aerospace and wind energy industries as a primary load carrying structures in complex shapes. However, use of composite materials in complex geometr…
Hydrophobic dendrons based on different branching patterns, viz. 3,5‐di‐ and 3,4,5‐trisubstituted phenyl rings, consist of the same backbone but exhibit different sizes, shapes, and hydrophobic densities. These dendrons are attached to poly(ethylene glycol) and the core properties of the copolymer micelles are invest…
Lean burn aero-engine combustors usually exploit advanced prefilming airblast injection systems in order to promote the formation of highly homogeneous air-fuel mixtures with the main aim of reducing NOx emissions. The combustion process is strongly influenced by the liquid fuel preparation and a reliable prediction o…
Corrosion is among the principal causes of damage and failure in pipeline systems and is linked to various economic and environmental risks. The consideration of corrosion phenomena at the early stages of pipeline system design can help quantify these risks and include risk reduction alternatives in the analysis. The…