Center for Advanced Materials Research: Recent submissions
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Spectroscopy of Polymer Nanocomposites
( Elsevier Inc. , 2016 , Book)Spectroscopy of Polymer Nanocomposites covers all aspects of the spectroscopic characterization of polymer nanocomposites. More than 25 spectroscopy characterization techniques - almost all used in materials science - are ... -
Spectroscopy-introducing the advantages and application areas in polymer nanocomposites
( Elsevier Inc. , 2016 , Book chapter)Spectroscopy is an inevitable tool of characterizing polymer nanocomposites. Various spectroscopic techniques unveil the nature of dispersion of nanoparticles within the matrix polymer, the interactions between filler and ... -
Solvent Uptake of Liquid Rubber Toughened Epoxy/Clay Nanocomposites
( John Wiley and Sons Inc. , 2016 , Article)Carboxyl-terminated poly (butadiene-co-acrylonitrile) (CTBN) liquid rubber toughened epoxy (epoxy/CTBN blend) and CTBN-toughened epoxy/clay nanocomposites (epoxy/clay/CTBN nanocomposites) were prepared, and solvent (acetone) ... -
Preparation and characterization of urea-formaldehyde microcapsules filled with paraffin oil
( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Article)Paraffin oil was encapsulated in a urea–formaldehyde polymer shell by in situ polymerization. The effect of modifying the fabrication parameters, specifically the emulsifier, the core material concentration, the stirring ... -
Synergistic effect of vanadium pentoxide and graphene oxide in polyvinyl alcohol for energy storage application
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)A novel ultra-high-k composite material comprising of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a polymer matrix and vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) and graphene oxide (GO) as fillers have been developed successfully using colloidal processing ... -
Electrodeposition of 70-30 Cu-Ni nanocomposite coatings for enhanced mechanical and corrosion properties
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)A copper-nickel alloy (70:30 ratio) was electrochemically deposited and compared to a composite coating incorporating layered silicate platelets to obtain copper-nickel-montmorillonite (MMT). The composite coatings were ... -
Tailoring of the thermal, mechanical and dielectric properties of the polypropylene foams using gamma-irradiation
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)This study investigate the influence of gamma-irradiation (GI) doses from 0 up to 50 kGy on the polypropylene (PP) foams, mainly the impact on their structural and physical properties. It was found that structural properties ... -
Influence of graphene oxide on mechanical, morphological, barrier, and electrical properties of polymer membranes
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article Review)This paper expresses a short review of research on the effects of graphene oxide (GO) as a nanocomposite element on polymer morphology and resulting property modifications including mechanical, barrier, and electrical ... -
Carbon/nitrogen-doped TiO2: New synthesis route, characterization and application for phenol degradation
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)Porous nanocrystalline carbon and nitrogen (CN)-doped TiO2 photocatalyst was prepared using carbon tetrachloride and polyaniline as precursors. The obtained powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray ... -
A comparative study on the performance of hybrid solar cells containing ZnSTe QDs in hole transporting layer and photoactive layer
( Springer Netherlands , 2016 , Article)In this paper, ZnSTe quantum dots-based hybrid solar cells (HSC) with two different device architectures have been investigated. The improved performance of the poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]phenyl C71 butyric ... -
Corrosion protection of electrospun PVDF-ZnO superhydrophobic coating
( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)A one-step electrospinning technique was used to prepare a protective superhydrophobic PVDF–ZnO nanocomposite coating for aluminum against corrosion. The wettability and morphology of the prepared coating surfaces was ... -
Propagation rate coefficient for sulfobetaine monomers by PLP-SEC
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)Zwitterionic polymers have been extensively used in the biomedical field, however, the knowledge about the kinetics and mechanism of radical polymerization of their monomers is limited. This work introduces the first ... -
Thermal characterization of phase change materials based on linear low-density polyethylene, paraffin wax and expanded graphite
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)Thermal characterization of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) based on linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), paraffin wax (W) and expanded graphite (EG) is reported in this paper. Investigated PCMs showed high potential for ... -
Assessment of microstructural and mechanical properties of hybrid fibrous self-consolidating concretes using ingredients of plastic wastes
( Technoscience Publications , 2016 , Article)This paper focuses on the experimental investigation carried out on self-consolidating concrete (SCC) reinforced with micro-steel fibre and hybrid fibres (combination of micro-steel fibre and recycled high density polyethylene ... -
Study of π-conjugation effect of organic semiconductors on their optical parameters
( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)Metal free organic semiconductor “7,16-bis(3,3-dimethyl-3H-indol-2-yl)-5,14-dihydrodibenzo [b,i][1,4,8,11] tetraazacyclotetradecine” and metal free with extended π-conjugation organic semiconductor “8,19-bis(3,3-dimethyl ... -
Effects of microstructures on hydrogen induced cracking of electrochemically hydrogenated double notched tensile sample of 4340 steel
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)Quantitative fractographic characteristics of 4340 steel is demonstrated for a grain size range of 10-100 ?m and hardness range of 41-52 HRC. Double-notched tensile samples were electrochemically charged in-situ with ... -
Reduced graphene oxide filled poly(dimethyl siloxane) based transparent stretchable, and touch-responsive sensors
( American Institute of Physics Inc. , 2016 , Article)The ongoing revolution in touch panel technology and electronics demands the need for thin films, which are flexible, stretchable, conductive, and highly touch responsive. In this regard, conductive elastomer nanocomposites ... -
Synthesis of Ordered Mesoporous Silica with Tunable Morphologies and Pore Sizes via a Nonpolar Solvent-Assisted Stöber Method
( American Chemical Society , 2016 , Article)A facile nonpolar solvent-assisted Stöber method has been developed to synthesize ordered mesoporous silica materials with tunable pore size and diverse morphologies and mesostructures by using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide ... -
Data enrichment in fine-grained classification of aquatic macroinvertebrates
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Conference Paper)The types and numbers of benthic macroinverte-brates found in a water body reflect water quality. Therefore, macroinvertebrates are routinely monitored as a part of freshwater ecological quality assessment. The collected ... -
Arrester-less DC fault current limiter based on pre-charged external capacitors for half-bridge modular multilevel converters
( Institution of Engineering and Technology , 2017 , Article)The half-bridge modular multilevel converter (HB-MMC) is one of the most promising topologies for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems. Unlike full-bridge MMC (FB-MMC) and clamp double sub-module MMC (CDSM-MMC), ...
