{"title":"Growth of indium-incorporated κ-Ga2O3 thin film lattice-matched to the ε-GaFeO3 substrate","authors":"Hiroyuki Nishinaka , Osamu Ueda , Noriaki Ikenaga , Noriyuki Hasuike , Masahiro Yoshimoto","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100149","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100149","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> has attracted significant attention for various applications such as power-switching applications and deep-ultraviolet optoelectronics. In this study, we demonstrated a lattice-matching κ-(In<sub>1−</sub><em><sub>x</sub></em>Ga<em><sub>x</sub></em>)<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> thin film grown on an ε-GaFeO<sub>3</sub> substrate via the mist chemical vapor deposition process. The X-ray diffraction peak of the thin film was almost coincident with that of the substrate and exhibited Laue oscillations. Atomic force microscopy revealed that the surface of the κ-(In<sub>1−</sub><em><sub>x</sub></em>Ga<em><sub>x</sub></em>)<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> thin film exhibited a step-terrace morphology and was atomically flat. The selected area electron diffraction of transmission electron microscopy showed that the diffraction spots of the thin film and substrate overlapped, indicating that the thin film was almost lattice-matched with the substrate. We believe that the lattice-matched κ-(In<sub>1−</sub><em><sub>x</sub></em>Ga<em><sub>x</sub></em>)<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> thin film with an ε-GaFeO<sub>3</sub> substrate will contribute significantly to the demonstration of ferroelectric κ-Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> based high electron mobility transistors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100149"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150822000291/pdfft?md5=1554edeaa9c6a978bafb7723ca6c00e1&pid=1-s2.0-S2590150822000291-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45464494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chao Zhang, Ruidong Wang, Rong Hu, Zhiyu Chen, Yuwen Zhang, Xionggang Lu
{"title":"Plasma transferred arc cladding of Ni-Cr-B-Si coating on copper substrate","authors":"Chao Zhang, Ruidong Wang, Rong Hu, Zhiyu Chen, Yuwen Zhang, Xionggang Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100137","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100137","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Aiming to improve the surface properties of copper, a Ni-Cr-B-Si coating was fabricated by plasma transferred arc (PTA) cladding. The coating formed a good metallurgical bonding with the copper substrate, and the dilution rate was about 15.9%. The coating mainly contained γ-(Cu, Fe, Ni), Cr<sub>23</sub>C<sub>6</sub>, CrB and Ni<sub>3</sub>Si phases, which played a role of solid solution strengthening and dispersion strengthening. The hardness of the coating was significantly improved compared to the copper substrate, which was approximately 7.8 times that of the substrate. The wear resistance of the coating was 5.0 times higher than that of the copper substrate, and the wear mechanism was abrasive wear.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100137"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150822000175/pdfft?md5=3ca52287202ff392d256df8ffe229fb0&pid=1-s2.0-S2590150822000175-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49081292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self- blowing non-isocyanate polyurethane foam: Synthesis, characterization and properties","authors":"S. Anitha , G Unnikrishnan , K.S. Santhosh Kumar","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100142","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100142","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Polyurethane (PU) foams are inevitable for many applications from comfort materials or energy saving to aerospace. Today, greener routes for their production have gained thoughtful attention among the scientific community by avoiding mainly the use of toxic isocyanates. An easily scalable process for the realization of self-blown isocyanate-free PU (poly (hydroxy urethane)-PHU) foams by exploiting suitable amines and cyclic carbonates is demonstrated in this work. The foaming is attributed to the release of CO<sub>2</sub>, from the reaction of cyclic carbonate of resorcinol diglycidyl ether (RDGCC) with amine terminated oligomeric phenyl hydroxy amine (AOPHA), where a parallel reaction of the hydroxyl groups and amino groups with the cyclic carbonate groups are competing during polymerization and culminate in poly (hydroxy urethane) foam. The released gas was confirmed as CO<sub>2</sub> from GC–MS and temperature dependent FTIR. The realized flexible PHU foam is thermally stable (>250 ℃) with adhesive strength between Al-Al as 1.5 to 2.0 MPa, and with a closed cell structure possessing a density of 480 kg/m<sup>3</sup>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100142"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150822000229/pdfft?md5=1d12cf12d5ff51ffeaed0ef1b48f3eb5&pid=1-s2.0-S2590150822000229-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43605777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of magnetic-electric-ultrasonic fields on microstructure and properties of Ni60A laser cladding coating","authors":"Houming Zhou, Zixin Chen, Mingfu Li, Yuxu Zhu, Caixing Xu, Jinhu Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100132","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ni60 coating is prepared utilizing laser cladding on 45 steel assisted by magnetic-ultrasonic-electric field. The effect of multi-physical fields on the cracking tendency, microstructure, phase composition, mechanical properties and corrosive resistance of coating is investigated. As results indicate, the macro-morphology of coating is affected by the multi-physical field and the microstructure is refined, which uniformizes the element distribution and prominently optimizes the tribological and anti-corrosive performance of coating<strong>,</strong> the number of cracks in the coating under multi-physical field reduce by 76.92%, compared with that without physical field<strong>,</strong> the average microhardness increases by 37.89%<strong>,</strong> the average friction coefficient decreases by 61.96%<strong>,</strong> the average wear loss decreases by 61.05%<strong>,</strong> the corrosive rate decreases by 93.01%.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100132"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150822000126/pdfft?md5=bb68f3aebeb2af24ac58253311101168&pid=1-s2.0-S2590150822000126-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47941521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Navjyoti Boora , Prince Sharma , Asrar Alam , Shafaque Rahman , Rafiq Ahmad , V.P.S. Awana , A.K. Hafiz
{"title":"Impact of NiO nano-particles on colossal magneto-resistance of La0.70Ca0.30MnO3 composite","authors":"Navjyoti Boora , Prince Sharma , Asrar Alam , Shafaque Rahman , Rafiq Ahmad , V.P.S. Awana , A.K. Hafiz","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100147","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100147","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Mixed-valent perovskite manganite has gained considerable research interest due to the increasing demand for energy storage materials. Herein, we show that colossal magneto-resistance properties of La<sub>0.7</sub>Ca<sub>0.3</sub>MnO<sub>3</sub> (LCMO) can be changed via nickel oxide (NiO) doping. A two-step conventional solid-state reaction method is used to synthesize LCMO-10% NiO composite. The phase purity, structural, electrical (resistivity), and magneto-transport properties of as-synthesized LCMO-10% NiO composite are detailed. NiO doping shifts metal–insulator transition temperature (T<sup>MI</sup>) from 263 K to 195 K and increases resistivity. The magneto-resistance (MR) measurements showed 10% NiO doping resulted in a maximum MR of ∼ -70.32% at 200 K (near T<sup>MI</sup>) and 10 T applied magnetic field. However, -0.0849% MR is seen at 290 K (RT) and 0.3 T. The increased ∼ -63.85% MR is found at 100 K and at 10 T, which is comparatively much higher than the pristine LCMO sample. This is due to the addition of NiO in LCMO that improves physical properties (i.e., grain size).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150822000278/pdfft?md5=3bcc03d92d9ac31000ac851c9406d99c&pid=1-s2.0-S2590150822000278-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41802631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liliana Liverani , Theresa Reiter , Kai Zheng , Zuzana Neščáková , Aldo R. Boccaccini
{"title":"Copper-doped cotton-like malleable electrospun bioactive glass fibers for wound healing applications","authors":"Liliana Liverani , Theresa Reiter , Kai Zheng , Zuzana Neščáková , Aldo R. Boccaccini","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100133","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100133","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The combination of electrospinning and sol-gel methods is attracting the interest of the scientific community for developing three-dimensional bioactive glass (BG)-based fibers. This paper reports the fabrication of cotton-like copper-doped BG fibers by combining electrospinning and sol-gel techniques. Acellular bioactivity in simulated body fluid, ion release, cell viability and scratch cell tests were performed. Results showed that copper was successfully incorporated in the fibers and Cu ions were released in limited concentration over seven days. The presence of copper delayed the mineralization of the fibers upon immersion in simulated body fluid (SBF), but it did not affect keratinocyte viability and migration. Wound closure in the scratch cell test was achieved in 48 h for all the investigated samples.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100133"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150822000138/pdfft?md5=5d7baefa7e4ba4749b8bdbb70c3b9788&pid=1-s2.0-S2590150822000138-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46859736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Mowlika , C.S. Naveen , A.R. Phani , A. Sivakumar , S.A. Martin Britto Dhas , R. Robert
{"title":"Sustainable structural, morphological and magnetic properties of MgFe2O4 nanoparticles under dynamic shock wave exposure","authors":"V. Mowlika , C.S. Naveen , A.R. Phani , A. Sivakumar , S.A. Martin Britto Dhas , R. Robert","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100146","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100146","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this article, the authors have explored the changes caused in structural, morphological and magnetic properties of magnesium ferrite nanoparticles (MgFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> NPs) under dynamic shock wave exposure situations. Interestingly, the observed XRD and VSM results reveal that the MgFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> NPs have outstanding crystallographic and magnetic phase stability against the impact of shock waves and found that the title NPs are having higher shock resistance than other potential materials such as TiO<sub>2</sub>, Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> and ZnFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> NPs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100146"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150822000266/pdfft?md5=38ab579f4a92b7ada0c2ffbb47848f15&pid=1-s2.0-S2590150822000266-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42640183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Atif Amim, Gaurav Priyadarshi, Tirtharaj Purushottam Babre, B. Kiran Naik
{"title":"Evaluation of thermal kinetics of microencapsulated PCM for low-temperature thermal energy storage application","authors":"Atif Amim, Gaurav Priyadarshi, Tirtharaj Purushottam Babre, B. Kiran Naik","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100143","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100143","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the present investigation, the microencapsulated phase change material (PCM) thermal kinetics for low-temperature thermal energy storage applications (32 °C–53 °C) is analysed. Microencapsulated PCMs selected are CaCl<sub>2</sub>·6H<sub>2</sub>O, n-Hexadecane, n-Octadecane, n-Eicosane, Capric/Lauric acid, Paraffin wax (C<sub>30</sub>H<sub>62</sub>), and Palmitic acid (C<sub>16</sub>H<sub>32</sub>O<sub>2</sub>), respectively. Ambient air is selected as the external/heat transfer fluid which interacts with PCM materials. The thermal kinetics of microencapsulated PCMs is evaluated by selecting the solid-liquid interface position with melting time and molten fraction as the performance evaluation parameters. Among all the phase change materials, the best PCM is found to be CaCl<sub>2</sub>·6H<sub>2</sub>O with 4 cm of PCM diameter, 53 °C of external fluid temperature, and 106 min of melting time.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100143"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150822000230/pdfft?md5=c79c20346b4adeee0e10b5f08147335d&pid=1-s2.0-S2590150822000230-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43898256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tomila M. Vidyuk , Dina V. Dudina , Michail A. Korchagin , Alexander I. Gavrilov , Boris B. Bokhonov , Arina V. Ukhina , Maksim A. Esikov , Vladislav S. Shikalov , Vladimir F. Kosarev
{"title":"Spark plasma sintering treatment of cold sprayed materials for synthesis and structural modification: A case study using TiC-Cu composites","authors":"Tomila M. Vidyuk , Dina V. Dudina , Michail A. Korchagin , Alexander I. Gavrilov , Boris B. Bokhonov , Arina V. Ukhina , Maksim A. Esikov , Vladislav S. Shikalov , Vladimir F. Kosarev","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100140","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100140","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Materials obtained by cold spraying (CS) are subjected to post-spray treatment to increase cohesion between the particles. In this work, spark plasma sintering (SPS) was used for reactive processing of cold spray deposits for the first time. A mixture of a Ti-C-3Cu ball-milled powder and copper was used as a feedstock material for the formation of Cu matrix composites by CS. SPS treatment of CS deposits was used for the in-situ synthesis of TiC, formation of a dense structure and elimination of microcracks at the interface between the substrate and the deposit. The mechanism of structural changes in the composite agglomerates upon reaction was discussed. The TiC-Cu composite particles in the microstructure of the SPS-treated material possess a microhardness of 390 ± 40 HV<sub>0.025</sub>, which makes them suitable as reinforcing elements of composite nature in the design of Cu matrix materials. This study shows that SPS treatment is a promising solution for post-spray processing of cold spray coatings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100140"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150822000205/pdfft?md5=323414a2bf6a78ba1bea57b3c86be5f4&pid=1-s2.0-S2590150822000205-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49217662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High throughput laser surface micro-structuring of polystyrene by combining direct laser interference patterning with polygon scanner technology","authors":"Fabian Ränke , Robert Baumann , Bogdan Voisiat , Andrés Fabián Lasagni","doi":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100144","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mlblux.2022.100144","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Laser-based processing techniques have proven to be an effective option of modifying polymer surfaces. In this context Direct Laser Interference Patterning in conjunction with the polygon scanner technique is used to fabricate textured polystyrene surfaces through ultra-fast beam deflection. This is achieved by using a high-average power picosecond laser in combination with a polygon mirror-based scanning system. The two-beam DLIP optical configuration leads to the formation of line-like structures with a spatial period of 21.0 µm. The influence of the scanning speed and the repetition rate on the structure formation is investigated, allowing structure heights up to 23 µm. The formation of the micro-structure was found to result from swelling and ablation mechanisms. By applying scanning speeds of 350 m/s, a throughput of 1.1 m<sup>2</sup>/min is reported for the first time using this method.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18245,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters: X","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100144"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150822000242/pdfft?md5=bd49ae626fa11ed56905c3e7206a72b5&pid=1-s2.0-S2590150822000242-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45087051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}