Polymeric materials having good mechanical properties combined with flexibility are requirements to meet changing needs of the industry. These requirements can be met with the production of dynamically vulcanized/crosslinked ...

The use of additives from alternative sources to petrochemical has attracted the interest of many academic researches and applications. The inputs as soybean oil have great potential in the polymer modification. However, ...

In this work, amorphous hydrogenated carbon (a-C:H) thin films were deposited using a simple, low cost and efficient pulsed DC - plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition technique improved by electrostatic confinement ...

The search for renewable energy sources is a subject of great interest worldwide due to growing energy demand, instability in oil prices and environmental problems. In this context, the self-assembled thin films have ...

The deposition of thin films can be employed to modify and/or functionalize the properties of a material’s surface, improving wear resistance (tribological properties) or changing the resistivity (electrical properties). ...

The incorporation of vegetable oils into the development of tread rubber formulation has been one of the alternatives to reduce the use of oil with high contents of aromatic polycyclics. Many studies suggest the substitution ...

This research has determined the parameters of powder metallurgy in order to use the wasted powder from the shot blasting process and transform it in components. The wasted was evaluated by its physical and micro-structural ...

Ceramic oxides, e.g. alumina, can be used in various applications due to their reactive surface, hardness and thermomechanical resistance. One of the attributes that determines its application is the ability of the surface ...

The rapid growth of nanotechnology has attracted increasing interest from many researchers for producing econanomaterials, aiming its subsequent application in thematics related to environmental issues. In this context, ...

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. ...