Browsing by Subject "Differential scanning calorimetry"
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Carbon nanotube-reinforced crosslinked polyethylene pipes for geothermal applications: From synthesis to decomposition using analytical pyrolysis-GC/MS and thermogravimetric analysis
(2014)Carbon nanotube reinforced crosslinked high density polyethylene (PEX) nanocomposites were synthesized for geothermal applications requiring higher polymer thermal conductivity and a comprehensive thermal decomposition ...
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Effect of sintering in ball-milled K 2Bi 8Se 13 thermoelectric nano-composites
(2012)K 2Bi 8Se 13 has many attractive features for thermoelectric applications. Recently, K 2Bi 8Se 13-based nanocomposite materials, consisting of nano-crystalline, micro-crystalline and amorphous phases, have been fabricated ...
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Exothermic reaction characteristics of continuously ball-milled Al/Ni powder compacts
(2013)Self-propagating reactions in compacted pellets of continuously low-energy ball-milled aluminium (Al) and nickel (Ni) powders at a composition corresponding to AlNi3 were investigated. The formation of a bi-modal structure ...
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Fabrication, characterization and applications of novel nanoheater structures
(2013)Nanoheaters are reactive nanostructures that can generate localized heat through controlled ignition. Besides the widely used nanofoil structure with multiple alternative Al-Ni layers, various new nanostructures have been ...
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Few-step synthesis, thermal purification and structural characterization of porous boron nitride nanoplatelets
(2016)Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanoplatelets with 99 wt.% purity, 900 to 2000 nm particle width, 30 to 90 nm particle thickness, 213 m2/g specific surface area (SSA), 66% micropore SSA and 0.85 nm average pore size were ...
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Influence of nanoreactor environment and substrate location on the activity of horseradish peroxidase in olive oil based water-in-oil microemulsions
(2011)Oxidative enzymatic reactions using horseradish peroxidase (HRP) were carried out in water-in-oil (w/o) microemulsions composed of olive oil/lecithin/1-propanol/water, a model biomimetic system. The substrates used (gallic ...
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Investigation of the synthesis and properties of ternary V-Cu-Ce Oxides of Composition VxCuxCe1-2xO2
(2009)Aco-precipitation method has been used to prepare ternary mixed oxides based on ceria with the general formula VxCuxCe 1-2xO2, where x was varied between 0.05 and 0.45. The structural and surface properties as well as the ...
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KSb5S8: A wide bandgap phase-change material for ultra high density rewritable information storage
(2003)The reversible glassformation and glass crystallization properties of KSb3S8 was described. On the basis of glass transition and crystallization kinetics of KSb5S8, it was found that the crystallization rate and assoicated ...
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Liquid-crystalline phase behavior in a zwitterionic tetraazapentacene
(2003)A 5,7-dioctadecylquinoxalinophenazine zwitterion 1 has been investigated to determine its thermal phase behavior. A combination of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), variable temperature low- and high-angle X-ray ...
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Local structure and influence of bonding on the phase-change behavior of the chalcogenide compounds K1-xRbxSb5S8
(2007)KSb5S8 and its solid solution analogs with Rb and Tl were found to exhibit a reversible and tunable glass→crystal→glass phase transition. Selected members of this series were analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry ...
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Preparation and characterization of a cerium(IV)-incorporated manganese oxide OMS-2. Effect of cerium(IV) template on octahedral molecular sieves of manganese oxide and characterization of manganese oxide molecular sieves with cerium(IV) as dopant
(2008)The manganese oxide material K-OMS-2 was synthesized both via a redox reaction between potassium permanganate and manganese nitrate in an acidic medium (nitric acid) under reflux conditions and by the sol-gel reaction ...
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Solid-state synthesis of Mg 2Si via short-duration ball-milling and low-temperature annealing
(2013)In this work, a short duration ball-milling of elemental Mg and Si followed by a thermal treatment is suggested in order to synthesize magnesium silicide via solid-state reaction. The formation of magnesium silicide was ...
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Spark ignitable Ni-Al ball-milled powders for bonding applications
(2014)Ball milling of aluminum (Al) and nickel (Ni) particles at the NiAl composition can produce reactive powders with low spark ignition thresholds similar to magnetron sputtered multilayer foils (MFs). Such powders can replace ...
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Synthesis and aqueous solution characterization of amphiphilic diblock copolymers containing carbazole
(2002)A series of near-monodisperse diblock copolymers of 2-(N-carbazolyl)ethyl methacrylate and 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) of relatively low molecular weights (2600-24,000 g mol-1) were synthesized by group ...
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Synthesis and aqueous solution characterization of amphiphilic diblock copolymers containing carbazole
(2002)A series of near-monodisperse diblock copolymers of 2-(N-carbazolyl)ethyl methacrylate and 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) of relatively low molecular weights (2600-24,000 g mol-1) were synthesized by group ...
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Textured VN coatings with Ag3VO4 solid lubricant reservoirs
(2011)Silver oxovanadate powders were produced using a low temperature hydrothermal synthesis method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman microscopy revealed the formation of the α-Ag3VO4 phase, and differential scanning calorimetry ...
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Thermal and chemical stability of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanoplatelets
(2015)High-temperature properties of boron nitride platelets (200-800 nm in width and 30-50 nm in thickness) were systematically evaluated through thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in combination with differential scanning ...
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Well-defined diblock copolymers possessing fluorescent and metal chelating functionalities as novel macromolecular sensors for amines and metal ions
(2012)The amino- and metal-ion sensing capability of a novel type of well-defined block copolymers based on 9-anthrylmethyl methacrylate (AnMMA
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Well-defined fluoro- and carbazole-containing diblock copolymers: Synthesis, characterization and immobilization onto Au-coated silicon surfaces
(2012)A series of well-defined diblock copolymers consisting of 2-(N-carbazolyl)ethyl methacrylate (CbzEMA) and 2,2,3,3,4,4,4-heptafluorobutyl methacrylate (HFBMA) (CbzEMAx-b-HFBMAy) was synthesized by Reversible Addition-Fragmentation ...
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Well-defined fluoro- and carbazole-containing diblock copolymers: Synthesis, characterization and immobilization onto Au-coated silicon surfaces
(2012)A series of well-defined diblock copolymers consisting of 2-(N-carbazolyl)ethyl methacrylate (CbzEMA) and 2,2,3,3,4,4,4-heptafluorobutyl methacrylate (HFBMA) (CbzEMAx-b-HFBMAy) was synthesized by Reversible Addition-Fragmentation ...