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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…
Atsushi Nakahira, Kentaro Nakata, Chiya Numako, Hidenobu Murata, Katsuyuki Matsunaga
Effect of SiO<sub>2</sub> addition on the microstructures of calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite prepared by the heat-treatments was examined. Obtained hydroxyapatites substituted with Si ion were characterized by XRD, FT-IR and XAFS measurements. XANES results…
Nasser A. M. Barakat, Muzafar A. Kanjwal, Salem S. Al-Deyab, Ioannis S. Chronakis
Doping of titanium dioxide nanofibers by silver nanoparticles revealed distinct improvement in the photocatalytic activity; however other influences have not been investigated. In this work, effect of sliver-doping on the crystal structure, the nanofibrous mo…
El-Sayed Youssef El-Kady, Tamer Samir Mahmoud, Ali Abdel-Aziz Ali
To assess the effect of the dispersion of Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> nanoparticles into A356 Al alloy on both the electrical and thermal conductivities, A356/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs) were fabricated using a combination…
Venkata Subba Reddy Channu, Rudolf Holze, Scott Ambrose Wicker Sr., Edwin H. Walker Jr., Quinton L. Williams, Rajamohan R. Kalluru
The electrode materials SnO<sub>2</sub>, RuO<sub>2</sub> and (Sn-Ru)O<sub>2</sub> were synthesized through precipitation method from SnCl<sub>2</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O and RuCl<sub>2</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O solutions. The obtained nano-sized pristine products wer…
Kiran Kumari, Vazid Ali, Gita Rani, Sushil Kumar, G.B.V.S. Lakshmi, M. Zulfequar
Aqueous binary dopant (ZrOCl<sub>2</sub>/AgI) is used in different ratio such as 1:1, 1:2 and 2:1 (w/w) for chemical doping to enhance the conductivity of synthesized Poly (o-toluidine) (POT). The doping of Poly (o-toluidine) is carried out using tetrahydrofu…
Reguig Bendoukha Abdelkarim, Ahmed Yahiaoui, Aïcha Hachemaoui, Mohammed Belbachir, Abdelbasset Khelil
Research on organic solar cells has a craze importance because they show very interesting properties including their flexibility and the opportunity to be made into large surfaces. However, their stability and performance should be significantly improved comp…
U. C Nwaogu, N. S Tiedje
The importance of foundry coating in improving the surface quality of castings cannot be over emphasized. The application of mould and core washes creates a high thermal integrity barrier between the metal and the mould resulting in the reduction of the therm…
George A. Papadopoulos, Elen B. Bouloukou, Elen G. Papadopoulou
The paper investigates the stress state at the bi-material interface crack-tip by the Photoelastic and Isopachic methods and the Finite Element Analysis (FEA). The principal stresses at the bi-material interface crack-tip are theoretically determined using th…
Mohammed Al-Maamori, A Al-Mosawi, Abbass Hashim
This study aims to investigate the possibility of improving the flame Retardancy for the hybrid composite material consisting araldite resin (CY223). The hybrid composite was reinforced by hybrid fibers from carbon and Kevlar fibers on woven roving form (45<s…
Sayed Moustafa, Walid Daoush, Ahmed Ibrahim, Erich Neubaur
Aluminum silicon alloy of composition (Al-25%Si-3%Ni-1%Fe-2%Cu) was atomized using water atomization. The powders were cold compacted in a die to produce green cylinder compacts. Four consolidation processes were applied, namely; conventional sintering at 500…
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