Introduction A hydrocarbon flame can naturally and readily provide an appropriate high-temperature environment with abundant radical concentrations required for the growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) [1] or carbon nano-onions (CNOs) [2]. Therefore, flame synthesis shows a more promising potential for inexpensive and mass production of high-purity carbon nanostructures than other synthesis method...

A coupled continuum-discrete numerical model is presented to study the synthesis of TiC nanosized aggregates during a self-propagating combustion synthesis (SHS) process. The overall model describes the transient of the basic mechanisms governing the SHS process in a two-dimensional micrometer size geometry system. At each time step, the continuum (micrometer scale) model computes the current t...

Introduction: The extended human presence on the Moon will enable astronauts to develop new technologies and harness the Moon's abundant resources to allow manned exploration of more challenging environments [1]. Various approaches to establish permanent outposts on the Moon are being considered by major space agencies and construction companies from USA, Europe, Russia and China. Construction ...

La2O2S:Er ,Yb nanocrystalline up-converting phosphors were synthesized by a combustion method at low temperature, using ethanol as pre-ignition fuel and thioacetamide as sulfurizing agent and organic fuel. The phosphors were characterized by powder X-ray diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy, UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy. Pure and well-crystallized La2O2S:Er ,Yb ...

This paper describes Microwave Activated Combustion Synthesis (MACS) of intermetallics of technical importance in the Co-Si binary system. These materials have important electronic applications as thin films. Bulk CoSi2 is required for use as a target for the production of thin films in sputtering processes. Sputtering targets are generally processed either by a powder route, casting or mechani...

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