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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…
Dieunedort Ndapeu, Ebénezer Njeugna, Sophie Brogly Bistac, Jean Yves Drean, Médard Fogue, Josepha Ngenefeme Foba
Water diffusion of two species of coconut shells (CS) nucifera from Cameroon, in the case of drying, was experimentally studied. The experiment was done with the aid of an oven, by the method of gravimetric batch control of the mass of the test samples with t…
T. Ramachandran, N. E. Rajeevan, P. P. Pradyumnan
Micro crystalline materials of BiCoO 3 and Ni 0.5 Bi 0.5 CoO 3 have been prepared by solid state reaction technique. XRD studies of these polycrystalline materials confirmed the cubic structure with 197 I 23 space group. The substitution of nickel in place of…
Yong Sun, Yusuke Hattori, Masamichi Sakaino, Fumio Morimoto, Kenta Kirimoto
Electrical and structural properties of nanocrystalline solids of C 80 fullerene encapsulated with a Lu 3 N cluster, Lu 3 N@C 80 , have been studied by measuring x-ray photoemission spectra, x-ray diffraction, and current-voltage characteristics of the Lu 3 N…
Michel Chaves, Erica Pereira da Silva, Steven Frederick Durrant, Nilson Cristino da Cruz, Paulo Noronha Lisboa-Filho, José Roberto Ribeiro Bortoleto
Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were deposited onto glass substrates by reactive radiofrequency (RF) magnetron sputtering using a metallic zinc target. Optical emission spectroscopy (OES) was used to monitor and control the Zn sputtering rate for the deposition o…
Ayşe Evrim Saatci, Orhan Özdemir, Kubilay Kutlu
Self inversion issue and excess capacitance phenomenon were observed for the first time in relatively thick silicon di oxide (SiO 2 ) in the form of MOS (metal(Al)/SiO 2 /p type crystalline silicon) structure. Both phenomena were based on minority carriers (e…
Yasushi Akutsu, Yoshinari Taguchi, Masato Tanaka
It was tried to prepare composite particles made of polymer and two kinds of solid powders by forming Pickeringemulsion followed by the drying-in-liquid method and to investigate how the stepwise addition of solid powders affected the contained ratio and adhe…
Nara C. de Souza, Marcio N. Gomes, Rafael R. G. Maciel, Romário J. da Silva, Tarquin F. Trescher, Filipe D. S. Gorza, Graciela C. Pedro, Kennedy C. S. Correa, Marcio C. R. Souza, Josmary R. Silva
Medicinal plants have been presented as a valuable source of preservation of human health. In special, Stryphnodendron barbatiman has been employed due to its antimicrobial activity. This plant is rich in tannins and has been used in popular medicine for the…
Wensuo Ma, Dongdong Yin
A unit cell geometrical structure was found with the use of symmetry operations corresponding to the point group C3. Based on the symmetry of space group R 3, a 3D braided geometrical structure was obtained by transforming the unit-cell. The features correspo…
R. Boissiere, P. Vacher, J. J. Blandin, A. Khelil
Lightening structure is one of the goals of many fields of research. As a result, magnesium alloys are studied due to their low density. However, one drawback of these alloys is their low formability at room temperature due to their hexagonal closed-packed st…
Erica Pereira da Silva, Michel Chaves, Gilvan Junior da Silva, Larissa Baldo de Arruda, Paulo Noronha Lisboa-Filho, Steven Frederick Durrant, José Roberto Ribeiro Bortoleto
Zinc oxide (ZnO) and aluminum-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Al) thin films were deposited onto glass and silicon substrates by RF magnetron sputtering using a zinc-aluminum target . Both films were deposited at a growth rate of 12.5 nm/min to a thickness of around 75…
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