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Phase evolution in hot forging of dual phase titanium alloys: Experiments and numerical analysis

2014

Abstract Modern aeronautical and aerospace industries must face the demanding challenge of reducing operational consumption and production costs coming from materials and labor. Current trend of engineering is oriented to meet both requirements increasing the use of materials characterized by high specific resistance as titanium alloys. Hot forging can be used to reduce the production costs of titanium components: forging in closed dies of billets or semi-finished forms, at different temperatures above or below the β-transus temperature, allows the production of complex shapes with limited amount of edge trim removal and machining rework after forging. Unfortunately, as far as Ti–6Al–4V tit…

A green method to prepare nanosilica modified graphene oxide to inhibit nanoparticles re-aggregation during melt processing

2017

Abstract A graphene oxide-silica nanohybrid (GOS), self-assembled into a lasagna -like structure, was prepared in water and used as a filler for the melt preparation of polyamide 6 (PA6)-based nanocomposites. For sake of comparison, PA6-based materials were prepared under the same processing conditions by adding GO only or a physical mixture of GO and silica (GO+S). All the materials were characterized from a morphological, spectroscopic, thermal, dynamic-mechanical (DMA) and mechanical point of view. For all the nanocomposites, the interphase was studied either by analyzing loss factor plots coming from DMA measurements and by implementing a novel approach, i.e. combining solvent extractio…

Atomic layer deposition of ternary ruthenates by combining metalorganic precursors with RuO4 as the co-reactant

2022

In this work, the use of ruthenium tetroxide (RuO4) as a co-reactant for atomic layer deposition (ALD) is reported. The role of RuO4 as a co-reactant is twofold: it acts both as an oxidizing agent and as a Ru source. It is demonstrated that ALD of a ternary Ru-containing metal oxide (i.e. a metal ruthenate) can be achieved by combining a metalorganic precursor with RuO4 in a two-step process. RuO4 is proposed to combust the organic ligands of the adsorbed precursor molecules while also binding RuO2 to the surface. As a proof of concept two metal ruthenate processes are developed: one for aluminum ruthenate, by combining trimethylaluminum (TMA) with RuO4; and one for platinum ruthenate, by c…

Lignocellulosic fillers and graphene nanoplatelets as hybrid reinforcement for polylactic acid: Effect on mechanical properties and degradability

2020

Abstract This work investigates the effect of adding relatively low amounts of graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) to a biocomposite based on polylactic acid (PLA) and a lignocellulosic filler achieved by grinding Posidonia Oceanica leaves (Posidonia flour, PF). The ternary composites were prepared by melt extrusion and characterized from a morphological and mechanical point of view. Furthermore, hydrolytic degradation tests were performed under acidic, neutral and alkaline environment up to 900 h. Density measurements enabled to assess the degree of intraphase, i.e. the capability of polymer macromolecules to enter the voids of PF and a modified Halpin-Tsai model was presented and used to fit exp…

Magnetic Domain Structure and Intrinsic Magnetic Material Parameters of Ternary Intermetallic RMn2Ge2 Compounds (R ? La, Ce, Pr and Nd)

2000

Applying a powder pattern method the magnetic domain structures of polycrystalline intermetallic RMn2Ge2 (where R ≡ La, Ce, Pr, Nd) compounds were studied. The domain structures observed are typical for uniaxial materials. The domain wall energy density γ was determined from analysis of domain structure patterns, using different models of the domain structure. The obtained values are used to determine the intrinsic magnetic material parameters: domain wall width δB, critical diameters of single domain particles Dc and exchange constants A.

Crystal structures of new ternary compounds in RE–Pt–Pb and RE–Au–Pb systems (RE=rare earth metal)

2012

Abstract The crystal structures of the compounds RE 2 Pt 2 Pb (RE = Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu; Mo 2 FeB 2 structure type, space group P 4/ mbm , Pearson code tP10 ), REPtPb (RE = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm; ZrNiAl structure type, space group P 6 ¯ 2 m , Pearson code hP9 ), RE 2 Au 2 Pb (RE = Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu; Er 2 Au 2 Sn structure type, space group P 4 2 / mnm , Pearson code tP20 ) and REAuPb (RE = Tm, Yb and Lu) were determined using X-ray powder diffraction.

Rapid one-pot propargylamine synthesis by plasmon mediated catalysis with gold nanoparticles on ZnO under ambient conditions

2013

Surface plasmon excitation of gold nanoparticles on ZnO in the presence of an aldehyde, an amine and phenylacetylene led to rapid and selective formation of propargylamines with good yields (50-95%) at room temperature. Plasmon mediated catalysis is the best available route for this ternary coupling.

A bacteriochlorin-diketopyrrolopyrrole triad as a donor for solution-processed bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

2019

We have designed an A–π–D–π–A small-molecule triad consisting of a bacteriochlorin (BC) donor central core linked with two diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) acceptors via ethynyl bridges (BC-DPP-1). BC-DPP-1 has a narrow optical bandgap of 1.38 eV with highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy levels of −4.93 eV and −3.40 eV, respectively, and it was used as an electron donor along with [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) as an acceptor for solution-processed small-molecule organic solar cells. After optimizing the weight ratio between BC-DPP-1 and PC71BM and pyridine as a solvent additive and subsequent solvent vapor annealing using THF, an …

Ternary Organic Solar Cell with a Near‐Infrared Absorbing Selenophene–Diketopyrrolopyrrole‐Based Nonfullerene Acceptor and an Efficiency above 10%

2020

New BODIPY derivatives with triarylamine and truxene substituents as donors for organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells

2021

Abstract We have designed two new BODIPY derivatives, denoted as 6a and 6b, substituted with truxene moiety and triphenylamine (TPA) unit groups and have investigated their optical and electrochemical properties. Dyes 6a and 6b were employed as donor along with PC71BM or Y6 as acceptor for the fabrication of binary and ternary organic solar cells. After optimization of the binary and ternary active layers, we have achieved over all power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 11.37 % and 13.32% for 6a:PC71BM:Y6 and 6b:PC71BM:Y6 ternary organic solar cells, respectively, which are higher than the binary organic solar cells based on PC71BM or Y6 acceptor. The higher power conversion efficiency for te…