Τμήμα Μηχανικών Μηχανολογίας και Κατασκευαστικής / Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering: Recent submissions
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Effect of Bi-doping and Mg-excess on the thermoelectric properties of Mg2Si materials
(2014)In this work, Bi-doped magnesium silicide compounds were prepared by applying a combination of both, short-time ball milling and heating treatment. The effect of Mg excess was also studied, aiming towards further improvement ...
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Structural Characterization and Thermoelectric Properties of Hot-Pressed CoSi Nanocomposites
(2014)Fabrication of nanocomposites by introduction of SiO2 metal oxide nanoparticles into a cobalt silicide thermoelectric matrix is studied. The CoSi matrix material was prepared through solid-state synthesis, and the nano-SiO2 ...
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Conference Object
Evaluation metrics of upper extremities for people with neurological disorders: An energy based approach
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017)Various neurological disorders, like Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington's disease and Stroke, affect millions of people worldwide. Tremor that is a result of these disorders affects the performance of many ...
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Properties of Si-doped GaN and AlGaN/GaN heterostructures grown by RF-MBE on high resistivity Fe-doped GaN
(2006)Silicon-doped GaN epilayers and AlGaN/GaN heterostructures were developed by nitrogen plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on high resistivity iron-doped GaN (0001) templates and their properties were investigated by ...
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Using the Milliken Moment Method and dynamic simulation to evaluate vehicle stability and controllability
(2008)The Milliken Moment Method (MMM) effectively organises kinematically constrained vehicle test results. The authors present a method for evaluating vehicle handling
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Using the milliken moment method and dynamic simulation to evaluate vehicle stability and controllability
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The Milliken Moment Method (MMM) is a way of efficiently organizing the results from a kinematically constrained vehicle test. Using the MMM and closed-loop dynamic simulation, the authors present a new method for evaluating ...
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Magnetoresponsive polymer networks as adsorbents for the removal of U(VI) ions from aqueous media
(2017)Magnetoresponsive, methacrylate-based 3D polymer networks containing hydrophilic/thermoresponsive, hydrophilic/pH-responsive and hydrophobic/metal chelating functionalities and oleic acid-coated magnetite nanoparticles, ...
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Preparation and nonlinear optical response of novel palladium-containing micellar nanohybrids
(2011)The synthesis and characterization of novel micellar nanohybrids with controllable sizes consisting of palladium nanosized core and covered by well-defined poly(lauryl methacrylate)-block-poly(2-(acetoacetoxy)ethyl ...
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CsMBi3Te6 and CsM2Bi3Te7 (M = Pb, Sn): New thermoelectric compounds with low-dimensional structures
(2002)The new materials CsPbBi3Te6 nad CsPb2Bi3Te7 were discovered through reactions of CsBi4Te6 with PbTe, whereas the isostructural materials CsSnBi3Te6 and CsSn2Bi3Te7 were discovered through corresponding reactions with SnTe. ...
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On the optical properties of thermoelectric alkali metal chalcogenide compounds
(Affiliation: Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceAffiliation: Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United StatesAffiliation: Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, CyprusCorrespondence Address: Hatzikraniotis, E.Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006)Solid solutions of K2Bi8-xSbxSe 13 is an interesting series of complex bismuth-chalcogenide compounds, which are attractive for thermoelectric investigations. The highly anisotropic structure in these compounds results in ...
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Modeling of thermal conductivity in high performing thermoelectric materials
(Institute of Physics Publishing, 2017)The enhanced TE-performance in Mg2Si-Mg2Sn based pseudo-binaries is presented, which is attributed to low thermal conductivity. Sn-Si alloying, reduces the lattice thermal conductivity due to mass fluctuation. Furthermore, ...
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Modification of thermoelectric properties using insertion techniques
(1999)In this work is presented the application insertion techniques for the modification of the performance of thermoelectric materials. The results indicate that in cases as in Bi2Se3 compounds where insertion of foreign species ...
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Book Chapter
Materials Science: Trends, material properties and educational perspectives
(Springer Netherlands, 2015)Materials Science is an interdisciplinary field involving the properties of matter and its applications to various areas of science and engineering. Materials Science investigates the relationships between the structure ...
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Efficiency study of a commercial thermoelectric power generator (TEG) under thermal cycling
(2010)Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) make use of the Seebeck effect in semiconductors for the direct conversion of heat to electrical energy. The possible use of a device consisting of numerous TEG modules for waste heat ...
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Experimental and modeling evidence for the reduction of thermal conductivity in Mg2Si by fine tuning the nano & micro-structural features
(Elsevier Ltd, 2017)In this paper, experimental and modeling evidence for reduced thermal conductivity in Bi-doped Mg2Si is presented. Upon doping, lattice thermal conductivity was reduced monotonically and, at the same time, MgO content was ...
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Long-term performance of a commercial thermoelectric power generator
(Affiliation: Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceAffiliation: Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CyprusCorrespondence Address: Hatzikraniotis, E.Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece, 2009)In this work, thermoelectric device was made, using a commercially available ThermoElectric Generator (TEG), in order to measure the gained power and efficiency for long- term performance. The module was subjected to ...
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Role of K/Bi disorder in the electronic structure of β -K2 Bi8 Se13
(2009)We have carried out tunneling spectroscopy and first-principles studies for β -K2 Bi8 Se13, a promising thermoelectric material with partially disordered mixed K/Bi sites. The tunneling data, obtained with a scanning ...
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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 ...