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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Christos E. Athanasiou, Xing Liu, Mok Yun Jin, Eugene Nimon, Steve Visco, Cholho Lee, Myounggu Park, Junnyeong Yun, Nitin P. Padture, Huajian Gao, Brian W. Sheldon
Summary: Sulfide glasses as electrolytes for solid-state batteries have significant mechanical behavior dominated by viscoplasticity, offering a new dimension for designing next-generation batteries.
CELL REPORTS PHYSICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Materials Science, Ceramics
Gang Yan, Juergen Malzbender, Shuo Fu, Juergen Peter Gross, Shicheng Yu, Rudiger-A Eichel, Ruth Schwaiger
Summary: In this study, the fracture toughness of NASICON type solid electrolyte LATP material was investigated using micro-pillar splitting and Vickers indentation fracture approaches. The results showed that the fracture toughness obtained from both methods were comparable, and grain orientation did not have a significant effect on intrinsic fracture toughness.
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
(2021)
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Materials Science, Ceramics
Yuanlin Xia, Lin Zhang, Long Hu, Yuan Liu, Liang He, Jiaxing Tan, Zhuqing Wang
Summary: The fracture toughness of multilayer DLC coated silicon microstructures was characterized using the pillar splitting method in this study. The results showed that the coating significantly increased the fracture toughness of the material. With an increasing number of layers, the protective effect of the coating on the silicon substrate was continuously enhanced.
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
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Materials Science, Ceramics
Wenyu Zhou, Juergen Malzbender, Fanlin Zeng, Wendelin Deibert, Louis Winnubst, Arian Nijmeijer, Olivier Guillon, Ruth Schwaiger, Wilhelm Albert Meulenberg
Summary: The mechanical properties of BCZ20Y15-GDC15 dual-phase material were investigated in this study. The introduction of GDC15 was found to enhance the material's toughness, providing a foundation for designing structurally stable components.
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
(2022)
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Polymer Science
Wenqian Hao, Xiqiao Bo, Jiamiao Xie, Tingting Xu
Summary: This study investigates the mechanical properties of two types of separators for LIBs through nanoindentation experiments and compares different methods for evaluating their hardness and elastic modulus. The results suggest that the fitting curve method provides the most accurate results, and the PP/PE/PP separator has higher obstruction ability compared to the PE separator.
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Engineering, Geological
Kouqi Liu, Zhijun Jin, Natalia Zakharova, Lianbo Zeng, Meysam Haghshenas, Adedoyin Adeyilola, Suman Saurabh
Summary: This study compares fracture toughness values obtained by two less conventional methods, nanoindentation test and scratch test, and compares them with traditional laboratory techniques. The results show that fracture toughness values derived from these two methods are very similar, suggesting that they can be used to quickly evaluate fracture toughness from shale core intervals containing both intact and nonintact parts.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES
(2023)
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Chemistry, Analytical
Luca Cressa, Yanyan Sun, Dustin Andersen, Mathieu Gerard, Olivier De Castro, Dennis Kopljar, Maryam Nojabaee, Kaspar Andreas Friedrich, Guido Schmitz, Tom Wirtz, Santhana Eswara
Summary: The global transition to green energy highlights the importance of efficient and reliable energy storage systems. Advanced analysis and characterization of battery materials are crucial for understanding their properties and continued development. A new operando methodology has been developed to analyze solid-state batteries (SSBs) structurally and chemically during different stages of cycling. This method allows for analysis without transferring samples between instruments and provides a direct correlation between microstructure, chemical composition, and electrochemical performance.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2023)
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Qiaoling Chu, Lin Zhang, Tuo Xia, Peng Cheng, Jianming Zheng, Min Zhang, Jihong Li, Fuxue Yan, Cheng Yan
Summary: The microstructure and mechanical properties of the Fe-Nb dissimilar joint were investigated using nanoindentation, revealing variations in hardness and fracture toughness among different phases.
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Feifei Li, Yangyang Cao, Wenjing Wu, Gongwei Wang, Deyang Qu
Summary: This review summarizes the emerging anode and cathode prelithiation techniques in the advanced lithium-ion batteries field, along with strategies for manufacturing-compatible and scalable prelithiation. Prelithiation is crucial for compensating the initial capacity loss, enhancing full cell cycling performance, and propelling the commercialization of advanced LIBs/LICs.
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Materials Science, Ceramics
Ali Gunen, Natalia Makuch, Yasemin Altinay, Cemal Carboga, Serkan Dal, Yusuf Karaca
Summary: Multiphase boride layers were formed on the surface of a high entropy alloy, and their mechanical properties were determined. The presence of chromium, iron, and cobalt borides had a critical influence on the mechanical properties.
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
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Materials Science, Ceramics
Maurya Sandeep Pradeepkumar, K. P. Sibin, Mohammed Adnan Hasan, Arjun Dey, Anoop Kumar Mukhopadhyay
Summary: The study evaluates the nano-scale load dependency of fracture toughness of indium tin oxide coating on silicon substrate using nanoindentation methods. It is observed that at loads above 40 mN, multiple cracks form in addition to the radial cracks, eventually leading to coating chipping off at 150-200 mN. The values of fracture toughness are sensitive to load variations and the strain energy release method results in higher values.
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
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Mechanics
Liguo Sun, Chengbin Du, Mohsen Ghaemian, Wenhu Zhao
Summary: Considering the quasi-brittle mechanical properties of concrete, this paper uses and improves wedge-splitting tests to study the fracture behavior of concrete. A novel wedge-splitting device is designed, and complete load-strain/CMOD curves of concrete can be generated directly with the proposed test design. The fracture toughness and the fracture energy can be calculated easily without numerical fitting using the double-K fracture model.
ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ziyang Ning, Guanchen Li, Dominic L. R. Melvin, Yang Chen, Junfu Bu, Dominic Spencer-Jolly, Junliang Liu, Bingkun Hu, Xiangwen Gao, Johann Perera, Chen Gong, Shengda D. Pu, Shengming Zhang, Boyang Liu, Gareth O. Hartley, Andrew J. Bodey, Richard I. Todd, Patrick S. Grant, David E. J. Armstrong, T. James Marrow, Charles W. Monroe, Peter G. Bruce
Summary: All-solid-state batteries with a Li anode and ceramic electrolyte have the potential to significantly outperform current Li-ion batteries. However, the formation and penetration of Li dendrites during charging remain a major challenge. Previous models focused on a single process for dendrite initiation and propagation, but our study reveals that these processes are actually separate and independent.
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Chemistry, Physical
Lupeng Zhang, Xinle Li, Mingrui Yang, Weihua Chen
Summary: This review highlights the importance of safety in lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries, with a focus on the development of high-safety separators. It summarizes the key considerations for these separators and outlines the challenges and perspectives in their development direction.
ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Boying Zhang, Wenbo Wang, Linan Liang, Zhice Xu, Xiaoyun Li, Shanlin Qiao
Summary: COFs and CMPs, with rigid structure directing motifs as building blocks, possess high specific surface area, controllable porous structure, and physical and chemical stability. They have great potential for applications in electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems, such as lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, and water-splitting electrocatalysts, by designing suitable structures and synthesis methods.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2021)
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Fady Archie, Muhammad Zeeshan Mughal, Marco Sebastiani, Edoardo Bemporad, Stefan Zaefferer
Review
Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Gregory Abadias, Eric Chason, Jozef Keckes, Marco Sebastiani, Gregory B. Thompson, Etienne Barthel, Gary L. Doll, Conal E. Murray, Chris H. Stoessel, Ludvik Martinu
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A
(2018)
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Materials Science, Coatings & Films
M. Lekka, R. Offoiach, A. Lanzutti, M. Z. Mughal, M. Sebastiani, E. Bemporad, L. Fedrizzi
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
(2018)
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Giovanni Bolelli, Maria Grazia Righi, Muhammad Zeeshan Mughal, Riccardo Moscatelli, Omar Ligabue, Nelso Antolotti, Marco Sebastiani, Luca Lusvarghi, Edoardo Bemporad
MATERIALS & DESIGN
(2019)
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
E. Salvati, L. Romano-Brandt, M. Z. Mughal, M. Sebastiani, A. M. Korsunsky
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS
(2019)
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
N. Romanos, M. Kalogerini, E. P. Koumoulos, A. K. Morozinis, M. Sebastiani, C. Charitidis
MATERIALS TODAY COMMUNICATIONS
(2019)
Editorial Material
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ehrenfried Zschech, Robert Sinclair, Rodrigo Martins, Marco Sebastiani, Sabrina Sartori
Article
Architecture
Edoardo Rossi, M. Sebastiani, R. Gigliotti, M. D'Amato
Summary: Control and inspection of elastomeric bearings for seismic isolation is crucial for preserving structure performance. Traditional methods have limitations, but a new procedure using nanoindentation tests allows for quantitatively estimating characteristics with low costs and minimal impact on isolating devices. Experimental tests showed promising results compared to traditional shear tests.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Marco Sebastiani, Edoardo Rossi, Muhammad Zeeshan Mughal, Alessandro Benedetto, Paul Jacquet, Enrico Salvati, Alexander M. Korsunsky
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Saqib Rashid, Marco Sebastiani, Muhammad Zeeshan Mughal, Rostislav Daniel, Edoardo Bemporad
Summary: The ternary titanium, copper, and silver (Ti-Cu-Ag) system shows characteristic mechanical properties in thin films, which have the potential to improve the properties of biomedical implants. The Ti-Cu-Ag thin films exhibit smooth and amorphous structure with enhanced antibacterial properties, making them a promising candidate for biomedical applications.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Amir A. Shirzadi, Chengcong Zhang, Muhammad Zeeshan Mughal, Peiyun Xia
Summary: The aim of this work was to investigate the challenges of bonding Al-Mg alloys and develop a new method for bonding these alloys to steels. The researchers made over 80 attempts using 11 methods to bond the alloys to stainless steels, with varying temperature, pressure, and time. They also tested different interlayers and brazing foils. The results showed that complex processes with multiple interlayers and bonding cycles could achieve high bond strengths, but a simpler process was also developed for practical applications.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Emmanuel J. Ekoi, Giulia Degli-Alessandrini, Muhammad Zeeshan Mughal, Rajani K. Vijayaraghavan, Muhannad A. Obeidi, Robert Groarke, Igor Kraev, Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Dermot Brabazon
Summary: This study evaluates the phase and microstructural evolution of additively manufactured Nickel Titanium alloy across the interface with a stainless steel build plate. The complex microstructure and phase close to the interface, consisting of martensite, austenite, and Fe phases, were found to be necessary for excellent bonding. The diffusion behavior and element concentration at the interface were influenced by the process parameters used.
MATERIALS & DESIGN
(2022)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Jie Zhang, Xiaoyang Chen, MingJian Ding, Jiaqiang Chen, Ping Yu
Summary: This study enhances the compositional inhomogeneity of relaxor ferroelectric thin films to improve their dielectric temperature stability. The prepared films exhibit a relatively high dielectric constant and a very low variation ratio of dielectric constant over a wide temperature range.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Xiaoyu Chen, Ranran Zhang, Hao Zou, Ling Li, Qiancheng Zhu, Wenming Zhang
Summary: Polyaniline-manganese dioxide composites exhibit high conductivity, long discharge platform, and stable circulation, and the specific capacity is increased by providing additional H+ ions to participate in the reaction.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Xutao Huang, Yinping Chen, Jianjun Wang, Gang Lu, Wenxin Wang, Zan Yao, Sixin Zhao, Yujie Liu, Qian Li
Summary: This study aims to establish a novel approach to better understand and predict the behavior of materials with multi-scale lamellar microstructures. High-resolution reconstruction and collaborative characterization methods are used to accurately represent the microstructure. The mechanical properties of pearlite are investigated using crystal plasticity simulation and in-situ scanning electron microscopy tensile testing. The results validate the reliability of the novel strategy.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Cheng Chen, Fanchao Meng, Jun Song
Summary: This study systematically investigated the unfaulting mechanism of single-layer interstitial dislocation loops in irradiated L12-Ni3Al. The unfaulting routes of the loops were uncovered and the symmetry breaking during the unfaulting processes was further elucidated. A continuum model was formulated to analyze the energetics of the loops and predict the unfaulting threshold.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Darshan Bamney, Laurent Capolungo
Summary: This work investigates the formation of adjoining twin pairs (ATPs) at grain boundaries (GBs) in hexagonal close-packed (hcp) metals, focusing on the co-nucleation (CN) of pairs of deformation twins. A continuum defect mechanics model is proposed to study the energetic feasibility of CN of ATPs resulting from GB dislocation dissociation. The model reveals that CN is preferred over the nucleation of a single twin variant for low misorientation angle GBs. Further analysis considering GB character and twin system alignment suggests that CN events could be responsible for ATP formation even at low m' values.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Bing Han, Zhengqian Fu, Guoxiang Zhao, Xuefeng Chen, Genshui Wang, Fangfang Xu
Summary: This study investigates the behavior of electric-field induced antiferroelectric to ferroelectric (AFE-FE) phase transition and reveals the evolution of atomic displacement ordering as the cause for the transition behavior changing from sharp to diffuse. The novel semi-ordered configuration results from the competing interaction between long-range displacement modulation and compositional inhomogeneity, which leads to a diffuse AFE-FE transition while maintaining the switching field.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Akib Jabed, Golden Kumar
Summary: This study demonstrates that cryogenic rejuvenation promotes homogeneous-like flow and increases ductility in metallic glass samples. Conversely, annealing has the opposite effect, resulting in a smoother fracture surface.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Xin Ji, Yan Chong, Satoshi Emura, Koichi Tsuchiya
Summary: A heterogeneous microstructure in Ti-15Mo-3Al alloy with heterogeneous distributions of Mo element and omega(iso) precipitates has achieved a four-fold increase in tensile ductility without a loss of tensile strength, by blocking the propagation of dislocation channels and preventing the formation of micro-cracks.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Amit Samanta, Prasanna Balaprakash, Sylvie Aubry, Brian K. Lin
Summary: This study proposes a combined large-scale first principles approach with machine learning and materials informatics to quickly explore the chemistry-composition space of advanced high strength steels (AHSS). The distribution of aluminum and manganese atoms in iron is systematically explored using first principles calculations to investigate low stacking fault energy configurations. The use of an automated machine learning tool, DeepHyper, speeds up the computational process. The study provides insights into the distribution of aluminum and manganese atoms in systems containing stacking faults and their effects on the equilibrium distribution.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Guowei Zhou, Yuanzhe Hu, Zizheng Cao, Myoung Gyu Lee, Dayong Li
Summary: In this work, a physics-constrained neural network is used to predict grain-level responses in FCC material by incorporating crystal plasticity theory. The key feature, shear strain rate of slip system, is identified based on crystal plasticity and incorporated into the loss function as physical constitutive equations. The introduction of physics constraints accelerates the convergence of the neural network model and improves prediction accuracy, especially for small-scale datasets. Transfer learning is performed to capture complex in-plane deformation of crystals with any initial orientations, including cyclic loading and arbitrary non-monotonic loading.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Pengfei Yang, Qichang Li, Zhongying Wang, Yuxiao Gao, Wei Jin, Weiping Xiao, Lei Wang, Fusheng Liu, Zexing Wu
Summary: In this study, the HER performance of Ru-based catalysts is significantly improved through the dual-doping strategy. The obtained catalyst exhibits excellent performance in alkaline freshwater and alkaline seawater, and can be stably operated in a self-assembled overall water splitting electrolyzer.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Ilias Bikmukhametov, Garritt J. Tucker, Gregory B. Thompson
Summary: Depositing a Ni-1at. % P film can facilitate the formation of multiple quintuple twin junctions, resulting in a five-fold twin structure and a pentagonal pyramid surface topology. The ability to control material structures offers opportunities for creating novel surface topologies, which can be used as arrays of field emitters or textured surfaces.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Zening Yang, Weiwei Sun, Zhengyu Sun, Mutian Zhang, Jin Yu, Yubin Wen
Summary: Multicomponent oxides (MCOs) have wide applications and accurately predicting their thermal expansion remains challenging. This study introduces an innovative attention-based deep learning model, which achieves improved performance by using two self-attention modules and demonstrates adaptability and interpretability.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Ze Liu, Cai Chen, Yuanxun Zhou, Lanting Zhang, Hong Wang
Summary: This study attempts to address the gap in cooling rates between thin film deposition and bulk metallic glass (BMG) casting by correlating the glass-forming range (GFR) determined from combinatorial materials chips (CMCs) with the glass-forming ability (GFA) of BMG. The results show that the full-width at half maximum (FWHM) of the first sharp diffraction peak (FSDP) is a good indicator of BMG GFA, and strong positive correlations between FWHM and the critical casting diameter (Dmax) are observed in various BMG systems. Furthermore, the Pearson correlation coefficients suggest possible similarities in the GFA natures of certain BMG pairs.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Mike Schneider, Jean-Philippe Couzinie, Amin Shalabi, Farhad Ibrahimkhel, Alberto Ferrari, Fritz Koermann, Guillaume Laplanche
Summary: This work aims to predict the microstructure of recrystallized medium and high-entropy alloys, particularly the density and thickness of annealing twins. Through experiments and simulations, a database is provided for twin boundary engineering in alloy development. The results also support existing theories and empirical relationships.
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2024)
