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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…
T. Ohishi, S. Sugawara
Preparation and photo-patterning characteristics of organic-inorganic hybrid thin film containing latent pigment by using photo-acid-generator (PAG) and microwave irradiation have been investigated. The acrylic thin film modified with methoxysilane containing…
Thomas Jansen, Thomas Jüstel
Yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) and Lutetium aluminum garnet (LuAG) doped with Ce 3+ are widely applied phosphor powders or ceramics for the conversion of blue into green to yellow light in the rapidly expanding market of white light emitting high power LEDs. S…
Ezgi Günay, Hamad Golmohammadi, Şükrü Tayfun Kaya
This study is mainly focused on the 3D mechanical cell deformations of 20 × 20 × 60 mm sized softwood specimens under 35 - 40 MPa compression loading at room temperature of 20?C. The moisture content of the specimens was 6% - 7%. The data of microscopic image…
Vamoussa Coulibaly, Joseph Sei, Léon Konan Koffi, Samuel Oyetola, El-Aïd Jdid, Fabien Thomas
Clay materials of the quarry of Bingerville (district of Abidjan) have been characterized by chemical analysis, X-rays diffraction, infrared spectroscopy and thermal analysis. These materials contain kaolinite (41% - 84%), illite (4% - 10%), quartz (14% - 27%…
Krzysztof Z. Sokalski, Bartosz Jankowski, Barbara Ślusarek
New algorithm for optimizing technological parameters of soft magnetic composites has been derived on the base of topological structure of the power loss characteristics. In optimization magnitudes obeying scaling, it happens that one has to consider binary r…
Rayaa Wananuruksawong, Thanakorn Wasanapiarnpong, Nirada Dhanesuan, Pavinee Padipatvuthikul Didron
Silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ) ceramic is an attractive material for dental applications, especially used as a dental core material, due to its unique properties including high fracture toughness, high strength, high wear resistance and non-cytotoxicity. In this…
Quianna S. Johnson, Matthew Edwards, Josh Herring, Michael Curley
The sol-gel method is a novel technique for the preparation of thin films. In this research, gadolinium oxide (Gd 2 O 3 ) and gadolinium oxide europium doped (Gd 2 O 3 :Eu 3+ ) films prepared via the sol-gel and dip coating methods were investigated. In addit…
Tayyar D. Dzhafarov, Sureyya Aydin Yuksel, Mustafa Aydin
The objective of the paper is to report results on fabrication, structural, morphological and performance characteristics of novel TiO 2 /PS/Si, Au/TiO 2 /PS/Si and Au/PS/Si direct ammonia fuel cells (DAFC) using nanoporous silicon (PS) as proton conducting m…
Shinji Ochi
This paper describes the mechanical properties of the composite materials produced using long bamboo fiber and bamboo powder. Bamboo fiber and powder can be hot press-molded much like plastic materials, and the use of these materials in place of plastic produ…
Byung-Sub Kang, Kwang-Pyo Chae, Haeng-Ki Lee
We investigated the electronic and magnetic properties for O or Zn defect of (Cu, N) or (Cu, F)-co- doped ZnO with the concentration of 2.77% - 8.33% by using the first-principles calculations. The ferromagnetic coupling of Cu atoms in (Cu, N)-codoped ZnO can…
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