Showing papers in "Surfaces and Interfaces in 2018"

TL;DR: In this paper, the efficiency of Walnut shells powder as a low-cost adsorbent for removing a cationic dye methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution has been investigated by using batch mode experiments.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of activating agents (H3PO4, ZnCl2, KOH, and CaO) on Acacia mangium wood under nitrogen and carbon dioxide gas atmosphere were evaluated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of amine-modified graphene oxide on dispersion and micro-hardness of epoxy based nanocomposites are reported, where the modified Hummers method was used followed by hexamethylenediamine functionalization.

TL;DR: In this article, low cost and eco-friendly bioadsorbents from agricultural waste were investigated to treat dye contains wastewater, the aim was to remove the reactive red dye (RRD) from textile industry wastewater by activated orange and banana peel.

TL;DR: In this article, the adsorption behavior and mechanism of corrosion inhibition for three amine derivatives, viz., N1-(2-aminoethyl)ethane-1,2-diamine (DETA), N 1-(2-(2]-aminoethylamino)ethyl)ethyl (TETA) and N 1,2)-acetylhexane-ethyl (PEHA) on the steel surface have been explored by density functional theory (DFT) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential of Spirulina platensis alga for the production of palladium nanoparticles and their application for lead removal from aqueous solution was studied.

TL;DR: In this article, a Hausmannite plate like nano-grains, coin-like nano-sphere and nano-petals structure was respectively prepared employing co-precipitation, sol-gel and hydrothermal route.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of surface coverage increase on the properties of treated specimens experimentally before and after re-shot peening were performed on the AISI 1045 steel, where microstructural observations and XRD measurements were applied to characterize the circumstance of microstructure changes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have made an attempt to prepare one such material, Au-TiOx nanocomposite, comprising of amorphous titania embedded with Au nanospheres, using a low temperature facile Green colloidal synthesis route.

TL;DR: In this article, an industrial cathodic arc PVD process on stainless steel was used for the deposition of nanostructured multilayer coatings of different thicknesses, and the results revealed that among the various parameters influencing the adhesion of nitride coatings to the substrate, the thickness was a dominant factor.

TL;DR: In this article, a corrosion resistance coating film based on the formation of nanocomposite coating is reported, and the composite consisted of FGO and epoxy resin (EP) was coated on the mild steel substrate and the corrosion protection performance and barrier protection properties were monitored using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and potentiodynamic polarization studies.

TL;DR: In this article, a new reduction method has been coined for preparing reduced graphene oxide (rGO), which has been used as a green reducing agent as well as superior intercalating agent.

TL;DR: In this article, the prepared photocatalyst showed optical absorption in the visible light area and exhibited excellent photocatalytic ability for the degradation of congo red (CR) in aqueous solution under visible light irradiation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the boundaries between shot peening processes were determined for the first time by presenting novel approaches, and the foundations of the presented approaches are micro-structural investigations.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of annealing temperature on the composition, surface morphology, microstructure, optical and electrical properties of tin sulfide (SnS) films was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, Nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) was isolated from discarded cigarette filter (DCF) and used in the dual role of reducing and stabilizing agent in the formation of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs).

TL;DR: In this article, the Stober method was used to remove lead from the water using nickel ferrite magnetic nanoparticles functionalized with SiO2 using Stober-based method.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of sliding speed on COF and wear rate of the pristine Ni coating was compared with Ni-GO composite coating and the insertion of GO into Ni matrix is found to reduce the coefficient of friction and wear depth of the coating substantially.

TL;DR: In this article, shot peening was performed using cast steel shots for improvement to the as-built surface quality, which led to significant enhancement on the surface topography, which provided a trough profile with roughly spherical dents.

TL;DR: In this article, NiFe-LDH grown on Ni foam was successfully synthesized through a facile one-step hydrothermal approach and then directly applied as the electrode for nonenzymatic H2O2 sensor.

TL;DR: In this article, a composite coating of hydroxyapatite and calcium hydrogen phosphate was synthesized over 316 l grade of stainless steel through pulsed electro deposition, and a detailed electrochemical behavior study was carried out to assess the corrosion behavior under contact with body fluid.

TL;DR: In this paper, the stability of perovskite solar cell (PSC) is still a major challenge although it has recently demonstrated high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of over 22%.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the principle of elastic strain energy minimization to predict the possible ranges of allowable lattice misfit for the formation of coherent and semi-coherent interfaces between a Ni superalloy substrate and a cubic yttria stabilized zirconia (c-YSZ) ceramic coating.

TL;DR: Apatitic tricalcium phosphate powder (ATrPh-105) was synthesized and characterized using different characterization techniques (XRD, FTIR, N2-physisorption, Laser diffraction, SEM, TEM, and ICP analysis) as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: A triethylamine (TEA) sensor working temperature of 280°C with high sensitivity and selectivity for TEA gas has been successfully fabricated by building Au@SnO2/ZnO nanosheets as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the surface morphology and electrochemical corrosion resistance behavior with respect to various depositions kinetics and nucleation mechanism achieved with the help of variable current density, voltage and time.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of the anodized temperature on the microstructure, micro hardness, thickness, nanohardness, elastic modulus, wear resistance and corrosion resistance were investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, a metal-support interaction in carbon-supported ruthenium samples in a hydrogen medium was studied, where the carbonaceous graphite-like composite material Sibunit with a specific surface area (SSA) of 320m2/g was used as a support.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new and eco-friendly organic dye namely chromotrope FB was used as an inhibitor for acid corrosion of petroleum pipeline steel, which was determined by weight-loss measurement.

TL;DR: The optical dispersion parameters calculated using Wemple-DiDomenico single-oscillator model were found to vary with Cr concentration in CdO and the dispersion energy of oscillator found to decrease with increasing Cr concentration as mentioned in this paper.