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Ordered Mesoporous Carbon/Graphene/Nickel Foam For Flexible Dopamine Detection With Ultrahigh Sensitivity And Selectivity, Lai-Yu Wang, Xin Xi, Dong-Qing Wu, Xiong-Yu Liu, Wei Ji, Rui-Li Liu Jun 2020

Ordered Mesoporous Carbon/Graphene/Nickel Foam For Flexible Dopamine Detection With Ultrahigh Sensitivity And Selectivity, Lai-Yu Wang, Xin Xi, Dong-Qing Wu, Xiong-Yu Liu, Wei Ji, Rui-Li Liu

Journal of Electrochemistry

Electro-catalytic reduction is an efficient way to achieve resourcable transformation of CO2, which is one of the important techniques to solve the global environmental problems originated from excessive CO2 emission. In this study, a membrane electrode assembly(MEA) type CO2 electro-reduction electrolytic cell was constucted, which enables CO2 feeding and real-time KHCO3 aqueous updating on both sides of the cathode gas diffusion electrode (GDE). By means of the electrolytic cell, effects of KHCO3 concentration and updating inside the liquid electrolytic chamber on CO2 electro-reduction activity, production distribution and stability were investigated. The experimental …

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Open-Source Digitally Replicable Lab-Grade Scales, Benjamin R. Hubbard, Joshua M. Pearce Jun 2020

Open-Source Digitally Replicable Lab-Grade Scales, Benjamin R. Hubbard, Joshua M. Pearce

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

This study provides designs for a low-cost, easily replicable open-source lab-grade digital scale that can be used as a precision balance. The design is such that it can be manufactured for use in most labs throughout the world with open-source RepRap-class material extrusion-based 3-D printers for the mechanical components and readily available open-source electronics including the Arduino Nano. Several versions of the design were fabricated and tested for precision and accuracy for a range of load cells. The results showed the open-source scale was found to be repeatable within 0.05 g with multiple load cells, with even better precision (0.005 …

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Reprapable Automated Open Source Bag Valve Mask-Based Ventilator, Aliaksei Petsiuk, Nagendra Gautam Tanikella, Samantha C. Dertinger, Adam Pringle, Shane Oberloier, Joshua M. Pearce Jun 2020

Reprapable Automated Open Source Bag Valve Mask-Based Ventilator, Aliaksei Petsiuk, Nagendra Gautam Tanikella, Samantha C. Dertinger, Adam Pringle, Shane Oberloier, Joshua M. Pearce

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

This study describes the development of an automated bag valve mask (BVM) compression system, which, during acute shortages and supply chain disruptions can serve as a temporary emergency ventilator. The resuscitation system is based on the Arduino controller with a real-time operating system installed on a largely RepRap 3-D printable parametric component-based structure. The cost of the system is under $170, which makes it affordable for replication by makers around the world. The device provides a controlled breathing mode with tidal volumes from 100 to 800 milliliters, breathing rates from 5 to 40 breaths/minute, and inspiratory-to-expiratory ratio from 1:1 to …

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Simultaneous Effects Of Rice Husk Silica And Silicon Carbide Whiskers On The Mechanical Properties And Morphology Of Sodium Geopolymer, Akm Rahman, Chirag Shah, Nihkil Gupta Jun 2020

Simultaneous Effects Of Rice Husk Silica And Silicon Carbide Whiskers On The Mechanical Properties And Morphology Of Sodium Geopolymer, Akm Rahman, Chirag Shah, Nihkil Gupta

Publications and Research

The current research is focused on developing a geopolymer binder using rice husk ash–derived silica nanoparticles. Four types of rice husks were collected directly from various rice fields of Bangladesh in order to evaluate the pozzolanic activity and compatibility of the derived rice husk ashes with precursors of sodium-based geopolymers. Silicon carbide whiskers were introduced into sodium-based geopolymers in order to evaluate the response of silicon carbide whiskers to the interfacial bonding and strength of sodium-based geopolymers along with rice husk ashes. Compression, flexural and short beam shear tests were performed to investigate the synergistic effect of rice husk ashes–derived …

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Additive Manufactured And Laser Enhanced Optical Fiber On Flexible Kapton Substrate, Dianhao Hou Jun 2020

Additive Manufactured And Laser Enhanced Optical Fiber On Flexible Kapton Substrate, Dianhao Hou

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis mainly focuses on the realization of laser enhancing additive manufactured optical fibers on the flexible substrate based on previous work on the rigid surface, and the exploration of their loss at different bend status by optical transmission test. Optical fibers are successfully fabricated using polymethyl methacrylate by fused deposition modeling technology within Norland Optical Adhesive 1369 which is chosen as the cladding material and micro-dispensed on the Kapton substrate. The Laser cutting technology and scanning electron microscope have been used to enhance and characterize the flatness of two end facets of samples, respectively. The optical adhesive and PMMA …

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Van Der Waals Epitaxy Of Ultrathin Early Transition Metal (Ti & V) (Di)Selenides: Charge And Magnetic Order In The Ultrathin Limit, Manuel Bonilla Lopez Jun 2020

Van Der Waals Epitaxy Of Ultrathin Early Transition Metal (Ti & V) (Di)Selenides: Charge And Magnetic Order In The Ultrathin Limit, Manuel Bonilla Lopez

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Since the isolation of graphene in 2004, two-dimensional (2D) layered materials, specially the transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), have attracted immense interest from theoreticians and experimentalist due to the diversity of properties presented in this family of materials. The main reason for the interest in such materials has been the observation of emergent properties as a consequence of the reduced dimensions, i.e. the monolayer regime. Initially the monolayer regime was obtained via the scotch-tape method. The implementation of exfoliation techniques was successful since layered 2D materials are composed of stacked layers held together by weak van der Walls forces that permits …

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Integrating Professional Skills And Leadership Into An Undergraduate Engineering Program, Harold Ackler, Heidi Reeder, Abbey Louie Jun 2020

Integrating Professional Skills And Leadership Into An Undergraduate Engineering Program, Harold Ackler, Heidi Reeder, Abbey Louie

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Research and practical experience indicate that leadership and “people skills” play an important role in the success of organizations and in the careers of employees across many industries, including engineering. The Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University identified a need to expand available opportunities for its students to develop these critical “soft” skills. The approach taken sought to imitate how such training is conducted in the workplace, integrating it within a context of extended team-based projects. In partnership with the College of Innovation + Design’s Leadership Certificate Program, a series of sequential modules were developed …

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Ultralow-Light-Level Color Image Reconstruction Using High-Efficiency Plasmonic Metasurface Mosaic Filters, Ximing Ren Jun 2020

Ultralow-Light-Level Color Image Reconstruction Using High-Efficiency Plasmonic Metasurface Mosaic Filters, Ximing Ren

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

As single-photon imaging becomes progressively more commonplace in sensing applications such as low-light-level imaging, three-dimensional profiling, and fluorescence imaging, there exist a number of fields where multispectral information can also be exploited, e.g., in environmental monitoring and target identification. We have fabricated a high-transmittance mosaic filter array, where each optical filter was composed of a plasmonic metasurface fabricated in a single lithographic step. This plasmonic metasurface design utilized an array of elliptical and circular nanoholes, which produced enhanced optical coupling between multiple plasmonic interactions. The resulting metasurfaces produced narrow bandpass filters for blue, green, and red light with peak transmission …

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Automatic Delamination Segmentation For Bridge Deck Based On Encoder-Decoder Deep Learning Through Uav-Based Thermography, Chongsheng Cheng, Zhexiong Shang, Zhigang Shen Jun 2020

Automatic Delamination Segmentation For Bridge Deck Based On Encoder-Decoder Deep Learning Through Uav-Based Thermography, Chongsheng Cheng, Zhexiong Shang, Zhigang Shen

Department of Construction Engineering and Management: Faculty Publications

Concrete deck delamination often demonstrates strong variations in size, shape, and temperature distribution under the influences of outdoor weather conditions. The strong variations create challenges for pure analytical solutions in infrared image segmentation of delaminated areas. The recently developed supervised deep learning approach demonstrated the potentials in achieving automatic segmentation of RGB images. However, its effectiveness in segmenting thermal images remains under-explored. The main challenge lies in the development of specific models and the generation of a large range of labeled infrared images for training. To address this challenge, a customized deep learning model based on encoder-decoder architecture is proposed …

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Developing An Equivalent Solid Material Model For Bcc Lattice Cell Structures Involving Vertical And Horizontal Struts, Tahseen A. Alwattar, Ahsan Mian Jun 2020

Developing An Equivalent Solid Material Model For Bcc Lattice Cell Structures Involving Vertical And Horizontal Struts, Tahseen A. Alwattar, Ahsan Mian

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

In this study, a body-centered cubic (BCC) lattice unit cell occupied inside a frame structure to create a so-called “InsideBCC” is considered. The equivalent quasi-isotropic properties required to describe the material behavior of the InsideBCC unit cell are equivalent Young’s modulus ( E e ) , equivalent shear modulus ( G e ) , and equivalent Poisson’s ratio ( ν e ) . The finite element analysis (FEA) based computational approach is used to simulate and calculate the mechanical responses of InsideBCC unit cell, which are the mechanical responses of the equivalent solid. Two separates finite element models are then …

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Conversion Of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Mask To Open Source Powered Air-Purifying Particulate Respirator For Fire Fighter Covid-19 Response, Benjamin R. Hubbard, Joshua M. Pearce Jun 2020

Conversion Of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Mask To Open Source Powered Air-Purifying Particulate Respirator For Fire Fighter Covid-19 Response, Benjamin R. Hubbard, Joshua M. Pearce

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

To assist firefighters and other first responders to use their existing equipment for respiration during the COVID-19 pandemic without using single-use, low-supply, masks, this study outlines an open source kit to convert a 3M-manufactured Scott Safety self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) into a powered air-purifying particulate respirator (PAPR). The open source PAPR can be fabricated with a low-cost 3-D printer and widely available components for less than $150, replacing commercial conversion kits saving 85% or full-fledged proprietary PAPRs saving over 90%. The parametric designs allow for adaptation to other core components and can be custom fit specifically to fire-fighter equipment, including …

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Obtaining Microcrystalline Cellulose From Melon Crops And Studying Its Structure, Umarova Vasila, Mardonov Asror, Khamdamova Dilnoza, Akmalova Guzal Jun 2020

Obtaining Microcrystalline Cellulose From Melon Crops And Studying Its Structure, Umarova Vasila, Mardonov Asror, Khamdamova Dilnoza, Akmalova Guzal

CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

The aim of the study was to obtain microcrystalline cellulose from gourds. Cellulose was isolated from the stems of watermelon and pumpkin by acid and alkaline heat treatment. Microcrystalline cellulose was obtained from cellulose by hydrolysis. Cellulose was hydrolyzed in a mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide. The optical parameters of the microcrystalline cellulose sample, ash content, bulk density, water swelling, and moisture sorption were determined. The structural features of the obtained microcrystalline cellulose were studied by IR spectroscopy. The functional groups present under various conditions for the production of microcrystalline cellulose were determined. The influence of the duration …

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Radiopaque Activity Of Iodine Containing Methylene-Bis-Carbamate, Baltabaev Ubaydulla, Djuraev Abdukahhor, Abduvakilov Jahongir, Abdullaeva Matluba Jun 2020

Radiopaque Activity Of Iodine Containing Methylene-Bis-Carbamate, Baltabaev Ubaydulla, Djuraev Abdukahhor, Abduvakilov Jahongir, Abdullaeva Matluba

CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Considering that many derivatives of bis carbamates have different biological activity, it was intuitive to produce a targeted synthesis of new derivatives of bis carbamates by the interaction of hexamethylene diisocyanate with 3,5-diode-4-hydroxybenzoic acid and 2,4,6-triiodophenol (1: 2 mol, respectively) in freshly distilled dry pyridine at 95-110 оC for 6 hours, the corresponding derivatives were obtained - methylene bis carbamates. Experimental studies have been conducted to identify the acute toxicity and radiopaque properties of the synthesized new N, -hexamethylene bis (2,6-diode-4-carboxyphenylcarbamate).

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Modification Of Lithium Lubricants, Azimova Shodiyakhon, Arslanov Sharafutdin, Aripdjanov Oybek, Azimov Dilmurod Jun 2020

Modification Of Lithium Lubricants, Azimova Shodiyakhon, Arslanov Sharafutdin, Aripdjanov Oybek, Azimov Dilmurod

CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

The aim is to study the effect of the presence of free alkalis and acids on the properties of the complex lithium greases and the choice of the optimal dispersion medium, which provides the required physicochemical characteristics of the developed grease. The dispersed phase of lithium greases studied in the polyalphaolefin oils media. It was found that the use of a mixture of polyalphaolefin oil-4 and polyalphaolefin oil-40 as a percentage of 23/77 with a total content of 83.0% provides a relatively low effective viscosity of the lubricant at low temperatures and a relatively high tensile strength at high temperature.

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Effective Oil Extraction From Bombyx Mori Silkworm Pupae And Its Structural Characteristics, Avazova Oynavod, Yugai Sveta, Rashidova Sayora Jun 2020

Effective Oil Extraction From Bombyx Mori Silkworm Pupae And Its Structural Characteristics, Avazova Oynavod, Yugai Sveta, Rashidova Sayora

CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

The conditions for the effective isolation of oil from the silkworm Bombyx mori pupae, based on the extraction of extracted oil with organic reagents, have been studied. The quantitative content of oil was determined in the samples. It is revealed that the oils extracted using gasoline have a high fat-wax composition compared with ethyl alcohol and hexane. When dried pupae processed with gasoline, it is possible to extract up to 16% of fatty substances as much as possible. Physical-chemical characteristics of the oil from silkworm pupae are characterized by high quality indicators. In particular, the presence of unsaturated fatty acids …

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Composition Of Liquid Paraffins For Flotation Enrichment Of Potassium Chloride, Vaqqosov Sobir, Xolmuratov Shamsitdin, Buxarov Shuhrat, Kodirov Orifjon Jun 2020

Composition Of Liquid Paraffins For Flotation Enrichment Of Potassium Chloride, Vaqqosov Sobir, Xolmuratov Shamsitdin, Buxarov Shuhrat, Kodirov Orifjon

CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

The purpose of this work is to determine the source of liquid paraffins from secondary products of the local chemical industry, compare the performance properties and use the resulting products as apolar co-reagents in silvinite flotation. The experiments were conducted with secondary used hexane and pyrocondensation. To improve the efficiency of flotation, the dependences of the order of reagent’s supply into the process and the time of action were studied. Experiments have shown that when adding tetradecane and pentadecane in an amount of 2.5 to 7.5% to hexane liquid paraffins, it is possible to reduce the tail of KCl to …

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Influence Of Technological Parameters On The Chemical Composition Of Calcium Polyphosphates From Phosphorites Central Kyzylkum, Ulugberdieva Ziyada, Khujamberdiev Sherzod, Mirzakulov Kholtura, Usmanov Ilkham Jun 2020

Influence Of Technological Parameters On The Chemical Composition Of Calcium Polyphosphates From Phosphorites Central Kyzylkum, Ulugberdieva Ziyada, Khujamberdiev Sherzod, Mirzakulov Kholtura, Usmanov Ilkham

CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

The aim of the research was to study the effect of temperature, the ratio of P2O5EPA:P2O5PRM and the duration of calcination on the content of various forms of P2O5 in calcium polyphosphate. The effect of calcination temperature from 150 to 300 °C, the ratio of P2O5EPA:P2O5FRM from 2,15 to 4,50 and the duration of the process from 20 to 120 minutes on the changes in various forms of P2O5 were studied. It was shown that with increasing temperature to 200-250 °C the content of the total (ortho + poly) assimilable form of Р2О5 increases and then decreases, passing through a …

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Bases Of Development Of Technologies Of Synthesis Of Oxide Materials In Big Solar Furnace (Parkent), Gulamova Dilbara, Baxronov Khayot, Bobokhulov Sirojiddin, Eshonkulov Elyor Jun 2020

Bases Of Development Of Technologies Of Synthesis Of Oxide Materials In Big Solar Furnace (Parkent), Gulamova Dilbara, Baxronov Khayot, Bobokhulov Sirojiddin, Eshonkulov Elyor

CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

The advantages of synthesis of complex oxide compounds by solar energy, the possibility of obtaining highly textured nano materials are shown. The development of heliomaterial science, aimed at the synthesis of new materials, is inextricably linked with the use of effective optical energy systems. On the example of obtaining superconducting materials of nominal composition Bi1.7Pb0.3Sr2Ca(n-1)CunOy (n = 3-20), optimization of the parameters of the optical-energy system of the Big Solar Furnace (Parkent) is shown. The ideology of developing heliotechnology for the synthesis of inorganic materials in a solar furnace is presented. The properties of a superconducting material of nominal Bi1.7Pb0.3Sr2Ca(n1)CunOy …

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Study And Characterization Of Conductive Elastomers For Biomedical Applications, Hadis Gharacheh Jun 2020

Study And Characterization Of Conductive Elastomers For Biomedical Applications, Hadis Gharacheh

Theses and Dissertations

Health issues have always been one of humankind's biggest challenges. Over the last century, there has been significant and monumental progress in health and biomedical science, with the end goal of alleviating and eliminating illnesses and ailments. For developing biomedical devices, polymers and elastomers group among other types of biomaterials have been highlighted to be used due to high flexibility, stability, biocompatibility, and mechanical and rheological characteristics. In this work, the characterization of acrylated poly glycerol_sebacate (PGSA) polymer conjugated with bio ionic liquid (BIL) was investigated. Results showed high biocompatibility, high printability with tunable mechanical, adhesive, and conductivity properties. For …

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In Vivo Biosynthesis Of Inorganic Nanomaterials Using Eukaryotes - A Review, Ashiqur Rahman, Julia Lin, Francisco E. Jaramillo, Dennis A. Bazylinski, Clayton Jeffryes, Si Amar Dahoumane Jun 2020

In Vivo Biosynthesis Of Inorganic Nanomaterials Using Eukaryotes - A Review, Ashiqur Rahman, Julia Lin, Francisco E. Jaramillo, Dennis A. Bazylinski, Clayton Jeffryes, Si Amar Dahoumane

Life Sciences Faculty Research

Bionanotechnology, the use of biological resources to produce novel, valuable nanomaterials, has witnessed tremendous developments over the past two decades. This eco-friendly and sustainable approach enables the synthesis of numerous, diverse types of useful nanomaterials for many medical, commercial, and scientific applications. Countless reviews describing the biosynthesis of nanomaterials have been published. However, to the best of our knowledge, no review has been exclusively focused on the in vivo biosynthesis of inorganic nanomaterials. Therefore, the present review is dedicated to filling this gap by describing the many different facets of the in vivo biosynthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) using living eukaryotic …

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Resistive Switching In Atomic Layer Deposited Hfo2/Zro2 Nanolayer Stacks, Lin Tang, Hiraku Maruyama, Taihao Han, Juan C. Nino, Yonghong Chen, Dou Zhang Jun 2020

Resistive Switching In Atomic Layer Deposited Hfo2/Zro2 Nanolayer Stacks, Lin Tang, Hiraku Maruyama, Taihao Han, Juan C. Nino, Yonghong Chen, Dou Zhang

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The resistive switching properties of HfO2/ZrO2 nanolayers with the total thickness of 16 nm prepared using atomic layer deposition (ALD) were investigated. Current-voltage behavior, pulse time mode measurement, retention and endurance tests were carried out to characterize the memristive (memory-resistive) properties. Resistive switching was observed in all nanolayer stacks, and the set voltage (Vset) decreased with increasing the number of layers (i.e., increasing number of hafnia-zirconia interfaces). Grazing incidence x-ray diffraction (GI-XRD) results demonstrate that the hafnia transforms from monoclinic to orthorhombic crystal structure during the post metallization annealing. Shifts in the binding energy of the x-ray …

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Demonstration Of A Distributed Bragg Reflector For Polyvinylcarbazole And Cadmium Sulfide Layers: Modeling And Comparison To Experimental Results, Javier E. Hasbun, L. Ajith Desilva Jun 2020

Demonstration Of A Distributed Bragg Reflector For Polyvinylcarbazole And Cadmium Sulfide Layers: Modeling And Comparison To Experimental Results, Javier E. Hasbun, L. Ajith Desilva

Georgia Journal of Science

Light wave propagation in a periodically stratified medium has many applications in physics, mathematics, and engineering. The subject is of interest to students, teachers, and researchers, as it presents a great opportunity to focus on principles of optics and to understand the basics of mathematical modeling. A complete theory of wave propagation can be derived using Born’s optics theory. We employed that theory to determine the reflectivity of a one-dimensional distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) and do simulations using MATLAB. A DBR is a photonic crystal consisting of alternating layers of materials with different refractive indices. In this study, we modeled …

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Cancer Biomarker Detection In Human Plasma By Integrating Surface Acoustic Wave And Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence, Yuqi Huang Jun 2020

Cancer Biomarker Detection In Human Plasma By Integrating Surface Acoustic Wave And Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence, Yuqi Huang

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis includes data and discussion about the technique of metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF) to lower the detection limit of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). The detection limit goes down to 100pg/mL level when using MEF substrate made by rapid thermally annealed silver film covered by silica, which has great promise in diagnosing certain types of cancer that uses CEA as detection biomarker, such as pancreatic cancer and colon cancer. To further address the issue of background noises from non-specifically bound proteins (NSB) in complex media, such as plasma, serum, urine and blood, MEF is integrated with surface acoustic wave (SAW) streaming in …

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Investigation Of Neoprene Medical Gloves: Analysis Of Material Properties, Durability, And Bacterial Barrier Efficacy, Amanda Agui Jun 2020

Investigation Of Neoprene Medical Gloves: Analysis Of Material Properties, Durability, And Bacterial Barrier Efficacy, Amanda Agui

Honors Scholar Theses

This work aims to investigate the material properties, durability, and bacterial barrier efficacy of neoprene for applications in the healthcare/medical field. A special focus on material stiffness and fatigue failure will be explored. Additionally, manufacturer regulations and testing will be inspected to ensure medical gloves made of neoprene blends have a proper lifespan for its desired application in the healthcare community. The resistance of protective gloves and its ability to withstand perforation failure will be investigated to guarantee the safety of users holds extreme importance. Lastly, an analysis of the bacterial barrier efficacy of neoprene gloves will be determined.

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Preparation Of Glass Ionomer Cement From Recycled Low Alumina Glass, Sura S. Al-Tae'e, Ola M. Almitwalli, Saad B. H. Farid Jun 2020

Preparation Of Glass Ionomer Cement From Recycled Low Alumina Glass, Sura S. Al-Tae'e, Ola M. Almitwalli, Saad B. H. Farid

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

Fluoroaluminosilicate glass was prepared from recycled low alumina glass, with the additions of AlF3 and CaF. That was to provide a cheap source of proper glass required to prepare glass ionomer cement GIC. Three batches of the fluoroaluminosilicate glass were prepared with different additions of CaF varied at the expense of AlF3. i.e., the glass was prepared with three different CaO contents. The prepared glasses were used as an essential part of GICs. It was found that a crystalline phase (fluorapatite) appeared as part of the set cement matrix. The XRD of the set cements indicated that …

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Recent Advances In Electrospun Sustainable Composites For Biomedical, Environmental, Energy, And Packaging Applications., Hao Liu, Christopher R Gough, Qianqian Deng, Zhenggui Gu, Fang Wang, Xiao Hu Jun 2020

Recent Advances In Electrospun Sustainable Composites For Biomedical, Environmental, Energy, And Packaging Applications., Hao Liu, Christopher R Gough, Qianqian Deng, Zhenggui Gu, Fang Wang, Xiao Hu

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

Electrospinning has gained constant enthusiasm and wide interest as a novel sustainable material processing technique due to its ease of operation and wide adaptability for fabricating eco-friendly fibers on a nanoscale. In addition, the device working parameters, spinning solution properties, and the environmental factors can have a significant effect on the fibers' morphology during electrospinning. This review summarizes the newly developed principles and influence factors for electrospinning technology in the past five years, including these factors' interactions with the electrospinning mechanism as well as its most recent applications of electrospun natural or sustainable composite materials in biology, environmental protection, energy, …

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Fabrication Of Magnetocaloric La(Fe,Si)13 Thick Films, N H. Dung, N B. Doan, P De Rango, L Ranno, Karl G. Sandeman, N M. Dempsey Jun 2020

Fabrication Of Magnetocaloric La(Fe,Si)13 Thick Films, N H. Dung, N B. Doan, P De Rango, L Ranno, Karl G. Sandeman, N M. Dempsey

Publications and Research

La(Fe,Si)13–based compounds are considered to be very promising magnetocaloric materials for magnetic refrigeration applications. Many studies have focused on this material family but only in bulk form. In this paper we report on the fabrication of thick films of La(Fe,Si)13, both with and without post-hydriding. These films exhibit magnetic and structural properties comparable to bulk materials. We also observe that the ferromagnetic phase transition has a negative thermal hysteresis, a phenomenon not previously found in this material but which may have its origins in the availability of a strain energy reservoir, as in the cases of …

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Tribological Properties Of Polymeric Composites: A Review, Yusuf Şahin, Hakan Şahin Jun 2020

Tribological Properties Of Polymeric Composites: A Review, Yusuf Şahin, Hakan Şahin

Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals

Tribology deals with interacting surfaces in sliding, rolling or any others types of motions, which is much importance in designing for machine components to improve their durability's of mechanical engineering systems. This study overviews the most recent studies on the tribological behavior of polymeric based materials containing different fillers. Some microstructural and mechanical properties of the epoxy composite are introduced. In addition, mechanisms of increasing wear resistance and reducing friction coefficient for polymeric composites are reviewed. An overview is also covered the process optimization for the dry wear results of polymeric composites using Taguchi Method (TM) and Response Surface Method …

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Ceramic And Glass-Ceramic Fillers In Dental Composites: A Review, Sumana Ghosh Jun 2020

Ceramic And Glass-Ceramic Fillers In Dental Composites: A Review, Sumana Ghosh

Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals

Dental composite fillings are most popular fillings wherein various fillers have been suitably dispersed in a polymerizable resin. Major challenges are to make choice of suitable filler and their distribution in the resin matrix in the development of the dental fillings. Apart from traditional fillers ceramic whiskers, glass fibres, branched fibres and nanoporous powders have also been investigated as fillers in dental composites. Recently, ceramic, and glass-ceramic fillers are attracting attention of the researchers due to their suitable combination of material properties. In the current paper, the prospect of ceramic and glass-ceramics as fillers in fabricating dental composites has been …

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Insearchfornear-Room-Temperaturesuperconductingcriticaltemperatureofmetalsuperhydridesunderhighpressure: A Review, Udomsilp Pinsook Jun 2020

Insearchfornear-Room-Temperaturesuperconductingcriticaltemperatureofmetalsuperhydridesunderhighpressure: A Review, Udomsilp Pinsook

Journal of Metals, Materials and Minerals

An overview and the latest status of the superconductivity of metal superhydrides under high pressure are discussed in this review article. The searching for near-room-temperature superconductors have been one of the most enthusiastic fields in physics. This is because of several key factors in both theoretical and experimental sides. By advanced experiment innovation, pressure exceeded that of the earth's core can be generated in laboratories. This allows scientists to explore new physics of materials under high pressure. In the synergy form, the theoretical calculation gives accountable predictions on the structural and electronic properties which can be served as a practical …

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