Pure silver is used extensively in the preparation of high-temperature superconductor wires, tapes, films, and other configurations in which the silver not only shields the superconducting material from the surrounding materials, but also provides a degree of flexibility and strain relief, as well as stabilization and low-resistance electrical contact. Silver is relatively expensive, but at thi...

Multidrug-resistant organisms are increasingly implicated in acute and chronic wound infections, thus compromising the chance of therapeutic options. The resistance to conventional antibiotics demonstrated by some bacterial strains has encouraged new approaches for the prevention of infections in wounds and burns, among them the use of silver compounds and nanocrystalline silver. Recently, silv...

This comment is on the paper ‘‘Piezoresistive Effect in SiOC Ceramics for Integrated Pressure Sensors’’, by Riedel et al. The experimental method of testing the piezoresistive behavior is flawed in this paper, as explained below. A similar flaw exists in Zhang et al. which is referenced by the subject paper. Due to this flaw, the piezoresistive results are not reliable. Piezoresistivity refers ...

INTRODUCTION An elastomeric module with a polymeric coating has been developed to reduce the friction of sliding mechanics. This in-vitro study examined the stability of the coating and compared the frictional properties of coated modules with those of other common ligation methods. METHODS Six ligation methods (regular uncoated, slick [coated], conventional silver, easy-to-tie, silicone-impr...

To improve the durability of lead free solder joints under high strain rates, such as drop and shock loading, some area array manufacturers have converted to low silver (Ag) content tin silver copper (SAC) solder spheres instead of the commonly accepted SAC305 solder. While the lower silver content SAC solder joints may address high strain rate shock loads, the durability of these joints under ...

Transparent electrodes, indespensible in displays and solar cells, are currently dominated by indium tin oxide (ITO) films although the high price of indium, brittleness of films, and high vacuum deposition are limiting their applications. Recently, solution-processed networks of nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and silver nanowires have attracted great attention as rep...

This paper proposed a half-experimental model to reconstruct the die-bonding thermal path of highpower light-emitting diodes (HP-LEDs). In this model, the partially insufficient filling of bonding materials and their directional/random distributions (“filling state” for short) have been taken into consideration. Both the silver-paste structure and the Au/Sn-eutectic structure were analyzed and ...

The bactericidal activity, optical spectra, electron-microscopic images and electrical resistance of cotton textile modified with bimetallic silver/copper nanoparticles (Ag/CuNPs) against the series of the microorganisms (Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aurous, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) are studied. NPs’ modified fabrics were produced by the developed by us method of soft heat treatment of t...