Plasma sprayed zirconia deposits have been employed in wide applications for thermal protection. Recently, the use of nanostructural surface represents an alternative for improving the performance of these coatings. The present paper reviewed the works in this field at our research group, including synthesis of nanostructural ZrO2 powders, influence of spraying parameters on microstructure and ...

A HfSiO4 ceramic was prepared by a conventional solid state synthesis method by sintering at 1600 °C. The morphology of the sintered surface was characterized using scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy and the average surface roughness was about 118 nm. The sintered HfSiO4 ceramic has εr = 7.0, Qu × f = 25 000 and τf = -44 ppm °C(-1) at 10 GHz. It exhibits promising thermal ...

Bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-enes undergo thermal rearrangement to norbornenes via diradical transition structures. The synthesis of exo-7-cyclopropylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene has been achieved by cycloaddition of cyclopentadiene and cyclopropylketene, generated by treatment of cyclopropylacetyl chloride with triethylamine. A comparison of the cyclopropyl substituent effect with that of other C7 substit...

We report the synthesis and thermoelectric characterization of composite nanocrystals composed of a tellurium core functionalized with the conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). Solution processed nanocrystal films electronically out perform both PEDOT:PSS and unfunctionalized Te nanorods while retaining a polymeric thermal conductivity, resultin...

A new method for synthesis of amides and hydroxamic acids from nitroarenes and aldehydes is described. The MnO2 catalyzed thermal deoxygenation of nitrobenzene resulted in formation of a reactive nitroso intermediate which on reaction with aldehydes provided amides and hydroxamic acids. The thermal neat reaction in the presence of 0.01 mmol KOH predominantly led to formation of hydroxamic acid ...

In this paper, the synthesis and characterization of thermal properties of porous copolymers 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone with trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate are presented. They were obtained by suspension polymerization as a pure polymers or composite materials with different inorganic fillers. The influence of the type of filler on the textural and thermal properties was investigated in details....

The article presents a plasma chemical technology for processing solid fuels, using examples of bituminous and brown coals. Thermodynamic and experimental investigation of the technology was made. The technology allows producing synthesis gas from the coal organic mass and valuable components (technical silicon, ferrosilicon, aluminum, and carbon silicon, as well as microelements of rare metals...

ABSTRACT: It is shown that an isolated thermal inertance does not obey the second law of thermodynamics. Consequently, such an element should not be used in physical systems theory. To eliminate the structural gap in the thermal domain of current physical systems theory, a new framework is introduced using Bond Graph concepts. These Thermodynamic Bond Graphs are the result of synthesis of metho...

Because of the small thermal capacity of ultrathin ( approximately 200 nanometers) metal single crystals, it is possible to explore the coupling of catalytic and thermal action at low pressures. We analyzed a chemothermomechanical instability in this regime, in which catalytic reaction kinetics interact with heat transfer and mechanical buckling to create oscillations. These interacting compone...

Self-heating induced failure of graphene devices synthesized from both chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and epitaxial means is compared using a combination of infrared thermography and Raman imaging. Despite a larger thermal resistance, CVD devices dissipate >3x the amount of power before failure than their epitaxial counterparts. The discrepancy arises due to morphological irregularities implic...