The buckling behavior of graphene on soft films has been extensively studied. However, to avoid fracture, most studies focus only the primary induced by tiny compression. Here, monolayer, three-layer, and four-layer is systematically studied in experiment under large cross-sections patterns these few-layer graphenes are provided, which depend focused ion beam (FIB) technology. More significantl...

As a vibration- free concrete, self- compacting concrete (SCC) can be easily used in the absence of consolidation, therefore; it is a good option for repairing and retrofitting concrete structures. The quality of repair layer is highly effective on a successful repair. Accordingly, in this study, factors affecting the quality of fiber-reinforced self-compacting concrete repair layer, including ...

The lack of complete understanding of the substrate effects on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) growth poses a lot oftechnical challenges. Here, we report the direct growth of nanostructures such as the CNTs on stainless steel 304and brass substrates using thermal chemical vapor deposition (TCVD) process with C2H2 gas as carbon sourceand hydrogen as supporting gas mixed in Ar gas flow. We used an especi...

Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films (CIGS) on metallic substrate (titanium, molybdenum, aluminum, stainless steel) were prepared by a two-step selenization of Co-evaporated metallic precursors in Se-containing environment under N2 gas flow. Structural properties of prepared thin film were studied. To characterize the optical quality and intrinsic defect nature low-temperature photoluminescence, were perfor...

A model for the mass sensitivity of Love wave and layer guided shear horizontal acoustic plate mode ~SH–APM! sensors is developed by considering the propagation of shear horizontally polarized acoustic waves in a three layer system. A dispersion equation is derived for this three layer system and this is shown to contain the dispersion equation for the two layer system of the substrate and the ...

Characterization of Cu/diamond interface thermal conductance (hc) and an improved understanding of factors affecting it are important, as Cu-diamond composites are increasingly being considered for electronic packaging applications. In this study, ~90 nm thick Cu layer was deposited on synthetic as well as natural diamond substrates. In several specimens, a Ti-interface layer of thickness ≤ 3.5...

ZnO buffer layer Silicon substrates with (100) orientation were coated with a ZnO buffer layer in order to initiate ZnO nanowire growth and to ensure c-axis alignment. No attempt was made to remove the substrate native oxide layer in any case. Firstly a ZnO seed layer is deposited by drop coating a 5 mM solution of zinc acetate in absolute ethanol [1]. 3.5 μl of this solution is applied per cm ...

CrN, AlN, TiN layer were prepared as diffusion barriers between the K417 substrate and Ni+CrAlYSiN nano composite coatings via vacuum arc evaporation. Oxidation kinetics microstructure evaluation of these coating systems at 1000 °C after 100 h studied. Results show that AlN showed good thermodynamic stability, effectively inhibited interdiffusion substrate, improved oxidation resistance coating...

Biomimetic method was used to apply hydroxyapatite (HA) coating onto Ti6Al4V cylinders. This process is a physicochemical method in which a substrate is soaked in a solution simulating the physiological conditions, for a period of time enough to form a desirable layer of the calcium phosphate on the substrate. In the present study, specimens were soaked in 5, 10 M solutions of NaOH at temperatu...