This paper describes the morphology, stoichiometry, microstructure and gas sensing properties of nano clustered SnOx thin films prepared by Sn evaporation followed by the Rheotaxial Growth and Thermal Oxidation (RGTO) process. Electron microscopy was used to investigate, in detail, the evolution of the films as the oxidation temperature was increased. The results showed that the contact angle, ...

Here, we propose the use of magnetic hyperthermia as a means to trigger the oxidation of Fe1-xO/Fe3-δO4 core-shell nanocubes to Fe3-δO4 phase. As a first relevant consequence, the specific absorption rate (SAR) of the initial core-shell nanocubes doubles after exposure to 25 cycles of alternating magnetic field stimulation. The improved SAR value was attributed to a gradual transformation of th...

The oxidation behavior of fully dense Ti2SC was studied thermogravimetrically in air in the 500–800°C temperature range. The oxidation product was a single-layer of rutile in all cases. At 800°C, the oxide layer was not protective and the oxidation kinetics were rapid. At 600 and 700°C, and up to ~50 h, the kinetics were parabolic before they became linear. It was only at 500°C that the weight ...

To understand the interaction between Pt and surface oxygenated species in electrocatalysis, this paper correlates the electrochemistry of atomic oxygen on Pt formed in the gas phase with electrochemically generated oxygen species on a variety of single-crystal platinum surfaces. The atomic oxygen adsorbed on single-crystalline Pt electrodes, made by thermal dissociation of molecular oxygen, is...

In this study, a plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) process was used to form titanium-aluminum oxide coating on aluminized steel. The present work was mainly to study the effects of treatment time of PEO process on properties of the titanium coating. A potentiodynamic polarization corrosion test was employed to investigate the corrosion resistance of the coating. The friction coefficient and w...

Two-step thermal oxidation was proposed for Ti and Ti alloys as a surface-treatment process for preparing an anatase-containing TiO2 layer. This process consisted of treatment in a CO-containing atmosphere (first step) and subsequent treatment in air (second step). In this chapter, first, the current status of TiO2 coating onto Ti and Ti alloys for biomedical applications is reviewed; then our ...

A method for fabricating silicon quantum wires with SiO2 boundaries is presented. It is accomplished by first growing Si/SiGe/Si heterostructure on silicon substrate with very low-pressure chemical vapor deposition, followed by lithography and reactive ion etching to form trench structures. Finally, the selective chemical etching of SiGe over silicon and subsequent thermal oxidation are carried...

Three recurring hypotheses are often used to explain the effect of non-thermal plasmas (NTPs) on NTP catalytic hybrid reactions; namely, modification or heating of the catalyst or creation of new reaction pathways by plasma-produced species. NTP-assisted methane (CH4 ) oxidation over Pd/Al2 O3 was investigated by direct monitoring of the X-ray absorption fine structure of the catalyst, coupled ...

Biobased monomers derived from castor oil as well as from limonene suitable for thiol–ene copolymerization were synthesized. Di‐10‐undecenylether 2 was obtained via GaBr3‐catalyzed reduction of 10‐undecenyl 10‐undecenoate 1. Diene ether 2 and (R)‐limonene 5 were reacted in two steps using radical thiol–ene addition reactions to dithiol ether 4 and dithiol 7, respectively. Diene ether 2 and dith...