This study presents a thermodynamic formalism to predict the type of ultra-thin oxide overgrowth due to dry, thermal oxidation of bare single-crystalline ⟨AlSi⟩ alloy substrate. The various oxide growth parameters considered ...

SiC is an advanced ceramic which finds wide range of industrial applications. Cutting of SiC is difficult using conventional machining methods due to its low fracture toughness. In the past few years, researchers have ...

Two organic/inorganic composite coatings based on alginate, as organic matrix, and zinc oxide nanoparticles (n-ZnO) with and without bioactive glass (BG), as inorganic components, intended for biomedical applications, were ...

A thermodynamic formalism has been developed to predict the formation of an ultra-thin interfacial layer at a solid–solid interface. To derive the thermodynamic expressions at crystalline–crystalline as well as ...

Multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) length is suggested to critically determine their pulmonary toxicity. This stems from in vitro and in vivo rodent studies and in vitro human studies using cell lines (typically cancerous). ...

Mechanically induced reactivity of gibbsite in an attrition mill is focused in this paper. Reactivity of milled gibbsite, assessed in terms of its dehydroxylation and dissolution in alkali solution, is found to increase ...

This study presents a thermodynamic analysis to predict the type of initial, amorphous oxide overgrowth (i.e., am-Al2O3 or am-SiO2) on bare Al–Si alloy substrates. This analysis have taken into account the energies associated ...

In the present investigation, a Zn-22%Al alloy is used as the matrix material and fly ash as the filler material. The composite is produced using powder metallurgy techniques. The fly ash is added in 2%, 4%, and 6% by wt% ...