Introduction As a new class of an ultra-high capacity anode material for Li-ion batteries, nano-Si/carbon composites have a considerable potential [1, 2]. In such composites, nano-Si can store lithium faster than bulk Si, and the carbon matrix serves nano-Si with an electrical path to compensate the poor electrical conductivity of Si. Though Si has an extremely high theoretical capacitance up t...

A novel quantitative nano+micro-tribometer with integrated SPM and optical microscope imaging has been developed to characterize numerous physical and mechanical properties of liquid and solid thin films and coatings, with in-situ monitoring their changes during micro and nano indentation, scratching, reciprocating, rotating and other tribology tests. Both the materials properties and surface t...

the effects of electronic properties of inner and outer surfaces of carbon nano tubes (cnts) on the deactivation of cobalt fischer-tropsch (ft) catalysts were studied. the comparative characterization of the fresh and used catalysts by tem, xrd, tpr, bet and h2 chemisorption showed that cobalt re-oxidation, cobalt-support interactions and sintering are the main sources of catalyst deactivation....

Recent developments in grinding have opened up new avenues for finishingof hard and brittle materials with Nano-surface finish, high tolerance and accuracy.Grinding with super abrasive diamond wheels is an excellent way to produce ultraprecision surface finish. However, super abrasive diamond grits need higher bondingstrength while grinding, which metal-bonded grinding wheels ca...

The properties of carbon nanotubes can be dramatically altered by the presence of defects. In this work we address the properties of two different kinds of defective nanotubes: junctions of achiral tubes with topological defects and partially unzipped carbon nanotubes. In particular, we begin by focussing on the interface states in carbon nanotube junctions between achiral tubes. We show that t...

The paper presents the results of research work to assess thermal conductivity mortar incorporating a novel carbon-based nano-material (CBN). data from laboratory tests served as starting point in training an artificial neural network (ANN) based on Levenberg–Marquardt backpropagation algorithm that was used predict values at later ages. CBNs were essential precursors multi-walled carbon nano-t...

Magnetically modified activated carbon, which synthesized by nanomagnetic iron oxide, was used for fast and effective removal of Crystal Violet from aqueous solutions. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of nano-adsorbent showed that the average sizes of adsorbent are less than 100 nm. The various parameters, affecting on adsorption process, were examined including pH and temperature ...

carbon nano-tube (cnt) reinforced metal matrix nano-composites have attracted a great deal of attention in recent years due to the outstanding physical and mechanical properties of cnts. however, utilizing cnt as reinforcement for alloy matrixes has not been studies systematically and is still a challenging issue. in the present study, cu80fe20/10cnt nanocomposite was synthesized by mechanical ...

A theoretical discussion of electronic and transport properties of a particular family of double-wall carbon nanotubes, named commensurate structures of the armchair type (n,n)@(2n,2n) is addressed. A single π-band tight binding hamiltonian is considered and the magnetic field is theoretically described by following the Peierls approximation into the hopping energies. Our emphasis is put on inv...