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PROCESSING, WEAR, AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES PREPARED WITH PRISTINE AND ORGANOSILANE-TREATED CARBON NANOFIBERS
(2012)
Polymers and nanocomposites have been increasingly used for tribological applications over the last few decades. In particular, ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is a high performance polymer with excellent ...
TEXTURE INFORMED CRYSTAL PLASTICITY FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL DEFORMATION
(2014)
Metallic materials, such as aluminum, ferrite, magnesium, are used in a wide variety of applications such as structure components of automobiles and plane industry, due to its high strength and low density. It is of great ...
INTRINSIC DEFECTS AND SODIUM ACCEPTORS DOPING IN ZNO
(2012)
Zinc oxide (ZnO), with a direct band gap of 3.37 eV at room temperature, attracts considerable attention because of its promising applications for blue-UV light-emitting diodes, diode lasers and spintronics.A problem with ...
DISLOCATION-BASED MULTI-SCALE MODELING FOR SIZE-DEPENDENT PLASTICITY OF HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS
(2016)
The objective of this research is to investigate the plastic deformation of heterogeneous material with different microstructures including grain orientations, grain size effect, and grain spatial distributions etc., and ...
Study of atmospheric pressure weakly ionized plasma as surface compatibilization technique for improved plastic composites loaded with cellulose based fillers
(2013)
Atmospheric pressure plasmas have gained considerable interest from researchers recently for their unique prospective of engineering surfaces with plasma without the need of vacuum systems. They offer the advantage of low ...
Electron and Hole Trap Distribution and Transport in Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes
(2012)
Titanium dioxide functions as an electron transport medium in dye sensitized solar cells. Nanotubular anatase titanium dioxide is expected to be a better photoanode because of the direct path of the electrons from injection ...
Manipulating neuronal activity with low frequency transcranial ultrasound
(2014)
Stimulation of the rodent cerebral cortex is used to investigate the underlying biological basis for the restorative effects of slow wave sleep. Neuronal activation by optogenetic and ultrasound stimulation elicits changes ...
CHARACTERIZATION OF Ti AND Co BASED BIOMATERIALS PROCESSED VIA LASER BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
(2016)
Titanium and Cobalt based metallic materials are currently the most ideal materials for load-bearing metallic bio medical applications. However, the long term tribological degradation of these materials still remains a ...
DYNAMIC DAMAGE EVOLUTION IN ALUMINUM AS A MODEL SYSTEM FOR UNDERSTANDING FCC MATERIALS IN EXTREME CONDITIONS
(2013)
Materials play a key role in many emerging technologies. Future technologies in the energy and defense sectors will place huge demands on material performance with respect to stress, strain, temperature, and pressure. These ...
Modeling and Simulation of Microstructure Evolution and Deformation in an Irradiated Environment
(2019)
The ability to predict the behavior of structural components in a nuclear power plant is critical to the nuclear industry. Structural metals in the primary loop of nuclear power plants must endure challenges such as ...