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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…
Hideo Nakajima
Lotus-type porous metals are fabricated by directional solidification of molten metals dissolving hydrogen. Unidirectional pores cause various anisotropic features of mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. Tensile, compressive and fatigue strength par…
Budrun Neher, Md. Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan, Humayun Kabir, Md. Abdul Gafur, Farid Ahmed
The composite materials are replacing the conventional materials, owing to their excellent properties. The developments of new materials are on the anvil and are thriving day by day. Natural fiber composites such as palm fiber (PF) polymer composites became m…
Bruno Leonardy S. Lopes, Samuel F. Rodrigues, Eden S. Silva, Gedeon S. Reis, Waldemir dos P. Martins, Juvenilson Costa Damascena, Valdemar S. Leal
The main objective of this research is to better understand the correlation between the constituent phases presented in the super-duplex steel SAF 2507 when it is under welding process by arc shielding gas MIG-MAG (Metal Inert Gas-Metal Active Gas). Conventio…
Charalambos A. Papatryfonos, Charis R. Theocharis
This paper presents a novel synthesis of well characterized nanoporous materials. The development of mesoporous TiO<sub>2</sub> with the use of crosslinked polymer network as structure and surface texture directing agent is reported in this study. Randomly cr…
Xiaobin Wen, Huantao Yao, Shicai Yang
Sliding wear tests of chilled cast iron tappet-disc and cam-ball tribo-partners were conducted by using ball on disc testing device. Magnetron sputtering CrTiAlN hard coating and Graphite like carbon (GLC) solid lubricant coatings were applied on either one o…
Wiranphat Thodsaratpreeyakul, Putinun Uawongsuwan, Takanori Negoro
In this research, recycled-polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polycarbonate (RPET/PC) blends fabricated by vented barrel injection molding were presented to better understand the effect of devolatilization during molding process. The effect of dried pellets…
Christopher Betzin, Holger Wolfschmidt
In this paper, commercial lithium ion battery cells consisting of graphite based anode and LiNi 0.80 Co 0.15 Al 0.05 O 2 (NCA) oxide based cathode were investigated regarding their aging behavior. The capacity loss is dependent on the state of charge (SOC) wh…
Rakibul Qadir, Fahmida Gulshan
Waste laptop batteries (Type-Lithium ion) have been collected and manually dismantled in the current work. Active electrode materials were scraped off from the copper current collector and polyethylene separators. The aluminum current collectors were found to…
Nnaemeka Chinedu Ngobiri, Kaine Okorosaye-Orubite
Corrosion inhibition characteristics of two biomass derived extracts from outer leaves of Brassica oleracea (BO) and Citrus paradise mesocarps (CPM) on pipeline steel were investigated using modified gravimetric method at ambient temperature (28 ± °C). Petrol…
Norihiro Shimoi, Masae Komatsu, Yasumitsu Tanaka, Kazuyuki Tohji
An active anode material for Li-ion batteries was synthesized using a simple mechanochemical process to minimize the large change in Si volume observed during charge-discharge operation and to compensate for the associated irreversible loss of Li or irreversi…
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