Preliminary researches were carried out to study the effects of particle size on the wear behavior of a-C coating. The used nanoparticles are W (W-NPs), which have similar bulk hardness with ZrO2 (W: 7.5, ZrO2: 6.5, Mohs scale), but contain larger particles with the diameter of submicron and micron scale (Figure S1). The tribo-tests were performed under the same conditions with the ones used fo...

Here, we successfully developed the undoped, Ni2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ doped Zirconia nanoparticles (ZrO2 NPs) by a simple co-precipitation method at room temperature and characterized by various physicochemical measurement techniques to investigate their structure, morphology, and sizes of the particles. The bandgap energy values of doped and undoped ZrO2 NPs were estimated using optical absorption...

The correlation between density and specific surface area of ZrO2 nanoparticles (NPs) was studied. The NPs were produced using a hydrothermal process involving microwave heating. The material was annealed at 1100 °C which resulted in an increase in the average grain size of the ZrO2 NPs from 11 to 78 nm and a decrease in the specific surface area from 97 to 15 m(2)/g. At the same time, the dens...

Effect of zirconia nanoparticles (zirconia NPs/ZrO2 NPs) modified by 3 wt.% (glycidyloxypropyl) triethoxysilane – GPTES (m-ZrO2 on some properties epoxy coating such as mechanical properties, thermal stability and anti-corrosion performance was investigated. The obtained results indicated that the addition to could enhance this coating. 2 pure ZrO2 NPs (u-ZrO2 matrix increase (hardness adhesion...

In the present investigation, solution casting method was used for the preparation of nanocomposite (NC) films. At first, the surface of ZrO2 nanoparticles (NPs) was modified with vitamin B1 (VB1) as a bioactive coupling agent to achieve a better dispersion and compatibility of NPs within the poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) matrix. The grafting of modifier on the surface of ZrO2 was confirmed by Fou...

An extensive series of supported WO3/ZrOx (OH)4−2x catalysts (WZrOH) were synthesized by standard aqueous impregnation of ammonium metatungstate into an amorphous ZrOx (OH)4−2x metastable support, followed by high-temperature calcination (at 773–1173 K). The supported WZrOH catalysts were also compared with well-defined model supported WO3/ZrO2 catalysts (WZrO2) consisting of a thermally stable...

nanocomposite of zro2/zno was prepared under ultrasonic irradiation by sol gel process from directly mixing zirconium and zinc gels. the mixture was placed under ultrasonic irradiation for 2 hours. after the aging time and filtration of the reaction mixture, the filtrated composite gel was calcinated at 500 °c for 3h in furnace. the precursor gels of zirconium and zinc were prepared from dissol...

ZrO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by a vapor-phase hydrolysis process, and characterized in terms of crystalline structures, hardness and microstructures by X-ray diffraction, Vickers hardness test method, and atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements. Moreover, in vitro cytotoxicity evaluation and hemolysis assay showed that the nanoparticles possessed good biocompatibility. Hardness invest...

nanocomposite of zro2/zno was prepared under ultrasonic irradiation by sol gel process from directly mixing zirconium and zinc gels, and the mixture was placed under ultrasonic irradiation for 2 hours then aging time the filtrated composite gel was calcinated at 500°c for 3h in furnace. the precursor sol of zirconium was prepared from an aqueous solution of zrcl4 and zinc acetate dihydrated was...

Tetragonal zirconia (t-ZrO2) nanoparticles were synthesized from thezirconium chloride using the co-precipitation technique and characterized by variousmeasurement techniques. FESEM analysis further revealed spherical shaped NPs andHR-TEM analysis determined the size of the particles in the range of 14.5 nm. The bandgap energy was estimated 4.0 eV. The UV (350 nm) emissi...