A silicon nanoparticle solution (size ≅ 50 nm) with the concentration of 100 mM, which is contamination free, was synthesized using a ball milling method and was stable for 4 months without aggregation. This stability was responsible for large negative zeta potential on the surface of Si-NPs, established by milling in 2-propanol solvent.

We study the problem of finding shortest tours/paths for “lawn mowing” and “milling” problems: Given a region in the plane, and given the shape of a “cutter” (typically, a circle or a square), find a shortest tour/path for the cutter such that every point within the region is covered by the cutter at some position along the tour/path. In the milling version of the problem, the cutter is constra...

A New Geometric-and-Physics Model of Milling and An Effective Approach to Medial Axis Transforms of Free-form Pockets for High Performance Machining Qiang Fu, Ph.D. Concordia University, 2010 Mechanical part quality and productivity depend on many parameters in CNC milling processes, such as workpiece material, cutters, tool paths, feed rate, and spindle speed, etc. To pursue high performance m...

The work presented here describes the development of a surgical training for the milling process in temporal bone surgery. The system will be used to educate and train surgeons to do simulation of complicated skull bone operations, such as removal of cancer tumors. The skull bone data is taken from a CT-scan and visualized using a modified Marching cubes algorithm. Different haptic rendering al...

The Class F fly ash has been subjected to high energy ball milling and has been converted into nanostructured material. The nano structured fly ash has been characterized for its particle size by using particle size analyzer, specific surface area with the help of BET surface area apparatus, structure by X-ray diffraction studies and FTIR, SEM and TEM have been used to study particle aggregatio...

Several important natural compounds, nutraceuticals–including vitamin E (tocotrienols, tocopherols) and oryzanols–have been shown to have important health benefits and are found in rice bran. This study was conducted to provide information regarding levels of these nutraceuticals within the rice kernel based on bran collected from successive milling but also to determine the level of nutraceuti...

Top-down approach has been viewed as an efficient and straightforward method to prepare nanosized zeolites. Yet, the mechanical breaking of zeolite causes amorphization, which usually requires a post-milling recrystallization to obtain fully crystalline nanoparticles. Herein we present a facile methodology to prepare zeolite nanocrystals, where milling and recrystallization can be performed in ...

This paper presents a new three-axis ED milling machine, which is based on the PMAC motion card. The machine is composed of the motion system, the control system, the working fluid supplying system and the EDM pulse generator. First, the motion system , the working fluid supplying system, the hardware of the control system, and the EDM pulse generator have been built, then the software system o...

The effects of H2O vapor introduced during focused ion beam ~FIB! milling of diamond~100! are examined. In particular, we determine the yield, surface morphology, and microstructural damage that results from FIB sputtering and H2O-assisted FIB milling processes. Experiments involving 20 keV Ga bombardment to doses ;10 ions/cm are conducted at a number of fixed ion incidence angles, u. For each ...

Various procedures of mixing starting powders for hot-pressing α-SiAlON ceramics were studied. They included different milling methods (attrition milling, ball milling, and sonication), liquid medium (water, isopropyl alcohol, and pyridine), and atmospheres (ambient air and nitrogen). These mixing procedures resulted in markedly different densification behavior and fired ceramics. As the powder...