Bismuth (Bi) electrodeposition was studied on Si/Ti/Au, FTO-, and ITO-coated glasses from acidic nitrate solutions with and without gluconate within a narrow potential window (ΔE = 80 mV). This potential range was sufficient to observe a change in particle shape, from polyhedrons (including hexagons) to dendrites, the trend being slightly different depending on substrate activity. In all cases,...

Simultaneously increasing the strength and ductility of hot work die steels is significant interest for broad applications. The in-situ development a nano-phase in promising method achieving this objective. However, little success has been reported so far. In study, trace amounts TiC nanoparticles were successfully introduced into high-Cr steel (HHD) through an innovative using nano-TiC/Al mast...

For comparative means, a current Au-TiO 2 catalyst was used or order to benchmark current standards for nano-Au catalysts. The Aurolite® catalyst is currently the only commercially produced Au-TiO 2 catalyst comprising of 1% Au (by mass) loaded on P25 type TiO 2 comprising approximately 20% rutile and 80% anatase. A second batch of catalysts was examined where the catalyst composition was simil...

We report a controllable wet method for effective decoration of 2-dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) layers with Au nanoparticles (NPs). Au NPs can be selectively formed on the edge sites or defective sites of MoS2 layers. The Au-MoS2 nano-composites are formed by non-covalent bond. The size distribution, morphology and density of the metal nanoparticles can be tuned by changing the d...

Finite element modeling is used to simulate the secondary creep rate of alloys with an inhomogeneous distribution nano-precipitates, located within colonies long, parallel dendrites, due elemental segregation during directional solidification. Three-dimensional, periodic unit cells are created approximate aligned dendritic microstructure, cylindrical dendrites (with high resistance nanoprecipit...

The growth of monoclinic Ga2O3 nanowires, nano-ribbons and nano-sheets has been investigated. Results indicate that high quality single crystal nanowires can be grown at 900°C using an Au catalyst, while single crystal nano-ribbons and nano-sheets require no metal catalyst for growth. Since bulk Ga2O3 is a promising material for high temperature sensing, Ga2O3 nanowires and nano-ribbons may pro...

We introduce a forward model for the computation of high angle annular dark field (HAADF) images of nano-crystalline spherical particles and apply it to image simulations for assemblies of nano-spheres of Al, Cu, and Au with a range of sizes, as well as an artificial bi-sphere, consisting of solid hemispheres of Al and Cu or Al and Au. Comparison of computed intensity profiles with experimental...

Microstructure and mechanical properties of non-equiatomic (CuNi)100−xCox (x=15, 20, 25 30, at.%) medium-entropy alloys (MEAs) prepared by vacuum arc-melting were investigated. Results show that all the as-cast MEAs exhibit dual face-centered cubic (fcc) solid-solution phases with identical lattice constant, showing typical dendrite structure consisting (Ni, Co)-rich phase in dendrites Cu-rich ...

The effect of the nanoparticles on the marine organisms, depends on their size, chemical composition, surface structure, solubility and shape. In order to take advantage from their activity, preserving the surrounding environment from a possible pollution, we are trying to trap the nanoparticles into new nanomaterials. The nanomaterials tested were synthesized proposing a ground-breaking approa...

Objective(s):   Metal nanoparticles (NPs) offer a wide variety of potential applications in pharmaceutical sciences due to the unique advances in nanotechnology research. In this work, bimetal Ag-Au alloy NPs were prepared and their combinations with other antibiotics were tested against Staphylococcus aureus.   Materials and Methods: Firstly, Ag-Au alloy NPs with Au/Ag molar ratio of 1:1 was f...