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Spatially inhomogeneous distributions of current density and temperature in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) can contribute significantly to electrode degradation, thermomechanical stresses, and reduced efficiency. A combined experimental and modeling study of the spatial distribution of electrochemistry was performed in…
The high-pressure behavior of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanotube has been investigated to 38.7 GPa by in situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell at room temperature. The transformation from the hexagonal wurtzite (B4) to the cubic rocksalt (B1) phase started at 10.5 GPa and completed at 18.4 GPa. The initial…
We present a facile route to deposit a uniform Al2O3 layer on a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface using atomic layer deposition (ALD). Al2O3 layers deposited from TMA (trimethylaluminum)/ H2O chemistry showed selective deposition only on step edges. However, TMA/O3 chemistry resulted in the deposition…
Spherical gold (Au) nanoparticles are formed onto glass surface by sputtering of Au foil and the following annealing process. By employing electric field assisted annealing of above as-prepared samples, the original spherical Au nanoparticles are dissolved to lunar-eclipselike structure and even fully dissolved. When…
Abstract An investigation of the properties of the blends of nylon 6 (PA6) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) with varying degrees of hydrolysis was conducted. A near disappearance of the characteristics of the α‐form PVA crystals, crystallization exotherms, and hydrogen‐bonded hydroxyl groups and the tensile properties or…
Abstract Starch based thermoplastic composites reinforced by short sisal fibers having length less than 1 mm were fabricated by extrusion followed by compression molding. The sisal fiber content varied from 0 to 10% w/w keeping the amount of glycerol (plasticizer) as constant (23% w/w). Investigation proved that an in…
The dynamics and pathways for excited-state energy transfer in three dyads and five triads composed of combinations of zinc, magnesium, and free base porphyrins (denoted Zn, Mg, Fb) connected by p-phenylene linkers have been investigated. The processes in the triads include energy transfer between adjacent nonequivale…
The development and analysis of electrical and electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of titanium carbide (TiC)-coated carbon nanofiber (CNF) reinforced liquid crystalline polymer composites are presented. The studied samples consisted of different weight percentages (5, 10, and 15 wt %) of CNFs distribu…
We describe the preparation of nanostructured polymeric materials by polymerizing a monomer within a scaffold composed of self-assembled nanofibrils. 1,3:2,4-Dibenzylidene sorbitol (DBS) is an inexpensive sugar derivative that can form nanofibrillar networks in a variety of organic solvents at relatively low concentra…
Abstract A novel organic montmorillonite, which could act as both polycondensation catalyst of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and filler of PET/clay nanocomposites, was prepared. Original montmorillonite was first treated with different amounts of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), and then intercalated by TiO 2 /SiO 2…
Versa Power Systems (VPS) is a developer of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) for clean power generation. VPS has been working with its development partner FuelCell Energy within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy's Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) program to apply SOFC technology in…
We present studies of magnetic and transport properties of Ge1−x−ySnxMnyTe mixed crystals with chemical compositions 0.083≤x≤0.142 and 0.012≤y≤0.119. The transport characterization measurements were performed at temperatures 4.2<T<300 K. The results showed feature characteristic for narrow gap semiconduc…
Abstract The isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of nylon 1111 was extensively studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The equilibrium melting temperature of nylon 1111 was determined to be 188°C. In this article, the Avrami equation was used to describe the isothermal crystallization…
Abstract Biofilms on metal surface in an aqueous environment is a complex electrochemical system. The heterogeneous electrochemical characteristics of biofilm/metal interface and local electrochemical techniques used for this purpose are discussed in this work. The techniques presented in this work include microelectr…
Wire-diameter dependencies were investigated using microwire sample arrays with diameters from 2 to 25 μm and polycrystalline bulk bismuth. Seebeck coefficient and resistivity were measured from 50 to 300 K. Although the temperature dependence of the Seebeck coefficients of all samples were similar to that of the bulk…
We theoretically demonstrate negative refraction and subwavelength resolution below the diffraction limit in the UV and extreme UV ranges using semiconductors. The metal-like response of typical semiconductors such as GaAs or GaP makes it possible to achieve negative refraction and superguiding in resonant semiconduct…
Planar microscale ionization devices that operate in atmospheric air have been developed out of highly graphitic polycrystalline diamond (HGPD). The devices have been fabricated on both silicon and quartz substrates with electrode gaps ranging from 5 to 20 µm. Experiments show that the HGPD devices operate in the pre-…
We demonstrate an intriguing liquid crystal display (LCD) mode that comprises an optically isotropic LC composite incorporating in-plane electric field geometry. No surface treatment, such as rubbing, is required to fabricate the LCD mode because it is based on an isotropic state. The measured response time is of subm…
To study the phase stability and the phase transformation behavior in the nanocrystalline (NC) stoichiometric alloys, a thermodynamic model has been developed in the present paper. Using the NC Sm–Co alloy as an example, the thermodynamic properties of various phases in the alloy system were evaluated systematically.…
In this paper, the contribution of the domain walls motion to the dielectric and piezoelectric responses for the 0.65Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3-0.35PbTiO(3) system is investigated. A monotonically increasing temperature dependence of the dielectric permittivity is observed from very low temperatures up to the ferroelectric-par…