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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…
Yuji Hirose
Suspensions of silica nanoparticles showed shear-thickening profiles under steady shear conditions up on addition of a small amount of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). The suspensions turned into gels upon shaking and their fluidity was recovered several minutes a…
Harry H. Hilton
A recent review publication presented an extensive and comprehensive assessment of the phenomenological relations of Poisson’s ratios (PRs) to the behavior and responses of contemporary materials under specific loading conditions. The present review and analy…
Habauka M. Kwaambwa
The effect of water content on the electrorheological effect (ERE) behaviour of silica dispersions has been investigated. The types of silica powders were fumed silica, precipitated and acid washed silica and colloidal silica. Silica dispersions with a water…
Marwan Faisal, Eman El-Shenawy, Mohamed A. Taha
Spheroidal graphite cast iron GGG 40 was thermo-mechanically tested using thermo-mechanical simulator Gleeble-3500. Three deformation steps were successively applied on test-specimen at temperatures namely; 900°C, 850°C and 750°C within the austen…
Nkwaju Yanou Rachel, Baçaoui Abdelaziz, Kouotou Daouda, Ndi Nsami Julius, Dammi Djimi Estelle Gaelle, Yaacoubi Abdelrani, Louarrat Mehdi, Ketcha Mbadcam Joseph
Activated carbon based oil palm shells were prepared by physical activation using steam which was further grafted with silver. The Response Surface Methodology (Doehlert design) was used to optimize both the impregnation of silver and the atrazine removal. Th…
Rashmi Rani, Seema Sharma, Marzia Quaglio, Radheshyam Rai, Stefano Bianco, Diego Pugliese, Candido Fabrizio Pirri
Sodium potassium niobate (KNN) (K 0.5 Na 0.5 NbO 3 ) nanopowder with a mean particle size of about 20 - 30 nm was synthesized by wet chemical route using Nb 2 O 5 as Nb source. A solution of K, Na and Nb cations was prepared, which resulted in a clear gel aft…
A. Tsiantis, T. D. Papathanasiou
Additive manufacturing, especially in the form of 3D printing, offers the exciting possibility of generating heterogeneous articles with precisely controlled internal microstructure. One area in which this feature can be of significant advantage is in diffusi…
Evy De Bruycker, Maria L. Montero Sistiaga, Fabien Thielemans, Kim Vanmeensel
Selective Laser Melting (SLM) shows a big potential among metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. However, the large thermal gradients and the local melting and solidification processes of SLM result in the presence of a significant amount of residual…
Yasuhiro Shirahata, Takeo Oku, Sakiko Fukunishi, Kazufumi Kohno
Perovskite-type photovoltaic devices with polysilane hole transport layers were fabricated by a spin-coating method. In the present work, poly(methyl phenylsilane) (PMPS) and decaphenylcyclopentasilane (DPPS) were used as the hole transport layers. First, str…
Afaf M. Abd El-Hameed, Yehia A. Abdel-Aziz, Fatma S. El-Tokhy
Anodic oxide coatings on aluminum alloys are used for space environment applications. These provide specific thermo-optical properties to spacecraft surface. Fragments of these coatings lead to generate the contamination in satellites and affect the mission l…
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