Coatings  

Peter Zarras, Christopher E. Miller, Cindy Webber, Nicole Anderson and John D. Stenger-Smith

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Thomas Verdier, Marie Coutand, Alexandra Bertron and Christine Roques

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James C. Moore, Robert Louder and Cody V. Thompson

The photocatalytic activity and stability of thin, polycrystalline ZnO films was studied. The oxidative degradation of organic compounds at the ZnO surface results from the ultraviolet (UV) photo-induced creation of highly oxidizing holes and reducing ele... see more

Nicholas Curry, Kent VanEvery, Todd Snyder and Nicolaie Markocsan

Suspension plasma spraying (SPS) has become an interesting method for the production of thermal barrier coatings for gas turbine components. The development of the SPS process has led to structures with segmented vertical cracks or column-like structures ... see more

Jeffrey G. Lundin, Spencer L. Giles, Robert F. Cozzens and James H. Wynne

Surfaces are often coated with paint for improved aesthetics and protection; however, additional functionalities that impart continuous self-decontaminating and self-cleaning properties would be extremely advantageous. In this report, photochemical additi... see more

Moisés Bueno, Jeanne Luong, Fernando Terán, Urbano Viñuela, Víctor F. Vázquez and Santiago E. Paje

Nowadays, cold technology for asphalt pavement in the field of road construction is considered as an alternative solution to conventional procedures from both an economic and environmental point of view. Among these techniques, bituminous slurry surfacing... see more

B. Stefanov and L. Österlund

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Azhar Equbal and Anoop Kumar Sood

Metallization of ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) parts has been studied on flat part surfaces. These parts are fabricated on an FDM (fused deposition modeling machine) using the layer-wise deposition principle using ABS as a part material. Electrole... see more

Elia Boonen and Anne Beeldens

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Jakaria Ahmad, Kateryna Bazaka, Michael Oelgemöller and Mohan V. Jacob

Investigations on the wetting, solubility and chemical composition of plasma polymer thin films provide an insight into the feasibility of implementing these polymeric materials in organic electronics, particularly where wet solution processing is involve... see more

Fabio C. Caiazzo, Valentina Sisti, Stefano P. Trasatti and Sergio Trasatti

In this work, a series of mono-and multilayer coatings were considered. They consisted of CrN and Cr prepared by physical vapor deposition with a cathodic arc. The most common steels for molds of plastics were chosen as substrates: X37CrMoV5-1 (SMV3), X2N... see more

Sanjay S. Latthe, Shanhu Liu, Chiaki Terashima, Kazuya Nakata and Akira Fujishima

Photocatalytic TiO2 coatings are famously known for their excellent self-cleaning behavior, where very thin water layer formed on the superhydrophilic surface can easily wash-off the dirt particles while flowing. Here we report the preparation of the opti... see more

Graham Payne, Darko Matovic and Edward Grandmaison

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Lucia Becucci, Francesco Vizza, Yolanda Duarte and Rolando Guidelli

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Parnia Navabpour, Soheyla Ostovarpour, Carin Tattershall, Kevin Cooke, Peter Kelly, Joanna Verran, Kathryn Whitehead, Claire Hill, Mari Raulio and Outi Priha

TiO2 coatings deposited using reactive magnetron sputtering and spray coating methods, as well as Ag- and Mo-doped TiO2 coatings were investigated as self-cleaning surfaces for beverage processing. The mechanical resistance and retention of the photocatal... see more

Lori Ana Bromberg, Jiaxin Xia, Ryan Rooney and Nikolay Dimitrov

The fabrication of a nanoporous gold (NPG)-based catalyst on a glassy carbon (GC) support results normally in large isolated and poorly adhering clusters that suffer considerable material loss upon durability testing. This work exploits thermochemical oxi... see more

I. M. Dharmadasa, P. A. Bingham, O. K. Echendu, H. I. Salim, T. Druffel, R. Dharmadasa, G. U. Sumanasekera, R. R. Dharmasena, M. B. Dergacheva, K. A. Mit, K. A. Urazov, L. Bowen, M. Walls and A. Abbas

Thin film solar cells based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) are complex devices which have great potential for achieving high conversion efficiencies. Lack of understanding in materials issues and device physics slows down the rapid progress of these devices.... see more