Growth Mechanisms of Nano-to Micro-Sized Lead Sulfate Particles (open access)

Growth Mechanisms of Nano-to Micro-Sized Lead Sulfate Particles

This article aims to determine the nucleation and growth mechanisms of PbSO4 nanoparticles in various solutions to potentially reduce or control the buildup of PbSO4 on battery electrodes over time.
Date: April 14, 2021
Creator: Wall, Michael T.; Smith, Jesse D.; Carl, Matthew; Young, Marcus L.; Hesterberg, Travis & Ellis, Tim
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering the Uniform Lying Helical Structure in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals: From Morphology Transition to Dimension Control (open access)

Engineering the Uniform Lying Helical Structure in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals: From Morphology Transition to Dimension Control

This article varies the surface anchoring strength and achieves a uniform lying helical structure with long-range order as thermodynamically stable state without any external support in Chiral nematic liquid crystals (CLCs).
Date: April 12, 2021
Creator: Jia, Zhixuan; Pawale, Tejal; Guerrero-García, Guillermo I.; Hashemi, Sid; Martínez-González, José A. & Li, Xiao
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ion-exchange mechanisms and interfacial reaction kinetics during aqueous corrosion of sodium silicate glasses (open access)

Ion-exchange mechanisms and interfacial reaction kinetics during aqueous corrosion of sodium silicate glasses

Article on the ion-exchange and associated interfacial reaction mechanisms of silicate glasses. This work reports findings that shed light on the complex ion-exchange mechanisms during glass hydration and enables more detailed understanding of the corrosion and glass-water interactions of silicate glasses which has the potential to impact both science and technology.
Date: April 8, 2021
Creator: Deng, Lu; Miyatani, Katsuaki; Suehara, Michinori; Amma, Shin-ichi; Ono, Madoka; Urata, Shingo et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Macroscale Superlubricity Accomplished by Sb2O3-MSH/C Under High Temperature (open access)

Macroscale Superlubricity Accomplished by Sb2O3-MSH/C Under High Temperature

Article reporting the high-temperature superlubricity phenomenon accomplished in coatings produced by burnishing powders of antimony trioxide (Sb₂O₃) and magnesium silicate hydroxide coated with carbon (MSH/C) onto the nickel superalloy substrate.
Date: April 15, 2021
Creator: Gao, Kai
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Charge Transport in Two-Dimensional Materials Based Integrated Flexible Energy System (open access)

Charge Transport in Two-Dimensional Materials Based Integrated Flexible Energy System

Data management plan for the grant "Charge Transport in Two-Dimensional Materials Based Integrated Flexible Energy System."
Date: 2021-04-15/2022-03-14
Creator: Choi, Wonbong
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library