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Impact of surface coating on electrochemical and thermal behaviors of a Li-rich Li1.2Ni0.16Mn0.56Co0.08O2 cathode
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2020 , Article)Lithium-rich layered oxide materials are considered as potential cathode materials for future high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) owing to their high operating voltage and relatively high specific capacity. ... -
Impact of the Processing-Induced Orientation of Hexagonal Boron Nitride and Graphite on the Thermal Conductivity of Polyethylene Composites
( MDPI , 2023 , Article)Emergent heat transfer and thermal management applications require polymer composites with enhanced thermal conductivity (κ). Composites filled with non-spherical fillers, such as hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and Graphite ... -
Impact Toughness Enhancement of Melt Treated Al-Si-Mg Cast Alloy
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Improved electrochemical performance of SiO2-coated Li-rich layered oxides-Li1.2Ni0.13Mn0.54Co0.13O2
( Springer , 2020 , Article)Lithium-rich layered oxides (LLOs) such as Li1.2Ni0.13Mn0.54Co0.13O2 are suitable cathode materials for future lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Despite some salient advantages, like low cost, ease of fabrication, high capacity, ... -
Improved flexible, controlled dielectric constant material from recycled LDPE polymer composites
( Springer Nature , 2016 , Article)In this study, recycled low density polyethylene (RLDPE) is developed with the addition of aluminum oxide (Al2O3) to have new polymer composites. The following wt% were used of the filler (1, 4 and 6 wt%). Tensile properties, ... -
Improved Forward Osmosis Performance of Thin Film Composite Membranes with Graphene Quantum Dots Derived from Eucalyptus Tree Leaves
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)The major challenges in forward osmosis (FO) are low water flux, high specific reverse solute flux (SRSF), and membrane fouling. The present work addresses these problems by the incorporation of graphene quantum dots (GQDs) ... -
Improved mechanical and corrosion properties of nickel composite coatings by incorporation of layered silicates
( Elsevier B.V. , 2014 , Article)Layered silicates as exfoliated montmorillonite are incorporated into nickel films by electrodeposition, enhancing both corrosion resistance and hardness. Films were deposited onto stainless steel from a plating solution ... -
Improved mechanical properties of AZ31 magnesium alloy plates by pre-rolling followed by warm compression
( Elsevier Ltd , 2014 , Article)AZ31 magnesium alloy plates were processed by pre-rolling followed by warm compression. The corresponding microstructure evolution and mechanical properties were investigated in the present paper. The pre-introduced twins ... -
Improved mechanical properties of recycled linear low-density polyethylene composites filled with date palm wood powder
( Elsevier, Ltd , 2014 , Article)Recycled linear low-density polyethylene (RLLDPE) was blended with date palm wood powder to prepare composites in which the concentration of the filler ranged from 10 to 70wt.%. The cross-linking of composites was performed ... -
Improved properties of Al-Si3N4 nanocomposites fabricated through a microwave sintering and hot extrusion process
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2017 , Article)In this study, nano-sized Si3N4 (0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 vol%)/Al composites were fabricated using a powder metallurgy method involving microwave sintering technique followed by hot extrusion. The influence of Si3N4 content ... -
Improved properties of polyolefin nanocomposite coatings modified with ceria nanoparticles loaded with 2-mercaptobenzothiazole
( Elsevier B.V. , 2022 , Article)Ceria nanoparticles (CNPs) were loaded with a corrosion inhibitor 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole (2-MBT), and used as an anticorrosive pigment. For that, the proposed additive was thoroughly mixed (1 wt%) into a Polyolefin matrix ... -
An Improved Quality Inspection of Engine Bearings Using Machine Vision Systems
( American Society for Testing and Materials , 2022 , Article)The growth of an industry is mostly based on the quality of the product. When there is a fault in the manufactured product in a batch, the entire batch is rejected because of a single faulty product. Quality has become one ... -
Improved self-healing performance of polymeric nanocomposites reinforced with talc nanoparticles (TNPs) and urea-formaldehyde microcapsules (UFMCs)
( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)The present work reports the self-healing performance of the epoxy based polymeric nanocomposite coatings containing different concentrations (1 and 3 wt%) of talc nanoparticles (TNPs) modified with sodium nitrate (NaNO3), ... -
Improvement in properties of Ni-B coatings by the addition of mixed oxide nanoparticles
( Electrochemical Science Group , 2015 , Article)A comparison of properties of electrodeposited Ni-B and Ni-B-ZrO2-Al2O3 nanocomposite coatings is presented to explain the benefits of addition of mixed nanoparticles of ZrO2 and Al2O3 into Ni-B matrix. A comparative study ... -
Improvement of aluminum/polyethylene adhesion through corona discharge
( Institute of Physics Publishing , 2017 , Article)Polyethylene (PE) is often used in several industrial applications including the building, packaging and transport industries. Aluminum (Al) is widely used in different applications in the automotive, railway, aeronautic, ... -
Improvement of heat sink performance using paraffin/graphite/hydrogel phase change composite coating
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Phase-change materials offer high latent heat and are widely used for energy storage applications. Paraffin wax is usually used as a phase-change material. However, its application in energy storage is restricted due to ... -
Improvement of humidity sensing properties of PVDF-TiO2 nanocomposite films using acetone etching
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)In this work, we enhanced the humidity sensing properties of the polyvinylidene fluoride titanium dioxide (PVDF-TiO2) nanocomposites based capacitive humidity sensors by modifying the film surface. The surface morphology ... -
Improvement of ternary recycled polymer blend reinforced with date palm fibre
( Elsevier, Ltd , 2014 , Article)This paper investigates the study and preparation of date palm fibre reinforced recycled polymer blend composites. This is the first paper which describes the recycled polymer ternary blends of (1) recycled low density ... -
Improvement of thermal conductivity of paraffin by adding expanded graphite
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2016 , Article)This paper investigated the use of graphite with different configuration designs to improve the thermal energy storage of phase change material systems. Two types of graphite have been combined with paraffin in order to ... -
Improving mechanical, thermal and damping properties of niti (Nitinol) reinforced aluminum nanocomposites
( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)In the present study, Ni50Ti50 (NiTi) particle reinforced aluminum nanocomposites were fabricated using microwave sintering and subsequently hot extrusion. The effect of NiTi (0, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 vol %) content on the ...