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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…
Mohammed Ameri, Ali Bentouaf, Mohammed Doui-Aici, Rabah Khenata, Fatima Boufadi, Amina Touia
The equilibrium structure and the electronic properties of III-V zinc-blende AlP, InP semiconductors and their alloy have been studied in detail from first-principles calculations. A full-potential linear muffin-tin-orbital (FP-LMTO) method has been used in c…
Kamlesh Pandey, Mrigank Mauli Dwivedi, Nidhi Asthana, Markandey Singh, Shanker Lal Agrawal
In order to obtain highly conductive polymer gel electrolytes for electrochemical devices, Poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVdF) based gel electrolytes namely (100–x)PVdF + xNH<sub>4</sub>SCN electrolyte system has been synthesized by solution cast technique and…
A. I. Ali, Saleh H. Kaytbay
The Electrical properties as a function of temperature were investigated at elevated temperatures (300 K - 800 K) on quenched samples of donor doped La-BaTiO<sub>3</sub> system. The resistivity and carrier concentration increased with increasing temperature.…
Márcio L. Dos Santos, Heloísa A. Acciari, Carla S. Riccardi, Antonio C. Guastaldi
The aim of this work was to evaluate the corrosion resistance of AuPdAgIn alloy, submitted to laser beam welding, in 0.9% NaCl solution, using electrochemical techniques. Measures of the open circuit potential (OCP) versus time were applied to electrochemical…
Alexsandra Rodrigues do Nascimento, Gicélia Rodrigues, Joselaine Carvalho Santana, Anne Michelle Garrido Pedrosa, Marcelo José Barros de Souza
This paper deals a study concerning the synthesis and catalytic application of a series of SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup>/MCM-41 catalysts with different SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup>/Si ratios, in the catalytic esterification of oleic acid, aiming biofuels produc…
Ghassem Kavei, Auppatham Nakaruk, Charles Chris Sorrell
Titanium dioxide thin films were deposited on (0001) α-quartz substrate by spray pyrolysis method. The method which an aerosol of Titanium Butoxide, generated ultrasonically, was sprayed on the substrate at temperature of 400°C, kept at this temperature for p…
Hussein Ali Shnawa
Chemical modification of lignin was carried out by reacted it with HI acid, then the modified lignin treated with calcium hydroxide to prepare calcium-lignin chelating complex, this derivative was examined as thermal stabilizer for PVC, thermal degradation of…
Khaled Hosni, Ezzeddine Srasra
In this study, Mg-Al-CO<sub>3</sub> hydrotalcite was synthesized from a kaolinite as natural source aluminium using two simple methods. The first method uses the kaolinite in natural solid state, the second method use the filtrate of the kaolinite after disso…
Aslam Jamal, Mohammed M Rahman, M. Faisal, Sher Bahadar Khan
Flower shaped antimony oxide (Sb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) microstructures were synthesized in a large quantity via simple solution method using aqueous mixtures of antimony chloride and hexamethylene diamine (HMDA). The morphological characterizations were d…
Ramezan Ali MahdaviNejad
Silicon Carbide (SiC) machining by traditional methods with regards to its high hardness is not possible. Electro Discharge Machining, among non-traditional machining methods, is used for machining of SiC. The present work is aimed to optimize the surface rou…
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