Materials engineering topic list of research papers
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Tool Wear and Chip Characteristics during Dry Turning of Inconel 825
Abstract Nickel-based super alloys are widely utilized in engineering applications especially in the aerospace sectors. One such alloy belonging to Nickel based family which has been extensively used by the researchers for the study of machinability ...
2014 / A. Thakur, A. Mohanty, S. Gangopadhyay, K.P. Maity -
Parametric Optimization of Squeeze Cast AC2A-Ni Coated Composite Using Taguchi Technique2014 / A. R. Ravikumar, K. S. Amirthagadeswaran, P. Senthil
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The Effect of Bedding Structure on Mechanical Property of Coal2014 / Zetian Zhang, Ru Zhang, Guo Li, Hegui Li, Jianfeng Liu
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Adatom diffusion on vicinal surfaces with permeable steps2009 / Bogdan Ranguelov, Ivan Markov
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Gate stack technology for nanoscale devices
Scaling of the gate stack has been a key to enhancing the performance of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) field-effect transistors (FETs) of past technology generations. Because the rate of gate stack scaling has diminished in recent years, the...
2006 / Byoung Hun Lee, Jungwoo Oh, Hsing Huang Tseng, Rajarao Jammy, Howard Huff -
Strengthening women's role in nanoscience
The WomenInNano network is helping women working on nanoscience and technology to fulfil their potential, and is encouraging both men and women to contribute to a sea change in the physical and engineering sciences that will bring about gender equality, ultimately ...
2008 / Jenny Lunnon -
EM transmission-line metamaterials
Metamaterials are understood to be artificially engineered materials that exhibit unusual or difficult to obtain electromagnetic (EM) properties. Such properties would include negative or low values of permittivity, permeability and index of refraction. In this...
2009 / George V. Eleftheriades -
High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells
Abstract Silicon remains the material of choice for photovoltaics because of its abundance, non-toxicity, high and stable cell efficiencies, the maturity of production infrastructure and the deep and widespread level of skill available in relation...
2013 / Andrew Blakers, Ngwe Zin, Keith R. McIntosh, Kean Fong -
Advanced Solar Cell Modelling
Abstract Solar cells today enter a regime where they become cost-competitive with conventional methods of electricity generation. However, there is still a need to further reduce costs. An efficient way to do this is to increase the conversion...
2013 / Marius Peters, Ma Fajun, Ke Cangming, Guo Siyu, Nasim Sahraei, et al. -
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of CO2/Water Two Phase Flow in Porous Media
Abstract Measurement of CO2/water two phase fluids flow in the porous media under sequestration conditions by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technique was studied in this paper. The porous media was formed from a packed bed of glass beads. A spin...
2013 / Lanlan Jiang, Yongchen Song, Yu Liu, Mingjun Yang, Ningjun Zhu, et al. -
Variation in Local Scour Profiles of an Embankment Pond
Abstract This paper intents to identify the variation in local scour profiles of an embankment pond under varying pond water depths. The embankment pond was constructed to regulate the water issuing from the tunnel of a hydropower station before...
2013 / Ayesha Ghulam Rasool, Zahiraniza Mustaffa -
High-energy ion treatments of amorphous As40Se60 thin films for optical applications
Abstract The treatment of 100MeV Ag swift-heavy ion (SHI) irradiation with five different fluences (3×1010, 1×1011, 3×1011, 1×1012, and 3×1012 ions/cm2) was used to design optical and structural properties of amorphous (a-)...
2014 / Rashmi Chauhan, Arvind Tripathi, Krishna Kant Srivastava -
Molecular biomechanics of collagen molecules
Collagenous tissues, made of collagen molecules, such as tendon and bone, are intriguing materials that have the ability to respond to mechanical forces by altering their structures from the molecular level up, and convert them into biochemical signals that...
2014 / Shu-Wei Chang, Markus J. Buehler -
Experimental Study of Pedestrian Flow in a Fire-protection Evacuation Walk
Abstract As modern society develops rapidly, underground buildings are springing up all over the city, it is very essential to study pedestrian flow in the underground corridor. An evacuation experiment was conducted in a fire-protection evacuation...
2014 / Xiao-dong Liu, Wei-guo Song, Fei-zhou Huo, Zi-gang Jiang -
Controlled Morphology of Electrochemically Deposited CuSCN by Variation of Applied Bias Voltage
Abstract CuSCN is a p-type semiconductor essentially used in semiconductor sensitized solar cells for scavenging the photogenerated holes. Here we report, cathodic electrodeposition of CuSCN using NaSCN and Cu2+. Control over the film morphology is...
2014 / Soham Ghosh, Shaibal K. Sarkar -
Modified Kitagawa–Takahashi diagram accounting for finite notch depths
Abstract The Kitagawa–Takahashi diagram in its commonly used form allows to predict, for cracks of given length and stress range, the allowable stress range for infinite life. However, caution is advised if a crack emanates not directly from the...
2014 / J. Maierhofer, H.-P. Gänser, R. Pippan -
Quantum dot field effect transistors
Solution processed colloidal semiconductor quantum dots offer a high potential for decreasing costs and expanding versatility of many electronic and optoelectronic devices. Initially used as a research tool to study charge carrier mobilities in closely packed...
2013 / Frederik Hetsch, Ni Zhao, Stephen V. Kershaw, Andrey L. Rogach -
Design, simulation, fabrication and characterization of novel single use MEMS resistor controllers2014 / Wenzhong Lou, Peng Liu, Yue Zhao, Xuran Ding
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First-principles study on competing phases of silicene: Effect of substrate and strain2013 / Chi-Cheng Lee, Antoine Fleurence, Rainer Friedlein, Yukiko Yamada-Takamura, Taisuke Ozaki
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La3+-induced (micro)structural changes and origin of the relaxor-like phase transition in ferroelectric lead barium niobate electroceramics2014 / Michel Venet, Fabio L. Zabotto, Jose E. Garcia, Diego A. Ochoa, Ducinei Garcia, et al.