Showing papers in "Journal of Alloys and Compounds in 2013"

TL;DR: The development of metal deposition processes based on electroless nickel, alloy and composite coatings on various surfaces has witnessed a surge in interest among researchers, with many recent applications made possible from many excellent properties as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye was successfully carried under UV irradiation over Fe 2 O 3 /TiO 2 nanoparticles embedded various composition.

TL;DR: In this paper, the microstructure and corrosion resistance property of AlCrFeCuCo high-entropy alloy were researched by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and electrochemical workstation.

TL;DR: In this article, a quaternary Heusler half-metallic ferromagnets CoFeCrZ was designed and its first-principles calculations showed that, within a generalized gradient approximation for the electronic exchange correlation functional, both CoFeFeCrGa and CoFeGe are nearly halfmetals.

TL;DR: In this article, the electrochemical properties of silicon, tin, tin oxide, iron oxides, cobalt oxides and copper oxides are systematically summarized and the challenges and new directions in developing lithium alloys and metal oxides as commercial anodes for the next-generation lithium-ion batteries are also discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the high-temperature flow behavior of 7075 aluminum alloy was studied by hot compressive tests and the efficiencies of power dissipation and instability parameter were evaluated.

TL;DR: In this article, a series of cost effective Co-free AlxCrCuFeNi2 high entropy alloys were developed, following the valence electron concentration rule, and the solidification microstructure in these alloys showed some anomalies that were rarely seen in other high-entropy alloys or multi-component alloys.

TL;DR: In this paper, the body centered cubic (BCC) phases of the two BCC phases separated with the increase of Mo content while Mo element preferred to dissolve into FeCr-type solid solution.

TL;DR: In this article, the Al2CrFeCoCuTiNix high-entropy alloys were prepared by laser cladding and the results showed that the surface microhardness of Al2crFeCoCcuTiNiNix was increased by 4 times as the substrate hardness with increasing Ni content.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the broad-spectrum of different nano-composite materials that have been used as electrode material in the MFC in recent years and highlight the benefits of these materials.

TL;DR: Magnetically recyclable ZnFe 2 O 4 /ZnO nanocomposites immobilized on different content of graphene with favorable photocatalytic activity under solar light irradiation were successfully prepared on the basis of an ultrasound aided solution method as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the phase structures, surface morphologies, functional groups of molecules, chemical compositions of the surfaces and the binding energies of atoms in the coating were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and Xray photoelectron spectrography (XPS), respectively.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of adding reduced graphene oxide (RGO) on the micro-structure, electric field-induced strain, and ferroelectric properties of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) was described.

TL;DR: In this article, the microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of hypereutectic Al-20%Si alloy with rare earth cerium (Ce) additions (0, 0.3,0.5, 1.8 and 1.0 ) were investigated.

TL;DR: The influence of calcination temperature on crystallite size, morphology, band gap and luminescence properties of resultant material have been investigated in this paper, where different trends were observed in the phase transformation, particle growth, shift in energy band gap, and in luminecence with the change in tensile strain to compressive strain of the prepared nanomaterial.

TL;DR: In this paper, a polymer assisted co-precipitation method using polyethylene oxide (PEO) as a capping and a polymer structure directing reagent was successfully synthesized by a single crystalline nickel ferrite (NiFe 2 O 4 ) nanorods.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative evaluation of as-cast Sn-Bi, Sn-Ag and Sn-Zn alloys as a function of the resulting microstructural arrays with a view to application as solder materials is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the size of ZnO nanoparticles was investigated and the effects of process parameters such as the molar ratio, pH of reactants and calcination temperatures on the size was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, a polycarbosilane precursor was successfully fabricated by pyrolysis of poly carbide precursors and free carbon nanodomains and the direct-current electrical conductivity, dielectric and microwave absorption properties over the frequency range of 8.2-12.4 GHz (X band) were investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, structural studies suggested a transition in phase from tetragonal to cubic symmetry with increase in Lanthanum content and Rietveld Refinement technique employed for investigation confirmed the same.

TL;DR: In this paper, the structural evolution in high-energy cryogenically alloyed nanocrystalline Cu-Ta alloys was investigated and it was found that the onset of grain growth occurs at temperatures higher than that for pure nano-coarse Cu.%Ta.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used ethanol/water mixtures with varied volume ratios from 0:1 to 1:0 in a facile hydrothermal process with CeCl 3 ⋅7H 2 O as cerium source and N 2 H 4 ⋆H 2O as mineralizer to control the morphology change from thin nanorod to short-thick nanorods, and then to nanoparticles.

TL;DR: In this article, the deformation behavior of a hypoeutectic Ti-6Al-4V-0.1B alloy in (α + β) phase field is investigated with special reference to flow response, kinetics and microstructural evolution.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the concentration dependent spectroscopic properties of Sm 3+ ions in the prepared x Sm:PbFB lead fluorobororate glasses with the composition (40−− x )B 2 O 3 −+20PbO+16PbF 2 ǫ+12Bi 2 O −+12ZnO+x Sm 2 O ¼

TL;DR: In this article, a N-doped BiVO 4 photocatalyst with high visible light activity was synthesized by the complexing sol-gel method using citric acid as a chelate and hexamethylene tetramine (C 6 H 12 N 4 ) as a nitrogen source.

TL;DR: In this article, the specific capacitance of Fe2O3-graphene nanocomposite is 226 F/g at a current density of 1 A/g.

TL;DR: Magnetic ZnFe2O4/graphene composite has been successfully synthesized by a facile one-pot solvothermal method as discussed by the authors, which showed powerful visible-light photocatalytic activity for the degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB), methyl orange (MO), and methylene blue (MB) in the presence of H2O2.

TL;DR: In this paper, a visible-light-responsive Graphene-Ag/ZnO nanocomposites were fabricated using a facile, one-pot, nontoxic solvothermal process for the photodegradation of organic dyes.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of the annealing process on the magnetic properties of soft magnetic composite (SMC) materials with alumina insulator coating was investigated, and the results of energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), XRD, Fourier transform infrared spectrograph (FTIR), and density measurements showed that the iron powders were uniformly coated by a thin layer of alumina coating with high thermal stability.

TL;DR: In this paper, the compressive and plateau strength of aluminum alloy A356 filled with silicon carbide hollow spheres (SiC HS) was investigated for quasi-static (10 −3 ǫs −1 ) and high strain rate (up to 1520 õ s − 1 ) compressive properties.