Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-02-18DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100756
Yu-Zhe Wu, Wenjea J. Tseng
{"title":"Preparation of ZnO@ZnS core-shell nanorod arrays with enhanced photocurrent for removal of methylene blue dyes in wastewater","authors":"Yu-Zhe Wu, Wenjea J. Tseng","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100756","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100756","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study synthesized core-shell zinc oxide@zinc sulfide nanorod arrays (ZnO@ZnS NRAs) using a hydrothermal process in a thioacetamide solution, with sulfidation temperatures ranging from 60 to 100 °C. An increased sulfidation temperature resulted in a higher ZnS fraction within the ZnO@ZnS NRAs. ZnO@ZnS NRAs prepared at 70 °C, with a ZnS ratio of approximately 70:30 by weight, exhibited the highest photocurrent density of 0.22 mA·cm<sup>−2</sup> under xenon-lamp irradiation at a bias voltage of 1.5 V (vs. Ag/AgCl). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, photoluminescence, and electron paramagnetic resonance analyses confirmed the presence of vacancy defects, which are believed to promote the separation of photoinduced charge carriers, thereby enhancing carrier density. The increased photocurrent facilitated the efficient photodegradation of methylene blue dye in aqueous solutions, following Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics for heterogeneous catalysis. The first-order rate constant for the ZnO@ZnS NRAs treated at 70 °C was double that of the pristine ZnO counterpart. The band alignment at the ZnO-ZnS interface, combined with effective electron-hole separation, contributes to the enhanced photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic activity of the ZnO@ZnS NRAs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100756"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453970","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}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-02-18DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100754
Simone Taraborelli , Simone Failla , Diletta Sciti , Steven M. Smith II , Jeremy Watts , William G. Fahrenholtz , Greg E. Hilmas
{"title":"Thermomechanical and thermal characterization of pressureless sintered TiB2","authors":"Simone Taraborelli , Simone Failla , Diletta Sciti , Steven M. Smith II , Jeremy Watts , William G. Fahrenholtz , Greg E. Hilmas","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100754","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100754","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The impact of high-energy milling using WC<img>Co media on the pressureless sintering and properties of TiB<sub>2</sub> was studied. After 30 mins of milling, samples sintered at 2200 °C achieved a high relative density (>98 %) and a fine mean grain size (<2 µm). In the microstructure W<sub>x</sub>B<sub>y</sub> phases, often containing Co, were observed at triple points, due to contamination from the milling media. Moreover, core-rim structures with multiple rims were detected: the cores consisted of pure TiB<sub>2</sub> grains, the rims were (Ti<sub>x</sub>W<sub>y</sub>)B<sub>2</sub> solid solutions. The core-rim formation was significantly more pronounced compared to a reference sample of the same powder mixture densified by hot pressing at 1900 °C. The hardness reached 23 GPa, comparable to the hot-pressed sample, while the fracture toughness remained within 4.8–5.1 MPa·m<sup>1/2</sup> up to 1000 °C. The strength was approximately 350–400 MPa up to 1000 °C, declining sharply at higher temperatures due to W-containing impurities. Thermal diffusivity and conductivity were similarly impacted by these impurities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 100754"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453301","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}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-02-17DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100755
Amruth Kaitheri , Johannes Ofstad , Elvia Anabela Chavez Panduro , Martin Oppegård , Sanosh Kunjalukkal Padmanabhan , Sudipto Pal , Antonio Alessandro Licciulli , Vidar Johannesen , Trygve Eidet , Kjell Wiik , Mari-Ann Einarsrud
{"title":"Evaluation of Boron Carbide powder stability under accelerated aging","authors":"Amruth Kaitheri , Johannes Ofstad , Elvia Anabela Chavez Panduro , Martin Oppegård , Sanosh Kunjalukkal Padmanabhan , Sudipto Pal , Antonio Alessandro Licciulli , Vidar Johannesen , Trygve Eidet , Kjell Wiik , Mari-Ann Einarsrud","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100755","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100755","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Boron carbide (B<sub>4</sub>C) is a hard and durable ceramic used in aerospace, nuclear reactors, ballistic protection, <em>etc</em>. The stability of B<sub>4</sub>C powders at ambient conditions has been investigated using accelerated ageing by heat treatment at 400 °C in controlled atmospheres. The degree of conversion of B<sub>4</sub>C increased in the following order: Argon (no reaction), humidified argon (∼4 %), synthetic air (∼13 %) and humidified synthetic air (∼19 %). In humidified atmosphere, the reaction product was boric acid due to cooling in the presence of humidity. The high conversion in humidified synthetic air suggests that humidity accelerates the oxidation, and a reaction mechanism is proposed to explain the enhanced rate of oxidation. It is anticipated that the observed oxidation reactions are not limited to 400 °C but will also occur at ambient temperatures. This agrees with observations of reduced quality of the B<sub>4</sub>C during storage in ambient atmosphere.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 100755"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143480759","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}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-02-15DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100753
Nonna Nurmi , Erkka J. Frankberg , Arnold Ismailov , Dominique Hautcoeur , Setareh Zakeri , Essi Sarlin , Erkki Levänen
{"title":"Improved mechanical quality of ceramic vat photopolymerization prints by supercritical carbon dioxide extraction","authors":"Nonna Nurmi , Erkka J. Frankberg , Arnold Ismailov , Dominique Hautcoeur , Setareh Zakeri , Essi Sarlin , Erkki Levänen","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100753","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100753","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Vat photopolymerization (VPP) enables 3D printing of dense ceramics with complex structures, however the mandatory thermal pre-conditioning and debinding steps to remove the organic substances, can last 7 days. Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO<sub>2</sub>) extraction was used as a pre-conditioning method to investigate if dense and sufficiently strong alumina parts can be obtained using a shorter thermal debinding cycle, due to the creation of nanosized porosity during the scCO<sub>2</sub> extraction. The mechanical properties and microstructure of the sintered alumina parts with 15 h scCO<sub>2</sub> extraction + 18 h thermal debinding were comparable to the reference with 101 h debinding, which marks a significant 67 % reduction in time. Furthermore, scCO<sub>2</sub> extraction improved the flexural strength and density, and resulted in less deviation. Thus, scCO<sub>2</sub> extraction can shorten post-processing of ceramic VPP prints and facilitate more predictable properties, which have been the two bottlenecks related to the VPP process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100753"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453972","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}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-02-15DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100752
Dariia Chernomorets , Alex Sangiorgi , Jan Hostaša
{"title":"Direct ink writing of IR-transparent yttria ceramics","authors":"Dariia Chernomorets , Alex Sangiorgi , Jan Hostaša","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100752","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100752","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this work, transparent Y<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> ceramics were obtained by direct ink writing (DIW) followed by vacuum sintering at 1720°C for 32 h. The optimal ink composition was identified as 78 wt.% of solid loading, 1.5 wt.% of Dolapix CE64, 8 wt.% of Pluronic and 5 wt.% of ethylene glycol. The ink exhibits pseudoplastic behaviour and optimal viscoelastic properties for printing. Transparent Y<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> ceramics were characterized by mostly uniform dense microstructure with the presence of some large defects caused by the printing process. In-line transmittance of the obtained ceramics is 43 % in the range of 3–5 μm.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100752"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143428784","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}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-02-14DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100750
Aline Maria de Jesus Machado Cardoso, Vicelma Luiz Cardoso, Miria Hespanhol Miranda Reis
{"title":"Graphene oxide membranes coated on porous ceramic hollow fibers for the removal of pharmaceutical contaminants from wastewater","authors":"Aline Maria de Jesus Machado Cardoso, Vicelma Luiz Cardoso, Miria Hespanhol Miranda Reis","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100750","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100750","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The proposal of suitable substrates for the deposition of graphene oxide (GO) membranes is crucial to obtain efficient separation processes. Here we applied ceramic hollow fibers as the substrate for deposition of a thin GO layer. The produced alumina hollow fibers presented the desired asymmetric pore size distribution, with an outer sponge-like layer for a proper GO deposition. The average roughness of the outer surface of the ceramic hollow fiber was reduced from (122.5 ± 5.6) nm to (42.32 ± 3.50) nm after the deposition of a GO layer with a thickness of (0.27 ± 0.02) μm. The GO-coated ceramic hollow fiber membrane was able to remove (52.44 ± 7.01) %, (34.49 ± 4.07) % and (27.91 ± 0.11) % of rifampicin, propanol and methylene blue contaminants, respectively, from the aqueous solutions. Thus, GO-coated alumina hollow fiber membranes present potential applications for wastewater treatment and nanofiltration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100750"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453971","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}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-02-09DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100749
Jan Sklenka , Ondřej Jankovský , Tomáš Hlásek , Michal Lojka , David Sedmidubský , Filip Antončík
{"title":"The influence of the amount of recycled material on microstructure and properties of recycled single-domain YBCO bulks","authors":"Jan Sklenka , Ondřej Jankovský , Tomáš Hlásek , Michal Lojka , David Sedmidubský , Filip Antončík","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100749","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100749","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Novel recycling process based on chemical dissolution was employed to grow REBCO bulks; recycled material obtained by recycling defective YBCO single-domain bulks was added (15 wt.%, 30 wt.% and 45 wt.%) to raw materials to prepare recycled precursor powder. Subsequently, single-domain YBCO bulks were produced using TSMG. Single-domain bulk recycling was chosen, as it represents the most challenging form of waste in the context of REBCO superconductor production. The properties and microstructure of recycled bulks were analyzed in detail. Single-domain YBCO bulks were grown successfully from the recycled precursor powder. Furthermore, it was found that their properties could be tuned by varying the amount of the added recycled powder.This work has demonstrated that up to 30 wt.% of recycled material can be seamlessly incorporated into existing REBCO production processes with only minimal impact and is that even more recycled material can be incorporated as the process matures and scales up.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100749"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143421672","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}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-02-09DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100748
Alice Rosa , Oscar Santoliquido , Francesco Camerota , Rose Ghaderi , Federico Barcelli , Alberto Ortona
{"title":"Highly complex ceramic cores for investment casting applications made possible by additive manufacturing","authors":"Alice Rosa , Oscar Santoliquido , Francesco Camerota , Rose Ghaderi , Federico Barcelli , Alberto Ortona","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100748","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100748","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this work, high quality complex ceramic cores for the investment casting are successfully produced employing the ceramic digital light processing additive manufacturing technology. Starting from the CAD model of a representative turbine blade core, an in-depth study of the complex features is performed to optimally place the printing supports and ensure printability and dimensional and geometrical accuracy of the sintered core. Green silica cores are produced layer-by-layer by selectively photo polymerize a specifically designed photosensitive SiO<sub>2</sub>-based slurry. The ceramic bodies are obtained through thermal de-binding and sintering at 1220 °C for 6 h. A material qualification is performed highlighting desired properties at microstructural and mechanical levels when compared to a silica-based material produced by traditional methods.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100748"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143386435","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}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-02-07DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100747
Minna Siekkinen , Adrian Stiller , Xiaoju Wang , Leena Hupa
{"title":"Impact of bovine serum albumin in simulated body fluid on the dynamic dissolution behavior of bioactive glass S53P4","authors":"Minna Siekkinen , Adrian Stiller , Xiaoju Wang , Leena Hupa","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100747","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100747","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Simulated body fluid with and without bovine serum albumin (1 mg/ml and 10 mg/ml) was used to study the impact of proteins on bioactive glass S53P4 reactions <em>in vitro</em>. The glass particles were exposed to dynamic and static solutions for up to 6 days. Also, a 3-day simulated body fluid pretreatment was done before an additional 3-day exposure to protein solutions. The solution with a higher protein concentration hindered calcium phosphate precipitation on samples in static conditions, whereas the protein did not affect calcium phosphate precipitation in dynamic conditions. Protein adsorbed slightly more on static samples. The protein concentrations suggested immediate adsorption in the dynamic experiments, implying that calcium phosphate is not needed for adsorption. The results indicated that in low protein concentration solutions <em>in vitro,</em> the protein might bind to calcium ions, thus affecting protein adsorption and calcium phosphate precipitation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100747"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143378472","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}
Open CeramicsPub Date : 2025-01-28DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100746
Muhammad Naveed PhD , Awais Qadir PhD
{"title":"Effect of plasma process parameters on the wear behavior of High-Power Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering deposited Aluminum Titanium Nitride coatings","authors":"Muhammad Naveed PhD , Awais Qadir PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100746","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100746","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High Power Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering (HPPMS) has emerged as a promising physical vapor deposition (PVD) technique for depositing hard coatings on cutting tools. Among these coatings, Aluminum Titanium Nitride (AlTiN) is widely recognized for its excellent mechanical and thermal properties, making it a popular choice for industrial cutting applications. Despite its growing adoption by coating solution providers, there remains a limited understanding of the influence of key HPPMS process parameters on the development of high-performance AlTiN coatings. This study investigates the effects of two critical process parameters—substrate bias and target frequency—on the deposition of AlTiN coatings. The wear behavior of the coated tools was assessed through turning tests, evaluating their performance under industrially relevant conditions. Additionally, the challenges of depositing coatings on tools with complex geometries were addressed. The findings provide valuable insights into the optimization of HPPMS process parameters, contributing to the development of advanced coatings with enhanced wear resistance and improved performance in cutting applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100746"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143159393","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}