We report the results of an experimental study to determine influence pressure on diffusion creep in wet olivine. In order observe at high-pressure conditions laboratory strain rates, we prepared ultra-fine grained (0.22–0.72 μm) olivine aggregates both from San Carlos and oxide mixtures using a solgel technique. All samples contain some water (~1000 ppm wt) presumably due adsorption fine-grain...

Electrorheological (ER) properties under oscillatory shear of perchloric acid doped-poly(3-thiopheneacetic acid)/oil (P3TAA/silicone) suspensions have been investigated. The effects of electric field strength, silicone oil viscosity, and particle concentration were investigated. When the electric field strength reaches a critical value, the P3TAA-based ER fluid exhibits transitional behavior be...

High quality manganese oxide thin films with smooth surfaces and even thicknesses have been prepared with a nonaqueous sol-gel process involving reduction of tetraethylammonium permanganate in methanol. Spin-coated films have been cast onto soft glass, quartz, and Ni foil substrates, with two coats being applied for optimum crystallization. The addition of alkali metal cations as dopants result...

Copper (Cu) ions are of interest with respect to materials for bone regeneration because of their pro-angiogenic potential. One of the problems with synthetic bone scaffolds is the fast decrease in viability of cells with increasing distance from the surface of the scaffold material, which results from the inability of nutrients and oxygen to diffuse further than 150-200 μm from the surface wit...

It has been thought that many novel properties and potential applications would emerge from monodisperse materials with small dimensions. Therefore, the synthesis of monodisperse nanoparticles has been intensively pursued for their technological and fundamental scientific importance. The synthesis of nanostructured magnetic materials has become a particularly important area of research and is a...