some issues; leakage, tunneling currents, boron diffusion are threatening sio2 to be used as a good gate dielectric for the future of the cmos (complementary metal- oxide- semiconductor) transistors. for finding an alternative and novel gate dielectric, the nio (nickel oxide) and pva (polyvinyl alcohol) nano powders were synthesized with the sol-gel method and their nano structural properties w...

a nanocomposite of polyaniline (pani) with natural clinoptilolite (clino) was prepared by chemical oxidative polymerization of anilinium cations in the presence of clinoptilolite dispersion. the pani/clino nanocomposite was characterized using ftir, xrd and sem techniques as well as electrical conductivity measurement using four point probe technique. cyclic voltammetry analysis was used to inv...

As wireless ad hoc networks become more deployed, there is a growing interest for compound internetworks, that is, internetworks that contain both fixed and ad hoc networks. Routing is one of the main challenges that arise in such compound internetworks. Although specialized routing protocols exist for wired and for ad-hoc networks, and several such specialized protocols could be used together ...

BACKGROUND This article reports the authors' development of nanofillers and a resulting nanocomposite. They measured the nanocomposite's properties in vitro in comparison with those of several existing composites (hybrids, microhybrids and microfill). METHODS The authors developed two types of nanofillers: nanomeric particles and nanoclusters. They used optimal combinations of these nanofille...

This review is designed to be a comprehensive source for polymer nanocomposite research, including fundamental structure/property relationships, manufacturing techniques, and applications of polymer nanocomposite materials. In addition to presenting the scientific framework for the advances in polymer nanocomposite research, this review focuses on the scientific principles and mechanisms in rel...

Nanocomposite of NiAl2O4/SiO2 (NAS) was prepared through insitu solgel reaction, in which NiAl2O4 nanocrystals were dispersed in the silica glassy matrix. The prepared dried NAS gel, at 338 K, was heat treated to different temperature and identified the temperature range (1083 – 1163 K) of the nanocomposite formation through XRD patterns. From XRD patterns, crystallite size of NiAl2O4 particles...

This paper demonstrates an acetylene gas sensor based on an Ag-decorated tin dioxide/reduced graphene oxide (Ag-SnO₂/rGO) nanocomposite film, prepared by layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly technology. The as-prepared Ag-SnO₂/rGO nanocomposite was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectrum. The acetylene...

In the current work, a novel combustion method is demonstrated for the direct synthesis of nanocomposite materials. Specifically doped tin dioxide (SnO2) powders were selected for the demonstration studies due to the key role SnO2 plays in semiconductor gas sensors and the strong sensitivity of doped SnO2 to nanocomposite properties. The synthesis approach combines solid and gas-phase precursor...

Ni-Fe/Si3N4 nanocomposite coatings with various ratio of Si3N4 to Na-saccharine were prepared by electrodeposition technique. The effect of Si3N4 nanoparticulates in the Ni-Fe nanocomposite coatings was investigated in relation to the ratio of Si3N4 to Na-saccharine in the plating bath. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the Ni-Fe nanocomposite coating has face center cubic structure (FCC)....

A novel nanocomposite based on poly(N-octadecyl-2-ethynylpyridinium bromide) (PNOEtPyBr) and Mg(0.04)Nb(1.66)O5 nanosheets is synthesized by the method of exfoliation-reflocculation. The XRD data of the nanocomposite indicates the formation of Mg(0.04)Nb(1.66)O5 nanosheets/PNOEtPyBr nanostructure with an interlayer expansion of 4.6 nm along a direction perpendicular to the Mg(0.04)Nb(1.66)O5 na...