Engineering materials with nanocrystalline structure could be exploited under simultaneous action of mechanical loading and corrosion environments; therefore, their corrosion resistance is important. Surface nanocrystalline structure was generated on middle carbon steels by severe plastic deformation using the method of mechanical pulse friction treatment. This treatment additionally includes h...

Cu–Al2O3 composite coatings were prepared in the use of pulse jet electrodeposition technology. Pulse current parameters including duty cycle and frequency researched about their effects on microstructure variation Al2O3 nanoparticles content coating. The mechanical properties anti-corrosion resistance coating examined. results show that properly decreasing raising are able to generate a compac...

Next-generation micro-solid oxide fuel cells for portable devices require nanocrystalline thin-film electrolytes in order to allow fuel cell fabrication on chips at a low operation temperature and with high power outputs. In this study, nanocrystalline gadolinia-doped ceria (Ce0.8Gd0.2O1.9!x) thin-film electrolytes are fabricated and their electrical conductivity and thermodynamic stability are...

The goal of this work is to produce nanocomposite film with low oxygen permeability by casting an aqueous solution containing xylan, sorbitol and nanocrystalline cellulose. The morphology of the resulting nanocomposite films was examined by scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy which showed that control films containing xylan and sorbitol had a more open structure as compared...

Composites of nanometre-sized copper core–copper oxide (Cu-Cu2O) shell with different diameters were synthesized by a facile one step co-solvent technique. By the analysis X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) data, resultant particles confirmed to be pure nanocrystalline in nature. The perfect core-shell structure Cu-Cu2O was using high resolution TEM. presence Cu ...

A special mechanism/mode of plastic deformation occurring through stress-driven rotations of low-angle grain boundaries (GBs) near crack tips in nanocrystalline and ultrafinegrained (UFG) materials is theoretically described. It is demonstrated that such rotations of GBs represent energetically favorable processes in wide ranges of parameters characterizing precracked specimens with nanocrystal...