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Materials Sciences and Applications (MSA) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in materials. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of material…
Gopal G. Pethuraja, Roger E. Welser, Ashok K. Sood, Changwoo Lee, Nicholas J. Alexander, Harry Efstathiadis, Pradeep Haldar, Jennifer L. Harvey
We investigated the structural and optical properties of amorphous-SiGe thin films synthesized via a low-cost, high-growth rate deposition method. Films were formed by e-beam evaporation of mixed pellets of Si and Ge. Film composition was varied by changing t…
Irene S. Fahim, Salah M. Elhaggar, Hatem Elayat
The potential usage of virgin Low density polyethelyne (LDPE) reinforced with different concentrations (2%, 5% and 6% by weight) of treated rice straw with different lengths (2 mm, 4 mm and 6 mm) is investigated to produce high value products that have techni…
Fares Kahoul, Louanes Hamzioui, Nora Abdessalem, Ahmed Boutarfaia
The structural and electrical properties of Pb 0.98 Sm 0.02 [(Zr y ,Ti 1–y ) 0.98 ( Fe 1/2 3+ ,Nb 1/2 5+ ) 0.02 ]O 3 ceramics system with the composition near the morphotropic phase boundary were investigated as a function of the Zr/Ti ratio by X-ray diffract…
Hamzioui Louanes, Kahoul Fares, Abdessalem Nora, Boutarfaia Ahmed
The effects of P 2 O5 oxide on microstructure, dielectric and piezoelectric properties of Pb 0.98 Ca 0.02 [{(Zr 0.52 Ti 0.48 ) 0.98 ( Cr 3+ 1/2 ,Ta 5+ 1/2 ) 0.02 } 1–z P z ]O 3 ternary ceramics were investigated. Specimens with various contents of P 2 O 5 fro…
Umesh Khairnar, Sulakshana Behere, Panjabrao Pawar
Thin films of ZnSe have been deposited onto glass substrates at 373 K by thermal evaporation technique. The X-ray diffractogram confirmed that ZnSe has cubic type crystal structure. The lattice parameters of thin films are almost matching with the JCPDS 5 - 5…
Abdul Jimoh, Iakovos Sigalas, Mathias Hermann
Fully densified in-situ reinforced (TiB + TiC)-Ti matrix composites have been produced from TiH 2 -B 4 C mixtures using pressure less sintering or hot pressing technique. With increasing content of reinforcing components the sintering is retarded. The materia…
Rubina Shaheen, Javaid Bashir, Muhammad Nasir Khan
Room and liquid nitrogen temperatures Mn K-edge extended X-ray fine structure (EXAFS) studies were carried out on powder samples of ALaMnRuO 6 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) perovskites. The EXAFS analysis of Mn K-edge spectra showed MnO6 octahedra are distorted. Among the…
Hiroaki Onoda, Taisuke Yamaguchi
As a white pigment, titanium oxide is used for cosmetic application. This oxide is well known to have the photo catalytic activity. Therefore a certain degree of sebum is decomposed by the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight. In this work, titanium phosphates w…
M. J. S. Rocha, M. C. C. Filho, K. R. B. Theophilo, J. C. Denardin, I. F. Vasconcelos, E. B. Araújo, A. S. B. Sombra
A study of the dielectric, magnetic and structural properties of composites based on M-type barium hexaferrite BFO (BaFe 12 O 19 ) and SBN (SrBi 2 Nb 2 O 9 ) is presented. The magneto-dielectric matrix composite (SrBi 2 Nb 2 O 9 ) x (BaFe 12 O 19 ) 100–x , (x…
Andreas Faltermeier, Piero Roemer, Claudia Reicheneder, Peter Proff, Thomas Klinke
The aim of this study was to compare the shear bond strength and Adhesive Remnant Index of four different veneering ceramic materials to metal brackets. Additionally, it should be examined whether it is possible to overcome the etching method using hydrofluor…
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