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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hierarchical Eutectoid Nano-lamellar Decomposition in an Al0.3CoFeNi Complex Concentrated Alloy (open access)

Hierarchical Eutectoid Nano-lamellar Decomposition in an Al0.3CoFeNi Complex Concentrated Alloy

Article discusses a novel eutectoid nano-lamellar (FCC + L12)/(BCC + B2) microstructure that has been discovered in a relatively simple Al0.3CoFeNi high entropy alloy (HEA) or complex concentrated alloy (CCA).
Date: March 16, 2020
Creator: Dasari, Sriswaroop; Gwalani, Bharat; Jagetia, Abhinav; Soni, V.; Gorsse, Stéphane & Banerjee, Rajarshi
System: The UNT Digital Library
High entropy alloys – Tunability of deformation mechanisms through integration of compositional and microstructural domains (open access)

High entropy alloys – Tunability of deformation mechanisms through integration of compositional and microstructural domains

This article is a review that categorizes the compositional and microstructural approaches that exhibit potential for a combination of shear induced phase transformation and twinning, thereby expanding beyond the slip based mechanisms.
Date: March 13, 2021
Creator: Mishra, Rajiv; Haridas, Ravi Sankar & Agrawal, Priyanshi
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Temperature Nano-Indentation Creep Behavior of Multi-Principal Element Alloys under Static and Dynamic Loads (open access)

High-Temperature Nano-Indentation Creep Behavior of Multi-Principal Element Alloys under Static and Dynamic Loads

Paper describes the results of studies testing the creep resistance of two multi-principal element alloys, CoCrNi and CoCrFeMnNi.
Date: February 13, 2020
Creator: Sadeghilaridjani, Maryam & Mukherjee, Sundeep
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Temperature Nano-Indentation Creep of Reduced Activity High Entropy Alloys Based on 4-5-6 Elemental Palette (open access)

High-Temperature Nano-Indentation Creep of Reduced Activity High Entropy Alloys Based on 4-5-6 Elemental Palette

In this article the time-dependent plastic deformation behavior of two refractory high entropy alloys was investigated, namely HfTaTiVZr and TaTiVWZr. These alloys are based on reduced activity metals from the 4-5-6 elemental palette that would allow easy post-service recycling after use in nuclear reactors. The creep behavior was investigated using nano-indentation over the temperature range of 298 K to 573 K under static and dynamic loads up to 5 N.
Date: February 18, 2020
Creator: Sadeghilaridjani, Maryam; Muskeri, Saideep; Pole, Mayur & Mukherjee, Sundeep
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Throughput Investigation of Multiscale Deformation Mechanism in Additively Manufactured Ni Superalloy (open access)

High-Throughput Investigation of Multiscale Deformation Mechanism in Additively Manufactured Ni Superalloy

Article discusses how, in this paper, Inconel 718 (IN718) superalloy was processed by laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing (L-PBFAM), followed by heat treatment. Evidence of extensive deformation of twin networks and dislocation cells was revealed by transmission electron microscopy of the deformed region under the nanoindentation tip.
Date: February 17, 2023
Creator: Dhal, Abhijeet; Agrawal, Priyanka; Haridas, Ravi Sankar; Gaddam, Supreeth; Sharma, Aishani; Parganitha, Digvijay et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highly complex magnetic behavior resulting from hierarchical phase separation in AlCo(Cr)FeNi high-entropy alloys (open access)

Highly complex magnetic behavior resulting from hierarchical phase separation in AlCo(Cr)FeNi high-entropy alloys

Article presents for the first time the influence of a hierarchically decomposed B2 + A2 structure in an AlCo0.5Cr0.5FeNi HEA on the formation of magnetic vortex states within individual A2 (disordered BCC) precipitates, which are distributed in an ordered B2 matrix that is weakly ferromagnetic.
Date: March 10, 2022
Creator: Lan, Qianqian; Kovács, András; Caron, Jan; Du, Hongchu; Song, Dongsheng; Dasari, Sriswaroop et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highly efficient and selective electrocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production on Co-O-C active centers on graphene oxide (open access)

Highly efficient and selective electrocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production on Co-O-C active centers on graphene oxide

Article demonstrating that single cobalt atoms anchored on oxygen functionalized graphene oxide form Co-O-C@GO active centres (abbreviated as Co₁@GO for simplicity) act as an efficient and durable electrocatalyst for H₂O₂ production.
Date: March 28, 2022
Creator: Zhang, Bin-Wei; Zheng, Tao; Wang, Yun-Xiao; Du, Yi; Chu, Sheng-Qi; Xia, Zhenhai et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highly Pseudocapacitive Storage Design Principles of Heteroatom-Doped Graphene anode in Calcium-Ion Batteries (open access)

Highly Pseudocapacitive Storage Design Principles of Heteroatom-Doped Graphene anode in Calcium-Ion Batteries

Article describes how pseudocapacitive storage of multivalent ions, especially Ca2+, in heteroatom-doped carbon nanomaterials is promising to achieve both high energy and power densities, but there is the lack of pseudocapacitive theories that enable rational design of the materials for calcium-ion batteries.
Date: August 22, 2023
Creator: Gao, Yong; Li, Zhenglong; Weng, Pan; Cui, Wengang; Wang, Xiaowei; Yang, Yaxiong et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hole-punching for enhancing electrocatalytic activities of 2D graphene electrodes: Less is more (open access)

Hole-punching for enhancing electrocatalytic activities of 2D graphene electrodes: Less is more

Article develops 2D carbon electrocatalysts based on graphene with and without punched holes and/or N-doping and performs a comprehensive combined experimental and theoretical study on the edge and surface electrocatalytic activities of single-layer 2D graphene sheets.
Date: August 17, 2020
Creator: Xia, Zhenhai; Gao, Yunxiang; Zhang, Lipeng; Li, Chang Ming & Dai, Liming
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydrogen bonding interactions of H2O and SiOH on a boroaluminosilicate glass corroded in aqueous solution (open access)

Hydrogen bonding interactions of H2O and SiOH on a boroaluminosilicate glass corroded in aqueous solution

This article simulates hydrous species (H2O and Si-OH) on nano-porous alteration layers (gels) formed on a boroaluminosilicate glass called International Simple Glass corroded in aqueous solutions at pH 7 and pH 9, and initially saturated with soluble silicon-containing species were analyzed using linear and non-linear vibrational spectroscopy in combination with molecular dynamics simulations. The simulation and experimental results obtained in this study indicate that the water mobility in the gel formed at pH 9 could be slower than that in the gel formed at pH 7, and as a result, the leaching rate at pH 9 is slower than that at pH 7.
Date: January 7, 2020
Creator: Ngo, Dien; Liu, Hongshen; Chen, Zhe; Huseyin, Kaya; Zimudzi, Tawanda J.; Gin, Stéphane et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ideal plasticity and shape memory of nanolamellar high-entropy alloys (open access)

Ideal plasticity and shape memory of nanolamellar high-entropy alloys

Article describes how understanding the relationship among elemental compositions, nanolamellar microstructures, and mechanical properties enables the rational design of high-entropy alloys (HEAs). In this article the authors construct nanolamellar Alx-CoCuFeNi HEAs with alternating high- and low-Al concentration layers and explore their mechanical properties using a combination of molecular dynamic simulation and density functional theory calculation.
Date: October 13, 2023
Creator: Chen, Shuai; Liu, Ping; Pei, Qingxiang; Yu, Zhi Gen; Aitken, Zachary H.; Li, Wanghui et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
In-vitro biomineralization and biocompatibility of friction stir additively manufactured AZ31B magnesium alloy-hydroxyapatite composites (open access)

In-vitro biomineralization and biocompatibility of friction stir additively manufactured AZ31B magnesium alloy-hydroxyapatite composites

Article presents research where friction stir additive manufacturing technique was employed to fabricate AZ31B magnesium-hydroxyapatite composite. The study aims to evaluate effect of hydroxyapatite (HA, Ca₁₀(PO₄)₆OH₂), a ceramic similar to natural bone, into AZ31B Mg alloy matrix on biomineralization and biocompatibility.
Date: June 30, 2020
Creator: Ho, Yee-Hsien; Man, Kun; Joshi, Sameehan; Pantawane, Mangesh V.; Wu, Tso-Chang; Yang, Yong et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of high heating rates on evolution of oxides on directed laser energy additively fabricated IN718 (open access)

Influence of high heating rates on evolution of oxides on directed laser energy additively fabricated IN718

Article studying material response under dynamic short duration-high temperature oxidation.
Date: September 1, 2021
Creator: Mazumder, Sangram
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inkjet-printed graphene’s electrical response to external gas flow for sensing applications (open access)

Inkjet-printed graphene’s electrical response to external gas flow for sensing applications

Article discusses how understanding gas flow behavior is crucial in the ability of materials to sense toxic gasses for environmental, industrial, safety, agriculture, and related applications. In their study, the authors measure the electrical transport characteristics of ink jet printed graphene to incoming gas flow, specifically to N2 and CO2. This work serves as a prototypical platform to study the device characteristics of solution processed graphene and other 2D materials for more exotic gases in the future for gas sensing applications.
Date: October 3, 2022
Creator: Mather, Thomas; Mehta, Ravindra K. & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inkjet-printed MoS₂-based field-effect transistors with graphene and hexagonal boron nitride inks (open access)

Inkjet-printed MoS₂-based field-effect transistors with graphene and hexagonal boron nitride inks

This article reports the design, fabrication, and characterization of an all inkjet-printed field-effect transistor (FET).
Date: July 10, 2020
Creator: Hossain, Ridwan F. & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inks of dielectric h-BN and semiconducting WS₂ for capacitive structures with graphene (open access)

Inks of dielectric h-BN and semiconducting WS₂ for capacitive structures with graphene

This article presents dispersions of WS₂ and h-BN using cyclohexanone and terpineol as the solvent to subsequently print prototype capacitive nanodevices.
Date: July 30, 2020
Creator: Desai, Jay A.; Mazumder, Sangram; Hossain, Ridwan Fayaz & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insights into the mechanisms controlling the residual corrosion rate of borosilicate glasses (open access)

Insights into the mechanisms controlling the residual corrosion rate of borosilicate glasses

Article examining the glass durability and residual rate of borosilicate glass. The authors focus on the behavior of the soluble elements of the International Simple Glass (B, Na, and Ca) to show that the residual rate is controlled by the behavior of B, a glass former supposed to dissolve instantaneously when in contact with water and thus widely considered as an ideal tracer. The article demonstrates that B release is controlled by multiple processes highly dependent on the pH. A new paradigm, including B as a key element of the system, is proposed to develop a comprehensive model for the corrosion of borosilicate glass.
Date: December 11, 2020
Creator: Gin, Stéphane; Guo, Xiaolei; Delaye, Jean-Marc; Angeli, Frédéric; Damodaran, Kamalesh; Testud, Véronique et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture (open access)

International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture

This article employs a recently introduced magnesium-samarium oxide (Mg–Sm₂O₃) nanocomposite, with different volume fractions of nanosize Sm₂O₃ particles as reinforcement, to study ambient temperature rate-dependent plastic response of the material.
Date: May 11, 2020
Creator: Hasannaeimi, Vahid; Mukherjee, Sundeep; Haghshenas, M.; Song, X. & Gupta, D.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laser powder bed fusion processing of a precipitation strengthenable FCC based high entropy alloy (open access)

Laser powder bed fusion processing of a precipitation strengthenable FCC based high entropy alloy

Article describes how, while additive manufacturing (AM) of single-phase solid solution based high entropy alloys (HEAs) has attracted a lot of recent attention, such processing of precipitation strengthenable multi-phase HEAs has not been actively investigated. This becomes important since AM processing results in each layer experiencing rapid solidification followed by multiple heating-cooling cycles, mimicking in situ heat treatments, potentially influencing the phase evolution.
Date: March 21, 2023
Creator: Chesetti, Advika; Banerjee, Sucharita; Dasari, Sriswaroop; Varahabhatla, S.M.; Sharma, Abhishek; Mantri, Srinivas Aditya et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laser surface engineering of B4C/Fe nano composite coating on low carbon steel: Experimental coupled with computational approach (open access)

Laser surface engineering of B4C/Fe nano composite coating on low carbon steel: Experimental coupled with computational approach

Article describes a study where laser surface engineering was successfully used to engineer a nano carbide composite coating on a low carbon steel substrate.
Date: February 19, 2020
Creator: Salloom, Riyadh; Joshi, Sameehan; Dahotre, Narendra B. & Srinivasan, S. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Light Confinement in Twisted Single-Layer 2D+ Moiré Photonic Crystals and Bilayer Moiré Photonic Crystals (open access)

Light Confinement in Twisted Single-Layer 2D+ Moiré Photonic Crystals and Bilayer Moiré Photonic Crystals

Article reporting optical properties of twisted single-layer 2D+ moiré photonic crystals where there is a weak modulation in z direction, and bilayer moiré-overlapping-moiré photonic crystals. This study leads to a potential application of 2D+ moiré photonic crystal in future on-chip optoelectronic integration.
Date: December 25, 2023
Creator: Kamau, Steve; Hurley, Noah; Kaul, Anupama; Cui, Jingbiao & Lin, Yuankun
System: The UNT Digital Library
Light-matter Interactions in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Organohalide Perovskites for Photoabsorbers and Solar Cells (open access)

Light-matter Interactions in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Organohalide Perovskites for Photoabsorbers and Solar Cells

Article discusses findings on two distinct classes of van der Waals solids, that based on in-organic transition metal dichalcogenides and the other based on a hybrid mixed organic-inorganic composition of 2D perovskites, specifically organo-halides (CH3(CH2)3NH3)2(CH3NH3)n-1PbnI3n+1.
Date: October 3, 2022
Creator: Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library