A novel technique to modify a metallic surface for anti-icing applications is presented. An oblique angle deposition (OAD) technique has been used to fabricate metallic nanorods of Aluminum and Tungsten on a glass substrate. A conformal coating of a silane has been applied using a molecular vapor deposition technique. The resulting surface has shown a static contact angle of 1348 with the water...

Pure Anatase Titania (TiO2), mixed 1.0 wt.% Cerium-Anatase Titania (1.0 wt.%CeO2-TiO2), and mixed 1.0 wt.% Zirconia-Anatase Titania (1.0 wt.%ZrO2-TiO2) nano powders were synthesized by co-precipitation method and characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis, UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spect...

Global warming persuades researchers to improve the effectiveness of renewable energy technologies, such as H2 production by methane steam reforming (MSR) an endothermic process. Herein, a nanocatalyst based on open-cell nickel foam 40 (pore per inch) with high thermal conductivity was prepared. The synthesized chemical stepwise synthesis approach, pre-treatment, pulsed electrocodeposition Ni-A...

catalytically graphitized electrospun carbon nanofibers adorned uniformly with fine nickel nanoparticles were successfully prepared. the procedure was based on the electrospinning technique and the use of nickel precursor to create both graphitized nanofibers and nickel nanoparticles under a relatively low-temperature heat treatment. the x-ray diffraction and raman results clearly proved cataly...

preparation of 2-chlorobenzonitrile, and benzonitrile are reported here from the corresponding 2-chlorobenzaldehyde and benzaldehyde by the reaction of ammonium hydroxide/vpo titania, vpo bulk (ammonium metavanadate) cucr catalyst/air system in methanol. all these catalysts showed better conversions with reasonable selectivity to aromatic. the results prove that bet surface area results show vp...

In this study, preparation of nano-sized gamma alumina with high specific surface area and high yield by thereaction between aluminum nitrate and sodium carbonate, without using any surfactant is reported. Bohemite (Aluminum oxyhydroxide) was prepared as a precursor by strict control of pH and reaction temperature. The gel produced was purified by washing fol...