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Irradiation Resistance of CoCrCuFeNi High Entropy Alloy under Successive Bombardment
With the excellent irradiation resistance due to the chemical complexity, high entropy alloys have attracted considerable attention in the design of nuclear structural materials. However, their performance und...
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Investigation of mountainous laser texturing for improving the adhesion and tribological properties of AlCrN coatings
The effect of mountainous laser texturing on improving the interfacial adhesion and tribological properties of WC-TiC-Co-based AlCrN coatings was studied, which is crucial for the durability of AlCrN coatings....
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Open AccessAnisotropic, biomorphic cellular Si3N4 ceramics with directional well-aligned nanowhisker arrays based on wood-mimetic architectures
Inspired by the transport behavior of water and ions through the aligned channels in trees, we demonstrate a facile, scalable approach for constructing biomorphic cellular Si3N4 ceramic frameworks with well-align...
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Open AccessPrediction of room-temperature half-metallicity in layered halide double perovskites
Half-metallic ferromagnets (HMFs) that possess intriguing physical properties with completely spin-polarized current are key candidates for high-efficiency spintronic devices. However, HMFs that could simultan...
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Flexible and adhesive tape decorated with silver nanorods for in-situ analysis of pesticides residues and colorants
A flexible adhesive tape decorated with SERS-active silver nanorods (AgNRs) in the form of an array nanostructure is described. The tape was constructed by transferring the AgNRs nanostructures from silicon to...
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Open AccessInterplay between Kitaev interaction and single ion anisotropy in ferromagnetic CrI3 and CrGeTe3 monolayers
Magnetic anisotropy is crucially important for the stabilization of two-dimensional (2D) magnetism, which is rare in nature but highly desirable in spintronics and for advancing fundamental knowledge. Recent w...
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Effects of Ce Addition on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Accident-Tolerance Fe-Cr-Al Fuel Cladding Materials
Fe-Cr-Al alloys are promising materials for accident-tolerance fuel cladding applications due to their excellent performance of oxidation and corrosion resistance under elevated temperature. In this study, eff...
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Influence of Hot Rolling on Mechanical Behavior and Strengthening Mechanism in Boron Carbide Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites
Boron carbide reinforced aluminum matrix composites are widely used as neutron absorption materials. Here we report that mechanical alloying has been successfully employed to synthesize metal matrix composite ...
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Influence of Austenitizing Temperature and Time on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of an YP460 Grade Crack Arrest Steel
The influence of austenitizing temperature and austenitizing holding time on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a YP460 grade crack arrest steel was investigated. The first group specimens were au...
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Effects of Matrix Microstructure on the Nanoscale Precipitation and Precipitation Strengthening in an Ultra-high Strength Steel
Matrix microstructure and nanoscale clusters are the two main factors influencing the mechanical properties of nanocluster strengthened steels. Here, an ultra-high strength steel with a tensile strength of ~1....
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Effects of Solid Solution Treatment on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties in the Ultra-High Strength Steel Strengthened by Nanoscale Particles
The microstructure and mechanical properties of the ultra-high strength steel by nanoscale particles are studied in detail with different solid solution treatment. The results indicated that the microstructure...
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Influence of Strain Path Change on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Duplex Mg–Li Alloy
The microstructures, texture evolution, and mechanical properties of unidirectionally-rolled and cross-rolled Mg–9Li–6Er alloy were investigated in this paper. The results show that the Mg–9Li–6Er alloy mainly...
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Influences of Thermomechanical Treatments on the Microcstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Nano-precipitates Strengthened Steels
Nano-precipitates strengthened steels exhibit excellent combination of high strength, high toughness and good weldability. In this study, the optimized thermomechanical processing and aging treatments are used...
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Synthesis and Characterization of Al–B4C Powders by Mechanical Alloying
Boron carbide reinforced aluminum matrix composites are widely used as neutron absorption materials. Here we report that mechanical alloying has been successfully employed to synthesize metal matrix composite ...
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Tunable bandgap and optical properties of (Eu, Sm) codoped ZnO nanoparticles
The (Eu, Sm) codoped ZnO nanoparticles were prepared by chemical precipitation route and characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscope, X-ray photoelectron spectrosco...
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Synthesis and thermo-sensitive property of star poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) with α -D-glucose-based group
Polymers containing functional biological activity groups have potential biological application. A new type of initiator (Glu-Br) synthesized by α-D-glucose and excessive 2-bromo-isobutyrlbromide was used to i...
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Effect of annealing temperature on the energy transfer in Eu-doped ZnO nanoparticles by chemical precipitation method
Eu-doped ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized by the chemical precipitation method and the annealing temperature effect on the structures and photoluminescence (PL) properties of the nanoparticles were briefly i...