This study focuses on the fabrication and microstructural investigation of Cu–TiH2–C and Cu–Ti–C nanocomposites with different volume fractions (10% and 20%) of TiC. Two mixtures of powders were ball milled for 10 h, consequently consolidated by spark plasma sintering (SPS) at 900 and 1000 ◦C producing bulk materials with relative densities of 95–97%. The evolution process of TiC formation duri...

In the present work, the behavior of Cu-Cr powder mixtures during mechanical alloying has been studied. The powder mixtures with 1, 3 and 6 weight percents of Cr in Cu were treated. They were milled in a ball mill with two different speeds of 250 and 500 rpm using equal numbers of 1 and 2 centimeters balls. The weight ratio of balls to powders was 10 to 1 under argon atmosphere. Ethanol was use...

Bimetallic (Pd-Cu, Pd-Sn) nanoparticles supported on structured fibrous carbons (activated carbon fibers and carbon nanofibers grown on sintered metal fibers) were tested in denitrification of natural polluted water by hydrogen (a batch and continuous mode). Dependence of the activity/selectivity on catalyst chemical composition, promoter nature and metal particle size was studied. Sn-modified ...

We describe an all-electrical plasmon detection based on the near field coupling between plasmons and percolating electrons. It is the technique to electrically detect the local field enhancement from randomly distributed Cu nanoparticles coupled to a plasmon resonance. In addition, we revealed that plasmon-sensitivity is maximized at the percolation threshold, the minimum Cu particle surface c...

Incorporating the recent bond order–length–strength correlation mechanism [C.Q. Sun, Phys. Rev. B 69 (2004) 045105] to the size dependence of Auger photoelectron coincidence spectra of Cu nanoparticles with and without being passivated has enabled us to gain quantitative information about the 2p and 3d level energies of an isolated Cu atom and their shift upon bulk formation. The developed appr...

The plastic behaviour of individual Cu crystallites under nanoextrusion is studied by molecular dynamics simulations. Single-crystal Cu fcc nanoparticles are embedded in a spherical force field mimicking the effect of a contracting carbon shell, inducing pressure on the system in the range of gigapascals. The material is extruded from a hole of 1.1-1.6 nm radius under athermal conditions. Simul...

The frontier orbital sequence of individual dicyanovinyl-substituted oligothiophene molecules is studied by means of scanning tunneling microscopy. On NaCl/Cu(111), the molecules are neutral, and the two lowest unoccupied molecular states are observed in the expected order of increasing energy. On NaCl/Cu(311), where the molecules are negatively charged, the sequence of two observed molecular o...

Ti3AlC2 three-layered ceramics-reinforced copper matrix composites show not only the strength of but also better wear resistance, all while preserving its conductive property and, ultimately, reducing cost preparation. However, decomposition in Cu-Ti3AlC2 mainly occurs due to severe interdiffusion Al and Cu elements from particle-grain boundaries, leading formation TiCx. This work explored a pr...

Nickel behavior has a significant role in the electrorefining of copper, and although it been extensively studied from anode electrolyte point view over past decades, studies on nickel contamination at cathode are limited. In current paper, three possible mechanisms—particle entrapment, inclusions co-electrodeposition—were investigated. Copper (Cu-ER) was conducted laboratory scale, cathodes we...