Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings combine high wear resistance and low friction coefficient. Due to these properties, DLC can be applied on metal parts to facilitate the conformation process in bending tools and also for ...

This work analyses boron additions to AISI 316L austenitic stainless steels, as a sintering additive in the powder metallurgy process. The effect of boron addition was investigated in terms of densification, microstructure, ...

Amorphous metals have been shown to have magnetomechanical properties which are superior to those of any other magnetic materials. This has allowed their usage in a growing number of sensing purposes. The capacity of ...

Surfaces interactions dominate the properties of colloidal particles suspension. The balance between surface, solvent, and active species in solution determines the properties related to the solid-liquid interface interactions ...

The supply and access to drinking water is one of the great challenges of this century. In this perspective, the rapid advancement of Nanotechnology has contributed significantly to the development and production of ...

The diamond-like carbon (DLC) thin films family, in particular hydrogenated amorphous carbon films (a-C:H) have interesting properties for academic and technological purposes. High wear and ultra-low friction can be found ...

Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory with an annual production of more than 15 thousand tons, whose concentration in aquatic ecosystems reaches the order of tens of μg L-1. The degradation of this emerging pollutant and other ...

This work presents the production of EVA micro/nanofibers using the solution blow spinning method and its possibility of application in agriculture, in pest control, through the incorporation of synthetic sex pheromones. ...

The objective of this work was to obtain an EPDM elastomeric formulation for application at high temperatures. The influence of characteristics such as the ethene, propene, and diene content and Mooney viscosity, the use ...