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Strain Phase Separation: Formation Of Ferroelastic Domain Structures, Fei Xue, Yongjun Li, Yijia Gu, Jinxing Zhang, Long-Qing Chen
Strain Phase Separation: Formation Of Ferroelastic Domain Structures, Fei Xue, Yongjun Li, Yijia Gu, Jinxing Zhang, Long-Qing Chen
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Phase decomposition is a well-known process leading to the formation of two-phase mixtures. Here we show that a strain imposed on a ferroelastic crystal promotes the formation of mixed phases and domains, i.e., strain phase separation with local strains determined by a common tangent construction on the free energy versus strain curves. It is demonstrated that a domain structure can be understood using the concepts of domain/phase rule, lever rule, and coherent and incoherent strain phase separation, in a complete analogy to phase decomposition. The proposed strain phase separation model is validated using phase-field simulations and experimental observations of PbTiO …
Water-Soluble Glass Substrate As A Platform For Biodegradable Solid-State Devices, Shihab Md Adnan, Kwangman Lee, Mohammad Tayeb Ahmad Ghasr, Matthew O'Keefe, D. E. Day, Chang-Soo Kim
Water-Soluble Glass Substrate As A Platform For Biodegradable Solid-State Devices, Shihab Md Adnan, Kwangman Lee, Mohammad Tayeb Ahmad Ghasr, Matthew O'Keefe, D. E. Day, Chang-Soo Kim
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A biodegradable glass material is utilized as a novel functional element of solid-state devices. A water-soluble borate glass substrate serves as the structural platform on which thin film device is built. The glass substrate completely dissolves in a saline solution in approximately 40 h. Intentional failure of the spiral device (RLC resonator circuit) as a result of rapid structural disintegration by dissolution is demonstrated in DC, AC, and RF ranges that agrees well with simulation. Adopting water-soluble glass elements is expected to be a viable approach to develop reliable all-inorganic biodegradable devices that are fully functional during an intended operational …
Method For Fabricating Biocompatible Porous Titanium, B. Sonny Bal, Tieshu Huang, M. N. Rahaman
Method For Fabricating Biocompatible Porous Titanium, B. Sonny Bal, Tieshu Huang, M. N. Rahaman
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A method for fabricating porous metal constructs (such as porous Ti constructs) which may be used as implants in bone repair is disclosed. The method employs a new saltbath sintering process coupled with conventional powder metallurgy technology which is capable of fabricating porous metal constructs with controlled porosity and pore size having a lower production cost than conventional powder metallurgy methods.
Thermophysical Properties And Conduction Mechanisms In Asxse1-X Chalcogenide Glasses Ranging From X = 0.2 To 0.5, Jason Lonergan, Charmayne Smith (Lonergan), Devon Mcclane, Kathleen Richardson
Thermophysical Properties And Conduction Mechanisms In Asxse1-X Chalcogenide Glasses Ranging From X = 0.2 To 0.5, Jason Lonergan, Charmayne Smith (Lonergan), Devon Mcclane, Kathleen Richardson
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The arsenic (As) to selenium (Se) ratio in AsxSe1-x glasses ranging from x = 0.2 to 0.5 was varied in order to examine the effect of chemical and topological ordering on the glass' thermal transport behavior. The fundamental thermal properties of glass transition temperature (Tg), thermal conductivity (k), and heat capacity (cp) were experimentally measured using differential scanning calorimetry, transient plane source method, and ultrasonic testing. Based on topological constraint theory, inflections in Tg and k were found at the structural coordination number «r» of 2.4, whereas a slight increase in heat …
Computational Fluid Dynamics Study Of Molten Steel Flow Patterns And Particle-Wall Interactions Inside A Slide-Gate Nozzle By A Hybrid Turbulent Model, Mahdi Mohammadi-Ghaleni, Mohsen Asle Zaeem, Jeffrey D. Smith, Ronald J. O'Malley
Computational Fluid Dynamics Study Of Molten Steel Flow Patterns And Particle-Wall Interactions Inside A Slide-Gate Nozzle By A Hybrid Turbulent Model, Mahdi Mohammadi-Ghaleni, Mohsen Asle Zaeem, Jeffrey D. Smith, Ronald J. O'Malley
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Melt flow patterns and turbulence inside a slide-gate throttled submerged entry nozzle (SEN) were studied using Detached–Eddy Simulation (DES) model, which is a combination of Reynolds–Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) and Large–Eddy Simulation (LES) models. The DES switching criterion between RANS and LES was investigated to closely reproduce the flow structures of low and high turbulence regions similar to RANS and LES simulations, respectively. The melt flow patterns inside the nozzle were determined by k–ε (a RANS model), LES, and DES turbulent models, and convergence studies were performed to ensure reliability of the results. Results showed that the DES model has significant …
Protective Conversion Coating On Mixed-Metal Substrates And Methods Thereof, Matthew O'Keefe, Surender Maddela
Protective Conversion Coating On Mixed-Metal Substrates And Methods Thereof, Matthew O'Keefe, Surender Maddela
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Mixed-metal automotive vehicle bodies-in-white comprising ferrous metal surfaces, zinc surfaces, aluminum alloy surfaces, and magnesium alloy surfaces are cleaned and immersed in an aqueous bath comprising an adhesion promoter and an aqueous electrocoat bath (the adhesion promoter may be in the electrocoat bath. The adhesion promoter, which may be a cerium salt, is selected to react with each metal in the body surfaces to form an oxide layer that provides corrosion resistance for the surface and adherence for the deposited polymeric paint coating. The body is cathodic in the electrocoat deposition.
Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Characteristics Of Four Novel Borate-Based Bioactive Glasses, Megan Ottomeyer, Ali Mohammadkah, D. E. Day, David J. Westenberg
Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Characteristics Of Four Novel Borate-Based Bioactive Glasses, Megan Ottomeyer, Ali Mohammadkah, D. E. Day, David J. Westenberg
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Bioactive glasses have been developed for medical applications in the body for bone and tissue repair and regeneration. We have developed a borate-containing bioactive glass (13-93B3, referred to as B3), which is undergoing clinical trials to assess its wound-healing properties. To complement the healing properties of B3, metal ion dopants have been added to enhance its antimicrobial properties. Bioactive glasses doped with silver, gallium or iodine ions were found to have broad spectrum antimicrobial effects on clinically relevant bacteria including MRSA. While the B3 glass alone was sufficient to produce antibacterial effects on select bacteria, adding dopants enhanced the broad-spectrum …
Elevated Temperature Microstructure Stability Of Slm 304l Stainless Steel, Tarak Amine, Joseph William Newkirk
Elevated Temperature Microstructure Stability Of Slm 304l Stainless Steel, Tarak Amine, Joseph William Newkirk
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With time at temperature, changes in metallurgical structure can be expected for almost any steel or alloy. In stainless steels, the changes can be grain growth, carbide precipitation, ferrite decomposition, or embrittlement. These phenomena can significantly effect the properties of the steel and would potentially change the functionality of the component. Therefore, to determine component stability, the elevated temperature microstructure stability of additive manufacturing materials was studied. This work investigates the influence of different aging times of additive material stainless steels (304L) fabricated with the Selective Laser Melting (SLM) process on microstructure and mechanical properties. Microstructure and mechanical properties were …
Simulation Of Cooling Rate Effects On Ti-48al-2cr-2nb Crack Formation In Direct Laser Deposition, Lei Yan, Wei Li, Xueyang Chen, Yunlu Zhang, Joseph William Newkirk, Frank W. Liou, David Dietrich
Simulation Of Cooling Rate Effects On Ti-48al-2cr-2nb Crack Formation In Direct Laser Deposition, Lei Yan, Wei Li, Xueyang Chen, Yunlu Zhang, Joseph William Newkirk, Frank W. Liou, David Dietrich
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Transient temperature history is vital in direct laser deposition (DLD) because it reveals the cooling rate at specific temperatures, which directly relates to phase transformation and types of microstructure formed in deposit. FEA simulation was employed to study the transient temperature history and cooling rate at different experimental setups in Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb DLD process. In this paper, an innovative model was described, which combines a moving Gaussian distribution heat source and element birth and death technology in ANSYS, help to analysis cooling rate control method and guide crack-free deposits build process.
Stability Of The M2 Phase Of Vanadium Dioxide Induced By Coherent Epitaxial Strain, N. F. Quackenbush, Yijia Gu, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website.
Stability Of The M2 Phase Of Vanadium Dioxide Induced By Coherent Epitaxial Strain, N. F. Quackenbush, Yijia Gu, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website.
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Tensile strain along the cR axis in epitaxial VO2 films raises the temperature of the metal insulator transition and is expected to stabilize the intermediate monoclinic M2 phase. We employ surface-sensitive x-ray spectroscopy to distinguish from the TiO2 substrate and identify the phases of VO2 as a function of temperature in epitaxial VO2/TiO2 thin films with well-defined biaxial strain. Although qualitatively similar to our Landau-Ginzburg theory predicted phase diagrams, the M2 phase is stabilized by nearly an order of magnitude more strain than expected for the measured temperature window. Our results reveal that the …
A Dissolution-Precipitation Mechanism Is At The Origin Of Concrete Creep In Moist Environments, Isabella Pignatelli, Aditya Kumar, R. Alizadeh, Yann Le Pape, Mathieu Bauchy, Gaurav Sant
A Dissolution-Precipitation Mechanism Is At The Origin Of Concrete Creep In Moist Environments, Isabella Pignatelli, Aditya Kumar, R. Alizadeh, Yann Le Pape, Mathieu Bauchy, Gaurav Sant
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Long-term creep (i.e., deformation under sustained load) is a significant material response that needs to be accounted for in concrete structural design. However, the nature and origin of concrete creep remain poorly understood and controversial. Here, we propose that concrete creep at relative humidity ≥ 50%, but fixed moisture content (i.e., basic creep), arises from a dissolution-precipitation mechanism, active at nanoscale grain contacts, as has been extensively observed in a geological context, e.g., when rocks are exposed to sustained loads, in liquid-bearing environments. Based on micro-indentation and vertical scanning interferometry data and molecular dynamics simulations carried out on calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H), …
Preface To The Special Issue On Advanced Microstructural Characterization Of Materials, Haiming Wen
Preface To The Special Issue On Advanced Microstructural Characterization Of Materials, Haiming Wen
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Microstructural characterization is a vital part in materials science, as it plays a key role in understanding the structure-property relationship in materials. Various advanced microstructural characterization techniques have emerged, for example, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, scanning transmission electron microscopy, high resolution (scanning) transmission electron microscopy, electron backscatter diffraction, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, precession electron diffraction, energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy, and atom probe tomography. The applications of these techniques have greatly advanced the understanding of material microstructures on different scales from micrometer to atomic scale. Advanced microstructural characterization can be applied to a variety of …
The Anisotropy Of Hexagonal Close-Packed And Liquid Interface Free Energy Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations Based On Modified Embedded-Atom Method, Ebrahim Asadi, Mohsen Asle Zaeem
The Anisotropy Of Hexagonal Close-Packed And Liquid Interface Free Energy Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations Based On Modified Embedded-Atom Method, Ebrahim Asadi, Mohsen Asle Zaeem
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This work aims to comprehensively study the anisotropy of the hexagonal close-packed (HCP)-liquid interface free energy using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations based on the modified-embedded atom method (MEAM). As a case study, all the simulations are performed for Magnesium (Mg). The solid-liquid coexisting approach is used to accurately calculate the melting point and melting properties. Then, the capillary fluctuation method (CFM) is used to determine the HCP-liquid interface free energy (γ) and anisotropy parameters. In CFM, a continuous order parameter is employed to accurately locate the HCP-liquid interface location, and the HCP symmetry-adapted spherical harmonics are used to expand γ …
Ceramic-Ceramic Welds, Greg Hilmas, William Fahrenholtz, Jeremy Lee Watts, Derek Scott King, Sean Landwehr
Ceramic-Ceramic Welds, Greg Hilmas, William Fahrenholtz, Jeremy Lee Watts, Derek Scott King, Sean Landwehr
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A method of producing a ceramic weld, including identifying a ceramic first surface an a ceramic second surface to he bonded together, maintaining a non-oxidizing atmosphere over the first and second surfaces, and engaging the first and second surfaces to define a joint, An arc is generated between an electrode and the joint to create a liquid phase, and the liquid phase is cooled to yield a solid fusion layer, wherein the first and second surfaces are joined in the fusion layer.
Glass Derived Nanoparticles For Nerve Tissue Repair, D. E. Day, Ali Mohammadkah, Amy Beth Harkins, Laura Marquardt
Glass Derived Nanoparticles For Nerve Tissue Repair, D. E. Day, Ali Mohammadkah, Amy Beth Harkins, Laura Marquardt
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A biocompatible, biodegradable composite material, and method of using nanoparticles formed within the composite material for nerve repair are disclosed. The nanoparticles may not be formed until the glass degrades upon contact with a fluid in vivo or in vitro.
Erratum: "Composition- And Pressure-Induced Ferroelectric To Antiferroelectric Phase Transitions In Sm-Doped Bifeo₃ System" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 012903 (2015)], Fei Xue, Linyun Liang, Yijia Gu, Ichiro Takeuchi, Sergei V. Kalinin, Long-Qing Chen
Erratum: "Composition- And Pressure-Induced Ferroelectric To Antiferroelectric Phase Transitions In Sm-Doped Bifeo₃ System" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 012903 (2015)], Fei Xue, Linyun Liang, Yijia Gu, Ichiro Takeuchi, Sergei V. Kalinin, Long-Qing Chen
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In the acknowledgement of the original article, the Award No. DMR-0820404 should be replaced by DMR-1420620.
Erratum: Orientations Of Low-Energy Domain Walls In Perovskites With Oxygen Octahedral Tilts (Physical Review B - Condensed Matter And Materials Physics (2014) 90 (220101)), Fei Xue, Yijia Gu, Linyun Liang, Yi Wang, Long-Qing Chen
Erratum: Orientations Of Low-Energy Domain Walls In Perovskites With Oxygen Octahedral Tilts (Physical Review B - Condensed Matter And Materials Physics (2014) 90 (220101)), Fei Xue, Yijia Gu, Linyun Liang, Yi Wang, Long-Qing Chen
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In the Acknowledgment of the original article, the Award No. DMR-0820404 should be replaced by DMR-1420620.
Direct Experimental Evidence For Differing Reactivity Alterations Of Minerals Following Irradiation: The Case Of Calcite And Quartz, Isabella Pignatelli, Aditya Kumar, Kevin G. Field, Bu Wang, Yingtian Yu, Yann Le Pape, Mathieu Bauchy, Gaurav Sant
Direct Experimental Evidence For Differing Reactivity Alterations Of Minerals Following Irradiation: The Case Of Calcite And Quartz, Isabella Pignatelli, Aditya Kumar, Kevin G. Field, Bu Wang, Yingtian Yu, Yann Le Pape, Mathieu Bauchy, Gaurav Sant
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Concrete, used in the construction of nuclear power plants (NPPs), may be exposed to radiation emanating from the reactor core. Until recently, concrete has been assumed immune to radiation exposure. Direct evidence acquired on Ar+-ion irradiated calcite and quartz indicates, on the contrary, that, such minerals, which constitute aggregates in concrete, may be significantly altered by irradiation. More specifically, while quartz undergoes disordering of its atomic structure resulting in a near complete lack of periodicity, calcite only experiences random rotations, and distortions of its carbonate groups. As a result, irradiated quartz shows a reduction in density of around …
Coupled Crystal Orientation-Size Effects On The Strength Of Nano Crystals, Rui Yuan, Irene J. Beyerlein, Caizhi Zhou
Coupled Crystal Orientation-Size Effects On The Strength Of Nano Crystals, Rui Yuan, Irene J. Beyerlein, Caizhi Zhou
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We study the combined effects of grain size and texture on the strength of nanocrystalline copper (Cu) and nickel (Ni) using a crystal-plasticity based mechanics model. Within the model, slip occurs in discrete slip events exclusively by individual dislocations emitted statistically from the grain boundaries. We show that a Hall-Petch relationship emerges in both initially texture and non-textured materials and our values are in agreement with experimental measurements from numerous studies. We find that the Hall-Petch slope increases with texture strength, indicating that preferred orientations intensify the enhancements in strength that accompany grain size reductions. These findings reveal that texture …
Antibody Targeting Facilitates Effective Intratumoral Sirna Nanoparticle Delivery To Her2-Overexpressing Cancer Cells, Maria C. Palanca-Wessels, Garrett Booth, Anthony J. Convertine, Brittany B. Lundy, Geoffrey Y. Berguig, Michael F. Press, Patrick S. Stayton, Oliver W. Press
Antibody Targeting Facilitates Effective Intratumoral Sirna Nanoparticle Delivery To Her2-Overexpressing Cancer Cells, Maria C. Palanca-Wessels, Garrett Booth, Anthony J. Convertine, Brittany B. Lundy, Geoffrey Y. Berguig, Michael F. Press, Patrick S. Stayton, Oliver W. Press
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The therapeutic potential of RNA interference (RNAi) has been limited by inefficient delivery of short interfering RNA (siRNA). Tumor-specific recognition can be effectively achieved by antibodies directed against highly expressed cancer cell surface receptors. We investigated the utility of linking an internalizing streptavidinconjugated HER2 antibody to an endosome-disruptive biotinylated polymeric nanocarrier to improve the functional cytoplasmic delivery of siRNA in breast and ovarian cancer cells in vitro and in an intraperitoneal ovarian cancer xenograft model in vivo, yielding an 80% reduction of target mRNA and protein levels with sustained repression for at least 96 hours. RNAi-mediated site specific cleavage …
Refractive Index And Thermo-Optic Coefficients Of Ge-As-Se Chalcogenide Glasses, Benn Gleason, Kathleen Richardson, Laura Sisken, Charmayne Smith (Lonergan)
Refractive Index And Thermo-Optic Coefficients Of Ge-As-Se Chalcogenide Glasses, Benn Gleason, Kathleen Richardson, Laura Sisken, Charmayne Smith (Lonergan)
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Seventeen glasses in the Ge-As-Se ternary glass-forming region have been fabricated and analyzed to provide input for optical design data and to establish composition- and structure-based relationships to aide development of novel chalcogenide glasses with tailored optical functionality. While known that Ge addition to binary As-Se glasses enhances the mean coordination number (MCN) of the network and results in increased Tg and decreased CTE, this work highlights the impact on optical properties, specifically mid-wave (λ = 4.515 μm) index and thermo-optic coefficient (dn/dT). Trends in property changes were correlated with an excess or deficiency of chalcogen content in the glassy …
Evolution Of Non-Metallic Inclusions In Foundry Steel Casting Processes, Marc Harris, Von Richards, Ronald J. O'Malley, Semen Naumovich Lekakh
Evolution Of Non-Metallic Inclusions In Foundry Steel Casting Processes, Marc Harris, Von Richards, Ronald J. O'Malley, Semen Naumovich Lekakh
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The evolution of nonmetallic inclusions was examined for 4320 steel at an industrial steel foundry. The steel was followed from electric arc furnace melting through ladle refining to final casting. Timed sampling was performed at all stages of the process. Samples were analyzed using an automated SEM/EDS system. The overall evolution of oxide inclusions in terms of nucleation, growth, and flotation during liquid processing was studied using area fraction and average diameter. Chemical composition evolution was observed using a joint ternary plotting tool developed under this program. It was found that the use of zirconium as an addition for nitrogen/oxygen …
Evolution Of The Statistical Distribution In A Topological Defect Network, Fei Xue, Xueyun Wang, Ion Socolenco, Yijia Gu, Longqing Chen, Sang-Wook Cheong
Evolution Of The Statistical Distribution In A Topological Defect Network, Fei Xue, Xueyun Wang, Ion Socolenco, Yijia Gu, Longqing Chen, Sang-Wook Cheong
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The complex networks of numerous topological defects in hexagonal manganites are highly relevant to vastly different phenomena from the birth of our cosmos to superfluidity transition. The topological defects in hexagonal manganites form two types of domain networks: type-I without and type-II with electric self-poling. A combined phase-field simulations and experimental study shows that the frequencies of domains with N-sides, i.e. of N-gons, in a type-I network are fitted by a lognormal distribution, whereas those in type-II display a scale-free power-law distribution with exponent ~ 2. A preferential attachment process that N-gons with a larger N have higher probability of …
A Microstructure And Hardness Study Of Functionally Graded Materials Ti6al4v/Tic By Laser Metal Deposition, Jingwei Zhang, Yunlu Zhang, Frank W. Liou, Joseph William Newkirk, Karen M. Brown Taminger, William J. Seufzer
A Microstructure And Hardness Study Of Functionally Graded Materials Ti6al4v/Tic By Laser Metal Deposition, Jingwei Zhang, Yunlu Zhang, Frank W. Liou, Joseph William Newkirk, Karen M. Brown Taminger, William J. Seufzer
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Crack free functionally graded material (FGM) Ti6Al4V-TiC has been fabricated by laser metal deposition (LMD) using TiC and Ti6Al4V powder which were premixed for different ratios. This study focuses on the influence of laser processing parameters and TiC compositional distribution on microstructure, Vickers hardness and phase. The microstructure is analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD) and hardness tests. Primary carbide, eutectic carbide and unmelted carbide are found in the deposit area. When laser power increased, the primary and secondary dendrite arm spacing increased. The laser power and scanning speed did not influence the Vickers hardness distribution significantly.
Impact Of Stoichiometry On Structural And Optical Properties Of Sputter Deposited Multicomponent Tellurite Glass Films, Okechukwu Ogbuu, Qingyang Du, Hongtao Lin, Lan Li, Yi Zou, Erick Koontz, Charmayne Smith (Lonergan), Sylvain Danto, Kathleen Richardson, Juejun Hu
Impact Of Stoichiometry On Structural And Optical Properties Of Sputter Deposited Multicomponent Tellurite Glass Films, Okechukwu Ogbuu, Qingyang Du, Hongtao Lin, Lan Li, Yi Zou, Erick Koontz, Charmayne Smith (Lonergan), Sylvain Danto, Kathleen Richardson, Juejun Hu
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Multicomponent TeO2-Bi2O3-ZnO (TBZ) glass thin films were prepared using RF magnetron sputtering under different oxygen flow rates. The influences of oxygen flow rate on the structural and optical properties of the resulting thin films were investigated. We observed that thin films sputtered in an oxygen-rich environment are optically transparent while those sputtered in an oxygen-deficient environment exhibit broadband absorption. The structural origin of the optical property variation was studied using X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy which revealed that the presence of under-coordinated Te leads to the observed optical …
Electrolytic Recovery Of Bismuth And Copper As A Powder From Acidic Sulfate Effluents Using An Emew® Cell, Wei Jin, Paul I. Laforest, Alex Luyima, Weldon Read, Luis M. Navarro, Michael S. Moats
Electrolytic Recovery Of Bismuth And Copper As A Powder From Acidic Sulfate Effluents Using An Emew® Cell, Wei Jin, Paul I. Laforest, Alex Luyima, Weldon Read, Luis M. Navarro, Michael S. Moats
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Effective removal of bismuth is a primary concern during copper electrorefining. A novel electrowinning process using an emew® cell was developed to recover bismuth and copper from a copper electrorefining waste stream. Significant removal and co-deposition of copper and bismuth were achieved from a highly acidic sulfate industrial effluent using a current density of 350 A m-2, but the current efficiency was low (27%). Operating at a lower current density (75 A m-2) facilitated the preferred removal of Cu, while increasing current efficiency to 67.4% due to the decrease of aside-reaction. Consequently, a two-stage process was …
Enhancing Grain Refinement Of Austenitic Steel With Ti Additions By Melt Treatment Sequence Optimization, Gun Ge, Semen Naumovich Lekakh, Ronald J. O'Malley
Enhancing Grain Refinement Of Austenitic Steel With Ti Additions By Melt Treatment Sequence Optimization, Gun Ge, Semen Naumovich Lekakh, Ronald J. O'Malley
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Erratum: "Impact Of Symmetry On The Ferroelectric Properties Of Catio₃ Thin Films" (Applied Physics Letters 106:162904 (2015)), Michael D. Biegalski, Liang Qiao, Yijia Gu, Apurva Mehta, Qian He, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website.
Erratum: "Impact Of Symmetry On The Ferroelectric Properties Of Catio₃ Thin Films" (Applied Physics Letters 106:162904 (2015)), Michael D. Biegalski, Liang Qiao, Yijia Gu, Apurva Mehta, Qian He, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website.
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There is a typo of the space group. All the Pnmb should be Pbnm (or Pnma). So the Glazer notation should be changed to (a-a-c+) for Pbnm space group on page 4 of the article. We have also noticed that the thermodynamic analysis of CaTiO3 thin film is not correct. The films are (001)PC-oriented or (101)-oriented. Therefore, there is no need to rotate the coordinate system (on page 4 of the article). By applying the thin film boundary condition, i.e., ε11 = ε22 = εs, ε …
Origin Of Interfacial Polar Order In Incipient Ferroelectrics, Yijia Gu, Nan Wang, Fei Xue, Long-Qing Chen
Origin Of Interfacial Polar Order In Incipient Ferroelectrics, Yijia Gu, Nan Wang, Fei Xue, Long-Qing Chen
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There are ample experimental evidences indicating that the ferroelastic domain walls of incipient ferroelectrics, such as SrTiO3 and CaTiO3, are polar. The emergence of such interfacial polar order at a domain wall is exciting and believed to arise from the coupling between a primary order parameter, such as a strain or an antiferrodistortive (AFD) order parameter, and polarization. There have been several mechanisms proposed to explain the emergence of interfacial polar order, including biquadratic coupling, AFD-antiferroelectric coupling, and flexoelectric coupling. Using CaTiO3 as an example, we demonstrate, using both asymptotic analytics and numerical calculation, that the …
Impact Of Symmetry On The Ferroelectric Properties Of Catio₃ Thin Films, Michael D. Biegalski, Liang Qiao, Yijia Gu, Apurva Mehta, Qian He, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website.
Impact Of Symmetry On The Ferroelectric Properties Of Catio₃ Thin Films, Michael D. Biegalski, Liang Qiao, Yijia Gu, Apurva Mehta, Qian He, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website.
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Epitaxial strain is a powerful tool to induce functional properties such as ferroelectricity in thin films of materials that do not possess ferroelectricity in bulk form. In this work, a ferroelectric state was stabilized in thin films of the incipient ferroelectric, CaTiO3, through the careful control of the biaxial strain state and TiO6 octahedral rotations. Detailed structural characterization was carried out by synchrotron x-ray diffraction and scanning transmission electron microscopy. CaTiO3 films grown on La0.18Sr0.82Al0.59Ta0.41O3 (LSAT) and NdGaO3 (NGO) substrates experienced a 1.1% biaxial strain state …