From mechanics to thermodynamics: A relation between the brittleness and the thermal expansivity for polymers (open access)

From mechanics to thermodynamics: A relation between the brittleness and the thermal expansivity for polymers

Article provides an equation relating the linear isobaric expansivity to the brittleness B for a number of polymers with a large variety of chemical structures and consequently with a large variety of properties.
Date: February 19, 2019
Creator: Brostow, Witold, 1934- & Osmanson, Allison T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Structure of Amorphous and Deeply Supercooled Liquid Alumina (open access)

The Structure of Amorphous and Deeply Supercooled Liquid Alumina

Article describes experiment in which liquid Al2O3 was supercooled more than 500 K below its melting point (Tm = 2,327 K) using aerodynamic levitation and laser heating techniques.
Date: March 19, 2019
Creator: Shi, Caijuan; Alderman, Oliver L.G.; Berman, Diana; Du, Jincheng & Neuefeind, Joerg
System: The UNT Digital Library
Surface degradation mechanisms in a eutectic high entropy alloy at microstructural length-scales and correlation with phase-specific work function (open access)

Surface degradation mechanisms in a eutectic high entropy alloy at microstructural length-scales and correlation with phase-specific work function

Article evaluating wear and corrosion behavior for the AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy consisting of BCC (B2), and FCC (L12) lamellae.
Date: January 9, 2019
Creator: Hasannaeimi, Vahid; Ayyagari, Aditya; Muskeri, Saideep; Salloom, Riyadh & Mukherjee, Sundeep
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maxwell-Wagner-Sillars Dynamics and Enhanced Radio-Frequency Elastomechanical Susceptibility in PNIPAm Hydrogel-KF-doped Barium Titanate Nanoparticle Composites (open access)

Maxwell-Wagner-Sillars Dynamics and Enhanced Radio-Frequency Elastomechanical Susceptibility in PNIPAm Hydrogel-KF-doped Barium Titanate Nanoparticle Composites

Article describes study investigating Maxwell-Wagner-Sillars (MWS) dynamics and electromagnetic radio-frequency (RF) actuation of the volumetric phase change in a hybrid polymer composite consisting of hydrogel suspended with high-k nanoparticles.
Date: December 19, 2019
Creator: Walker, Ezekiel; Akishige, Yukikuni; Cai, Tong; Roberts, James A.; Shepherd, Nigel; Wu, Shijie et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multi-Fold Enhancement in Compressive Properties of Polystyrene Foam Using Pre-delaminated Stearate Functionalized Layer Double Hydroxides (open access)

Multi-Fold Enhancement in Compressive Properties of Polystyrene Foam Using Pre-delaminated Stearate Functionalized Layer Double Hydroxides

Describes study in developing an environmentally benign styrene foam using supercritical CO2.
Date: December 19, 2019
Creator: Ogunsona, Emmanuel O.; Dagnon, Koffi L. & D'Souza, Nandika Anne, 1967-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sc3N@C80 and La@C82 doped graphene for a new class of optoelectronic devices (open access)

Sc3N@C80 and La@C82 doped graphene for a new class of optoelectronic devices

This is the Author Manuscript version of an article presenting high-performance hybrid graphene photodetectors prepared with endohedral fullerenes deposited on graphene using electrophoretic methods for the first time.
Date: December 19, 2019
Creator: Jayanand, Kishan; Min, Misook; Chugh, Srishti; Kaul, Anupama; Adhikari, Nirmal & Echegoyen, Luis
System: The UNT Digital Library