Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Prediction of Performance and Emissions of a Biodiesel Fueled Lanthanum Zirconate Coated Direct Injection Diesel Engine Using Artificial Neural Networks
Abstract Different techniques are being attempted over the years to use low pollution emitting fuels in diesel engines to reduce tail pipe emissions with improved engine efficiency. Especially, Biodiesel fuel, derived from different vegetable oils,...
2013 / D. Vinay Kumar, P. Ravi Kumar, M. Santosha Kumari -
Paradigms, peers, and patents
With so many obstacles to overcome, is science a good career choice?
2010 / David Bradley -
Magnetite nanoparticles for medical MR imaging
Nanotechnology has given scientists new tools for the development of advanced materials for the detection and diagnosis of disease. In particular, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have been extensively investigated as novel magnetic resonance...
2011 / Zachary R. Stephen, Forrest M. Kievit, Miqin Zhang -
A Parallel Genetic Algorithm for Cell Image Segmentation
Abstract In this paper, we propose a parallel genetic algorithm for cell image segmentation under severe noise. Our contribution aims at overcoming the drawback of the slow convenence of the traditional genetic algorithm, which was used in our...
2004 / Tianzi Jiang, Faguo Yang, Yong Fan, David J. Evans -
Material challenge for flexible organic devices
Outside of the active device layers, there are a variety of requisite functional layers in flexible organic electronic devices. Whether the application is in displays, lighting, integrated circuits, or photovoltaics, there are materials challenges in implementing...
2006 / Jay Lewis -
Effects of Bi2O3 on Up-conversion Luminescence Properties of Tm3+/Yb3+-codoped Ga2O3-GeO2-Bi2O3-PbO Glass
Abstract This paper reports on frequency up-conversion (UC) emission properties in Tm3+/Yb3+-codoped Ga2O3-GeO2-Bi2O3-PbO glass upon excitation of 980nm laser diode. A close correlation is observed between the Bi2O3 substituted content for PbO and...
2013 / D.M. Shi, Y.G. Zhao, X.F. Wang, J. Liu -
The challenges of nanostructures for theory
Abstract It is tempting to believe that modelling in nanotechnology is much the same as that for conventional solid-state physics. However, important areas of nanotechnology address different systems. The mechanics of DNA (for instance) resembles...
2003 / A.M Stoneham -
Visualisation of Water Flooding and Subsequent Supercritical CO2 Flooding in Fractured Porous Media with Permeability Heterogeneity Using MRI
Abstract Fractured reservoirs form a large percentage of the world's hydrocarbon reserves. However, in spite of their wide occurrence and huge reserves, the oil recovery from most of these reservoirs is extremely low. CO2 flooding has proven to be...
2013 / Yuechao Zhao, Yongchen Song, Tonglei Wang, Yu Liu, Lanlan Jiang, et al. -
A Parallel Discontinuous Galerkin Method with Physical Orthogonal Basis on Curved Elements
Abstract This paper describes a parallel high-order Discontinuous Galerkin method based on orthogonal basis functions in physical space for arbitrary three-dimensional curved boundary geometry. The physical orthogonal basis are obtained by solving...
2013 / Shujie Li -
Monitoring Systems for Zero Defect Manufacturing
Abstract In any machining process there are many parameters which should be taken under control in order to improve the quality of production. In this paper is given an overview of possible actions which could be implemented in order to reach the...
2013 / S. Ferretti, D. Caputo, M. Penza, D.M. D’Addona -
Simulation and Test for the Thermal Behaviour of a Prototype Synchronous Generator with HTS Armature Windings
Abstract A synchronous generator prototype with HTS armature windings and a permanent magnet rotor (HTS-PM) was developed. The temperature evolution during cooling and operation processes of the HTS coils was analyzed by finite element method (FEM). ...
2013 / X.-Y. Yu, T.-M. Qu, P. Song, L.-N. Li, D.-X. Chen, et al. -
Recognition of Promoters in DNA Sequences Using Weightily Averaged One-dependence Estimators
Abstract The completion of the human genome project in the last decade has generated a strong demand in computational analysis techniques in order to fully exploit the acquired human genome database. The human genome project generated a perplexing...
2013 / Zaw Zaw Htike, Shoon Lei Win -
The Skeletonization of Milan WDS on Transients Due to Pumping Switching off: Preliminary Results
Abstract This paper is an extension of a previous paper (Brunone et al., 2013), in which a transient test procedure is discussed on the basis of field tests executed in the steel water distribution system (WDS) of Novara in the northwestern part of...
2014 / S. Meniconi, B. Brunone, M. Ferrante, C.A. Carrettini, C. Chiesa, et al. -
Enhancement of Cassava Rhizome Gasification Using Mono-Metallic Cobalt Catalysts
Abstract This paper proposed cobalt catalysts for the in-situ catalytic gasification of cassava rhizome which represented an important stage in the production of hydrogen-rich gas that suitable for internal combustion and direct-fired industrial gas ...
2013 / Panchaluck Sornkade, Duangduen Atong, Viboon Sricharoenchaikul -
Promoting CO2 absorption in aqueous amines with benzylamine
Abstract Post-combustion capture of CO2 is the most mature technique for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from coal fired power stations. In this study, aqueous benzylamine (BA) was investigated as a potential solvent for CO2 capture. First, CO2...
2013 / Gilles Richner -
Comparison Metal Water Jet Cutting with Laser and Plasma Cutting
Abstract The main objective of this paper is to select the best technology for cutting metal. In this article i will briefly discuss the different ways of cutting metal, such as water jet cutting, as well as laser and plasma cutting. These...
2014 / Daniel Krajcarz -
Interaction of Iron with Extended Defects in Multicrystalline Silicon Studied by Local Gettering
Abstract In order to adjust temperature treatments during solar cell processing to multicrystalline silicon, the interactions of metal impurities in multicrystalline silicon with extended defects like grain boundaries have to be understood. For this ...
2013 / Patricia Krenckel, Philipp Saring, Marie A. Falkenberg, Vitaly Kveder, Michael Seibt -
Probing membrane and interface properties in concentrated electrolyte solutions
Abstract This study deals with the membrane and interface electrical properties investigation by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The EIS is a powerful technique for characterizing electrical behavior of systems in which coupled...
2014 / Enrica Fontananova, Wenjuan Zhang, Isabella Nicotera, Cataldo Simari, Willem van Baak, et al. -
Recent advances in vacuum sciences and applications2014 / M Mozetič, K Ostrikov, D N Ruzic, D Curreli, U Cvelbar, et al.
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Energy performance analysis of integrating building envelopes with nanomaterials
Abstract The energy consumption in Egypt has increased sharply in the past few years, and ultra-energy efficient technologies are desperately needed for the national energy policy. This paper discusses and explores the possibilities offered by the...
2013 / Ahmed Rashwan, Osama Farag, Wael Seddik Moustafa