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- Title
- A Novel Fluorescence Based Method of Assessing Subsurface Damage in Optical Materials
- Author
- Williams, Wesley
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Materials science, Optics
- Description
- Lapping and polishing are loose abrasive finishing processes that have been used to achieve critical surface parameters in optical materials for centuries. These processes remove material from the surface through a variety of mechanical and chemic...
- Title
- A comprehensive study of the microstructure and mechanical behavior of HCP-based multilayered nanofilms
- Author
- Lu, Yuanyuan
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Materials science
- Description
-
Metallic multilayer films with the individual layer thickness
h decreased to submicron or even less have attracted a great deal of attention over the past decades because of their impressive mechanical properties, especially the high strength. Mos...
- Title
- Additive Manufacturing of 3D Printed SiC Composites: Strengthening and Densification through Surface Modification and Use of Mineral Binders
- Author
- Chandrasekaran, Sujithra
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering, Materials science, Mechanical engineering
- Description
- Manufacturing of dense SiC composites counts mainly on the thermal oxidation of the carbide into silica. The irregularity of the silica layer and its limited thickness weaken the bond between particles and diminish the good thermo-mechanical prope...
- Title
- BORON CARBIDE NANOWIRES: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION
- Author
- Guan, Zhe
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science
- Description
- Bulk boron carbide has been widely used in ballistic armored vest and the property characterization has been heavily focused on mechanical properties. Even though boron carbides have also been projected as a promising class of high temperature the...
- Title
- Bioactive ceramic coating on orthopedic implants for enhanced bone tissue integration
- Author
- Aniket, .
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Nanoscience, Biomedical engineering
- Description
- Tissue integration between bone and orthopedic implant is essential for implant fixation and longevity. An immunological response leads to fibrous encapsulation of metallic implants leading to implant instability and failure. Bioactive ceramics ha...
- Title
- COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF IMPURITIES ON THE DUCTILITY OF TANTALUM AND TUNGSTEN BASED ON ATOMISTIC AND FIRST PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS
- Author
- Pan, Zhiliang
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Materials science
- Description
-
Tungsten and tantalum are neighbors in the Periodic Table of the Elements and, as refractory metals, both have very high melting points (tungsten: 3422
o C, tantalum: 2996o C). However, the ductility of the two metals is quite different especially at...
- Title
- COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF BULK METALLIC GLASS UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS - COUPLED EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN RATE
- Author
- Yin, Weihua
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Materials science
- Description
- Metallic glass was rst reported in 1960 by rapid quenching of Au-Si alloys. But, due to the size limitation, this material did not attract remarkable interest until the development of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) with specimen sizes in excess of 1...
- Title
- CONTROLLED GROWTH AND PROPERTY STUDY OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL LAYERED NANOSTRUCTURES OF MOLYBDENUM OXIDE
- Author
- Razmyar, Soheil
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Engineering, Nanotechnology
- Description
- Molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) is a versatile semiconductor material with a wide range of potential applications in photocatalysis, electrochromism/photochromism, sensing, and energy storage. Its highly anisotropic layered structure with weak van der ...
- Title
- Characterization of Individual Straight and Kinked Boron Carbide Nanowires
- Author
- Cui, Zhiguang
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Nanoscience, Physics
- Description
- Boron carbides represent a class of ceramic materials with p-type semiconductor natures, complex structures and a wide homogeneous range of carbon compositions. Bulk boron carbides have long been projected as promising high temperature thermoelect...
- Title
- Controlled growth and property measurement of one-dimensional oxide nanostructures for energy applications
- Author
- Sheng, Tao
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Optics, Nanotechnology
- Description
- Transition metal oxides (TMOs) exhibit rich structures and useful properties, and could be used in applications of solar energy harvesting (e.g., photoelectrochemistry, photocatalysis, and photovoltaics) and energy saving (e.g., electrochromism an...
- Title
- Correction of the post-necking True Stress-Strain data using Instrumented Nanoindentation
- Author
- Romero Fonseca, Ivan
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Materials science
- Description
- The study of large plastic deformations has been the focus of numerous studies particularly in the metal forming processes and fracture mechanics fields. A good understanding of the plastic flow properties of metallic alloys and the true stresses ...
- Title
- Crystalline Silicon Interfaces with Adhesive Polymer Semiconducting Glue and Thiazolothiazole Redox Active Organic Small Molecules
- Author
- Cohen, Daniel
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Chemistry, Chemistry, Organic
- Description
- Crystalline silicon is an extremely versatile semiconductor material used for electronics and photovoltaic devices. An organic conductive glue based on a blend of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and d-sorbitol ...
- Title
- Development of n-ZnO/p-Si single heterojunction solar cell with and without interfacial layer
- Author
- Hussain, Babar
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science
- Description
- The conversion efficiency of conventional silicon (Si) photovoltaic cells has not been improved significantly during last two decades but their cost decreased dramatically during this time. However, the higher price-per-watt of solar cells is stil...
- Title
- EFFECTS OF GRAIN SIZE ON THE QUASI-STATIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ULTRAFINE-GRAINED AND NANOCRYSTALLINE TANTALUM
- Author
- Ligda, Jonathan
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Nanoscience
- Description
- The increase in strength due to the Hall-Petch effect, reduced strain hardening capacity, a reduced ductility, and changes in deformation mechanisms are all effects of reducing grain size (d) into the ultrafine-grained (UFG, 100 5.3 mm show a dra...
- Title
- EFFECTS OF SUBSTRATE ON 2D MATERIALS, GRAPHENE, MOS2, WS2, AND BLACK PHOSPHORUS, INVESTIGATED BY HIGH TEMPERATURE AND SPATIALLY RESOLVED RAMAN SCATTERING AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
- Author
- Su, Liqin
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science
- Description
- The exploration of a group of new 2D materials, such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides, has become the hottest research of interest in recent years. With the dependable techniques of producing 2D materials, particularly mechanical e...
- Title
- ELECTRO-ELASTICITY SENSING IN AXIALLY-LOADED CONCRETE USING RECYCLED STEEL RESIDUALS AS FUNCTIONAL FILL
- Author
- Scott, David
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Civil engineering
- Description
- Self-sensing concrete is embedded with electrostrictive materials that provides indications of strain based on variations in electrical conductivity, or its inverse, resistance. Previous works includes embedded material that vary in size from nano...
- Title
- Effect of confined rolling on structure-property relationships of Mg-Al alloys.
- Author
- Krishnan, Pavitra
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science
- Description
- High performance, light weight alloys are need-of-the particularly in the defense, automotive and aerospace sectors. Magnesium is a prime candidate since it is the lightest structural metal having a mass density of 1.74g/cm3 and is the sixth most ...
- Title
- Engineered Water Repellency for Frost Heave Mitigation: Decoupling the Relative Influence Of Matric and Osmotic Suction
- Author
- Abiodun, Uduebor
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Materials science
- Description
- This dissertation, stemming from a substantial research endeavor funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (Award #1928813), stands as an essential exploration of Engineered Water Repellency (EWR) in mitigating frost heave. Combining laborato...
- Title
- Enhanced electron mobility at Gd2O3(100)/Si(100) interface: origin and applications
- Author
- Sitaputra, Wattaka
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Electrical engineering
- Description
- A growth of a gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3) layer with (100) orientation on a Si(100) substrate was obtained for the first time using molecular beam epitaxy deposition (MBE) with the growth temperature in the range of 150-200°C and the oxygen partial p...
- Title
- Exploration of Structure-Property Relationship and Growth Mechanism of 1D Nanowires Using Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Author
- Akter, Manira
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science
- Description
- One-dimensional (1D) nanostructured materials, e.g., nanowires (NWs) have fascinating properties and applications in various fields including electronic and energy conversion devices. Despite tremendous progress in the NW research field, a thoroug...