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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…
Alexey Brykov, Anna Anisimova, Natalia Rozenkova
An ability of aluminum-bearing substances-amorphous aluminum hydroxide, aluminum sulphate and basic aluminum sulphate to mitigate alkali-silica reactions in Portland cement mortars has been studied. At equivalent dosages in terms of Al 2 O 3 , these substance…
Messaouda Debieche, Farid Kaoua
The interest in environment has recently considerably grown, and its protection is now included in the continuous action of the governments and the industries. In Algeria, the different types of waste are currently produced in almost 3.000 illegal dumps, occu…
Ernesto Suaste-Gómez, Carlos O. González Morán, Omar Terán-Jiménez, Héctor Reyes-Cruz
Recently, a new PLZT bulk single plate, called ceramic-controlled piezoelectric with two Platinum wires (CCP2) has been produced; this CCP2 has two (250 μm of diameter and 1 cm long) Platinum-wire implants. This unconventional isolation device for use with di…
Isai Rosales, Gonzalo Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Jose Luis Gama, Rene Guardian
Al-Sn alloys were produced by the induction melting method with different Bi additions. Microstructure shows grains 130 μm average size. Fracture toughness and hardness tests have shown that ternary alloying elements present significantly affected the samples…
Kirsten Bobzin, Nazlim Bagcivan, Tobias Brögelmann, Tobias Münstermann
The increasing demand on high quality optical systems with complex geometries, low tolerances and a low installation space necessitates new replicative production systems for complex optical glass elements. The technology precision blank moulding shows promis…
Saria A. Al Safi, Thanaa M. Al Mouamin, Wadhah N. Al Sieadi, Khalid E. Al Ani
The photodegradation of irradiated thin films of poly (para-methylstyrene) with 265 nm radiations in the presence of airand as a function of irradiation time has been studied using UV-VIS , fluorescence and FT-IR Spectroscopic techniques. The influence of pht…
Hamdy T. Shaban, Melaad K. Gergs
AgInSe 2 crystals were grown by Bridgman technique. The crystals were identified structurally by X-ray diffraction technique. Measurements of electrical conductivity and Hall effect were performed in the temperature range (138 K - 434 K) and (220 K - 488 K) f…
Rakdiaw Muangma, Voravit Kosalathip, Taswal Kumpeerapun, Pichet Limsuwan
P-type Bi 0.45 Sb 1.55 Te 3 thermoelectric material was synthesized using cold pressing process. The obtained sample was prepared in the form of pellet with a diameter of 10 mm and 2 mm thick and used as a target for laser ablation. The laser source was a pul…
Makoto Iwase, Atsushi Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Akiyama, Takeo Oku
Organic solar cells using poly (copper phthalocyanine), copper tetrakis (4-cumylphenoxy) phthalocyanine, copper phthalocyanine and titanyl phthalocyanine were fabricated and characterized. Photovoltaic properties of the solar cells with inverted structures we…
Kazushi Yamada, Yasuyuki Tsuboi
Recently, nanostructures such as nanocrystals and nanoaggregates have attracted much attention in many quarters of materials, electronics, and biology to create higher-value-added functional nanoscale materials and films. In this research, the fabrication of…
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