Nitrogen incorporates into Fe thin films during reactively sputtered TiN capping layer deposition. The influence that this nitrogen incorporation has both on the structure and magnetic properties is discussed for a series of Fe~001! thin films grown at different temperatures. A higher nitrogen content is accompanied by distortion in the Fe lattice and by reduction in the Fe magnetization satura...

BACKGROUND Electronic cigarettes (EC) deliver aerosol by heating fluid containing nicotine. Cartomizer EC combine the fluid chamber and heating element in a single unit. Because EC do not burn tobacco, they may be safer than conventional cigarettes. Their use is rapidly increasing worldwide with little prior testing of their aerosol. OBJECTIVES We tested the hypothesis that EC aerosol contain...

A method for rapid screening of photocatalysts employing a form of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) is described. A piezoelectric dispenser was used to deposit arrays composed of approximately 300-microm-size photocatalyst spots with different compositions onto conducting glass, fluorine-doped tin oxide substrate. The scanning tip of the SECM was replaced by a fiber optic connected to...

The iron(III)tetraphenylporphyrin chloride Fe(III)TPPCl, iron(III)tetra-naphthylporphyrin Fe(III)TNPCl, ?-oxo-bis[tetraphenylporphyriniron(III)] [(Fe(III)TPP)2O], ?-oxo-bis[tetranaphthylporphyriniron(III)] [(Fe(III)TNP)2O], tin(IV)tetraphenylporphyrin Sn(IV)TPPCl2 and tin(IV)tetra-naphthylporphyrin Sn(IV)TNPCl2 complexes were all found to be adsorbed onto the montmorillonite MMT clay without de...

Tinplating on steel is a useful industrial process extensively used for food packaging. Cold-rolled annealed coated with tin gives the corrosion resistance property and beautiful luster. complex where rolled sheets are cleaned acid to remove rust, grease, or oil from surface. Pure electrodeposited this freshly prepared surface after electrodeposition of strip; becomes lustrous, color pure appea...

Iron oxide and silica nanoparticles were individually incorporated in tin-based Babbitt alloy combined to prepare a novel class of nanocomposites for bearing material applications. The route liquid metallurgy combination with the stirring technique was adopted manufacture nanocomposites. Microstructural evolution mechanical property evaluation performed by optical electron microscopy, EDS, hard...