We experimentally investigate the solidification of supercooled glycerol during aging that has recently been observed by Zondervan et al. We find that a slow cooling at 5 K/h prior to the aging is required for solidification to take place. Furthermore, we show that the time of onset depends strongly on the aging temperature which we varied between 220 and 240 K. The nature of the solid phase re...

A new generation of nano-additives for robust high performance nanodielectrics is proposed. It is demonstrated for the first time that mesoporous material could act as "degradation inhibitor" for polymer dielectrics to sequestrate the electrical degradation products then restrain the electrical aging process especially under high temperature conditions, which is superior to the existing additiv...

We investigate the velocity dependence of kinetic friction with a model that makes minimal assumptions on the actual mechanism of friction so that it can be applied at many scales, provided the system involves multicontact friction. Using a recently developed master equation approach, we investigate the influence of two concurrent processes. First, at a nonzero temperature, thermal fluctuations...

Aging effects in the two-time correlation function and the response function after a quench from a high temperature to some low temperature are considered for a simple kinetic random energy model exhibiting stretched exponential relaxation. Because the system reaches thermal equilibrium for long times after the quench, all aging effect are of a transient nature. In particular, the violations of...

This work aims to clarify the influence of aging temperature and time on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the Ti­Nb alloy for biomedical applications. The ingot of Ti­27Nb­2Ta­3Zr alloy was subjected to the arc melting, hot-forging and heat treatment respectively. Microstructure characterization was investigated by optical microscope (OM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electr...

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) seems to be involved in hot flushes in women and in castrated men. Therefore, we studied whether the plasma concentrations of CGRP changed during flushes in a group of healthy aging men. Twelve men (49-71 years) with no history of current or former prostate cancer or hormonal treatment reporting ≥ 20 flushes/week were investigated. Blood samples were drawn...

Exposure to extended periods of sub-Tg temperatures causes physical changes in the molecular structure of epoxy resins and epoxy-based materials to occur. These physical aging mechanisms include the reduction in free volume and changes to the molecular configuration. As a result, mechanical, thermodynamic, and physical properties are affected in ways that can compromise the reliability of epoxy...

Efficient and safe battery charge control is an important prerequisite for large-scale deployment of clean energy systems. This paper proposes an innovative approach to devising optimally health-conscious fast-safe charge protocols. A multiobjective optimal control problem is mathematically formulated via a coupled electro-thermal-aging battery model, where electrical and aging sub-models depen...

In the present work, the influence of aging temperature on mechanical properties and sound velocity of Maraging steel M350 was investigated. For this purpose, first, samples were solution annealed at 825◦C for 2 hours and then age hardened at 510◦C-600◦C for 3 hours. Hardness, tensile and impact tests were used for determining mechanical properties and longitudinal ultrasonic velocity was used ...

This paper deals with the aging and characterization of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for life estimation evaluation. The most important aging characteristics of a real driving cycle for hybrid electric vehicle application, such as initial State of Charge (SoC) and Depth of Discharge (DoD), are used to synthesize an aging profile to be reproduced in laboratory based on statistical analysis. Im...