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Durable Icephobic Coatings

Constantinou J., Panwar A., Mitra S., Nahum T., Wagner M., Dodiuk H., Barry C., Kenig S., Mead J., University of Massachusetts-Lowell, US

Accumulation of ice on the surfaces of windmills, airplanes, ships and telecommunications equipment hinders the efficient functioning of this equipmement, which can be overcome by the use of an icephobic coating. Prior work has established [...]

Advanced Coating for Energy Applications

Veedu V., Pollock J., Oceanit, US

Quest for oil and gas has increased in the past few decades and the industry is in a constant change of flux to identify new oil reserves and extraction methods to recover oil and natural [...]

Adhesion and friction between supported pH sensitive polymeric nanoparticles monolayers

Giraud L., Giasson S., Universty of Montreal, CA

The unique property of polymers responding to external stimuli has made this class of smart materials very promising for various applications. A particular approach that has been widely used over the past decades is the [...]

Droplet actuation and droplet mobility manipulation on porous media by means of backpressure control

Vourdas N., Stathopoulos V.N., Technological Educational Institute of Sterea Ellada, GR

Synthesis of surfaces with special tunable wettability as well as transitions between various wetting states are now intensively studied both for understanding wetting principles as well as for practical applications. Herein we present an alternative [...]

Development Antifog Nanohybrid Consisting of Polyestyrene Recycled Matrix by Sol-Gel Process

Hernández-Padrón G., Gómez-Quintero T., Blanco-Hernández A., UNAM, MX

A hybrid material consisting of SiO2 nanoparticles embedded in polystyrene recycled matrix has been developed. A polymer of polystyrene recycled functionalized (PSR-F) was used to influence the morphological and antifog properties of sol-gel synthesized silica [...]

Multifunctional Ceramic Thin Films for High-Performance Orthopaedic Implants

Bianchi M., Lopomo N., Boi M., Maltarello M.C., Liscio F., Marcacci M., Russo A., Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, IT

We describe here the deposition via a novel sputter-based electron deposition technique of functional ceramic thin films on the surface of the two main components of an orthopaedic implant: the load-bearing component and the segment [...]

Synthesizing and Consolidation of Mechanically-Induced Solid-State Reacted Ti50C50 Nanopowders and Subsequent Consolidations

Sherif El-Eskandarany M., Al-Hazza A., Shaban E., Alduweesh A., Al-Rowayeh A., Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, KW

In contrast to the industrial approach for preparing such important materials, we have succeeded to synthesize a single phase of Ti50C50 nanopowders, using high-energy ball milling technique. The ball milling procedure took place at ambient [...]

Influence of applying the additional continuous laser on photoluminescence properties of silicon nanoparticles produced by laser ablation in liquid

Popovic D.M., Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, RS

Silicon nanoparticle (Si-NPs) is attracting attention of authors in numerous fields of science. The photoluminescence properties of Si-NPs make them a candidate for biomaging applications. The one of the most promising and the simplest method [...]

Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Palladium Nanostructured Ensemble Supported in Anodized Alumina Membranes for Hydrogen Sensing Applications

Méndez-Colberg H.G., Martínez-Iñesta M.M., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, US

A Pd/Anodic alumina membrane (AAM) ensemble was formed by using Solid State Reduction. The ensemble consisted of Pd thin films on both sides of the AAM with connecting nanowires as evidenced with Scanning Electron Microscopy [...]

Microwave Initiated Nucleation for the Synthesis of High Quality Nanocrystalline Quantum Dot Materials

Kim K-J, Chang C.H., Haben P.M., Peterson D.A., Novet T.E., Schut D.M., Shoei Electronic Materials, Inc., US

The colloidal synthesis of nanoparticles, specifically quantum dots, may occur through either a kinetically dominated process where nucleation proceeds rapidly followed by growth via coalescence of nucleates to form larger nanoparticles, or through a thermodynamically [...]