Showing papers in "Progress in Materials Science in 2013"

TL;DR: Capacitive deionization (CDI) as mentioned in this paper is a promising technology for energy-efficient water desalination using porous carbon electrodes, which is made of porous carbons optimized for salt storage capacity and ion and electron transport.

TL;DR: In this paper, the development in the area of polyethersulfone (PES) membrane modification subjected to RO, UF, NF, gas separation (GS), and biomedical applications is discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarize the recent progress on graphene-analogous low-dimensional materials (2D nanosheets and 1D nanoribbons) from both experimental and computational side, and emphasis is placed on structure, properties, preparation, and potential applications of graphene analogous materials as well as the comparison with graphene.

TL;DR: The authors in this paper reviewed the interdisciplinary field of biocompatible implant surfaces from the viewpoint of materials science, biochemistry and cell biology, and provided an overview on basic information about bulk and surface properties of implant surfaces.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of recent advances in the synthesis and properties of nanocomposites obtained by mechanical alloying has been presented, including metal-based and ceramic-based composites.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on recent research progress in the design, fabrication, and application of bio-inspired superoleophobic and smart surfaces, including super-oleophobic-superhydrophobic surfaces, oleophobic-hydrophilic surfaces, underwater superoleophoric surfaces, and smart surface.

TL;DR: Anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) has been investigated and utilized in numerous products for almost a century as discussed by the authors. But the rapidly increasing interest in nanoscale materials and their outstanding properties has propelled nanoporous AAO to the fore as one of the most popular nanomaterial with applications across a gamut of areas including molecular separation, catalysis, energy generation and storage, electronics and photonics, sensors and biosensors, drug delivery and template synthesis.

TL;DR: The used polymers and the state-of-the-art strategies for the controllable fabrication of NFN membranes are highlighted in terms of the ESN process and some potential applications associated with the remarkable features ofNFN nanostructure are highlighted.

TL;DR: In this article, the use of milling tools for tuning the microstructure of metals to modify their hydrogenation properties is discussed, and more specialised techniques such as solid/liquid based methods are mentioned along with the common characteristics of mechanochemistry as a way of synthesizing hydrogen storage materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss p-type ZnO materials: theory, growth, properties and devices, comprehensively, and summarize the growth techniques and properties of P-type materials.

TL;DR: Transition metal oxides (TMOs) are a fascinating class of materials due to their wide ranging electronic, chemical and mechanical properties Additionally, they are gaining increasing attention for their thermoelectric (TE) properties due to tunable electronic and phonon transport properties and well established synthesis techniques as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a comprehensive review of microwave composites research, from processing to structural and property evaluations with a focus on the multi-functionalities presented in these microwire composites.

TL;DR: A broad range of challenges faced by the construction industry, ranging from the performance of the materials to environmental and safety issues, relate to materials and their properties, and recent developments in various areas of nanotechnology show significant promise in addressing many of these challenges as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the electronic, optical and electrochemical properties along with electronic behaviors of boron (B) and nitrogen (N) substituted Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) underlying density functional theory (DFT) simulations are discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, a brief introduction to the enhanced glass forming ability and phase separation in metallic glass systems is given, and several thermodynamic aspects for decomposition by liquid-liquid phase separation which include stability conditions, decomposition in the multicomponent system, types of miscibility gap, calculation of bimodal and spinodal curves are introduced as a background for design of metallic glasses phase separating in the liquid state.

TL;DR: The physical basis for the Frank-Bilby equation is considered in this article, where the concepts of partitioning of elastic distortions, array energies, node formation, and lateral spreading of defects within interfaces are considered.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of optical biomimetic materials integrated with typical structural design based on multilayer, helicoidal structure, moth eye, photonic crystal, ridge, irregular network, double-facet microlens and tunable optical structures that lead to advanced optical effects including broad-angle structural color, color-mixing, polarization, antireflection, iridescence, ultra-blackness, ultrawhiteness, light focusing and dynamic structural color.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review of the Pt-modified aluminide bond coatings is presented, which includes traditional β-(Ni,Pt)Al bond coats as well as the Ptmodified γ-γ′ type of bond coats that have gained prominence in more recent times.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors take stock of where progress has occurred within the last decade in both theoretical and experimental fields, and which has led to the point where a proof-of-concept spintronic device based on rare earth mononitrides has already been demonstrated.

TL;DR: Nanoindentation is the leading technique for evaluating nanoscale mechanical properties of materials as discussed by the authors, and it is a powerful tool for characterization of multifunctionality at the nano-scale.

TL;DR: The underlying cause of grain growth in thin metallic films remains a puzzle as discussed by the authors, and it is re-visited by means of detailed comparison of experiments and simulations, using a broad range of metrics that, in addition to grain size, including the number of sides and the average side class of nearest neighbors.

TL;DR: In this article, several main approaches in synthesizing semiconductor nanowires, i.e., the vapor phase, solution phase, and template-based syntheses, are discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the development of CVD Ti-containing films in the last years is reviewed, which can be classified into pure Ti films, binary films, ternary films and quaternary films by components.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarize the features described in the relevant literature for the functioning of a photovoltaic device based on Si NWs and show that from the conceptual point of view such an all-crystalline-Si-tandem solar cell using quantum confined nanowires should be feasible to produce in order to achieve the goal of inexpensive high efficiency (>30%) Si-based solar cells.