Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Interstitial Chromium in Silicon on the Micron Scale
Abstract Imaging the Photoluminescence (PL) intensities related to recombination via the two metastable states of chromium in boron doped silicon is a highly sensitive means for measuring the spatially resolved interstitial chromium concentration...
2013 / Friedemann D. Heinz, Florian Schindler, Wilhelm Warta, Martin C. Schubert -
Experimental Performance Characterization of Photovoltaic Modules Using DAQ
Abstract This paper presents a simple electronic circuit for testing the photovoltaic (PV) modules by tracing their I-V characteristics. A precise PV module electrical model is also introduced. The circuit consists of a fast varying electronic load...
2013 / Anwar Sahbel, Naggar Hassan, Magdy M. Abdelhameed, Abdelhalim Zekry -
Attempt to Generate a Strong and Uniform Magnetic Field by Face-to-face HTS Bulk Elements in a Magnet System
Abstract A unique experimental attempt aiming to obtain a uniform magnetic field space as required for NMR has been carried out with use of HTS bulk magnets. The magnetic poles were activated as 1.8 T (North) and 1.4 T (South) at 30K by applyinga...
2015 / Tetsuo Oka, Eri Hirayama, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Tomoaki Kanai, Jun Ogawa, et al. -
An Adaptive Sampling Approach for Digitizing Unknown Free-form Surfaces based on Advanced Path Detecting
Abstract Reverse engineering technology has been widely recognized as a crucial strategy for innovative design of products. However, currently one of major problems for its application is that huge amounts of digitized points cloud data need to be...
2013 / Keqing Lu, Wen Wang, Yaofeng Wu, Yanding Wei, Zichen Chen -
Slime mold microfluidic logical gates
We demonstrate how logical operations can be implemented in ensembles of protoplasmic tubes of acellular slime mold Physarum polycephalum. The tactile response of the protoplasmic tubes is used to actuate analogs of two- and four-input logical gates and memory...
2014 / Andrew Adamatzky, Theresa Schubert -
Bone tissue engineering: from bench to bedside
The drive to develop bone grafts for the filling of major gaps in the skeletal structure has led to a major research thrust towards developing biomaterials for bone engineering. Unfortunately, from a clinical perspective, the promise of bone tissue engineering...
2012 / Maria A. Woodruff, Claudia Lange, Johannes Reichert, Arne Berner, Fulen Chen, et al. -
Prediction of Steel Corrosion in Porous Building Materials by Means of a New Hygrothermal Model
Abstract Decay of ancient buildings is often due to corrosion of metallic reinforcements, which are embedded in the construction in order to improve its structural behaviour or to prevent the propagation of cracks. If wet conditions occur on the...
2015 / Eleonora Marra, Daniel Zirkelbach, Hartwig M. Künzel -
A Roadmap for Automated Power Line Inspection. Maintenance and Repair
Abstract Electrical power companies usually perform regular visual inspection to check the status of their transmission lines mainly using helicopter equipped with external gimbals housing infrared and ultraviolet camera to detect hot spots and...
2013 / A. Pagnano, M. Höpf, R. Teti -
Self-forming nanoscale devices
Abstract Devices that have been beyond the reach of engineers can now be fabricated in new ways. The crucial factor has been the development of a technique by which extremely narrow rods, or nanowires, of a semiconductor can be formed. The...
2003 / Lars Samuelson -
Interdisciplinary macromolecular science and engineering — The new frontier2008 / Samuel I. Stupp
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Exotic fern-like morphologies2013 / N.S. Harale, D.L. Kamble, M.G. Gang, V.K. Rao, J.H. Kim, et al.
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Polymer semiconductor crystals
One of the long-standing challenges in the field of polymer semiconductors is to figure out how long interpenetrating and entangled polymer chains self-assemble into single crystals from the solution phase or melt. The ability to produce these crystalline solids...
2010 / Jung Ah Lim, Feng Liu, Sunzida Ferdous, Murugappan Muthukumar, Alejandro L. Briseno -
Influence of PWHT on the Residual Stress in Under-Matching Welded Joint
Abstract The under-matching welded joint is commonly used in engineering practice and the postweld heat treatment (PWHT) is the common method to reduce the residual stress in the welded joint, while the research on the under-matching welded joint...
2015 / Y.W. Qian, J.P. Zhao -
Molybdenum oxide nanowires: synthesis & properties
Molybdenum oxide nanowires have been found to show promise in a diverse range of applications, ranging from electronics to energy storage and micromechanics. This review focuses on recent research on molybdenum oxide nanowires: from synthesis and device assembly...
2011 / Liqiang Mai, Fan Yang, Yunlong Zhao, Xu Xu, Lin Xu, et al. -
Reassessing the melting temperature of PuO2
The melting behavior is a fundamental property of a material, closely related to its structure and thermodynamic stability, and has therefore been a crucial subject of research for ages. The melting point is also an important engineering parameter, as it defines...
2010 / Franck De Bruycker, Konstantinos Boboridis, Dario Manara, Philipp Pöml, Matteo Rini, et al. -
Graphene, a promising transparent conductor
New electronic devices such as touch screens, flexible displays, printable electronics, solid-state lighting and thin film photovoltaics have led to a rapidly growing market for flexible transparent conductors. Standard indium tin oxide films are unlikely to...
2010 / Jonathan K. Wassei, Richard B. Kaner -
Corrosion Properties of Light-weight and High-strength 2195 Al-Li Alloy
Abstract The intergranular corrosion and exfoliation corrosion of 2195 Al-Li alloy treated by multi-step heating-rate controlled aging (MSRC) are studied. The corrosion features of 2195 Al-Li alloys which are respectively treated by high-temperature ...
2011 / Yue XU, Xiaojing WANG, Zhaotong YAN, Jiaxue LI -
Identification and evaluation of critical factors to technology transfer using AHP approach
Abstract Technology Transfer (TT) process has been one of the most important activities in management of innovations in products, processes and services. It has been realized that critical factors (CFs) related to TT process need to be identified...
2015 / Sanjay Kumar, Sunil Luthra, Abid Haleem, Sachin K. Mangla, Dixit Garg -
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