{"title":"Selective flotation separation of ilmenite from fine-grained titanaugite utilizing environmentally friendly depressant sodium alginate: Experimental and mechanistic study","authors":"Jiaqiao Yuan, Xiang Gong, Hongyu Lu, Hao Lai, Shuming Wen, Shaojun Bai, Dandan Wu, Yongxing Zheng","doi":"10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.163705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.163705","url":null,"abstract":"The flotation separation of fine-grained ilmenite and titanaugite is a challenging issue. This study employed an environmentally friendly inhibitor, sodium alginate (SA), to overcome this challenge. Single mineral flotation results demonstrated that SA exhibited significant depression on fine-grained titanaugite over a wide pH range, while inhibitory effects on ilmenite was small. Furthermore, binary mixed mineral flotation experiments revealed that a concentrate with a grade of 37.52 % and a recovery of 65.15 % could obtain using 6.0 mg/L of SA. AFM images confirmed that SA had stable and dense adsorption on the surface of titanaugite compared to ilmenite, which hindered further adsorption of NaOL. Zeta potential and FTIR analyses indicated that SA underwent strong chemisorption on the titanaugite surface, while its interaction with ilmenite was comparatively weak, resulting in a considerable increase in the floatability difference between the two minerals. XPS analysis and DFT calculations confirmed that the carboxyl group within SA formed a stable bridge adsorption configuration with the Ca and Mg sites of titanaugite. However, SA had feeble influence the chemical interactions between NaOL and the Fe site on ilmenite. Consequently, SA shows a greater affinity for titanaugite than ilmenite, which facilitates the selective separation of fine-grained ilmenite from titanaugite.","PeriodicalId":247,"journal":{"name":"Applied Surface Science","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144188829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on performance of laser cladding of 60 wt.%WC-Ni coating with ultrasonic/temperature composite energy field","authors":"Huafeng Guo, Chen Liu, Mengyao Wang, Bangping Gu, Yansong Wang, Enlan Zhao, Haifeng Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.181344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.181344","url":null,"abstract":"In order to suppress the crack and porosity sensitivity of the traditional laser cladding Ni-based WC coating, 60<!-- --> <!-- -->wt.% WC-Ni coating was prepared on the 45 steel substrate by traditional, single temperature field assisted, and \"ultrasonic vibration + temperature field\" (UVAT) composite energy field assisted laser cladding. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD) were used to analyze the microstructure of the coating, and X-ray diffractometer (XRD) was used to analyze the phase of the coating. The mechanical properties, tribological properties, and electrochemical corrosion properties of the coating under different working conditions were compared and studied. The results show that there are a few cracks and pores in the coatings prepared by traditional and single-temperature field-assisted laser cladding, and WC particles are locally enriched. The vibration, agitation, and cavitation of UVAT can change the distribution state of WC particles and the binding state with the matrix phase so that the grain of the coating is fine, with no cracks, uniform and dense. The average microhardness of UVAT compound field-assisted laser cladding coating is 894.9 HV0.3, which is 1.23 and 1.14 times that of the first two processes, respectively. The wear rate is 51.62% and 12.68% of the first two, respectively, showing the best wear resistance. The wear mechanism of the three coatings is mainly abrasive wear, and the adhesive wear and oxidation wear are auxiliary. In 3.5<!-- --> <!-- -->wt.% NaCl solution, the corrosion mechanism of the three coatings is intergranular corrosion, but the grain refining of the UVAT composite energy field coating leads to the increase of grain boundary density on the surface of the coating, the increase of corrosion channels, the reduction of corrosion tendency, and the enhancement of corrosion resistance. A new technical scheme is provided for the Ni-based WC coatings with no crack and high density.","PeriodicalId":344,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Alloys and Compounds","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144188930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nano LettersPub Date : 2025-06-01DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02727
Xue Li, Xiaoyao Cai, Zhanzhan Zhang, Yuxun Ding, Rujiang Ma, Fan Huang, Yang Liu, Jianfeng Liu, Linqi Shi
{"title":"Correction to “Mimetic Heat Shock Protein Mediated Immune Process to Enhance Cancer Immunotherapy”","authors":"Xue Li, Xiaoyao Cai, Zhanzhan Zhang, Yuxun Ding, Rujiang Ma, Fan Huang, Yang Liu, Jianfeng Liu, Linqi Shi","doi":"10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c02727","url":null,"abstract":"In our original paper, the images of Figure S13 and Figure S16 in the Supporting Information were copied incorrectly from our original files. The conclusions are not affected. The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused. The correct Figure S13 and Figure S16 are below. Figure S13. Representative flow cytometry plots showing percentages of (gated on CD3+CD8+ T cells) CD107a+ CTLs from restimulated splenocytes. Figure S16. Blood routine analysis in blood samples (a) and H&E stains of the main organs (b) of B16F10-OVA bearing mice after different treatment. Scale bar = 100 μm. This article has not yet been cited by other publications.","PeriodicalId":53,"journal":{"name":"Nano Letters","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144188932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Precipitation characteristics and short-time aging treatment of Mg-Gd-Y-Zn-Zr alloy","authors":"Mu Meng, Zhiqiang Zhai, Genxing Lei, Zhaoming Yan, Weihao Wu, Qiang Wang, Zhimin Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jma.2025.05.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2025.05.004","url":null,"abstract":"Currently, Mg-Gd-Y-Zn-Zr alloys face the issue of a long aging duration. To establish a short-time aging treatment route, the precipitation characteristics and their effects on mechanical properties during elevated-temperature heat treatment prior to low-temperature aging treatment, low-temperature single-stage aging treatment, and low-temperature two-stage aging treatment were studied. The following results were obtained: Wider intragranular lamellar phases, including 14-LPSO and γ′′ phases, are more easily obtained during long-term holding at heat treatment temperatures of 400 °C and 450 °C. Although these lamellar phases do not contribute to strengthening, they enhance ductility by hindering crack propagation. Micro-sized <em>β</em> phases precipitate more readily at heat treatment temperatures of 300 °C and 350 °C. Intragranular needle-like <em>β</em> phases are not effective strengthening phases, and <em>β</em> phase precipitating along grain boundaries form a networked distribution, which reduces ductility. The nano-sized <em>β'</em> phase, as the main strengthening phase, is more likely to precipitate during single-stage aging at temperatures of 200 °C and 250 °C. The <em>β'</em> phase formed at 200 °C is denser, leading to higher strength, but requiring a longer aging time. For two-stage aging, which involves a primary-stage at 200 °C for 8 to 12 h followed by a second-stage at 250 °C for 10 h, the aging time is reduced to at least one-quarter of that required for single-stage aging at 200 °C, ensuring strength while improving ductility. The formation of very dense nano-sized <em>β'</em> phases during the primary-stage aging facilitates the densification of <em>β'</em> phases during the subsequent second-stage aging. Additionally, the shortened aging time hinders the precipitation of <em>β</em> phase along the grain boundaries, thus improving ductility.","PeriodicalId":16214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnesium and Alloys","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144189037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiahui Zhang, Qian Wu, Rongchuan Cao, Yuanhang Wang, Yang Shao, Di Yi, Yaoyu Ren, Lingqiao Wu, Ce-Wen Nan, Xi Chen, Haijun Yu, Liangliang Li
{"title":"Multifunctional Zeolites for Rechargeable Lithium-Based Batteries: Progress and Perspectives","authors":"Jiahui Zhang, Qian Wu, Rongchuan Cao, Yuanhang Wang, Yang Shao, Di Yi, Yaoyu Ren, Lingqiao Wu, Ce-Wen Nan, Xi Chen, Haijun Yu, Liangliang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.ensm.2025.104369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2025.104369","url":null,"abstract":"As a representative electrochemical energy storage technology, rechargeable lithium (Li)-based batteries, such as lithium-ion batteries, lithium-oxygen batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, and lithium metal batteries, are being intensively investigated. However, many issues, such as the dissolution of transition-metal ions, the shuttle effect of redox mediators and polysulfides, and slow ionic conduction in solid electrolytes, persist in these batteries, leading to the degradation of their electrochemical performance. Zeolites, with their various channel/pore structures, possess many advantages, including excellent molecular sieving capability, high cost-effectiveness, and efficient adsorption abilities. Therefore, these multifunctional materials are highly promising for addressing the challenges faced by rechargeable Li-based batteries. In this review, we summarize the recent progress in the application of multifunctional zeolites for Li-based batteries. We then thoroughly discuss the roles of zeolites that are crucial for enhancing the electrochemical performance of these batteries. Finally, we provide insightful perspectives on the development of high-performance zeolites for Li-based batteries. This review offers guidance for improving the electrochemical performance of Li-based batteries and other electrochemical energy storage devices by implementing zeolites with novel properties.","PeriodicalId":306,"journal":{"name":"Energy Storage Materials","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144189073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yixue Fu , Xinghang Zhou , Jiaqi Tao , Fuhao Liu , Zhiyong Liu , Difan Zhou , Chuanbing Cai
{"title":"Influence of additional liquid layer on growth dynamics of TFA-MOD YBa₂Cu₃O7-δ thin films","authors":"Yixue Fu , Xinghang Zhou , Jiaqi Tao , Fuhao Liu , Zhiyong Liu , Difan Zhou , Chuanbing Cai","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.02.149","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.02.149","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transient liquid phase has recently been proved to assist the ultra-fast nucleation of YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7-δ</sub> (YBCO) thin films/tapes during the chemical solution deposition process making it a promising technique for processing high temperature superconducting tapes. In this work, we attempted to introduce the liquid rich environment into the TFA-YBCO process by coating an additional Ba-Cu-O (BCO) layer in advance, and systematically investigated its influence on nucleation dynamics by adjusting key parameters including temperature and oxygen partial pressure. The results show that due to intermediate phase coarsening, the presence of a nonuniform distribution of liquid-phase leads to higher local supersaturation, thereby promoting mixed <em>a</em>-axis and <em>c</em>-axis growth. Under rapid heating conditions, a large number of liquid phases form, reducing the relative supersaturation and minimizing particle coarsening. This reduces the growth time from 90 min to 40 min and results in a dense film with highly oriented <em>c</em>-axis orientation. In addition, we established a liquid-phase diffusion model based on the evolution of the intermediate phase, revealing the effects of conventional and rapid heating on liquid-phase diffusion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 15","pages":"Pages 19795-19803"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144177498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dong Dong , Haijun Su , Jian Xing , Xiang Li , Zhonglin Shen , Hao Jiang , Minghui Yu , Min Guo , Zhuo Zhang , Pengfei Wang
{"title":"Effect of Fe-Mg co-incorporation on the mechanical properties, biodegradation, osteogenesis and immunoregulation in vitro of 3D printed biphasic calcium phosphate bioceramics","authors":"Dong Dong , Haijun Su , Jian Xing , Xiang Li , Zhonglin Shen , Hao Jiang , Minghui Yu , Min Guo , Zhuo Zhang , Pengfei Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.02.146","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.02.146","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Introducing functional elements to biomaterials is a widely recognized effective strategy to enhance their biological properties. In this study, iron (Fe) and magnesium oxide (MgO) were co-incorporated into biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) bioceramics fabricated by vat polymerization (VPP) technique to regulate the microstructure, mechanical properties, biodegradation, biocompatibility and bioactivity. Our results showed the decrease of curing depth of BCP slurries was mainly owing to the addition of Fe. The incorporation of Fe increased the grain size, but co-incorporation of MgO decreased the grain size again. The co-incorporation of Fe and MgO increased the porosity of BCP scaffolds, and decreased their compressive strength. However, the single addition of Fe increased the compressive strength. The introducing of Fe suppressed the degradation of BCP, but Fe-Mg co-doped BCP showed faster degradation than BCP with Fe alone. However, the addition of MgO diminished the formation of bioactive apatite. <em>In vitro</em>, Fe-Mg co-doped BCP showed good biocompatibility, and 0.5Fe2Mg-BCP showed the best capacity on promoting osteogenic differentiation of MC3T3-E1. Fe-Mg co-doped BCP obviously regulated the RAW 264.7 polarization, inflammatory and anti-inflammatory activities which are favor of osteogenesis. This work demonstrated that the co-doping of Fe<sup>2+</sup> and Mg<sup>2+</sup> was favor of promoting osteogenic differentiation and Fe-Mg co-doped BCP was a promising biomaterial for bone regeneration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 15","pages":"Pages 19828-19844"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144177552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative study of electrochemical supercapacitor performance Among various nickel phases: Hydroxide, oxide, and sulfide","authors":"Sreenivasa Kumar Godlaveeti , Adel El-marghany , Ramamanohar Reddy Nagireddy , Sreedevi Gedi , Rajababu Chintaparty","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.02.229","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.02.229","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The unique electrochemical properties of metal sulfides have made them highly attractive for use in supercapacitor technologies. This study focuses on the electrochemical behaviour of nickel-based materials namely nickel hydroxide (β-Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub>), nickel oxide (NiO), and nickel sulfide (NiS) synthesized via a simple hydrothermal approach. Structural analysis was performed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), while field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), field emission transmission electron microscopy (FE-TEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDAX) provided insights into the morphology and elemental composition of each material. The surface area, pore volume and pore diameter were calculated from Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET) instrument. The electrochemical performance of these synthesized compounds was tested in supercapacitor applications through cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and stability performance in a three-electrode system. Notably, NiS outperformed other nickel phases, achieving a specific capacitance of approximately 1066 F/g at a current density of 5 A/g in a 3 M KOH electrolyte. The findings highlight the potential advantages of metal sulfides over metal oxides and hydroxides in supercapacitor applications, attributed to their higher conductivity and electrochemical activity, making metal sulfides highly promising for energy storage solutions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 15","pages":"Pages 20620-20627"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144178201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiyun Wang , Zhichao Liu , Bowen Zhang , Yongfeng Liu , Linglu Kuang , Qian Guo , Man Wang , Wei Tian , Jahangeer Ahmed , Min Zhou
{"title":"Daylight-activated recoverable mechano-luminescence material SrGa12O19: Tb3+ for enhanced speed detection applications","authors":"Jiyun Wang , Zhichao Liu , Bowen Zhang , Yongfeng Liu , Linglu Kuang , Qian Guo , Man Wang , Wei Tian , Jahangeer Ahmed , Min Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.02.187","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.02.187","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mechano-luminescence (ML) materials exhibit significant potential in anti-counterfeit coding, structural detection, and mechanical sensing due to their unique force-light conversion properties. However, current research predominantly focuses on recoverable ultraviolet irradiation and triboelectric effects within non-centrosymmetric crystal structures. In this study, we have successfully synthesized a doped centrosymmetric crystal structure, SrGa<sub>12</sub>O<sub>19</sub> (SGO): Tb<sup>3+</sup>, which displays green ML property and is capable of recovery under daylight irradiation. Furthermore, co-doping with Sb<sup>3+</sup> ions allowed a 13-fold increase in the trap concentration that significantly enhanced its long persistent luminescence (LPL) performance. Temperature-dependent ML properties, along with density functional theory calculations, provide additional confirmation of the crucial role played by trap structure in the conversion process of force into light. Additionally, a dual-function film with ML and LPL effects has been developed through coupling the polydimethylsiloxane and SGO: Tb<sup>3+</sup>, Sb<sup>3+</sup> phosphors, which has been effectively applied to warning speed measurement on hazardous roads at night. This work thus extended the design strategies and innovative applications of emergent ML materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":267,"journal":{"name":"Ceramics International","volume":"51 15","pages":"Pages 20221-20229"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144177868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}