Ultrafine MgH₂ nanocrystalline powders were prepared by reactive ball milling of elemental Mg powders after 200 h of high-energy ball milling under a hydrogen gas pressure of 50 bar. The as-prepared metal hydride powders were contaminated with 2.2 wt. % of FeCr-stainless steel that was introduced to the powders upon using stainless steel milling tools made of the same alloy. The as-synthesized ...

Acknowledgements It is indeed a great pleasure and moment of immense satisfaction for me to express my sense of profound gratitude towards my committee members Dr. their zeal and enthusiasm were the source of inspiration for me. I am extremely thankful for the able guidance and attention which they bestowed upon me. Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices for the requisite opportunity a...

Two neural network based vision subsystems for image recognition in micromechanics were developed. One subsystem is for shape recognition and another subsystem is for texture recognition. Information about shape and texture of the micro workpiece can be used to improve precision of both assembly and manufacturing processes. The proposed subsystems were tested off-line in two tasks. In the task ...

Details of Berkovich nanoindentation-induced mechanical deformation mechanisms of single-crystal Si(100) and the metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD) derived GaN thin films have been systematic investigated by means of micro-Raman spectroscopy and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) techniques. The XTEM samples were prepared by using focused ion beam (FIB) milling...

Milling is the mechanical process of removing material from a piece of stock through the use of a rapidly spinning circular milling tool in order to form some desired geometric shape. An important problem in computer-aided design and manufacturing is the automated generation of efficient milling plans for computerized numerically controlled (CNC) milling machines. Among the most common milling ...

In this paper, we describe a solid freeform fabrication procedure for human dental restoration via porcelain slurry micro-extrusion. Based on submicron-sized dental porcelain powder obtained via ball milling process, a porcelain slurry formulation has been developed. The formulation developed allows the porcelain slurry to show a pseudoplastic behavior and moderate viscosity, which permits the ...

Selective Ga + ion implantation and miring by focused ion beam exposure and subsequent wet chemical etching is used to fabricate micro/nanomechanical elements in Si. Freestanding elements with a ~ 30 nm membrane thickness are made by controlled selective underetching between unexposed and exposed areas. Ultrahigh-frequency cantilever beams have been made with resonances in the tens of MHz range...

The continuous optimization of processing technology and evaluation methods is an important way to achieve high quality efficiency for difficult-to-process materials. To solve the problem frequent defects in slot, ultrasonic vibration-assisted slot-milling (UVASM) was developed titanium alloy. Simultaneously, comparative experiments were carried out between UVASM conventional slot milling (CSM)...