In this study, Cu50-Ni50 alloy were synthesized by mechanical alloying. The alloy was then reinforced by dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes using a planetary high energy ball mill. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and vibrating sample magnetometer were used to evaluate the effects of CNT addition on the characteristics of the nanocomposites. XRD results of Cu-Ni sample sh...

The concept of multiscale architectured materials is established using composition and grain size gradients. Composition-gradient nanostructured materials are produced from coarse grained interstitial free steels via carburization and high-pressure torsion. Quantitative analyses of the dislocation density using X-ray diffraction and microstructural studies clearly demonstrate the gradients of t...

We examine mixture separations with microporous adsorbents such as zeolites, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), operating under conditions close to pore saturation. Pore saturation is realized, for example, when separating bulk liquid phase mixtures of polar compounds such as water, alcohols and ketones. For the operating conditions used in industrial pr...

Pulmonary surfactant, a complex mixture of lipids and proteins, lowers the surface tension in terminal air spaces and is crucial for lung function. Within an animal species, surfactant composition can be influenced by development, disease, respiratory rate, and/or body temperature. Here, we analyzed the composition of surfactant in three heterothermic mammals (dunnart, bat, squirrel), displayin...

INTRODUCTION Iron parameters like serum ferritin and iron saturation are routinely used in diagnosing iron deficiency. However, these tests are influenced by many factors. We aimed to review the accuracy of iron parameters among inpatients in an acute care hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS From October 1997 to April 2002, bone marrow aspirate samples from patients on whom concurrent iron studie...

Magnetite nanoparticles (Fe₃O₄) represent the most promising materials in medical applications. To favor high-drug or enzyme loading on the nanoparticles, they are incorporated into mesoporous materials to form a hybrid support with the consequent reduction of magnetization saturation. The direct synthesis of mesoporous structures appears to be of interest. To this end, magnetite nanoparticles ...

Soft, high moment materials are crucial for the magnetic data recording industry in applications such as write poles and soft underlayers. Ever increasing areal densities have pushed the requirements for materials exhibiting saturation magnetizations above 2 T. In this work we investigate nanocrystalline FeCoB which exhibits a saturation magnetization of ;2.2 T. FeCoB exhibits a magnetostrictio...

In this paper is estimated the region of attraction of the nonlinear boost DC-AC converter by Sum of Squares. This is an optimization problem of maximization of the Lyapunov surface subjects to certain strict constraints due to saturation of the control variables of the system and to the composition of the inverter, which is formed from two DC-DC converters with positive voltage.

Magma degassing processes are commonly elucidated by studies of melt inclusions in erupted phenocrysts and measurements of gas discharge at volcanic vents, allied to experimentally constrained models of volatile solubility. Here we develop an alternative experimental approach aimed at directly simulating decompression-driven, closed-system degassing of basaltic magma in equilibrium with an H^C^...