Plasma-sprayed nanostructured YSZ thermal barrier coatings: Thermal insulation capability and adhesion strength

A review on failure mechanism of thermal barrier coatings and strategies to extend their lifetime

Porosity in plasma-sprayed coatings is vital for most engineering applications. Porosity has its merits and demerits depending on the functionality of the coating and the immediate working environment. Consequently, the formation mechanisms and development of porosity have been extensively explored to find out modes of controlling porosity in plasma-sprayed coatings. In this work, a comprehensive review of porosity on plasma-sprayed coatings is established. The formation and development of porosity on plasma-sprayed coatings are governed by set spraying parameters. Optimized set spraying parameters have been used to achieve the most favorable coatings with minimum defects. Even with the optimized set spraying parameters, defects like porosity still occur. Here, we discuss other ways that can be used to control porosity in plasma-sprayed coating with emphasis to atmospheric plasma-sprayed chromium oxide coatings. Techniques like multilayer coatings, nanostructured coatings, doping with rare earth elements, laser surface re-melting and a combination of the above methods have been suggested in adjusting porosity. The influences of porosity on microstructure, properties of plasma-sprayed coatings and the measurement methods of porosity have also been reviewed.

Porosity and its significance in plasma-sprayed coatings

Calcium-magnesium-alumina-silicate (CMAS) attack has been considered as a significant failure mechanism for thermal barrier coatings (TBCs). As a promising series of TBC candidates, rare-earth phosphates have attracted increasing attention. This work evaluated the resistance characteristics of LnPO4 (Ln = Nd, Sm, Gd) compounds to CMAS attack at 1250 °C. Due to the chemical reaction between molten CMAS and LnPO4, a dense, crack-free reaction layer, mainly composed of Ca3Ln7(PO4)(SiO4)5O2 apatite, CaAl2Si2O8 and MgAl2O4, was formed on the surface of compounds, which had positive effect on suppressing CMAS infiltration. The depth of CMAS penetration in LnPO4 (Ln = Nd, Sm, Gd) decreased in the sequence of NdPO4, SmPO4 and GdPO4. GdPO4 had the best resistance characteristics to CMAS attack among the three compounds. The related mechanism was discussed based on the formation ability of apatite phase caused by the reaction between molten CMAS and LnPO4.

Calcium-magnesium-alumina-silicate (CMAS) resistance characteristics of LnPO4 (Ln = Nd, Sm, Gd) thermal barrier oxides

CMAS resistance characteristics of LaPO4/YSZ thermal barrier coatings at 1250°C–1350°C

Microstructure and thermal properties of nanostructured gadolinia doped yttria-stabilized zirconia thermal barrier coatings produced by air plasma spraying

Among perovskites, the research on cesium lead iodides (CsPbI3) has attracted a large research community, owing to their all-inorganic nature and promising solar cell performance. Typically, the CsPbI3 solar cell devices are prepared at various heterojunctions, and working at fluctuating temperatures raises questions on the material stability-related performance of such devices. The fundamental studies reveal that their poor stability is due to a lower side deviation from Goldschmidt’s tolerance factor, causing weak chemical interactions within the crystal lattice. In the case of organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites, where their stability is related to the inherent chemical nature of the organic cations, which cannot be manipulated to improve the stability drastically whereas the stability of CsPbI3 is related to surface and lattice engineering. Thus, the challenges posed by CsPbI3 could be overcome by engineering the surface and inside the CsPbI3 crystal lattice. A few solutions have been proposed, including controlled crystal sizes, surface modifications, and lattice engineering. Various research groups have been working on these aspects and had accumulated a rich understanding of these materials. In this review, at first, we survey the fundamental aspects of CsPbI3 polymorphs structure, highlighting the superiority of CsPbI3 over other halide systems, stability, the factors (temperature, polarity, and size influence) leading to their phase transformations, and electronic band structure along with the important property of the defect tolerance nature. Fortunately, the factors stabilizing the most effective phases are achieved through a size reduction and the efficient surface passivation on the delicate CsPbI3 nanocrystal surfaces. In the following section, we have provided the up-to-date surface passivating methods to suppress the non-radiative process for near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield, while maintaining their optically active phases, especially through molecular links (ligands, polymers, zwitterions, polymers) and inorganic halides. We have also provided recent advances to the efficient synthetic protocols for optically active CsPbI3 NC phases to use readily for solar cell applications. The nanocrystal purification techniques are challenging and had a significant effect on the device performances. In part, we summarized the CsPbI3-related solar cell device performances with respect to the device fabrication methods. At the end, we provide a brief outlook on the view of surface and lattice engineering in CsPbI3 NCs for advancing the enhanced stability which is crucial for superior optical and light applications.

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Cesium Lead Iodide Perovskites: Optically Active Crystal Phase Stability to Surface Engineering

Abstract Many kinds of antibacterial coatings have been designed to prevent the adherence of bacteria onto the surface of a fixed orthodontic device of brackets. However, the problems such as weak binding force, undetectable, drug resistance, cytotoxicity and short duration needed to be solved. Thus, it has great value in developing novel coating methods with long-term antibacterial and fluorescence properties according to the clinical application of brackets. In this study, we synthesized blue fluorescent carbon dots (HCDs) using the traditional Chinese medicinal honokiol, which could cause irreversible killing effects on both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria through positive charges on the surface and inducing reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Based on this, the surface of brackets was serially modified with polydopamine and HCDs, taking advantage of the strong adhesive properties as well as the negative surface charge of polydopamine particles. It is found that this coating exhibits stable antibacterial properties in 14 days with good biocompatibility, which can provide a new solution and strategy to solve the series of hazards caused by bacterial adhesion on the surface of orthodontic brackets. Graphical Abstract 

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A novel antibacterial and fluorescent coating composed of polydopamine and carbon dots on the surface of orthodontic brackets

Evaporation of single moving liquid nitrogen droplet: Experimental study and numerical simulation

Dual-Responsive And Controlled-Release Paclitaxel-Loaded Mesoporous Silicon Nanoparticles with Cell Membranes Coating for Homologous Targeted Therapy of Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Yixiong Wang

Papers

Microstructure and thermal properties of nanostructured gadolinia doped yttria-stabilized zirconia thermal barrier coatings produced by air plasma spraying

Cesium Lead Iodide Perovskites: Optically Active Crystal Phase Stability to Surface Engineering

A novel antibacterial and fluorescent coating composed of polydopamine and carbon dots on the surface of orthodontic brackets

Evaporation of single moving liquid nitrogen droplet: Experimental study and numerical simulation

Dual-Responsive And Controlled-Release Paclitaxel-Loaded Mesoporous Silicon Nanoparticles with Cell Membranes Coating for Homologous Targeted Therapy of Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma