Three-Dimensional Carbon Nanostructures for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries (open access)

Three-Dimensional Carbon Nanostructures for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries

This review contains the authors' recent progress on the design and fabrication of 3D carbon nanostructures, their performance in Li-ion batteries (LIBs), and their implementation into large-scale, lightweight, and flexible LIBs.
Date: October 26, 2016
Creator: Kang, Chiwon; Cha, Eunho; Patel, Mumukshu D.; Wu, H. Felix & Choi, Wonbong
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Centimeter Scale Patterned Growth of Vertically Stacked Few Layer Only 2D MoS₂/WS₂ van der Waals Heterostructure (open access)

Centimeter Scale Patterned Growth of Vertically Stacked Few Layer Only 2D MoS₂/WS₂ van der Waals Heterostructure

This article reports the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) growth of large-area (>2 cm²) patterned 2D vdW heterostructures composed of few layer, vertically-stacked molybdenum disulfide and tungsten disulfide.
Date: May 5, 2016
Creator: Choudhary, Nitin; Park, Juhong; Hwang, Jun Yeon; Chung, Hee-Suk; Dumas, Kenneth H.; Khondaker, Saiful I. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hybrid Boron Nitride-Natural Fiber Composites for Enhanced Thermal Conductivity (open access)

Hybrid Boron Nitride-Natural Fiber Composites for Enhanced Thermal Conductivity

This article finds that the synergy of natural fiber with hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) could significantly improve thermal conductivity, compared with that solely using hBN.
Date: October 5, 2016
Creator: Xia, Changlei; Garcia, Andres C.; Shi, Sheldon Q.; Qiu, Ying; Warner, Nathaniel; Wu, Yingji et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oxidation behavior and microstructural decomposition of Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-6Al-4V-1B sheet (open access)

Oxidation behavior and microstructural decomposition of Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-6Al-4V-1B sheet

This article conducts a direct comparison between the oxidation behavior of Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-6Al-4V + 1B to elucidate whether the addition of boron to Ti-^Al-4V impacts the oxidation behavior.
Date: August 1, 2016
Creator: Brice, David A.; Samimi, P.; Ghamarian, I.; Liu, Yue; Brice, R. M.; Reidy, Richard F. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uv-Induced Modification of Fused Silica: Insights From ReaxFF-Based Molecular Dynamics Simulations (open access)

Uv-Induced Modification of Fused Silica: Insights From ReaxFF-Based Molecular Dynamics Simulations

This article discusses molecular dynamics simulations performed to present evidence that silica structure in both short and medium ranges is directly modified by UV-induced defects.
Date: September 16, 2016
Creator: Tian, Ye; Du, Jincheng; Zu, Xiaotao; Han, Wei; Yuan, Xiaodong & Zheng, Wanguo
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laser-Assisted Machining (LAM) of Hard Tissues and Bones (open access)

Laser-Assisted Machining (LAM) of Hard Tissues and Bones

Patent relating to a system and methods of machining hard tissues, such as bone.
Date: March 17, 2014
Creator: Dahotre, Narendra B. & Santhanakrishnan, Soundarapandian
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparing the Knotless Tension Band and the Traditional Stainless Steel Wire Tension Band Fixation for Medial Malleolus Fractures: A Retrospective Clinical Study (open access)

Comparing the Knotless Tension Band and the Traditional Stainless Steel Wire Tension Band Fixation for Medial Malleolus Fractures: A Retrospective Clinical Study

Article describes investigation which sought to to retrospectively compare this traditional wire technique to an innovative knotless tension band (KTB) technique in order to decrease costly complications.
Date: May 12, 2016
Creator: Downey, Michael W.; Duncan, Kyle; Kosmopoulos, Victor; Motley, Travis A.; Carpenter, Brian B.; Ogunyankin, Fadeke et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library