Article
Chemistry, Physical
L. N. Dinh, S. B. Donald, J. A. Stanford, C. K. Saw, R. Gollott, J. M. Haschke, W. McLean II
Summary: In an oxidizing environment, the oxide formed on plutonium metal consists of a plutonium dioxide (PuO2) top layer and a thin cubic plutonium sesquioxide (Pu2O3) middle layer. In a reducing environment, the PuO2 layer auto-reduces to cubic Pu2O3. The kinetics of the PuO2 reduction are of fundamental interest and enable researchers to better protect Pu from corrosion.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2023)
Review
Materials Science, Ceramics
Arnaud Ndayishimiye, Sun Hwi Bang, Christopher. J. Spiers, Clive A. Randall
Summary: This study examines the densification and coarsening mechanisms in cold sintering from the perspective of pressure solution creep. It is found that the cold sintering process of BaTiO3, ZnO, and KH2PO4 ceramic materials follows a similar sequential process as pressure solution creep. The study also suggests that using appropriate transient solvents can lead to advances in densification, microstructural control, and reductions in cold sintering pressure.
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ahmed Azzouz Rached, Ismail Ouadha, Mudasser Husain, Habib Rached, Hamza Rekab-Djabri, Ali Bentouaf, Tariq Hadji, Nourreddine Sfina, Hind Albawali, Vineet Tirth, Mohammed A. Amin, Nasir Rahman
Summary: This work presents a numerical simulation of YBO3 compounds using the first-principles ab initio approach. The results show that Ti and Fe-based YBO3 perovskite compounds are promising and have stable thermodynamic and magnetic properties. They are also mechanically stable, with ferromagnetic half-metallic electronic properties, and exhibit good thermal conductivity up to 2000 K.
Article
Materials Science, Ceramics
Julie Simeon, Florent Lebreton, Laure Ramond, Nicolas Clavier, Guillaume Bernard-Granger
Summary: The sintering behavior of freeze-granulated UO2-PuO2 powders with different Pu content was studied, revealing that densification was controlled by grain boundary diffusion and grain growth by the grain boundaries. The sintered microstructure of samples with 98% density exhibited a homogeneous distribution of plutonium and uranium cations, independent of the Pu content.
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
William D. Neilson, James T. Pegg, Helen Steele, Samuel T. Murphy
Summary: The study determined point defect concentrations in PuO2 by combining DFT defect energies and empirical potential calculations of vibrational entropies, finding that the defect chemistry is dominated by oxygen vacancies and interstitials. It also observed that oxygen interstitials only exist in very low concentrations in hyper-stoichiometric PuO2+x, with small degrees of hyper-stoichiometry favored by low temperatures.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Wufeng Jiang, Liang Tian, Suju Hao, He Bo, Tengfei Ma
Summary: This study aims to address the shortcomings of using height to represent melting temperature in traditional slag utilization. The melting performance of desulfurization slag is tested under different binary alkalinity, and any time image in the melting process is binarized to obtain the realtime area of slag heating and melting process. The area change rate is then calculated and used to evaluate the melting performance of the slag. The results demonstrate that evaluating the melting performance of the slag based on the change of the whole area instead of the change of height can comprehensively assess the melting process, improving the accuracy and universality of slag evaluation and revealing the change rule of low-temperature slag expansion process.
IRONMAKING & STEELMAKING
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jean-Pierre Bellot, Julien Jourdan, Jean-Sebastien Kroll-Rabotin, Thibault Quatravaux, Alain Jardy
Summary: The Electron Beam Melting (EBM) process can enhance the removal of exogenous inclusions in titanium alloys and the melting rate is nearly proportional to the EB power. It was found that the overheating temperature remains roughly independent of the melting rate and equal to about 100 degrees C.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Le Zhang, Bo Sun, Qili Zhang, Haifeng Liu, Kezhao Liu, Haifeng Song
Summary: This study investigates the differences in adsorption behaviors of H2O and CO2 on PuO2 surface, mainly attributed to the hydrogen bonds and Coulomb interactions between the adsorbed molecules.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Wendong Wang, Song Wei, Xinyu Du, Zifeng Ding, Qingsheng Zhu, Yanxin Qiao, Xiaojing Wang, Jingdong Guo
Summary: Liquid metal-based hybrid thermal interface materials were fabricated using chromium-coated diamond particles (CCDPs) and eutectic gallium-indium-tin low melting temperature alloy (EGa-In-Sn LMTA). The thermal conductivity of the materials showed a bell-shaped trend with the increase of CCDP content, reaching the highest value at a 50% CCDP volume mixing ratio. The flowability of the composite materials decreased with the increase of diamond content, and the TIM exhibited different flow characteristics from liquid to solid states.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
(2023)
Article
Spectroscopy
Eliel Villa-Aleman, Don D. Dick, Jonathan H. Christian, Bryan J. Foley, Lindsay E. Roy
Summary: The Raman spectrum of PuO2 was measured, and several never-before-seen high-energy bands were discovered, believed to have an electronic origin. These bands were observed in both freshly calcined and radiolytically aged PuO2, providing a new way for identifying PuO2 in nuclear nonproliferation and forensics purposes.
JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
(2023)
Article
Polymer Science
Tingting Hou, Xin Wen, Lici Xie, Qixiang Gu, Chengpeng Li
Summary: Two agar-gentamycin conjugates with good antibacterial activity and decreased gelling and melting temperatures were successfully fabricated through oxidation, Schiff base, and reduction reaction. The modifications changed the intermolecular interactions, leading to the desired changes in gelling and melting temperatures. The antibacterial tests showed that the agar-gentamycin conjugates exhibited good antibacterial activity and could effectively inhibit the biofilm formation of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
William D. Neilson, Helen Steele, Nikolas Kaltsoyannis, Samuel T. Murphy
Summary: This study investigates the incorporation of helium in plutonium dioxide using density functional theory and a point defect model. The simulations suggest that helium is mainly accommodated as an interstitial in the lattice, and its preference for oxygen vacancy sites increases with material ageing.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Aaron M. Cypess
Summary: This review reevaluates human adipose tissue, discussing its roles in obesity and its important complementary functions in the endocrine system.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Polymer Science
Rongli Zhu, Zejun Pu, Hongbo Hou, Xianyong Li, Xu Wang, Dayang Yu, Pan Zheng, Fang Wu, Jiachun Zhong
Summary: This study synthesized pure poly (decamethylene terephthalamide) acid (PA10T) and a series of PA10T/10I through an efficient one-pot melt polymerization method, and investigated their structures, thermal behavior, crystallization performance, and mechanical properties. The results showed that the melting temperature of PA10T/10I decreased with increasing isophthalic acid (IPA) copolymerization proportions. The addition of IPA also improved the thermal stability and processing temperature range of PA10T/10I. Moreover, POM and XRD analysis revealed that adding IPA reduced the size of crystalline grains and increased the number of crystal nuclei.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
(2023)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
David A. Gorelick
Summary: This comprehensive review of human adipose tissue fails to mention the role of the endocannabinoid system in fat metabolism. The endogenous cannabinoids and their receptors, found in both white and brown fat, have been recognized as key players in adipose tissue metabolism. Rimonabant, an inverse agonist of cannabinoid receptor type 1, has shown promising effects as a therapeutic target for obesity, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance, although its clinical use was discontinued due to neuropsychiatric side effects.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Vaclav Tyrpekl, Jean-Francois Vigier, Dario Manara, Thierry Wiss, Oliver Dieste Blanco, Joseph Somers
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
(2015)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
S. Mastromarino, A. Seibert, E. Hashem, A. Ciccioli, D. Prieur, A. Scheinost, S. Stohr, P. Lajarge, J. Boshoven, D. Robba, M. Ernstberger, D. Bottomley, D. Manara
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
(2017)
Article
Spectroscopy
J. M. Elorrieta, L. J. Bonales, M. Naji, D. Manara, V. G. Baonza, J. Cobos
JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
(2018)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
D. Manara, A. Grandjean, D. R. Neuville
AMERICAN MINERALOGIST
(2009)
Article
Materials Science, Ceramics
D. Manara, A. Grandjean, D. R. Neuville
JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS
(2009)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
M. J. Welland, W. T. Thompson, B. J. Lewis, D. Manara
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
(2009)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
C. A. Utton, F. De Bruycker, K. Boboridis, R. Jardin, H. Noel, C. Gueneau, D. Manara
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
(2009)
Article
Materials Science, Ceramics
Heather F. Jackson, Daniel D. Jayaseelan, Dario Manara, Carlo Perinetti Casoni, William E. Lee
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
(2011)
Article
Instruments & Instrumentation
D. Manara, M. Sheindlin, W. Heinz, C. Ronchi
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
(2008)
Article
Materials Science, Ceramics
D. Manara, K. Popa, D. Robba, L. Fongaro, J. -Y. Colle, A. Bulgheroni
Summary: The study focuses on the absorption and heating process of nano-crystalline CeO2 using a 1064.5 nm Nd:YAG laser line in compressed air. It was found that the behavior of CeO2, including transparent/opaque transition and melting, is strongly dependent on crystallite size. Additionally, by optimizing the heating conditions under suitable oxygen overpressure, nano-crystals can be directly melted at a higher temperature than under oxidizing conditions due to their higher stability with respect to oxygen losses.
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Ceramics
Austin D. Stanfield, Dario Manara, Davide Robba, Gregory E. Hilmas, William G. Fahrenholtz
Summary: The melting temperatures of two different ZrB2 ceramics were studied using laser induced melting. It was found that the Hf content did not significantly affect the melting temperature. The normal spectral emissivity of ZrB2 was measured at different temperatures, showing a decrease from 0.34 at 3000K to 0.28 at the melting temperature, and then stabilizing at 0.30 in a liquid phase.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Nuclear Science & Technology
L. Soldi, D. Manara, D. Bottomley, D. Robba, L. Luzzi, R. J. M. Konings
Summary: The research focuses on laser melting and successive analysis of uranium dioxide nuclear fuel samples in contact with Zircaloy-4 cladding. Different gas atmospheres have varying effects on the melting point and interdiffusion of fuel and cladding materials. Inert gas leads to consistent melting point depression, while the presence of hydrogen causes structure embrittlement and cladding fragmentation. Air exposure leads to even more significant melting point decrease in uranium-rich samples.
NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Nuclear Science & Technology
Michail Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, Dario Manara, Luka Vlahovic, Davide Robba, Konstantinos Boboridis, Markus Ernstberger, Rachel Eloirdi, Pedro Amador, Rudy J. M. Konings
Summary: This work investigates the high-temperature behavior of the U-Fe-Zr-O system using laser heating. The study reveals three phase transitions and two overlooked interactions, which could have severe consequences for the containment of corium inside the reactor pressure vessel (RPV).
NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Thermodynamics
P. Fouquet-Metivier, P. M. Martin, D. Manara, K. Dardenne, J. Rothe, P. C. M. Fossati, C. Gueneau
Summary: Mixed oxides of uranium and plutonium U1-yPuyO2-x are studied for SFRs fuel, and accurate description of the solidus and liquidus temperatures is crucial. In this work, parameters of the liquid phase of the Pu-O and U-Pu-O systems are reassessed based on a model, and good agreement between calculated and experimental data is obtained. The melting behavior of U1-yPuyO2 +/- x oxides is then studied as a function of plutonium content and oxygen stoichiometry.
CALPHAD-COMPUTER COUPLING OF PHASE DIAGRAMS AND THERMOCHEMISTRY
(2023)