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Characterization Of Fracture Toughness In Amorphous Diamond Like Carbon Thin Films And Coatings
Parmar, Ronaksinh (Materials Science & Engineering, 2015)Any material containing a crack when subjected to a certain amount of load, will eventually fail. This failure of material can be either time consuming (ductile) or instant (brittle) depending on the type of material and ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF NORMAL AND ABNORMAL BONES BY RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY : ANALYSIS OF MINERAL TO MATRIX RATIO OF BONE USING ADVANCED MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES
Shah, Meet Yagnesh (2018-05-18)Bone disorders and disease are associated with multiple factors. Some of the disorders and diseases are difficult to understand because of their unknown root causes. Our goal was to differentiate between normal and genetically ... -
Characterization Of Tantalum Nitride Thin Films By Magnetron Sputtering
Zaman, Anna (Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-07-14)Tantalum Nitride is chemically inert, oxidation resistant and hard. TaN finds its application as a protective coating on steel due to their excellent wear properties. It has become a very promising diffusion barrier material ... -
Compaction Physics Of Solid Additive Blends : A Thermal Properties Study
Brown, Amy (Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-03-12)Compacted solid additive blends have attracted the interest of the polymers industry due to their ability to improve processability. However, limited research has been performed to analyze the thermal properties that these ... -
Corrosion And Hydrogen Embrittlement Of Nanocrystalline Nickel
Desai, Tapas (Materials Science & Engineering, 2013-07-22)Nanocrystalline (nc) materials have attracted the interest of the scientific community because of their unique physical and mechanical properties. However, limited research has been performed to analyze their electrochemical ... -
Corrosion Behavior Of Zn-ni Coatings Deposited By Electrolytic Plasma Processing
Rios, Giancarlo (Materials Science & Engineering, 2009-09-16)In the current research project, three groups of Zn-Ni coatings of various Ni contents were deposited on comercial carbon steel by electrolytic plasma processing (EPP), a novel surface modification technique. The coating ... -
The Effects Of Deposition Conditions On The Mechanical Properties Of Titanium Silicon Nitride Nanocomposite Coatings
Liu, Suo (Materials Science & Engineering, 2015)Titanium Silicon Nitride has received much attention in recent years for its theoretical super hardness and oxidation resistance at high temperature. In this work, the mechanical properties of TiSiN thin films including ... -
Fabrication And Characterization Of Barium Titanate Thin Film On Polycrystalline Nickel Substrate
Sahebi, Parisa (Materials Science & Engineering, 2013-10-22)Ferroelectric BaTiO₃(BTO) thin films were deposited on polycrystalline nickel disks and silicon wafer substrates by rf magnetron sputtering. Nickel oxide (NiO) and nanocrystalline nickel (nc-Ni) layers were used as interfacial ... -
Fabrication And Characterization Of Cobalt-Diamond-like-Carbon (Co-DLC) Nanocomposites
Shebe, Gunjan (Materials Science & Engineering, 2008-04-22)In recent years, synthesis of magnetic nanocomposites has been receiving significant attention. These nanocomposites offer opportunities to develop active nanomaterials with various applications like magnetic data storage ... -
Interlaminar Fracture Of Unidirectional Reinforced Composites With Toughnened Resin Systems
Slager, Aaron (Materials Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)Several undisclosed fiberglass and carbon fiber laminates with toughened resin systems were tested and examined. Experiments were conducted to determine Modes I and II interlaminar fracture toughness for each of the nine ... -
Microstructure and properties of hard and optically transparent HfO2 films prepared by high-rate reactive high-power impulse magnetron sputtering
Pi, Nai-Wen; 0000-0001-7057-7233 (2016-05-13)Hafnium Dioxide (HfO2) has an extraordinary high bulk modulus, high hardness, high chemical stability, high melting point and high thermal stability. This material can be used as protective coatings for application involving ... -
Photoelectrochemical Activity Of Titanium Dioxide Thin Films
Mehdinezhad Roshan, Aida (Materials Science & Engineering, 2013-07-22)Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is considered as an oxide semiconductor with several unique properties, including environmental sensing capabilities, biocompatibility and photocurrent generation, long-term stability, cost ... -
Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation of Titanium Under Constant Applied Voltage
Twaddle, Joshua Paul; 0000-0002-6531-3003 (2020-06-08)Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) is a method capable of applying nonmetallic coatings to metallic substrates submerged in electrolyte via a plasma development under high voltage. The PEO technique is particularly useful ... -
Structural, Magnetic And Surface Properties Of RF Magnetron Sputtered Undoped Lanthanum Mangnite Thin Films
Sakhalkar, Varad Rajan (Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-03-03)In the present study, polycrystalline and epitaxial undoped Lanthanum Manganite (LMO) thin films were deposited by using RF magnetron sputtering on three substrates, Si (100), MgO (100) and LaAlO₃ (100) to study the influence ... -
A Study On The Corrosion Behavior Of Nanocrystalline Nickel In Aqueous Environments
Sundar, Anjana Shyam (Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)Nanocrystalline materials possess considerably enhanced properties arising from their small grain size. Significant interest has been paid in the past to their mechanical and physical properties. Very little attention ... -
A Study On The Effect Of Magnetic Field On The Corrosion Behavior Of Materials
Pondichery, Soundarya (Materials Science & Engineering, 2014)Corrosion causes deterioration of a material due to its environment. Corrosion control has been one of the biggest challenges in most industries since many years. There are various notable and unknown factors that influence ... -
Surface Patterning Of Biodegradable Polymer In Tissue Engineering By Applying Photolithography
Su, Lee-Chun (Materials Science & Engineering, 2008-04-22)The prevalence of cardiovascular disease and inherent problems with current surgical therapies has prompted major efforts in the field of vascular tissue engineering. While there have been significant advances towards ... -
Synthesis And Tribological Properties Of DLC Film By RF PACVD: Effect Of Processing Parameters
Desai, Pruthul (Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-07-19)Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films, have gained grounds in many industries ranging from automobile and oil and gas to electronics and bio fields due to their low friction and wear rate, chemical inertness and high hardness. ... -
Synthesis of nickel-titanium intermetallic surface coatings via electrolytic plasma processing
Moore, Brody Allen; 0000-0001-8357-3573 (2020-05-28)Electrolytic plasma processing (EPP) is an environmentally friendly surface cleaning and deposition technique. Dependant on circuit polarity, anionic or cationic species can be deposited from an aqueous electrolyte bridge, ... -
Synthesis, Structure And Characterization Of Silver Doped Diamond Like Carbon Thin Films
Hazarika, Pankaj Jyoti (Materials Science & Engineering, 2008-04-22)Diamond like carbon (DLC) films have gained grounds in the biomedical field as an inert, biocompatible, low friction and wear resistant coating and are widely used in heart valves, coronary artery stents, dental implants, ...