Tubular nanostructures are suggested to have a wide range of applications in nanotechnology. We report our observation of the self-assembly of a very short peptide, the Alzheimer's beta-amyloid diphenylalanine structural motif, into discrete and stiff nanotubes. Reduction of ionic silver within the nanotubes, followed by enzymatic degradation of the peptide backbone, resulted in the production ...

This study evaluated the casting accuracy of crown margins and metal-ceramic shear bond strength (SBS) of pure titanium injected into casting molds made using 2 investment types at 3 mold temperatures. Sixty crown (30-degree beveled finish line) and 60 cylinder (5mm diameter × 8mm high) patterns were divided into 6 groups (n=10), and cast using a phosphate-bonded investment (P) and a magnesium ...

A simple and low-cost method to create metal-metal hybrid nanostructures possessing fairly regularly spaced "hot-spots" of surface plasmon resonances is proposed. The nanohybrid structure was prepared via self-assembly during a simple drop-casting procedure, using chemically synthesized silver nanowires and silver nanoparticles prepared in a single batch of a polyol process. Wide field illumina...

All metals and alloys with exception of Bi are shrinking during cooling, mostly during the solidification process. In order to avoid shrinking porosity, casting process, and gating and feeding system must be properly designed. Solidification front must move towards the feeding system where solidification is then completed. No separate liquid pockets where solidification ended without feeding sh...

Given the requirements of a product, selecting the most suitable casting process is a multi-criteria decisionmaking problem. A number of casting processes are available today, and these differ greatly in terms of capabilities, advantages and limitations in relation to design (example: geometry), quality (ex. tolerance), production (ex. lead time) and cost (ex. labor). These characteristics vary...

In the Lost Foam Casting process, melting point temperature of metal, as well as volume and rate of the foam degradation have significant effect on the mold filling pattern. Therefore, gas generation capacity and gas gap length are two important parameters for modeling of mold filling time of the lost foam casting processes. In this paper, the gas gap length at the liquidfoam interface for a lo...

Production of aluminum matrix composites is widespread because these material provide enhanced mechanical properties compared to aluminum. One the most important parameters of metal matrix composite production is uniform distribution of reinforcing nanoparticles in matrices using the stir-casting method. Second is ensuring high wettability, which is determined by evaluating the properties of ma...

Investment casting is a popular casting technique for manufacturing of several titanium alloy components dedicated to different industrial applications, as aerospace and automotive. This manufacturing process could be an economic net-shape technology, since the investment casting allows obtaining complex shapes, accurate geometries and reduced thicknesses. However, the reactions between titaniu...