The potential of magnesium alloys as bioabsorbable / biodegradable implants for biomedical applications has been extensively studied as emerging direction. This paper gives a review of current topics in this field. Research activities related to biomedical magnesium alloys have been pursued in two main directions, orthopedic and cardiovascular implants, by investigating different aspects of all...

production of fe-c alloy powders by mechanical alloying was studied. fe and graphite elemental powdermixtures containing 0.8 and 1.5wt.% graphite were mechanically alloyed using a planetary ball mill. thestructural changes of powder particles during mechanical alloying were studied by x-ray diffractometery,scanning electron microscopy and microhardness measurements. for both compositions, mecha...

From surface hardening of steels to doping of semiconductors, atom insertion in solids plays an important role in modifying chemical, physical, and electronic properties of materials for a variety of applications. High densities of atomic insertion in a solid can result in dramatic structural transformations and associated changes in mechanical behavior: This is particularly evident during elec...

Hydrochloric acid (HCl) is an important mineral acid with many uses, including the pickling of steel, acid treatment of oil wells and chemical cleaning and processing. This acid is extremely corrosive and its aggressiveness can change drastically depending on its concentration, the temperature and contamination by oxidizing impurities. One of the most commonly encountered oxidizing impurities i...

A new methodology based on core alloying and shell gradient-doping are developed for the synthesis of nanohybrids, realized by coupled competitive reactions, or sequenced reducing-nucleation and co-precipitation reaction of mixed metal salts in a microfluidic and batch-cooling process. The latent time of nucleation and the growth of nanohybrids can be well controlled due to the formation of con...

Enhanced electrocatalysis of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on carbon-supported binary and ternary alloys of Pt in phosphoric acid fuel cells has been reported previously. This investigation focuses on the electrocatalysis of the ORR on some binary alloys of Pt (Pt+Ni, Pt+Cr and Pt+Co) at interfaces with proton exchange membranes (Dow perfluorinated sulfonic acids). Comparison of the resul...

The formation of crystalline NixInAs and NixInAs/InAs/NixInAs heterostructure nanowires by the solid source reaction of InAs nanowires with Ni is reported for the first time. The fundamental kinetics of the Ni/InAs alloying reaction is explored, with the Ni diffusion reported as the rate determining step. The diffusivity of Ni is independent of the nanowire diameter, with an extracted diffusion...

Submitted for the MAR08 Meeting of The American Physical Society Thermodynamic potentials in closed and open nanocrystalline systems: Si-Ge islands on Si(001). MARINA S. LEITE, Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin UNICAMP, ANGELO MALACHIAS, Max-Planck Insitute for Solid State Research, STEFAN W. KYCIA, University of Guelph, TED I. KAMINS, R. STANLEY WILLIAMS, He...

Thermo-mechanical-physical properties of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) depend strongly on the concentrations of each of the chemical elements in a given alloy. The proposed methodology for simultaneously maximizing these multiple properties by accurately determining proper concentrations of each of the alloying elements is based on the use of computational algorithms rather than on traditional e...

previous studies of sputter-induced topographical development have shown that it is possible to form pyramids on single-crystal fee metals oriented in the (1131) crystallographic direction. These pyramids form when the surface is bombarded with relatively large ( > 1 X 10” cmm2) doses of Ar+, Kr+ or Xe+ ions in the energy range 20-41 keV. Until recently most of the work was confined to pure fee...