{"title":"Bone tissue engineering application of 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane functionalized Au/Ag bimetallic nanoparticles incorporated hydroxyapatite bioceramic","authors":"M. Pandey, Aloke Verma, P. Pandey, R. Narayan","doi":"10.1557/s43578-023-01132-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01132-4","url":null,"abstract":"Despite having excellent osteoconductivity and biocompatibility, hydroxyapatite (HA) exhibits inadequate mechanical properties and bacterial susceptibility, which limits its medical applications. The present study aims to fabricate 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (3-APTMS) functionalized gold (Au)-silver (Ag) nanoparticles incorporated in hydroxyapatite bioceramics to overcome this limitation. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-Ray diffraction, and scanning electron microscopy were carried out to understand the physical and chemical characteristics of the material. The maximum values of fracture toughness, hardness, compressive and flexural strength were measured for HA-10 Au/Ag NPs. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses of antibacterial behavior revealed that the adhesion of gram-positive (Staphylococcu aureus) and gram-negative (Eschericia coli) bacterial cells were reduced significantly after the incorporation of Au/Ag NPs as compared with the HA control. In addition, the effect of Au/Ag NPs incorporation on the cellular response was observed for the MG63 cell line. Both the quantitative and qualitative results indicate significantly enhanced cell proliferation with the incorporation of Au/Ag NPs as compared to HA. The addition of Au/Ag NPs in HA provides a material with appropriate mechanical, antibacterial, and cellular responses for further consideration.","PeriodicalId":14079,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Materials Research","volume":"61 4 1","pages":"4157 - 4174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79334310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comprehensive creep-pore diffusional growth calculations vs. previous approximations","authors":"K. Davanas","doi":"10.1557/s43578-023-01134-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01134-2","url":null,"abstract":"Brittle rupture—via nucleation/growth/interconnection of grain-boundary (g.b.) creep pores—is a major cause of failure for materials not-resisting creep (e.g., through precipitation); and, the prediction of the relevant rupture-time with its dependency on stress/temperature/etc. represents a major challenge. Due to mathematical complexity, previous pore-growth calculations contain simplifications with indeterminable errors. Some calculations utilize 1-D (g.b.-vacancy) diffusional models having multi-sized/multi-spaced (‘infinitely’) long-parallel cylinders/pores instead of real-world spheroids (i.e., allowing for diffusion only between closest-neighbors). Other calculations utilize realistic 2-D g.b.-diffusional models but of equi-sized/equi-spaced spheroidal pores (hence ignoring ripening/coalescence); or, of just a couple of configurations of non-uniform/randomly spaced/spheroidal pores (thus not allowing for reliable statistics). Herein, the use of an innovative simulation-technique permits the examination of hundreds of complicated configurations with exceptionally low (w.r.t. the literature) computer-resource-expenditure, leading to proper adjustment/correction of all previous relevant 1-D/2-D works, making their results ‘real-world’ (on major issues, i.e., creep-rupture-time estimations and dependencies on stress/temperature/etc.).","PeriodicalId":14079,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Materials Research","volume":"24 1","pages":"4225 - 4234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81135700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ayodele Nicholas Orelusi, V. A. Owoeye, J. Dada, Ayodeji Olalekan Salau, H. Boyo, S. Adewinbi
{"title":"Investigation of microstructure and optical characteristics of Ti-doped ZnO thin films as an effective solar collector in photovoltaic solar cell applications using digitally controlled spray pyrolysis","authors":"Ayodele Nicholas Orelusi, V. A. Owoeye, J. Dada, Ayodeji Olalekan Salau, H. Boyo, S. Adewinbi","doi":"10.1557/s43578-023-01133-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01133-3","url":null,"abstract":"Renewable energy, especially solar energy is a viable solution to the lack of electricity. In recent times, it has become necessary to replace solar cells with organic and inorganic metal oxides with significant band gaps to enhance their properties. This study utilizes a designed digitally controlled spray pyrolysis technique at a steady temperature of 350 °C to deposit undoped ZnO and Ti-doped ZnO films on pre-heated ultrasonically cleaned soda lime glass substrates. The films exhibit a single-phase hexagonal wurtzite ZnO structure, according to the X-ray diffractometer analysis. The UV–visible Spectrophotometry results demonstrate that Ti-doped ZnO exhibits high transparency in the range of 71–91% and a direct band gap ranging from 3.24 to 3.10 eV. The results indicate that at 6%, Ti-doped ZnO has the potential to be used as a buffer material and window layer in thin-film solar cells.","PeriodicalId":14079,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Materials Research","volume":"43 1","pages":"4192 - 4200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74559591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gonggiang He, Hongcun Guo, Shujin Li, Junwen Zhou, Yao Yao
{"title":"Compressive failure mechanism of sintered nano-silver","authors":"Gonggiang He, Hongcun Guo, Shujin Li, Junwen Zhou, Yao Yao","doi":"10.1557/s43578-023-01135-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01135-1","url":null,"abstract":"As a promising packaging material for the third-generation semiconductor, the compressive behavior and failure mechanism of sintered nano-silver are vital for the reliability of packaging structure, which were investigated experimentally and numerically in the current study. The rate-dependent properties and microstructure evolution were determined by compression experiments under five loading rates at room temperature. Microscopically, the voids in the sintered nano-silver exhibit multi-scale distribution under specific sintering conditions, the corresponding failure mechanism is clarified by finite element analysis and scanning electron microscopy. Furthermore, a yield strength model with different porosity was proposed, which was adopted in the finite element analysis to investigate the microstructure evolution of sintered nano-silver. Eventually, the multi-scale simulation of the failure realized through the finite element model, the stress state of microstructure and the failure mechanism that is dependent on the multi-stage void were confirmed by the numerical simulation and experimental analysis. Microstructure of fracture section of sintered nano-silver: (a) morphology of Type I voids; (b) void closure of Type II voids; (c) compressive failure; (d) crack on the wall of Type I voids; (e) deformation of masonry-liked structure; (f) interfacial failure of Type II voids; (g) deformed void wall of Type I voids; (h) shear failure of sintered neck; (i) tensile failure of sintered neck; (j) Schematic diagram of compressive failure; (k) schematic diagram of shear fracture; (l) schematic diagram of tensile failure","PeriodicalId":14079,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Materials Research","volume":"48 1","pages":"4201 - 4213"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89860644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of laser energy density on surface morphology, microstructure and mechanical behaviour of direct metal laser melted 17-4 PH stainless steel","authors":"Shaun S Kumar, P. D. Babu","doi":"10.1515/ijmr-2022-0242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2022-0242","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The surface and microstructural characteristics of 3D printed parts play a significant role under mechanical loading. The authors have explored the effect of laser energy densities on the surface morphology, microstructure and mechanical behaviour of 17-4 precipitation hardened stainless steel fabricated under the direct metal laser melting technique. The considered processing parameters were laser energy density and its technical parameters: laser power, layer thickness, hatch spacing and scanning speed. The mechanical and metallurgical properties of the as-printed samples appeared better than the wrought counterpart due to the higher densification level (99.74 %) induced by the rotating scanning strategy. X‐ray diffraction revealed the presence of both the martensitic α phase and austenitic γ phase in the as-printed sample. There is no significant anisotropy in the mechanical behaviour as the build direction has a random texture with a fine columnar grain structure. The high laser energy density with low layer thickness results in an excellent surface finish. The tensile strength (1180 MPa) and the elongation for the as-printed sample (45.0 %) were considerably more significant than that for the wrought sample (1160 MPa and 26.0 %), which is attributed to the combination of low and high-angle boundaries, as confirmed by the electron backscatter diffraction results.","PeriodicalId":14079,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Materials Research","volume":"114 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78977825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Thapliyal, Jiahao Cheng, J. Mayeur, Y. Yamamoto, Patxi Fernandez-Zelaia, A. Nycz, M. Kirka
{"title":"Outlook on texture evolution in additively manufactured stainless steels: Prospects for hydrogen embrittlement resistance, overview of mechanical, and solidification behavior","authors":"S. Thapliyal, Jiahao Cheng, J. Mayeur, Y. Yamamoto, Patxi Fernandez-Zelaia, A. Nycz, M. Kirka","doi":"10.1557/s43578-023-01130-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01130-6","url":null,"abstract":"Realizing application specific manufacture with fusion-based additive manufacturing (F-BAM) processes requires understanding of the physical phenomena that drive evolution of microstructural attributes, such as texture. Current approaches for understanding texture evolution in F-BAM are majorly considerate of the phenomena occurring only during solidification. This hinders the comprehensive understanding and control of texture during F-BAM. In this perspective article, we discuss several physical phenomena occurring during and after solidification that can determine texture in F-BAM processed stainless steels (SS). A crystal plasticity-coupled hydrogen adsorption-diffusion modeling framework is also leveraged to demonstrate the prospects of grain boundary engineering with F-BAM for enhanced hydrogen embrittlement resistance of SS. Implications of varying thermokinetics in F-BAM for solidification behavior of SS are discussed. Additionally, microstructural attributes that are key to high temperature mechanical performance of SS are highlighted. Considerations as outlined in this perspective article will enable grain boundary engineering and application specific microstructural design of SS with F-BAM.\u0000 Graphical abstract","PeriodicalId":14079,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Materials Research","volume":"141 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80103612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental determination of (BCC + FCC) phase fields in the quaternary isotherm of Fe–Ni–Co–Cu at 950°C","authors":"Biswarupa Samantaray, K. Kulkarni","doi":"10.1557/s43578-023-01124-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01124-4","url":null,"abstract":"Quaternary isotherm of Fe–Ni–Co–Cu at 950 °C is determined by multiphase diffusion couple experiments, focused on establishing the (BCC + FCC) two-phase regions. The present findings, combined with our previous study, discover the presence of five separate two-phase fields in this isotherm namely (BCC + Cu-rich FCC), (BCC + Cu-lean FCC richer in Fe), (BCC + Cu-lean FCC richer in Co), (Cu-rich FCC + Fe-rich FCC), and (Cu-rich FCC + Co-rich FCC). This also indicates the existence of two three-phase fields. Based on diffusion couples exhibiting planar interfaces between BCC and FCC phases, three tie lines in (BCC + Cu-rich FCC) two-phase field were also determined. It is observed that Fe–Co–Cu ternary isotherm at 950 °C has a wider BCC region (up to 8 wt% Cu) than the commonly accepted phase diagram. A qualitative representation of the entire quaternary isotherm is proposed in the form of multiple iso-Ni concentration sections.","PeriodicalId":14079,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Materials Research","volume":"40 1","pages":"4081 - 4092"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88168462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Boyom-Tatchemo, F. Devred, E. Acayanka, G. Kamgang-Youbi, S. Nzali, S. Laminsi, E. Gaigneaux
{"title":"Effect of cation insertion on the stability of gliding arc plasma-precipitated mesoporous MnO2 dye bleaching catalysts","authors":"F. Boyom-Tatchemo, F. Devred, E. Acayanka, G. Kamgang-Youbi, S. Nzali, S. Laminsi, E. Gaigneaux","doi":"10.1557/s43578-023-01129-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01129-z","url":null,"abstract":"α-MnO2 and γ-MnO2 polymorphs were, respectively, obtained from the plasma precipitation of KMnO4 and Mn(CH3COO)3⋅2H2O precursors. The obtained powders were calcined at 150 °C, 210 °C and 400 °C, and characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), nitrogen physisorption and Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). As a result, the calcination does not significantly affect textural properties and crystalline structure of the α-MnO2, while γ-MnO2 is transformed into β-MnO2 for temperatures above 400 °C. The thermal stability α-MnO2 is due to the K+ ions insertion in its 4.6 Å × 4.6 Å tunnels and corroborated the catalytic performance of 100, 98, 98 and 97% compared to 71, 54, 52 and 48% for γ-MnO2 after four successive reuse cycles on Tartrazine Yellow dye. The insertion of cationic species (K+, Na+, Mg2+) into the structure of MnO2 reinforces its crystalline structure and promotes the formation of powerful oxidizing species through oxygen vacant sites.","PeriodicalId":14079,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Materials Research","volume":"90 1","pages":"4144 - 4156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84315183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Pratap, Aasim Hussain, R. Katiyar, A. Soni, Mohit Katiyar, K. Agarwal, H. Baskey, A. Dubey, S. Abbas, R. Nath
{"title":"Thermal and microwave-absorbing properties of doped polyaniline–epoxy nanocomposites for stealth applications","authors":"V. Pratap, Aasim Hussain, R. Katiyar, A. Soni, Mohit Katiyar, K. Agarwal, H. Baskey, A. Dubey, S. Abbas, R. Nath","doi":"10.1557/s43578-023-01125-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01125-3","url":null,"abstract":"The thermal properties of polymeric nanocomposites can be examined using TGA and DSC techniques, while dielectric properties can be examined through simulated scattering (S11, S12, S21, and S22) parameters. Polyaniline (PAni) nanopowder was synthesized using chemical oxidative polymerization techniques. Consequently, the crystallite size and morphology of the synthesized powder were examined using the XRD, TEM, and FESEM techniques. Further, a series of polymeric nanocomposites was developed via wet mixing and compressor molding techniques for various volume percentages (54.0, 57.5, 60.1, and 61.7 vol%) of synthesized powder within PAni/epoxy composites. Consequently, dielectric and absorbing properties have been measured using a vector network analyzer and its software module. The computed complex permittivity data were used to evaluate the absorption for different thicknesses of samples. A minimum reflection loss of − 22.3 dB (> 99.9% absorption) was optimized with broadband frequency ranges. The unique heterostructures of nanocomposite are responsible for the enhanced absorption and shielding performance.\u0000 Graphical abstract","PeriodicalId":14079,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Materials Research","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77762232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wan Nuramiera Faznie Wan Eddis Effendy, R. B. S. M. N. Mydin, S. Sreekantan, Amirah Mohd Gazzali, R. Hazan, Muhammad Yusri Musa
{"title":"Chitosan-coating strategies on the development of targeted chemodrug delivery nanosystem with titania nanotube arrays","authors":"Wan Nuramiera Faznie Wan Eddis Effendy, R. B. S. M. N. Mydin, S. Sreekantan, Amirah Mohd Gazzali, R. Hazan, Muhammad Yusri Musa","doi":"10.1557/s43578-023-01126-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01126-2","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates Cisplatin (CDDP)—titania nanotube arrays (TNA) encapsulation efficiency in terms of chitosan-coating strategies including coating methods, coating layers, biocompatibility, and CDDP release in various stimulated model systems. Characterization was performed using field emission scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray, X-ray diffraction, ion-coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and spectrophotometry. The results demonstrated efficient biocompatible loading of CDDP onto a TNA nanosystem using the top-filling method, with an encapsulation efficiency of 98.95 ± 7.02%. This was confirmed by ICP-OES, which detected platinum (Pt) ions for up to ten days. The nanosystem successfully enabled long-term sustained release of CDDP in various stimulated model systems, establishing an effective in vitro targeted cancer therapy model. Further investigation using in vivo models is necessary to validate the findings of this study, particularly in the context of targeted cancer therapy applications. An illustrative description of the present work. The image depicts the workflow in detail on CDDP-loadedTNA (CDDP-TNA)-coating strategies with biopolymer chitosan and CDDP delivery efficiency,especially in prolonged sustained release system targeted for cancer treatment application. An illustrative description of the present work. The image depicts the workflow in detail on CDDP-loadedTNA (CDDP-TNA)-coating strategies with biopolymer chitosan and CDDP delivery efficiency,especially in prolonged sustained release system targeted for cancer treatment application. An illustrative description of the present work. The image depicts the workflow in detail on CDDP-loadedTNA (CDDP-TNA)-coating strategies with biopolymer chitosan and CDDP delivery efficiency,especially in prolonged sustained release system targeted for cancer treatment application.","PeriodicalId":14079,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Materials Research","volume":"30 1","pages":"4068 - 4080"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84890315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}