Showing papers in "Progress in Materials Science in 2015"

TL;DR: In this article, the state of the art in selective laser sintering/melting (SLS/SLM) processing of aluminium powders is reviewed from different perspectives, including powder metallurgy (P/M), pulsed electric current (PECS), and laser welding of aluminium alloys.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a comprehensive review with respect to the structure, chemistry, design and selection of materials, underlying mechanisms, and performance of each SOFC component, and it opens up the future directions towards pursuing SOFC research.

TL;DR: In this article, a review highlights the recent progress of the state-of-the-art research on synthesis, characterization and isolation of single and few layer nanosheets and their assembly.

TL;DR: A complete review of the different techniques that have been developed to recycle fiber reinforced polymers is presented in this paper, focusing on the reuse of valuable products recovered by different techniques, in particular the way that fibres have been reincorporated into new materials or applications and main technological issues encountered.

TL;DR: A wide variety of graphene related materials have been synthesized for potential applications in electronics, energy storage, catalysis, and gas sorption, storage, separation and sensing as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this review, the performance merits of relaxor-PT crystals in various electroacoustic devices are presented from a piezoelectric material viewpoint and the impacts and challenges are summarized to guide on-going and future research in the development of relaxors for the next generation electroac acoustic transducers.

TL;DR: In this paper, a range of uniquely multi-scale hierarchical structures have been successfully designed and fabricated by tailoring reinforcement distribution for discontinuous metal matrix composites in order to obtain superior performance.

TL;DR: A review of the interdisciplinary efforts to better understand the design principles for products with honeycomb structures, including their fabrication, performance (e.g., mechanical, thermal and acoustic properties) as well as optimization design is presented in this article.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the present understanding of defect-interface interactions in single-phase and two-phase metal and oxide nanocomposites, emphasizing how interface structure affects interactions with point, line, and planar defects.

TL;DR: In this article, a review summarizes the recent advancements in the interphase tailoring of fiber-reinforced polymer composites and summarizes the future opportunities and challenges in the engineering of fiber/matrix interphase.

TL;DR: The rapid development of MnO 2 -based nanocomposites for high-performance supercapacitors in recent years has been reviewed in terms of the charge storage mechanism, materials science, and smart cell assembly as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: A comprehensive view of the state-of-the-art research on various aspects of the fracture of bulk metallic glasses, including fracture behavior and characteristics, fracture mode, fracture criterion, fracture toughness, and fracture morphology, is presented in this article.

TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the recent progress on the synthesis, novel properties, and applications of SiC nanomaterials is provided in this paper, with an emphasis on vapor-based and solution-based methods.

TL;DR: In this article, the progress in waste tire recycling with a particular attention to incorporation of waste tire rubber (WTR) into polymeric matrices is discussed, and the importance of WTR characterization and current practice of wTR modification has been emphasized.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of the state-of-the-art in the field of instrumented indentation of polymer nanocomposite materials and present challenges and future perspectives in the application of depth-sensing instrumentation to characterize mechanical properties.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive overview of developments and recent trends in H2 separation technology that uses dense proton-electron conducting ceramic materials and their associated membranes is provided, along with their properties and performance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the role of the particle size in resistivity of transition metal nitrides is investigated and different ways of synthesis of nanostructured transition metal Nitrides and their applications are discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review a rather extended field of ab initio calculations of mechanical properties of materials and make an overview of advanced approaches to crystal stability, focusing on results of studies on interfaces and grain boundaries.

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive overview of 1-D nitrogen-containing carbon nanostructures (1-D NCNSs) is presented, including single-walled (SWNCNTs), double-weled (DWNCNT), and multi-wall NCNTs (MWNCNT).

TL;DR: Wire-woven metals are a type of cellular metal composed of uniform 3D truss-like cells, and fabricated using wires as the raw material as discussed by the authors, and they are practically the most common choice for lattice truss metals to achieve multi-layer structures with fine cells.

TL;DR: In this article, a review provides a broad overview of the research into these wings, particularly the microstructures in the wing scales, modeling and simulation of the optical properties and microstructure, and fabrication of artificial structures inspired by these wings.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) on localized heating, microstructure evolution, mechanical properties, and thermomechanical reliability of SAC solders are summarized.

TL;DR: A review of state-of-the-art hybrid architectures based on metal-filled and decorated carbon nanotubes (m-CNTs) can be found in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the up-to-date researches covering on the superheating phenomenon of the α phase film, its mechanism and applications in growth of REBCO superconductors are reviewed, which is supposed to be valid for more thin films of functional oxides that have the same nature as the YBCO film/substrate.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize the significant developments and achievements in regards of manipulation, property measurements and device applications of inorganic nanowires sheathed inside nanotubes according to different categories of the filling materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, the electrical transport properties of several disordered systems including composites, amorphous/doped semiconductors, conducting polymers and manganites (both in single crystal and poly-crystalline phase) are highlighted from the standpoint of non-Ohmic direct current conduction.

TL;DR: The current knowledge with respect to molecular dynamics of motion is introduced and reference is drawn to DNA natural and artificial processes to explain the efficiency of DNA signalling and replication processes.