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Discovery of the dichroic effect in cuprous oxide particles for the development of novel composite materials that change colour with direction of light source

Wrigglesworth E.G., Johnston J.H., Victoria University of Wellington, NZ

When a material displays one colour in transmitted light, but a different colour in reflected light, it is known as the dichroic effect. The oldest and most famous example of this effect is the Lycurgus [...]

Reinforced Ceramic Composites Fabricated From High-Char Yield Polymers

Butler T., Dyatkin B., Deese S.M., Laskoski M., U.S. Naval Research Lab, US

Advancements in high-speed propulsion systems have spurred demand for materials which can withstand the harsh conditions necessitated by this hypersonic travel. Ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) such as transition metal borides, nitrides, and carbides melt at [...]

Properties and characterisation of an aluminum – silicon nitride fiber powder metal composite

Dougherty T., Xu Y., Nuenz Limited, NZ

There is an increasing demand for new light-weighting materials to improve fuel-efficiency in the automobile and aerospace industries. This has led to an increase in the use of aluminum over traditional metals, such as steel, [...]

Investigating Fracture Toughness Behavior of CNT and GNP Reinforced Vinyl-Ester Resin by Altering Surface Characteristics of Nanoparticles

Gapstur C.M., Mahfuz H., Florida Atlantic University, US

In this paper, we compared the fracture toughness (KIC) and strain energy release rate (GIC) of three systems of hybrid nanocomposites by modifying surface characteristics of the carbon nanotubes (CNT) and graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) reinforcements. [...]

Self-healing and self-cleaning nanocomposite coatings

Song K., Arizona State University, US

This work reports on the healing of translucency, roughness, nanoindents, and shallow scratches in polymer/nano-particle composites. Mechanical loading were applied on polymer/self-healing additive/nano-particle composites. The concentration of nano-particles and self-healing additives were optimized to 1.0 [...]

Magnetic properties of ceramic composite using melt process

Lee S-H., Sunmoon University, KR

The critical transition temperature and critical current density of YBaCuO single crystal bulk were measured after heat diffusion treatment in nano powder. The superconducting start temperature was found to high at 91.62K. It can be [...]

Optimising the Properties of Polymer Composites: Low Weight/ High Strength Composites for Commercial Applications

Hayward M., Johnston J., Dougherty T., de Silva K., Victoria University of Wellington, NZ

Vinyl ester polymers have an excellent resistance to harsh and corrosive environments. This results in their wide-spread use as a polymer composite material for multiple applications in various industries such as marine materials, swimming pools [...]

From Flasks to Applications: Combinatorial Chemistry and Scale-up of High-Performance Complex Nanomaterials using Automated Synthesis

Hanson C.J., Jeffrey S., Hu Z., Htoon H., Hollingsworth J., Los Alamos National Laboratory, US

Semiconducting nanocrystals, also known as quantum dots (QDs), that emit light with near-unity quantum yield and that are extremely photostable are attractive options as down-conversion and direct electricity-to-light materials for a variety of applications, including [...]

A New Sonochemical Synthesis Route for Silicon Nanoparticle Inks for Energy and Nanomedical Applications

Cádiz Bedini A.P., Chen C., Klingebiel B., Notten P.H.L., Rau U., Forschungszentrum Jülich, DE

Silicon nanoparticles (Si-NPs) have become increasingly relevant in several important fields ranging from solar cells, next-generation quantum dot LEDs, lithium-ion batteries, and because silicon is biodegradable, their use as drug carriers or fluorescent markers has [...]

Ferromagnetism and Giant Paramagnetism in Cu@C nanocomposites

Estiphanos M., Sharoyan E., Gyulasaryan H., Manukyan A., Mirzakhanyan A., Bernal O., Kocharian A., California State University Los Angeles, US

Different size copper nanoparticles coated by carbon are synthesized by solid phase pyrolysis of polycrystalline phthalocyanine (CuPc, Pc= C32N8H16). The structural properties of obtained powder products are characterized by XRD and Raman spectroscopy. The morphologies [...]