A bi-functional nano-composite coating has been created on a porous Nomex® fabric support as a trap for aspirated virus contaminated water. Nomex® fabric was successively dip-coated in solutions containing cysteic acid functionalized alumina (alumoxane) nanoparticles and cysteic acid functionalized iron oxide (ferroxane) nanoparticles to form a nanoparticle coated Nomex® (NPN) fabric. From SEM ...

In this work, functionally graded materials were synthesized by centrifugal technique at different volume fractions 0.5, 1, 1.5, and 2% Vf with a rotation speed of 1200 rpm constant time, T = 6 min . The mechanical properties characterized to study the non-graded nanocomposites pure epoxy material. tests showed that added alumina (Al2O3) nanoparticles enhanced effect more than epoxy. maximum di...

Nanofluids are solutions of a small fraction of suspended nanoparticles in a bulk fluid. Nanofluids have shown great promise as heat transfer fluids over typically used bulk fluids and fluids with micron sized particles. The nanoparticles do not settle in the fluid and do not cause clogging or damage to surfaces as with micron sized particles. In the current work we compare the performance of d...

in this work, the steady and laminar mixed convection of nanofluid in horizontal concentric annulus withrotating inner cylinder is investigated numerically. the inner and outer cylinders are kept at constanttemperature ti and to respectively, where ti>to. the annular space is filled with alumina-water nanofluid.the governing equations with the corresponded boundary conditions in the polar coord...

Transition metals have long been used as catalysts in the form of dispersions stabilized on inorganic substrates such as silica gel, alumina, and activated charcoal.1 More recently, colloidal platinum nanoparticles have been used as catalysts and photocatalysts in solutions.2 Aqueous colloidal platinum particles are mostly prepared by the reduction of a platinum salt by hydrogen, photochemical,...

in this study, multi wall carbon nanotubes (mwcnts) were synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (cvd) method using two different catalysts (fe nanoparticles) and (ni nanoparticles) with  two different substrates: quartz and alumina. acetylene gas was used as a carbon source and argon as a carrier gas at different temperatures and different times to study the effects of these parameters on cnt...

Abstract Organic phase change materials like paraffin possess high latent heat yet incredibly low thermal conductivity. For improving the conductivity, nanomaterials are introduced into materials. Thermal energy storage applications benefit from use of transition with conductivity and fusion. In this work to increase dispersion alumina graphene nanoparticles, a novel nanocomposite material was ...

In this study, two-dimensional pulsating unsteady flow of nanofluid through a rectangular channel with isothermal walls is investigated numerically. The set of resultant algebraic equations is solved simultaneously using SIMPLE algorithm to obtain the velocity and pressure distribution within the channel. The effects of several parameters, such as volume fraction of different nanoparticles, Rey...

Sintering of alumina nanoparticles is interest both from the view fundamental research as well for industrial applications. Atomistic simulations are tailor-made understanding and predicting time- temperature-dependent sintering behaviour. However, quality predictability such analysis strongly dependent on performance underlying interatomic potentials. In this work, we investigate benchmark fou...

Mesoporous Ni–alumina catalysts (Ni–alumina-pre and Ni–alumina-post) were synthesized by one-step sol–gel method using micelle complex comprising lauric acid and nickel ion as a template with metal source and using aluminum sec-butoxide as an aluminum source. The Ni–alumina catalysts showed relatively high surface areas (303 m/g for Ni–alumina-pre and 331 m/g for Ni–alumina-post) and narrow por...