{"title":"A simple atomization approach enables monolayer dispersion of nano graphenes in cementitious composites with excellent strength gains","authors":"Nanxi Dang , Rijiao Yang , Chengji Xu , Yu Peng , Qiang Zeng , Weijian Zhao , Zhidong Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.09.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Carbon nano additives (CNAs) are critical to achieving the unique properties of functionalized composites, however, controlling the dispersion of CNAs in material matrix is always a challenging task. In this study, a simple atomization approach was successfully developed to promote the dispersion efficiency of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) in cement composites. This atomization approach can be integrated with the direct, indirect and combined ultrasonic stirrings in a homemade automatic stirring-atomization device. Mechanical and microstructure tests were performed on hardened cement pastes blended with GNPs in different stirring and mixing approaches. Results show that the direct ultrasonic stirrings enabled more homogeneous dispersions of GNP particles with a smaller size for a longer duration. The atomized droplets with the mean size of ∼100 μm largely mitigated GNPs’ agglomerations. Monolayer GNPs were observed in the cement matrix with the strength gain by up to 54%, and the total porosity decrease by 21% in 0.3 wt% GNPs dosage. The greatly enhanced dispersion efficiency of GNPs in cement also raised the cement hydration. This work provides an effective and manpower saving technique toward dispersing CNAs in engineering materials with great industrialization prospects.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"6 2","pages":"Pages 211-222"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589965123000399/pdfft?md5=7291cf1e9a41cd4407e7a88b9f156be7&pid=1-s2.0-S2589965123000399-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135761832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shuohan Yang, Hongwei Bao, Huizhong Bai, Yan Li, Haodong Xu, Fei Ma
{"title":"Effects of Fe solid solute on grain boundaries of bi-crystal Cu: A molecular dynamics simulation","authors":"Shuohan Yang, Hongwei Bao, Huizhong Bai, Yan Li, Haodong Xu, Fei Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Grain boundaries (GBs) play a crucial role on the structural stability and mechanical properties of Cu and its alloys. In this work, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are employed to study the effects of Fe solutes on the formation energy, excess volume, dislocations and melting behaviors of GBs in CuFe alloys. It is illustrated that Fe solute affects the structural stability of Cu GBs substantially, the formation energy of GBs is reduced, but the thickness and melting point of GBs are increased, that is, the structural stability of Cu GBs is significantly improved owing to the Fe solutes. A strong scaling law exists between the formation energy, excess volume, thickness and melting point of GBs. Therefore, Fe solid solute plays an important role in the characteristics of GBs in bi-crystal Cu.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 86-95"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589965123000181/pdfft?md5=b708699d7c4dd95b4360fbdf0d795ae1&pid=1-s2.0-S2589965123000181-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44028570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fully sprayed MXene-based high-performance flexible piezoresistive sensor for image recognition","authors":"Zhi-Dong Zhang , Xue-Feng Zhao , Qing-Chao Zhang , Jie Liang , Hui-Nan Zhang , Tian-Sheng Zhang , Chen-Yang Xue","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>High-performance flexible pressure sensors provide comprehensive tactile perception and are applied in human activity monitoring, soft robotics, medical treatment, and human-computer interface. However, these flexible pressure sensors require extensive nano-architectural design and complicated manufacturing and are time-consuming. Herein, a highly sensitive, flexible piezoresistive tactile sensor is designed and fabricated, consisting of three main parts: the randomly distributed microstructure on T-ZnOw/PDMS film as a top substrate, multilayer Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>-MXene film as an intermediate conductive filler, and the few-layer Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>-MXene nanosheet-based interdigital electrodes as the bottom substrate. The MXene-based piezoresistive sensor with randomly distributed microstructure exhibits a high sensitivity over a broad pressure range (less than 10 kPa for 175 kPa<sup>−1</sup>) and possesses an out-standing permanence of up to 5000 cycles. Moreover, a 16-pixel sensor array is designed, and its potential applications in visualizing pressure distribution and an example of tactile feedback are demonstrated. This fully sprayed MXene-based pressure sensor, with high sensitivity and excellent durability, can be widely used in, electronic skin, intelligent robots, and many other emerging technologies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 77-85"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589965123000223/pdfft?md5=a6a010885e3ca40445bcd1f4d3073cfc&pid=1-s2.0-S2589965123000223-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135249015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu-Qin Mao , Guang-He Dong , Wei-Bin Zhu , Yuan-Qing Li , Pei Huang , Shao-Yun Fu
{"title":"Novel sandwich structured glass fiber Cloth/Poly(ethylene oxide)-MXene composite electrolyte","authors":"Yu-Qin Mao , Guang-He Dong , Wei-Bin Zhu , Yuan-Qing Li , Pei Huang , Shao-Yun Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recently, poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)-based solid polymer electrolytes have been attracting great attention, and efforts are currently underway to develop PEO-based composite electrolytes for next generation high performance all-solid-state lithium metal batteries. In this article, a novel sandwich structured solid-state PEO composite electrolyte is developed for high performance all-solid-state lithium metal batteries. The PEO-based composite electrolyte is fabricated by hot-pressing PEO, LiTFSI and Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<sub><em>x</em></sub> MXene nanosheets into glass fiber cloth (GFC). The as-prepared GFC@PEO-MXene electrolyte shows high mechanical properties, good electrochemical stability, and high lithium-ion migration number, which indicates an obvious synergistic effect from the microscale GFC and the nanoscale MXene. Such as, the GFC@PEO-1 wt% MXene electrolyte shows a high tensile strength of 43.43 MPa and an impressive Young's modulus of 496 MPa, which are increased by 1205% and 6048% over those of PEO. Meanwhile, the ionic conductivity of GFC@PEO-1 wt% MXene at 60 °C reaches 5.01 × 10<sup>−2</sup> S m<sup>−1</sup>, which is increased by around 200% compared with that of GFC@PEO electrolyte. In addition, the Li/Li symmetric battery based on GFC@PEO-1 wt% MXene electrolyte shows an excellent cycling stability over 800 h (0.3 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>, 0.3 mAh cm<sup>−2</sup>), which is obviously longer than that based on PEO and GFC@PEO electrolytes due to the better compatibility of GFC@PEO-1 wt% MXene electrolyte with Li anode. Furthermore, the solid-state Li/LiFePO<sub>4</sub> battery with GFC@PEO-1 wt% MXene as electrolyte demonstrates a high capacity of 110.2–166.1 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> in a wide temperature range of 25–60 °C, and an excellent capacity retention rate. The developed sandwich structured GFC@PEO-1 wt% MXene electrolyte with the excellent overall performance is promising for next generation high performance all-solid-state lithium metal batteries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 60-67"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589965123000016/pdfft?md5=81801d0f0159870b8ce0b3199c6b073c&pid=1-s2.0-S2589965123000016-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135419947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aditya Rianjanu , Kurniawan Deny Pratama Marpaung , Elisabeth Kartini Arum Melati , Rizky Aflaha , Yudha Gusti Wibowo , I Putu Mahendra , Nursidik Yulianto , Januar Widakdo , Kuwat Triyana , Hutomo Suryo Wasisto , Tarmizi Taher
{"title":"Integrated adsorption and photocatalytic removal of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution by hierarchical Nb2O5@PAN/PVDF/ANO composite nanofibers","authors":"Aditya Rianjanu , Kurniawan Deny Pratama Marpaung , Elisabeth Kartini Arum Melati , Rizky Aflaha , Yudha Gusti Wibowo , I Putu Mahendra , Nursidik Yulianto , Januar Widakdo , Kuwat Triyana , Hutomo Suryo Wasisto , Tarmizi Taher","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.10.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.10.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This work presents the development of hierarchical niobium pentoxide (Nb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>)-based composite nanofiber membranes for integrated adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) pollutants from aqueous solutions. The Nb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> nanorods were vertically grown using a hydrothermal process on a base electrospun nanofibrous membrane made of polyacrylonitrile/polyvinylidene fluoride/ammonium niobate (V) oxalate hydrate (Nb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>@PAN/PVDF/ANO). They were characterized using field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. These composite nanofibers possessed a narrow optical bandgap energy of 3.31 eV and demonstrated an MB degradation efficiency of 96 % after 480 min contact time. The pseudo-first-order kinetic study was also conducted, in which Nb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>@PAN/PVDF/ANO nanofibers have kinetic constant values of 1.29 × 10<sup>−2</sup> min<sup>−1</sup> and 0.30 × 10<sup>−2</sup> min<sup>−1</sup> for adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of MB aqueous solutions, respectively. These values are 17.7 and 7.8 times greater than those of PAN/PVDF/ANO nanofibers without Nb<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> nanostructures. Besides their outstanding photocatalytic performance, the developed membrane materials exhibit advantageous characteristics in recycling, which subsequently widen their practical use in environmental remediation applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 96-105"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589965123000673/pdfft?md5=39cc7a44745d02bd2748533ad55b3470&pid=1-s2.0-S2589965123000673-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135663936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanical behavior of nanorubber reinforced epoxy over a wide strain rate loading","authors":"Yinggang Miao , Jianping Yin , Wenxuan Du , Lianyang Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nanorubber/epoxy composites containing 0, 2, 6 and 10 wt% nanorubber are subjected to uniaxial compression over a wide range of strain rate from 8 × 10<sup>−4</sup> s<sup>−1</sup> to ∼2 × 10<sup>4</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>. Unexpectedly, their strain rate sensitivity and strain hardening index increase with increasing nanorubber content. Potential mechanisms are proposed based on numerical simulations using a unit cell model. An increase in the strain rate sensitivity with increasing nanorubber content results from the fact that the nanorubber becomes less incompressible at high strain, generating a higher hydro-static pressure. Adiabatic shear localization starts to occur in the epoxy under a strain rate of 22,000 s<sup>−1</sup> when the strain exceeds 0.35. The presence of nanorubber in the epoxy reduces adiabatic shear localization by preventing it from propagating.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 106-114"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589965123000077/pdfft?md5=776d9c18b89d36d1c171f925d37fa79e&pid=1-s2.0-S2589965123000077-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48423112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of artificial synapse based on all-inorganic perovskite memristor in neuromorphic computing","authors":"Fang Luo, Wen-Min Zhong, Xin-Gui Tang, Jia-Ying Chen, Yan-Ping Jiang, Qiu-Xiang Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.01.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Artificial synapse inspired by the biological brain has great potential in the field of neuromorphic computing and artificial intelligence. The memristor is an ideal artificial synaptic device with fast operation and good tolerance. Here, we have prepared a memristor device with Au/CsPbBr<sub>3</sub>/ITO structure. The memristor device exhibits resistance switching behavior, the high and low resistance states no obvious decline after 400 switching times. The memristor device is stimulated by voltage pulses to simulate biological synaptic plasticity, such as long-term potentiation, long-term depression, pair-pulse facilitation, short-term depression, and short-term potentiation. The transformation from short-term memory to long-term memory is achieved by changing the stimulation frequency. In addition, a convolutional neural network was constructed to train/recognize MNIST handwritten data sets; a distinguished recognition accuracy of ∼96.7% on the digital image was obtained in 100 epochs, which is more accurate than other memristor-based neural networks. These results show that the memristor device based on CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> has immense potential in the neuromorphic computing system.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 68-76"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258996512300003X/pdfft?md5=0f4b1eada7fa50cb1b74d8992fd979b9&pid=1-s2.0-S258996512300003X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44005649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhengyi Mao , Xuliang Chen , Yingxian Chen , Junda Shen , Jianpan Huang , Yuhan Chen , Xiaoguang Duan , Yicheng Han , Kannie Wai Yan Chan , Jian LU
{"title":"A hierarchical salt-rejection strategy for sustainable and high-efficiency solar-driven desalination","authors":"Zhengyi Mao , Xuliang Chen , Yingxian Chen , Junda Shen , Jianpan Huang , Yuhan Chen , Xiaoguang Duan , Yicheng Han , Kannie Wai Yan Chan , Jian LU","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Solar steam generation (SSG) is widely regarded as one of the most sustainable technologies for seawater desalination. However, salt fouling severely compromises the evaporation performance and lifetime of evaporators, limiting their practical applications. Herein, we propose a hierarchical salt-rejection (HSR) strategy to prevent salt precipitation during long-term evaporation while maintaining a rapid evaporation rate, even in high-salinity brine. The salt diffusion process is segmented into three steps—insulation, branching diffusion, and arterial transport—that significantly enhance the salt-resistance properties of the evaporator. Moreover, the HSR strategy overcomes the tradeoff between salt resistance and evaporation rate. Consequently, a high evaporation rate of 2.84 kg m<sup>−2</sup> h<sup>−1</sup>, stable evaporation for 7 days cyclic tests in 20 wt% NaCl solution, and continuous operation for 170 h in natural seawater under 1 sun illumination were achieved. Compared with control evaporators, the HSR evaporator exhibited a >54% enhancement in total water evaporation mass during 24 h continuous evaporation in 20 wt% salt water. Furthermore, a water collection device equipped with the HSR evaporator realized a high water purification rate (1.1 kg m<sup>−2</sup> h<sup>−1</sup>), highlighting its potential for agricultural applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 38-43"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589965123000351/pdfft?md5=5b999ac9fdacc7839baa6885ea0b7021&pid=1-s2.0-S2589965123000351-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135249003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xinyu Wang , Ramon Alberto Paredes Camacho , Xiaoyu Xu , Yumei Wang , Yi Qiang , Hans Kungl , Ruediger-A. Eichel , Yunfeng Zhang , Li Lu
{"title":"Aerosol deposition technology and its applications in batteries","authors":"Xinyu Wang , Ramon Alberto Paredes Camacho , Xiaoyu Xu , Yumei Wang , Yi Qiang , Hans Kungl , Ruediger-A. Eichel , Yunfeng Zhang , Li Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Aerosol deposition (AD) method is a kind of additive manufacturing technology for fabricating dense films such as metals and ceramics at room temperature. It resolves the challenge of integrating ceramic films onto temperature-sensitive substrates, including metals, glasses, and polymers. It should be emphasized that the AD is a spray coating technology that uses powder without thermal assistance to generate films with high density. Compared to the traditional sputter-based approach, the AD shows several advantages in efficiency, convenience, better interfacial bonding and so on. Therefore, it opens some possibilities to the field of batteries, especially all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) and draws much attention not only for research but also for large scale applications.</p><p>The purpose of this work is to provide a critical review on the science and technology of AD as well as its applications in the field of batteries. The process, mechanism and effective parameters of AD, and recent developments in AD applications in the field of batteries will be systematically reviewed so that a trend for AD will be finally provided.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 24-37"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589965123000703/pdfft?md5=89118667ea7b6b122adbe336ee085ec4&pid=1-s2.0-S2589965123000703-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138495180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Suhartono , F. Hazmatulhaq , Y. Sheng , A. Chaouiki , M.P. Kamil , Y.G. Ko
{"title":"In-situ construction of grass-like hybrid architecture responsible for extraordinary corrosion performance: Experimental and theoretical approach","authors":"T. Suhartono , F. Hazmatulhaq , Y. Sheng , A. Chaouiki , M.P. Kamil , Y.G. Ko","doi":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.05.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nanoms.2023.05.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite the engineering potential by the co-existence of inorganic and organic substances to protect vulnerable metallic materials from corrosive environments, both their interaction and in-situ formation mechanism to induce the nature-inspired composite remained less understood. The present work used three distinctive mercapto-benzazole (MB) compounds working as corrosion inhibitors, such as 2-mercaptobenzoxazole (MBO), 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT), and 2-mercaptobenzimidazole (MBI) in a bid to understand how the geometrical structure arising from O, S, and N atoms affected the interaction toward inorganic layer. MB compounds that were used here to control the corrosion kinetics would be interacted readily with the pre-existing MgO layer fabricated by plasma electrolysis. This phenomenon triggered the nucleation of the root network since MB compounds were seen to be adsorbed actively on the defective surface through the active sites in MB compound. Then, the molecule with twin donor atoms adjacent to the mercapto-sites affected the facile growth of the grass-like structures with ‘uniform’ distribution via molecular self-assembly, which showed better corrosion performance than those with having dissimilar donor atoms with the inhibition efficiency (<em>η</em>) of 97% approximately. The formation mechanism underlying nucleation and growth behavior of MB molecule was discussed concerning the theoretical calculation of density functional theory.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33573,"journal":{"name":"Nano Materials Science","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 44-59"},"PeriodicalIF":9.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589965123000211/pdfft?md5=966428071f51ccbd3310671753998b0f&pid=1-s2.0-S2589965123000211-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47903060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}