Ming Kun Yew、Hilmi Bin Mahmud、Bee Chin Ang 等 4 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
This paper presents the effects of low volume fraction (Vf) of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers on the mechanical properties of oil palm shell (OPS) high strength lightweight concrete mixtures. The slump, density, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength, and modulus of elasticity under variou…
Yu Cao、Xiao-Guang Ren、Xiao-Wei Guo 等 7 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Free surface flows arise in a variety of engineering applications. To predict the dynamic characteristics of such problems, specific numerical methods are required to accurately capture the shape of free surface. This paper proposed a new method which combined the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) technique with the…
Chao Peng、Jianying Yu、Jing Dai 等 4 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
UV radiation is a main factor to reduce the service life of asphalt pavement due to the UV aging of asphalt binder. To obtain enhanced UV aging resistance, an organic UV absorber called 2-hydroxy-4-n-octoxy-benzophenone (HNOB) had been intercalated into an inorganic UV absorber called Zn/Al layered double hydroxide (L…
Thermal Expansion and Ionic ConductivityMagnesium Oxide Properties and ApplicationsLayered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications
Gonzalo Martínez‐Barrera、Carlos Barrera-Díaz、Erick Cuevas‐Yáñez 等 7 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
The development of the packaging industry has promoted indiscriminately the use of disposable packing as Tetra Pak, which after a very short useful life turns into garbage, helping to spoil the environment. One of the known processes that can be used for achievement of the compatibility between waste materials and the…
Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsNatural Fiber Reinforced CompositesAdvanced Cellulose Research Studies
Xiaojing Wang、Ning Liu、San‐Qiang Shi 等 4 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to study the properties of liquid oxidation of Sn-Bi-Zn (SBZ) solder alloys and the effect of Al/P on the oxide film. The results showed that the oxidation film on SBZ surface was in high concentration of both oxygen and zinc. Adding trace amount of Al/P to SBZ alloys (S…
Copper Interconnects and ReliabilityMetallurgical and Alloy ProcessesElectronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies
Turgay Ozdemir、Salim Hiziroglu、Mutlu Kocapınar2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
The objective of this study was to evaluate adhesion strength of four wood species, namely, beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky), alder (Alnus glutinosa subsp. barbata Yalt.), spruce (Picea orientalis L. Link), and fir (Abies nordmanniana subsp.) coated with cellulosic varnish. Samples were prepared in tangential and radia…
J. Porcayo-Calderón、R.A. Rodríguez-Diaz、E. Porcayo-Palafox 等 6 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
The effect of Cu addition on the electrochemical corrosion behavior of Ni3Al intermetallic alloy was investigated by potentiodynamic polarization, open-circuit potential, linear polarization resistance, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in 1.0 M H2SO4solution. Performance of the pure elements (Cu, Ni, and Al)…
Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionHigh-Temperature Coating BehaviorsIntermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties
Ajmal Farooq、Zeeshan Malik、Dongchang Qu 等 5 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
High step-up dc-dc converter is an essential part in several renewable energy systems. In this paper, a new topology of step-up dc-dc converter based on interleaved structure is proposed. The proposed converter uses three energy storing capacitors to achieve a high voltage gain. Besides the high voltage gain feature,…
Qiang Li、Fuan Hua、Jianping Li 等 4 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
The rolling direction (RD) and transverse direction (TD) of AM50 Mg alloy plate were drawn by tensile test while Digital Image Correlation (DIC) was applied to record local strain distribution and evolution. Then, the microstructure in the maximum strain position was observed so as to find the reason causing the diffe…
Magnesium Alloys: Properties and ApplicationsAdvanced Welding Techniques AnalysisMicrostructure and mechanical properties
Elda Montes-Zarazúa、Arturo Colín-Cruz、María de la Luz Pérez-Rea 等 6 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Chicken feathers are composed mainly of avian keratin, a fibrillar protein with a complex structure, and important properties such as durability, hydrophobicity, being chemically unreactive, and depending on the specific function can change its morphological and inner structure. This study takes advantage of these fea…
Sandra Paszkiewicz、Anna Szymczyk、Konstantin Livanov 等 5 位作者2015-01-01eXPRESS Polymer Letters
Graphene nanoplatelets/single walled carbon nanotubes/poly(trimethylene terephthalate-block-poly(tetramethylene oxide) segmented copolymer (GNP/SWCNT/PTT-PTMO) hybrid nanocomposites were synthesized via in situ polymerization. A remarkable synergistic effect between GNPs and SWCNTs on improving thermal and mechanical…
Polymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesGraphene research and applicationsCarbon Nanotubes in Composites
Sílvia D.A.S. Ramôa、Guilherme Mariz de Oliveira Barra、Cláudia Merlini 等 6 位作者2015-01-01eXPRESS Polymer Letters
This work describes the production of electrically conductive nanocomposites based on thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filled with montmorillonite-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid-doped polypyrrole (Mt-PPy.DBSA) prepared by melt blending in an internal mixer. The electrical conductivity, morphology as well as the rheologic…
Polymer composites and self-healingAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConducting polymers and applications
Sonia Romaniega Piñeiro、Mercedes del Río Merino、Cristina Pérez García2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Over the last decade the intense activity of the building sector has generated large quantities of construction and demolition waste (CDW). In particular, in Europe around 890 million tons of CDW is generated every year; however, only 50% of them are recycled. In Spain, over the last years 40 millions of tons of const…
Bomi Sim、H.S. Chae、Hyeunseok Choi2015-01-01eXPRESS Polymer Letters
Polyaniline (PANI)-coated iron oxide (Fe 3 O 4 ) sphere particles were fabricated and applied to a dual stimuliresponsive material under electric and magnetic fields, respectively. Sphere Fe 3 O 4 particles were synthesized by a solvothermal process and protonated after acidification. The aniline monomer tended to sur…
Polydiacetylene-based materials and applicationsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsConducting polymers and applications
W. Liu、Hongxia Guo、Sifan Ji 等 5 位作者2015-01-01eXPRESS Polymer Letters
Bio-alcohol has been promoted as a benign environmental source to solve energy problem worldwide The coupling of pervaporation (PV) and fermentation for bio-alcohol production has received increasing attention because the produced bio-alcohol can be timely in-situ recovered from fermentation using pervaporation techno…
Membrane Separation and Gas TransportSynthesis and properties of polymersMembrane Separation Technologies
C.R. García、J. Oliva、Marı́a T. Martı́n-Romero 等 5 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
This work presents the structural, morphological, and luminescent characterization of pure SrTiO3and SrTiO3:Eu3+powders doped with different europium atomic concentrations from 3.0 to 7.0 a.t.%. Those phosphors were prepared by pressure-assisted combustion synthesis using titanium oxide as precursor and were subjected…
Microwave Dielectric Ceramics SynthesisLuminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsFerroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
Liangjie Weng、He‐Lou Xie、Christopher G. Arges 等 7 位作者2015-01-01eXPRESS Polymer Letters
Reasonably fabricating ordered structures of ionic polymers is very important for the development of novel functional materials. By combining the ions and liquid cry stalline polymer, we successfully designed and synthesized a series of novel combined main-chain/side-chain ionic liquid crystalline polymer (MCSC-ILCPs)…
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsIonic liquids properties and applications
Zhisheng Li、Zongde Liu、Yongtian Wang 等 6 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Fe-based amorphous composite coating was deposited on the carbon steel substrate by arc spraying and then remelted by a plasma remelting system, in order to improve the mechanical properties of the coatings. The composition, microstructure, and properties of the composite coating were analyzed by means of the metallog…
Mamohanoe Patricia Molaba、Duško Dudić、A. S. Luyt2015-01-01eXPRESS Polymer Letters
The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of wax, different Ag nanoparticle contents, and different cooling rates from the melt, on the morphology, thermal and electrical conductivity, and dynamic mechanical properties of iPP. The Ag particles were well dispersed in the polymer, and formed nucleation centr…
Textile materials and evaluationsPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation
Teboho Clement Mokhena、Valencia Jacobs、A. S. Luyt2015-01-01eXPRESS Polymer Letters
Over the past decades, electrospinning of biopolymers down to nanoscale garnered much interest to address most of the millennia issues related to water treatment. The fabrication of these nanostructured membranes added a new dimension to the current nanotechnologies where a wide range of materials can be processed to…
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications