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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…
Masao Ohashi
A layer structured titanate Cs 2 Ti 5 O 11 ·(1 + x)H 2 O (x = 0.70) has been prepared in a solid state reaction using Cs 2 CO 3 and anatase type TiO 2 at 900 ° C. Ion exchange reactions of Cs + in the interlayer space were studied in aqueous solu tions. T…
Lev Mourokh, Carine Edder, Wolfgang Mack, Pavel Lazarev, 1 1
We map the requirements and design rules for dielectric materials that target large scale energy storage applications of electrostatic capacitors. The molecular unit ( dielectrophore ) must contain three main components: a polarizable subunit having large ele…
Harekrushna Sutar, Prakash Chandra Sahoo, Prateekshya Suman Sahu, Surajabala Sahoo, Rabiranjan Murmu, Sumit Swain, Subash Chandra Mishra
Our work aims to evaluate a complete outlook of virgin high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) polyblends. Virgin PP of 20, 30 and 50 weight% is compounded with virgin HDPE. The properties like tensile strength, flexural strength, Izod impact…
Konstantin Chuntonov, Boris Verbitsky, Alexey O. Ivanov, Victor L. Kozhevnikov
The development of advanced and cost-effective methods is of prime importance for manufacturers of high purity gases. In this paper a new strategy in the development of gas flow purification technologies is described, where instead of adsorbents reactants are…
Raquel Couto de Azevedo Gonçalves Mota, Emerson Oliveira da Silva, Lívia Rodrigues de Menezes
In this study, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-based nanocomposites consisting of metallic oxide nanoparticles (TiO<sub>2</sub>, ZnO, ZrO 2 ) were obtained from an aqueous solution of 7% PVA, in order to compare the microstructural, and physical properties of biona…
Lam Minh Long, Dang Dinh Long, Nguyen Phuong Hoai Nam, Nguyen Trong Tinh, Sergei Antonovic Chizhik, Nguyen Nang Dinh
With the aim of producing simple and effective transparent conducting electrodes, the conducting polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) incorporated with reduced graphene oxide film (rGO) (called rGO-P3HT) was prepared by spin-coating method. Structural, elect…
Alexey Brykov, Mikhail Voronkov, Olga Nekrasova, Maxim Mokeev
Pyrocatechol (benzene-1,2-diol) acts upon a calcium aluminate cement (CAC) as a very strong set and hardening retardant and a potent plasticizing agent at the same time. By studying CAC-pyrocatechol compositions using different analytical methods it was shown…
Ignacio Rojas-Rodríguez, Alberto Lara-Guevara, Mauricio Salazar-Sicacha, Julio Cesar Mosquera-Mosquera, Minerva Robles-Agudo, Cristian Ramirez-Gutierrez, Mario Rodríguez-García
Metals obtain optimum conditions of metallurgical and physical properties through a heat treatment. Brass is one of the copper alloys which has many applications in everyday life and in the industry. Brass is one of the copper alloys which has many applicatio…
Ernesto Ortiz, José Francisco Valdés-Galicia, Rocío García, Lorenzo M. Martínez de la Escalera, Marcos Anzorena, Lorenzo Martínez-Gómez
Charged particles injected into dielectric material of artificial satellites may cause data flipping, command errors and charges in dielectric material properties. In this work we report the results of an evaluation of rare earth aluminates as possible radiat…
Nikolai Dishovski, Filis Mitkova, Mara Kandeva, Yordan Angelov, Ivan Uzunov, Milcho Ivanov, Dimitar Klissurski
Slips and falls on icy surfaces can cause serious injuries of people. The primary risk factor for slipping incidents is undoubtedly the decreased friction coefficient between the shoe sole and the ice or snow surface. Nowadays environmental protection has bee…
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