We report a new approach to achieve growth of highly crystalline nickel nanoparticles over an extended range of sizes (up to 100 nm in diameter) and time scales (up to several hours) by diffusional transport of constituent atoms. The experimental procedure presented offers control of the morphology of the resulting particles and yields base metal nanocrystals suitable for epitaxial deposition o...

This paper presents the influence of production parameters and analysis ZrC coatings on Monel®400 substrate. The effects laser beam power microstructure, chemical composition, corrosion resistance selected mechanical properties such as microhardness wear were investigated. investigation consisted composite using processing pre-coatings made in paste form a nickel based alloy (Monel®400). In stu...

Germanium nanocrystals ~12 nm mean diam! and amorphous thin films ~60-250 nm thick! were prepared as anodes for lithium secondary cells. Amorphous thin film electrodes prepared on planar nickel substrates showed stable capacities of 1700 mAh/g over 60 cycles. Germanium nanocrystals showed reversible gravimetric capacities of up to 1400 mAh/g with 60% capacity retention after 50 cycles. Both ele...

Interactions between ceria (CeO2) and supported metals greatly enhance rates for a number of important reactions. However, direct relationships between structure and function in these catalysts have been difficult to extract because the samples studied either were heterogeneous or were model systems dissimilar to working catalysts. We report rate measurements on samples in which the length of t...

Dip-coated polystyrene layers of sub-micrometre thickness (85-500nm) have been applied on copper and copper alloys (aluminium brass, copper-nickel 70/30), as well as on stainless steel 304, and produced an effective barrier against corrosion and adhesion of corrosion-relevant microorganisms. According to the dynamic wettability measurements, the coatings exhibited high advancing (103°), recedin...

In this paper, the authors present an experimental study of roughness characteristics of electroless Ni-B coatings and optimization of the coating process parameters based on L27 Taguchi orthogonal design. Three coating process parameters are considered viz. bath temperature, reducing agent concentration, and nickel source concentration. It is observed that concentration of reducing agent toget...

INTRODUCTION: Orthopaedic prostheses implantation is an invasive surgical procedure, with an increased risk for post-operative infections. Since the life span and quality of these implants is improving and more prostheses are implanted every year, the incidence of post-operative infections will increase. Most implants are based on titanium or nickel-chromemolybdenum alloys, while their overall ...

Nanograin rotation via grain boundary sliding has been predicted as an important deformation mode in nanocrystalline materials as grain sizes approach less than 10 nm (1–3). However, definite experimental evidence beyond molecular dynamics (MD) simulations has been long sought. Recently, Shan et al. (4) reported in situ straining dark-field transmission electron microscope (DFTEM) observations ...

Nanocrystalline (NC) metals with grain sizes <100 nm have attracted a lot of attention in the materials science fi eld for more than a few decades because of their ultra-high strength and hardness. Various experimental and computational studies indicate that dislocation-mediated plasticity prevails in NC metals when the grain size is larger than ~10 nm. Recent molecular dynamics (MD) simulation...