The design and development of an economic and highly active non-precious electrocatalyst for methanol electrooxidation is challenging due to expensiveness of the precursors as well as processes and non-ecofriendliness. In this study, a facile preparation of core-shell-like NiCo2O4 decorated MWCNTs based on a dry synthesis technique was proposed. The synthesized NiCo2O4/MWCNTs were characterized...

FSW material flow and phase transformation were studied at the interface of dissimilar welding of Al 6013 to Mg. Defect free butt weld was obtained when aluminum and magnesium test plates were placed in the advancing side and retreating side respectively, and the tool was placed 1 mm off the weld centerline into the aluminum side. In order to understand how the materials flow during FSW, steel ...

With respect to its density, magnesium (Mg) has a high potential for lightweight components. Nevertheless, the industrial application of Mg is limited due to, for example, its sensitivity to corrosion. To increase the applicability of Mg, a process chain for the production of a Mg component with a complete aluminum (Al) cladding is presented. Hydrostatic co-extrusion was used to produce bar-sha...

A novel and efficient surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate has been presented based on Gold@silver/pyramidal silicon 3D substrate (Au@Ag/3D-Si). By combining the SERS activity of Ag, the chemical stability of Au and the large field enhancement of 3D-Si, the Au@Ag/3D-Si substrate possesses perfect sensitivity, homogeneity, reproducibility and chemical stability. Using R6G as probe ...

Antimony-free poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) has been synthesized through polycondensation of p-phthalic acid and ethylene glycol, then subjected to a viscosity-increasing process by liquid-state (LSP). For both these processes, novel environmentally benign glycol-soluble Ti/Mg bimetal (TM) catalyst used. The structure the TM comprehensively characterized its catalytic activity in reaction ...

equal channel angular rolling (ecar) is a severe plastic deformation method that covered plasticdeformation of sheets. in this study, effects of ecar route shave been investigated on themechanical and microstructure properties of explosive-welded al-cu bimetal. at first, the explosivewelding process has been performed to prepare the al-cu bimetals. then, to relieve the stress andpreparing of sa...