Petalite-Based Heat Resistant Ceramic Wares and Their Characteristic for Infrared Radiation

Advanced Radiation-Resistant Ceramic Composites

Ceramic matrix composites (CMC’s), particularly silicon carbide (SiC) fiber-reinforced SiC-matrix (SiC/SiC) composites, have been studied for advanced nuclear energy applications for more than a decade. The perceived potentials for advanced SiC/SiC composites include the ability to operate at temperature regimes much higher than heat-resistant alloys, the inherent low inducedactivation nuclear ...

Characteristic dimensions for heat transfer

Taking into account the actual need and importance of introducing the main concepts of heat transfer in the curriculum of science and engineering studies, and starting from the solutions of the non-stationary heat conduction equation, we discuss the length and time scales involved in the laws of this phenomenon and the limits of validity of its current description, hoping that these concepts ca...

Silky, sticky chimeras-designer VEGFs display their wares.

To the casual observer of the VEGF field, the panoply of players involved already looks sufficiently intimidating; 5 VEGF genes (A,B,C,D and E) with multiple splicing variants encoding proteins of varied functionality, 3 high-affinity tyrosine kinase receptors (VEGF-R1, 2 and 3), and at least 2 nontyrosine kinase receptors (neuropilin-1 and 2). One would imagine that with such a variety we woul...

Chemical Precipitation of BaCeO3 – CeO2 Based Nano-ceramic Composite Oxide Materials and Their Physical Characterization

In order to reduce the operating temperature of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), novel electrolyte materials based on CeO2 and BaCeO3 are being developed in the scientific realm. In this context, we propose a new methodology for preparing the nano-ceramic composite materials such as BaCe0.9Gd0.9O3-δ – Ce0.9Gd0.9O2-δ (BCGO–CGO) and BaCe0.8Sm0.2O3-δ – Ce0.8Sm0.2O2-δ (BCSO – CSO) as possible elec...

Post Deposition Heat Treatment Effects on Ceramic Superconducting Films Produced by Infrared Nd:YAG Pulsed Laser Deposition