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Sinteractive Anodic Powders Improve Densification And Electrochemical Properties Of Bazr0.8y0.2o3-O Electrolyte Films For Anode-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Lei Bi, Emiliana Fabbri, Ziqi Sun, Enrico Traversa
Sinteractive Anodic Powders Improve Densification And Electrochemical Properties Of Bazr0.8y0.2o3-O Electrolyte Films For Anode-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Lei Bi, Emiliana Fabbri, Ziqi Sun, Enrico Traversa
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
The difficult sintering of BaZr0.8Y0.2O3-δ(BZY20) powders makes the fabrication of anode-supported BZY20 electrolyte films complex. Dense BZY20 membranes were successfully fabricated on anode substrates made of sinteractive NiO-BZY20 powders, prepared by a combustion method. With respect to traditional anode substrates made of powders prepared by mechanical mixing, the anode substrates made of the wet-chemically synthesized composite NiO–BZY20 powders significantly promoted the densification of BZY20 membranes: dense BZY20 films were obtained after co-pressing and co-firing at 1300°C, a much lower temperature than those usually needed for densifying BZY20 membranes. Improved electrochemical performance was …
Geotechnical Properties Of Reconstituted Dredged Mud, Dhanya Ganesalingam, Arul Arulrajah, Jayantha Ameratunga, Peter Boyle, Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Geotechnical Properties Of Reconstituted Dredged Mud, Dhanya Ganesalingam, Arul Arulrajah, Jayantha Ameratunga, Peter Boyle, Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
In the present study, laboratory tests were undertaken in order to assess the index properties and consolidation characteristics of dredged mud which is excavated during the maintenance dredging works carried out in Port of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. These dredged spoils are reused as the fill materials in the major land reclamation project currently undertaken adjacent to the port for expanding the port facitlites. In the laboratory, index properties of dredged mud such as, particle size distuibution, Atterberg limits and specifc gravity were determined. Oedometer tests were conducted to calculate the consolidation properties of dredged mud. Laboratory resuls for consolidation properties …
Effect Of Ti And N Concentrations On Microstructure And Mechanical Properties Of Microalloyed High Strength Line Pipe Steel Welds, Leigh Fletcher, Zhixiong Zhu, Marimuthu Murugananth, Lei Zheng, Mingzhuo Bai, Huijun Li, F Barbaro
Effect Of Ti And N Concentrations On Microstructure And Mechanical Properties Of Microalloyed High Strength Line Pipe Steel Welds, Leigh Fletcher, Zhixiong Zhu, Marimuthu Murugananth, Lei Zheng, Mingzhuo Bai, Huijun Li, F Barbaro
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
A selection of nine heats of line pipe steel from the same project with different Ti and N content were used to evaluate the effects of Ti/N ratio on weld zone microstructure, hardness and prior austenite grain size (PAGS) in the coarse grained heat-affected zone (CGHAZ). It was shown that the microstructure of the base metal (BM) mainly consisted of fine grained polygonal ferrite with fine islands of pearlite. The weld metal (WM) microstructure was predominantly acicular ferrite with a small volume fraction of pro-eutectoid ferrite. The CGHAZ consisted of bainitic ferrite and islands of martensite-austenite. The inside region of …
Methods For Generating Complex Networks With Selected Structural Properties For Simulations: A Review And Tutorial For Neuroscientists, Brenton Prettejohn, Matthew Berryman, Mark Mcdonnell
Methods For Generating Complex Networks With Selected Structural Properties For Simulations: A Review And Tutorial For Neuroscientists, Brenton Prettejohn, Matthew Berryman, Mark Mcdonnell
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Many simulations of networks in computational neuroscience assume completely homogenous random networks of the Erdös–Rényi type, or regular networks, despite it being recognized for some time that anatomical brain networks are more complex in their connectivity and can, for example, exhibit the “scale-free” and “small-world” properties. We review the most well known algorithms for constructing networks with given non-homogeneous statistical properties and provide simple pseudo-code for reproducing such networks in software simulations. We also review some useful mathematical results and approximations associated with the statistics that describe these network models, including degree distribution, average path length, and clustering coefficient. We …
Magnetic Properties In Polycrystalline And Single Crystal Ca-Doped Lacoo3, R Zeng, J C. Debnath, Dapeng Chen, P Shamba, Jianli Wang, S J. Kennedy, S J. Campbell, Tania M. Silver, S. X. Dou
Magnetic Properties In Polycrystalline And Single Crystal Ca-Doped Lacoo3, R Zeng, J C. Debnath, Dapeng Chen, P Shamba, Jianli Wang, S J. Kennedy, S J. Campbell, Tania M. Silver, S. X. Dou
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
Polycrystalline (PC) and single crystalline (SC) Ca-doped LaCoO3 (LCCO) samples with the perovskite structure were synthesized by conventional solid-state reaction and the floating-zone growth method. We present the results of a comprehensive investigation of the magnetic properties of the LCCO system. Systematic measurements have been conducted on dc magnetization, ac susceptibility, exchange-bias, and the magnetocaloric effect. These findings suggest that complex structural phases, ferromagnetic (FM), and spin-glass/cluster-spin-glass (CSG), and their transitions exist in PC samples, while there is a much simpler magnetic phase in SC samples. It was also of interest to discover that the CSG induced a magnetic …
Structural, Dielectric, Antiferromagnetic, And Thermal Properties Of The Frustrated Hexagonal Ho1-Xerxmno3 Manganites, Peng Liu, Xiaolin Wang, Zhenxiang Cheng, Yi Du, Hideo Kimura
Structural, Dielectric, Antiferromagnetic, And Thermal Properties Of The Frustrated Hexagonal Ho1-Xerxmno3 Manganites, Peng Liu, Xiaolin Wang, Zhenxiang Cheng, Yi Du, Hideo Kimura
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
The Er doping effects on the structural, dielectric, ferroelectric, magnetic, and thermal properties of the hexagonal Ho1-xErxMnO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) compounds synthesized by the solid-state reaction method have been investigated by Rietveld refinement and by measurements of dielectric constant, ferroelectric hysteresis loops, magnetic susceptibility, and specific heat. The a lattice parameter decreases as the Er content increases, whereas the c lattice parameter nearly keeps constant with pretty minor fluctuations. Dielectric data and ferroelectric hysteresis loops show all the samples are not only ferroelectric materials with leaky nature, but also with dielectric relaxation related …
Fabrication, Magnetic, And Ferroelectric Properties Of Multiferroic Bifeo3 Hollow Nanoparticles, Yi Du, Zhenxiang Cheng, S X. Dou, Darren J. Attard, Xiaolin Wang
Fabrication, Magnetic, And Ferroelectric Properties Of Multiferroic Bifeo3 Hollow Nanoparticles, Yi Du, Zhenxiang Cheng, S X. Dou, Darren J. Attard, Xiaolin Wang
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
Hollow BiFeO3 nanoparticles were synthesized by an electrospray route for the first time. The phase purity and structure have been investigated by x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Transmission and scanning electron microscope investigations revealed that the as-obtained BiFeO3 hollow spheres were polycrystalline, with a shell thickness of 35 nm. The formation mechanism can be possibly explained by Ostwald ripening. Raman spectra have verified decreased vibrational frequencies in BiFeO3 nanoparticles. These hollow and core-shell multiferroic nanoparticles exhibit significantly enhanced ferromagnetism from 5 to 600 K due to a broken spiral spin structure. The ferroelectricity of hollow BiFeO3 …
Magnetic And Ferroelectric Properties Of Multiferroic Bi2nimno6 Nanoparticles, Yi Du, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, Peng Liu, S. X. Dou
Magnetic And Ferroelectric Properties Of Multiferroic Bi2nimno6 Nanoparticles, Yi Du, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xiaolin Wang, Peng Liu, S. X. Dou
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
Multiferroic Bi2NiMnO6 nanoparticles were synthesized by a simple electrospray method. Bi2NiMnO6 nanoparticles crystallize in the monoclinic structure with space group C121. The particles show a uniform spherical shape with a diameter of 100 nm to 300 nm. The ferromagnetic transition of Bi2NiMnO6 is confirmed at 122 K. The room temperature ferroelectricity of the Bi2NiMnO6 nanoparticles is verified by Kelvin probe force microscopy.
Microstructure And Mechanical Properties After Annealing Of Equal-Channel Angular Pressed Interstitial-Free Steel, Sujoy S. Hazra, Elena V. Pereloma, Azdiar A. Gazder
Microstructure And Mechanical Properties After Annealing Of Equal-Channel Angular Pressed Interstitial-Free Steel, Sujoy S. Hazra, Elena V. Pereloma, Azdiar A. Gazder
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
The evolution of microstructure, microtexture and mechanical properties during isothermal annealing of an ultrafine-grained interstitial-free steel after eight passes of route BC room temperature equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) was studied. The microstructure and microtexture were characterized by electron back-scattering diffraction, and mechanical properties were assessed by shear punch and uniaxial tensile testing. Homogeneous coarsening via continuous recrystallization of the ECAP microstructure is accompanied by minor changes in the ∼63% high-angle boundary population and a sharpening of the original ECAP texture. This is followed by abnormal growth during the final stages of softening due to local growth advantages. Linear correlations …
Effect Of Different Additives On The Hydrogen Storage Properties Of The Mgh 2-Lialh 4 Destabilized System, S X. Dou, Yue Zhao, Xuebin Yu, Mohammad Ismail
Effect Of Different Additives On The Hydrogen Storage Properties Of The Mgh 2-Lialh 4 Destabilized System, S X. Dou, Yue Zhao, Xuebin Yu, Mohammad Ismail
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
The hydrogen storage properties of the MgH2-LiAlH4 (4 : 1) composite system with and withoutadditives were studied. 5 wt.% of TiF3, NbF5, NiF2, CrF2, YF3, TiCl3?1/3AlCl3, HfCl4, LaCl3, CeCl3,and NdCl3, respectively, was added to the MgH2-LiAlH4 (4 : 1) mixture, and their catalytic effect wasinvestigated. Temperature programmed desorption results show that addition of metal halides to theMgH2-LiAlH4 (4 : 1) composite system improves the onset desorption temperature. The hydrogendesorption properties of metal halide-doped MgH2-LiAlH4 (4 : 1) composites were also improved ascompared to the undoped MgH2-LiAlH4 (4 : 1) composite. Furthermore, the activation energy andthe change in enthalpy in the …
The Effects Of Size And Orientation On Magnetic Properties And Exchange Bias In Co3o4 Mesoporous Nanowires, Rong Zeng, J Q Wang, Zhixin Chen, Wenxian Li, S. X. Dou
The Effects Of Size And Orientation On Magnetic Properties And Exchange Bias In Co3o4 Mesoporous Nanowires, Rong Zeng, J Q Wang, Zhixin Chen, Wenxian Li, S. X. Dou
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
Co3O4 mesoporous nanowires with average single crystalline grain sizes of about 8 nm, 12nm, 25 nm, and 45 nm were synthesized by sintering of microwave-assisted hydrothermal processed belt-Co(OH)2 precursors at 300–500 °C for 2 h. Microstructure analysis was conducted by x-ray diffraction, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), field emission SEM (FESEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and high resolution TEM (HRTEM) to confirm the composition, structure, and orientation in the nanowires. Systematic magnetic measurements have also been conducted on the nanowires. It was found that the size and orientation have significant effects on …
Removal Of Trace Organics By Mbr Treatment: The Role Of Molecular Properties, Nichanan Tadkaew, Faisal I. Hai, James A. Mcdonald, Stuart J. Khan, Long Nghiem
Removal Of Trace Organics By Mbr Treatment: The Role Of Molecular Properties, Nichanan Tadkaew, Faisal I. Hai, James A. Mcdonald, Stuart J. Khan, Long Nghiem
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
This study examined the relationship between specific molecular features of trace organic contaminants and their removal efficiencies by a laboratory scale membrane bioreactor (MBR). Removal efficiencies of 40 trace organic compounds were assessed under stable operating conditions. The reported results demonstrate an apparent correlation between chemical structures and the removal of trace organic contaminants by the laboratory scale MBR system. The removal of all 14 very hydrophobic (Log D > 3.2) trace organic compounds selected in this study was consistently high and was above 85%. The occurrence and types of electron withdrawing or donating functional groups appear to be important factors …
Superconducting Properties Of Graphene Doped Magnesium Diboride, Xun Xu, Wenxian Li, Xiaolin Wang, S. X. Dou
Superconducting Properties Of Graphene Doped Magnesium Diboride, Xun Xu, Wenxian Li, Xiaolin Wang, S. X. Dou
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
Graphene, carbon in the form of monolayer sheets, has revealed astonishing and unique chemical and physical properties, which have made it an extremely active research topic in both materials science and physics (Novoselov, K. S. et al., 2004). Through chemical and materials integration, graphene is being actively exploited in a range of technological applications (Stankovich, S. et al., 2006). Superconductors can carry electrical current without any energy dissipation. The combination of both graphene and a superconductor into a composite has great potential for electrical devices and large scale applications. MgB2, a superconductor with a simple composition and two-gap feature has …
Effects Of Cu And Fe Doping On Raman Spectra And On The Structural And Magnetic Properties Of Ermno3, Peng Liu, Zhenxiang Cheng, Yi Du, Xiaolin Wang
Effects Of Cu And Fe Doping On Raman Spectra And On The Structural And Magnetic Properties Of Ermno3, Peng Liu, Zhenxiang Cheng, Yi Du, Xiaolin Wang
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
Single phase ErMexMn1−xO3 (Me = Cu, Fe; 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1) samples were synthesized by the solid state reaction method. The differences between the doping effects on the Raman spectra and on the structural, magnetic, and thermal properties of the two systems have been systematically investigated. In the ErCuxMn1−xO3 system, lattice parameter a increases with doping, while lattice parameter c decreases. It is more complicated in the ErFexMn1−xO3 system, where lattice parameter a decreases with doping, while lattice parameter c is enhanced after an …
Ammonium Octahydrotriborate (Nh4b3h8): New Synthesis, Structure, And Hydrolytic Hydrogen Release, Zhenguo Huang, Xuenian Chen, Teshome Yisgedu, Edward A. Meyers, Sheldon Shore, J C. Zhao
Ammonium Octahydrotriborate (Nh4b3h8): New Synthesis, Structure, And Hydrolytic Hydrogen Release, Zhenguo Huang, Xuenian Chen, Teshome Yisgedu, Edward A. Meyers, Sheldon Shore, J C. Zhao
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
A metathesis reaction between unsolvated NaB3H8 and NH4Cl provides a simple and high-yield synthesis of NH4B3H8. Structure determination through X-ray single crystal diffraction analysis reveals weak N—Hδ+- - -Hδ-—B interaction in NH4B3H8 and strong N—Hδ+—Hδ-—B interaction in NH4B3H8·18-crown-6·THF adduct. Pyrolysis of NH4B3H8 leads to the formation of hydrogen gas with appreciable amounts of other volatile boranes below 160°C. Hydrolysis experiments show that …