Compostable, fully biobased foams using PLA and micro cellulose for zero energy buildings (open access)

Compostable, fully biobased foams using PLA and micro cellulose for zero energy buildings

Article examining foams made from polylactic acid (PLA) and micro cellulose fibrils (MCF) to address the need for bio-resourced foams for the building industry.
Date: October 20, 2020
Creator: Oluwabunmi, Kayode; D'Souza, Nandika Anne, 1967-; Zhao, Weihuan; Choi, Tae-Youl & Theyson, Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revisiting (Some of) the Lasting Impacts of the Liberty Ships via a Metallurgical Analysis of Rivets from the SS "John W. Brown" (open access)

Revisiting (Some of) the Lasting Impacts of the Liberty Ships via a Metallurgical Analysis of Rivets from the SS "John W. Brown"

This article examines a rivet from the SS "John W. Brown", which was assembled in Baltimore, Maryland, and launched in September 1942. Classical metallurgical analysis of a rivet from the original 1942 vessel is compared with modern rivets used during its restoration.
Date: October 26, 2015
Creator: Harris, M. D.; Grogg, W. J.; Akoma, A.; Hayes, B. J.; Reidy, Richard F.; Imhoff, E. F. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of Cr Substitution and Temperature on Hierarchical Phase Decomposition in the AlCoFeNi High Entropy Alloy (open access)

Influence of Cr Substitution and Temperature on Hierarchical Phase Decomposition in the AlCoFeNi High Entropy Alloy

This article investigates the length scale of the decomposition into a two-phase mixture of ordered B22 and disordered BCC solid solution as determined by the combination of composition and annealing temperature.
Date: October 22, 2018
Creator: Chaudhary, V.; Gwalani, Bharat; Soni, V.; Ramanujan, R. V. & Banerjee, Rajarshi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boosting Piezoelectricity by 3D Printing PVDF-MoS2 Composite as a Conformal and High-Sensitivity Piezoelectric Sensor (open access)

Boosting Piezoelectricity by 3D Printing PVDF-MoS2 Composite as a Conformal and High-Sensitivity Piezoelectric Sensor

Article describes how additively manufactured flexible and high-performance piezoelectric devices are highly desirable for sensing and energy harvesting of 3D conformal structures. This study reports a significantly enhanced piezoelectricity in polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) achieved through the in situ dipole alignment of PVDF within PVDF-2D molybdenum disulfide composite by 3D printing.
Date: June 21, 2023
Creator: Islam, M.D, Nurul; Rupom, Rifat Hasan; Adhikari, Pashupati R.; Demchuk, Zoriana; Popov, Ivan; Sokolov, Alexei P. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library