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Improvement of mechanical, humidity resistance and thermal properties of heat-treated rubber wood by impregnation of SiO₂ precursor (open access)

Improvement of mechanical, humidity resistance and thermal properties of heat-treated rubber wood by impregnation of SiO₂ precursor

This article proposes a novel methodology by impregnating SiO₂ precursor solution into the heat-treated wood to improve the mechanical properties.
Date: June 18, 2018
Creator: Zhang, Nannan; Xu, Min & Cai, Liping
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
High Tensile Ductility and Strength in Dual-phase Bimodal Steel through Stationary Friction Stir Processing (open access)

High Tensile Ductility and Strength in Dual-phase Bimodal Steel through Stationary Friction Stir Processing

This article demonstrates a facile single-step processing route for the development of bimodal grain structure in austenitic stainless steel, SS316L.
Date: September 28, 2018
Creator: Singh Arora, Harpreet; Ayyagari, Aditya; Saini, J.; Selvam, K.; Riyadh, S.; Pole, M. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalytic Activity Origin and Design Principles of Graphitic Carbon Nitride Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution (open access)

Catalytic Activity Origin and Design Principles of Graphitic Carbon Nitride Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution

This article provides a basic design principle of heteroatom-doped g-C3N4 as an efficient HER catalyst and a fundamental understanding of the HER mechanism.
Date: February 19, 2019
Creator: Zhu, Yonghao; Zhang, Detao; Gong, Lele; Zhang, Lipeng & Xia, Zhenhai
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of ordered L1₂ precipitation on strain-rate dependent mechanical behavior in a eutectic high entropy alloy (open access)

Influence of ordered L1₂ precipitation on strain-rate dependent mechanical behavior in a eutectic high entropy alloy

This article focuses on Al0.7CoCrFeNi, a lamellar dual-phase (fcc + B2) precipitation-strengthenable eutectic high entropy alloy. The back-stresses from the coherent L12 precipitate were insufficient to cause improvement in twin nucleation, owing to elevated twinning stress under quasi-static testing. However, under dynamic testing high density of twins were observed.
Date: April 23, 2019
Creator: Gwalani, Bharat; Gangireddy, Sindhura; Zheng, Yufeng; Soni, V.; Mishra, Rajiv & Banerjee, Rajarshi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mechanical property enhancement of self-bonded natural fiber material via controlling cell wall plasticity and structure (open access)

Mechanical property enhancement of self-bonded natural fiber material via controlling cell wall plasticity and structure

This article explores self-bonded natural fiber material (SNFM) as a promising alternative for plastic and wood owing to its abundant raw material resources and low environmental impact. In this study, a high-performance SNFM was developed by the comprehensive treatments for the plasticity and structure of fiber cell walls. The self-bonded mechanism for natural fiber materials was also discussed. The SNFM products showed excellent mechanical performance, which was superior to that of natural wood and plastic.
Date: March 26, 2019
Creator: Wang, Quanliang; Xiao, Shengling; Shi, Sheldon & Cai, Liping
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parametric Modeling of Biomimetic Cortical Bone Microstructure for Additive Manufacturing (open access)

Parametric Modeling of Biomimetic Cortical Bone Microstructure for Additive Manufacturing

This articles presents a novel algorithm for generating in-silico biomimetic models of a cortical bone microstructure towards manufacturing biomimetic bone via additive manufacturing. The software provides a tool for physicians or biomedical engineers to develop models of cortical bone that include the inherent complexity of the microstructure.
Date: February 21, 2019
Creator: Robles Linares-Alvelais, José; Ramírez-Cedillo, Erick; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael; Rodríguez, Ciro A. & Martínez-López, J. Israel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deep Submicron Extended-Gate Field-Effect (EGFET) Based on Transistor Association Technique for Chemical Sensing (open access)

Deep Submicron Extended-Gate Field-Effect (EGFET) Based on Transistor Association Technique for Chemical Sensing

This article investigates the design and characterization of a transistor association (TA)-based extended-gate field-effect transistor (EGFET). Prototypes were manufactured using a 130 nm standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process and compared with devices presented in recent literature.
Date: March 2, 2019
Creator: Pullano, Salvatore Andrea; Tasneem, Nishat Tarannum; Mahbub, Ifana; Shamsir, Samira; Greco, Marta; Islam, Syed Kamrul et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Electrochemical Detection of Glutamate, Acetylcholine, Choline, and Adenosine Using Non-Enzymatic Electrodes (open access)

Direct Electrochemical Detection of Glutamate, Acetylcholine, Choline, and Adenosine Using Non-Enzymatic Electrodes

This article aims to give a summary of the state of the art of non-enzymatic electrochemical sensors used for detection of neurotransmitter that lack an electrochemically active component.
Date: November 9, 2018
Creator: Shadlaghani, Arash; Farzaneh, Mahsa; Kinser, Dacen & Reid, Russell C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deformation Induced Hierarchical Twinning Coupled with Omega Transformation in a Metastable β-Ti Alloy (open access)

Deformation Induced Hierarchical Twinning Coupled with Omega Transformation in a Metastable β-Ti Alloy

This article looks at hierarchical twinning in metastable body-centered cubic (bcc) β-titanium alloy on tensile deformation.
Date: August 15, 2015
Creator: Mantri, Srinivas Aditya; Sun, F.; Choudhuri, Deep; Alam, Talukder; Gwalani, Bharat; Prima, Frederic et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Bio-Hygromorph Fabricated with Fish Swim Bladder Hydrogel and Wood Flour-Filled Polylactic Acid Scaffold by 3D Printing (open access)

A Bio-Hygromorph Fabricated with Fish Swim Bladder Hydrogel and Wood Flour-Filled Polylactic Acid Scaffold by 3D Printing

Describes a study where researchers constructed a bio-hygromorph using fish swim bladder hydrogel as the hydrophilic material and wood flour-filled polylactic acid (WPLA) scaffold, which was printed with fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing technology (3DP).
Date: September 7, 2019
Creator: Li, Peng; Pan, Ling; Liu, Dexi; Tao, Yubo & Shi, Sheldon
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosion Behavior of Selectively Laser Melted CoCrFeMnNi High Entropy Alloy (open access)

Corrosion Behavior of Selectively Laser Melted CoCrFeMnNi High Entropy Alloy

The article focuses on a study that widens the toolbox to manufacture HEAs with exceptional corrosion resistance by additive manufacturing. CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloys (HEAs) were additively manufactured (AM) by laser powder bed fusion and their corrosion resistance in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution was studied by potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy tests. A systematic study of AM CoCrFeMnNi HEAs’ porosity under a wide range of laser processing parameters was conducted and a processing map was constructed to identify the optimal laser processing window for CoCrFeMnNi HEAs.
Date: September 23, 2019
Creator: Ren, Jie; Mahajan, Chaitanya; Liu, Liang; Follette, David; Chen, Wen & Mukherjee, Sundeep
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Activation Volume and Energy for Dislocation Nucleation in Multi-Principal Element Alloys (open access)

Activation Volume and Energy for Dislocation Nucleation in Multi-Principal Element Alloys

Paper describes study evaluating incipient plasticity in multi-principal element alloys, CoCrNi, CoCrFeMnNi, and Al0.1CoCrFeNi by nano-indentation and compared with pure Ni.
Date: February 23, 2019
Creator: Mridha, Sanghita; Sadeghilaridjani, Maryam & Mukherjee, Sundeep
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Breaking the MDS-PIR Capacity Barrier via Joint Storage Coding

Paper explores the possibility of the capacity of private information retrieval (PIR) from databases coded using maximum distance separable (MDS) codes to be broken through joint encoding and storage of messages.
Date: August 22, 2019
Creator: Sun, Hua & Tian, Chao
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reinforcement of Polylactic Acid for Fused Deposition Modeling Process with Nano Particles Treated Bamboo Powder (open access)

Reinforcement of Polylactic Acid for Fused Deposition Modeling Process with Nano Particles Treated Bamboo Powder

This article looks at the tensile properties and dynamic mechanical properties of bamboo powder (BP) reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) composite filaments which were treated with nano calcium carbonate (CaCO3), cellulose nanofibers (CNF), and micro-crystalline cellulose (MCC) using impregnation modification technology.
Date: July 4, 2019
Creator: Wang, Cuicui; Smith, Lee M.; Zhang, Wenfu; Li, Mingpeng; Wang, Ge; Shi, Sheldon et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preparation and Characterization of 3D Printed PLA-Based Conductive Composites Using Carbonaceous Fillers by Masterbatch Melting Method (open access)

Preparation and Characterization of 3D Printed PLA-Based Conductive Composites Using Carbonaceous Fillers by Masterbatch Melting Method

This article highlights a study aimed at improving the conductivity of polylactic acid (PLA)-based composites by incorporating carbonaceous fillers. The composites with the addition of graphene nanoplatelets (rGO) or multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were fabricated by the masterbatch melting method in order to improve the dispersion of the two kinds of nano-fillers. The results showed that, with the addition of 9 wt % rGO, the volume electrical resistivity of the composite reached the minimum electrical resistance of 10³ Ω·m, at which point the conductive network in the composites was completely formed.
Date: September 29, 2019
Creator: Guo, Rui; Ren, Zechun; Jia, Xin; Bi, Hongjie; Yang, Haiying; Ji, Tong et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Uniformity of Bamboo Bundle Veneer and Bamboo Bundle Laminated Veneer Lumber (BLVL) (open access)

Evaluation of Uniformity of Bamboo Bundle Veneer and Bamboo Bundle Laminated Veneer Lumber (BLVL)

In this article the density uniformity and mechanical properties of bamboo bundle veneers were systematically evaluated by the combination of light transmittance and mechanical stiffness. It was found that the number of broomings, dippings, and high-temperature heat treatments had different effects on the bamboo bundle veneers. On this basis, the uniformity of the density and mechanical properties of the bamboo scrimber (BS) that underwent hybrid paving, and the bamboo bundle laminated veneer lumber (BLVL), were analyzed.
Date: October 19, 2019
Creator: Zhou, Haiying; Wei, Xin; Smith, Lee M.; Wang, Ge & Chen, Fuming
Object Type: Article
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-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Algorithmically Optimized Hemispherical Dome as a Secondary Optical Element for the Fresnel Lens Solar Concentrator (open access)

Algorithmically Optimized Hemispherical Dome as a Secondary Optical Element for the Fresnel Lens Solar Concentrator

This article focuses on a way to maximize the concentration acceptance product (CAP), while using the minimum SOE and receiver geometry at a given f-number and incidence angle (also referred to as the tracking error angle). The laws of polychromatic light refraction along with trigonometry and spherical geometry were utilized to optimize the POE grooves, SOE radius, receiver size, and SOE–receiver spacing.
Date: July 8, 2019
Creator: Qandil, Hassan; Wang, Shuping & Zhao, Weihuan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Tough, Water-Resistant, High Bond Strength Adhesive Derived from Soybean Meal and Flexible Hyper-Branched Aminated Starch (open access)

A Tough, Water-Resistant, High Bond Strength Adhesive Derived from Soybean Meal and Flexible Hyper-Branched Aminated Starch

This article highlights the development of a flexible long-chain starch with a hyper-branched structure (HD), and incorporating it with SM and a crosslinking agent to prepare a novel SM adhesive. Results showed that this adhesive exhibited both excellent water resistance and enhanced toughness. The wet bond strength of plywood fabricated using this adhesive was 354.5% higher than that of SM adhesive.
Date: August 14, 2019
Creator: Zhang, Yi; Zhang, Jieyu; Chen, Mingsong; Luo, Jing; Shi, Sheldon; Gao, Qiang et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electrical and Thermal Conductivity of Polylactic Acid (PLA)-Based Biocomposites by Incorporation of Nano-Graphite Fabricated with Fused Deposition Modeling (open access)

Electrical and Thermal Conductivity of Polylactic Acid (PLA)-Based Biocomposites by Incorporation of Nano-Graphite Fabricated with Fused Deposition Modeling

This article describes a study to improve the electrical and thermal conductivity of the polylactic acid/wood flour/thermoplastic polyurethane composites by Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM). The results showed that, when the addition amount of nano-graphite reached 25 pbw, the volume resistivity of the composites decreased to 10⁸ Ω·m, which was a significant reduction, indicating that the conductive network was already formed. It also had good thermal conductivity, mechanical properties, and thermal stability.
Date: March 22, 2019
Creator: Guo, Rui; Ren, Zechun; Bi, Hongjie; Xu, Min & Cai, Liping
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Composition-dependent apparent activation-energy and sluggish grain-growth in high entropy alloys (open access)

Composition-dependent apparent activation-energy and sluggish grain-growth in high entropy alloys

Article discusses experimental results which reveal that the apparent activation-energy for grain-growth in an fcc-based AlxCoCrFeNi high entropy alloy (HEA) system increases from 179 to 486 kJ/mol when the Al content increases from x = 0.1 to 0.3.
Date: April 10, 2019
Creator: Gwalani, Bharat; Salloom, Riyadh; Alam, Talukder; Valentin, S.G.; Zhou, X.; Thompson, G. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tribologically induced nanolaminate in a cold-sprayed WC-reinforced Cu matrix composite: a key to high wear resistance (open access)

Tribologically induced nanolaminate in a cold-sprayed WC-reinforced Cu matrix composite: a key to high wear resistance

Article describes an experiment where a self-organized 2D nanolaminate with an average lamella thickness of ~22 nm was formed in the subsurface of a cold-sprayed WC-reinforced metal matrix composite (MMC) Cu-MoS2-WC during oscillatory sliding, resulting in more stable friction and improved wear resistance.
Date: November 15, 2019
Creator: Zhang, Yinyin; Choudhuri, Deep; Scharf, Thomas W.; Descartes, Sylvie & Chromik, Richard R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Dense Stereovision System for 3D Body Imaging (open access)

A Dense Stereovision System for 3D Body Imaging

Article presents a 3D body imaging system built upon stereovision technology which utilizes paired, high-resolution single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras to image the front and back body surfaces of a person, and robust and efficient stereo matching algorithms to reconstruct the 3D surface of the body with high-density data clouds.
Date: November 26, 2019
Creator: Yao, Ming & Xu, Bugao
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library