Search results for: carbon materials
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Mesoscopic impedance analysis of solid materials surface
PublicationSeveral techniques have been developed in order to characterize electrical properties of surfaces in micrometer/nanometer scale. Obtaining of the spatial distribution of sample resistance, capacitance or potential requires separate measurements performed in different scanning modes. On the other hand, analysis of the frequency response of investigated system enables determination of several physical quantities in single measurement...
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Electroconducting polymers as a corrosion protection materials review
PublicationAutorzy przywołują 89 pozycji literaturowych dotyczących użycia polimerów elektroaktywnych w ochronie metali przed korozją. Wykazano, że najczęściej wykorzystywany w tym celu jest polipirol. Przytoczone prace dotyczą ochrony stali, aluminium, cynku oraz stopów magnezu.
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Kombucha from alternative raw materials – The review
PublicationNowadays, people's awareness about the role of diet in maintaining well-being and good health has increased. Consumers expect that the products not only provide them with essential nutrients but will also be a source of biologically active substances, which are beneficial to their health. One of the "healthy trends," which has appeared among the consumers worldwide is kombucha, a tea drink with high antioxidant potential, obtained...
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Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Materials as Substrates for Fermentation Processes
PublicationLignocellulosic biomass is an abundant and renewable resource that potentially contains large amounts of energy. It is an interesting alternative for fossil fuels, allowing the production of biofuels and other organic compounds. In this paper, a review devoted to the processing of lignocellulosic materials as substrates for fermentation processes is presented. The review focuses on physical, chemical, physicochemical, enzymatic,...
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Degradation of implantable materials – in vivo and in vitro research
PublicationThe article concerns the biological and electrochemical degradation of metallic implants in vivo and in vitro studies. The in vivo research dealt with degradation of plates used to join bones, as well as endoprostheses. The most common damages were: metalosis, breaking in the microstructure changes, breaking in area of holes, as well as plastic deformation throughout the length of an implant. The material used for the research...
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The importance and availability of marine certified reference materials
PublicationTraceability and reliable results are the two pillars of analytical methods; certified reference materials (CRMs) meet this requirement. ISO 17034:2016 credentials provide brief information on general requirements for the competence of Reference Material Producers (RMPs). The different types of CRMs have been produced in recent years for chemical analysis in food, water, soil, and sediment matrices in recent years. This review...
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Evaluation of cathode materials for electrochemical photocatalyst deposition
PublicationElectrochemical deposition of photocatalyst, especially TiO2, onto several cathode materials was investigated and evaluated. The deposited films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDX) and electrochemical measurements. Photocatalytic activity was determined by the decomposition of cyclohexane in air by irradiation with ultraviolet light emitting diodes. It was found that...
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Raman spectroscopic investigation of blood and related materials
PublicationThis paper reports preliminary studies on use of Raman spectroscopy for investigation of blood. High quality blood spectra were recorded in-vitro with excitation wavelengths of 830 nm. Because of complex composition of the blood as well as by light attenuation and scattering in the tissues, spectra set up from wide, low-intensive Raman bands and intensive optical background. To get information about origin of bands in Raman spectra...
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Analytical Methods for Causality Evaluation of Photonic Materials
PublicationWe comprehensively review several general methods and analytical tools used for causality evaluation of photonic materials. Our objective is to call to mind and then formulate, on a mathematically rigorous basis, a set of theorems which can answer the question whether a considered material model is causal or not. For this purpose, a set of various distributional theorems presented in literature is collected as the distributional...
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Biodegradable Polymer Packaging Materials in Seawater Environment
PublicationIn this chapter, our interest is directed into dea/ocean/lakes biodegradable environment for polymer packaging materials from two different points of view.
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Third Baltic Conference on Electrochemistry ''Corrosion and Materials''
PublicationW dniach 23- 26.04.2003 roku odbyła się w Gdańsku - Sobieszewie 3 - cia Bałtycka Konferencja Elektrochemiczna ''Korozja i Materiały.Konferencja ta była organizowana przez Katedrę Elektrochemii i Korozji i Inżynierii Materiałowej oraz Sekcję Elektrochemiczną Polskiego Towarzystwa Chemicznego.Podczas konferencji wygłoszono 44 referaty oraz przedstawiono 109 posterów. Najciekawsze prace zostały opublikowane w Journal Solid State...
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Progress in ATRP-derived materials for biomedical applications
PublicationThe continuing wave of technological breakthroughs and advances is critical for engineering well- defined materials, particularly biomaterials, with tailored microstructure and properties. Over the last few decades, controlled radical polymerization (CRP) has become a very promising option for the synthesis of precise polymeric materials with an unprecedented degree of control over mo lecular architecture. Atom transfer radical...
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Characterization of porous materials by capillary rise method
PublicationBadane były kinetyki penetracji ciał porowatych złożonych z cząstek o różnych wymiarach. Na podstawie przeprowadzonych badań okazało się, że kinetyki penetracji i ważność prawa Washburna zależą nie tylko od wielkości cząstek ale także od dystrybucji wielkości porów. Różnica w czasie jaka wynika z przepływu cieczy przez ośrodek porowaty do całkowitego nasycenia cieczą została zaproponowana jako nowy parametr, opisujący rozkład wielkości...
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Failure Analysis of footbridge made of composite materials
PublicationFinite element method analysis of a pedestrian footbridge made of sandwich material is presented. The internal structure of the material is modelled as a structural shell assuming the Equivalent Single Layer approach (ESL). Two FEM commercial codes are employed. The response of the structure is studied in order to determine the load level that activates Hashin and Tsai-Wu failure criteria. Some practical aspects of designing footbridges...
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Hybrid electrode materials for fast performance devices
PublicationEnergy storage devices such as Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors and other types of the electrochemical capacitors require chemically stable, non-soluble, electrochemically active electrode materials compatible with appropriate electrolytes. Factors which determine their applicability are derived from so called electrochemical window of electroltes, nature of charge accumulation and their kinetics. On the other hand technological...
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Tribological Behaviour of Copper-Graphene Composite Materials
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FE modelling of brittle materials at the meso-scale
PublicationArtykuł omawia obliczanie lokalizacji odkształceń w elementach betonowych poddanych rozciąganiu. Obliczenia wykonano dla betonu na poziomie mezo. Obliczenia wykonano przy zastosowaniu modelu zniszczeniowego z degradacją sztywności rozszerzonego o nielokalność.
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Lattice type fracture model for brittle materials
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki obliczeń propagacji rys w elementach betonowych przy zastosowaniu modelu dyskretnego opartego na ruszcie belkowym. Obliczenia wykonano dla różnych problemów brzegowych. W modelu przyjęto inne właściwości dla kruszywa, zaczynu cementowego oraz strefy kontaktu.
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2D lattice model for fracture in brittle materials
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki obliczeń propagacji rys w elementach betonowych przy zastosowaniu modelu dyskretnego opartego na ruszcie belkowym. Obliczenia wykonano dla różnych problemów brzegowych.
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SEM micrographs of NH4VO3 crystals
Open Research DataThe DataSet contains the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs of NH4VO3 crystals obtained by the LPE-IonEx method. The SEM images clearly show that the morphology of the end product can be nicely tuned by changing the type of ammonium salt and the solvent. It can be concluded that the used solvent affected crystal shapes and their size was...
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Bio‑derived polyurethanes obtained by non‑isocyanate route using polyol‑based bis(cyclic carbonate)s—studies on thermal decomposition behavior
PublicationNon-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs) constitute one of the most prospective groups of eco-friendly materials based on their phosgene-free synthesis pathway. Moreover, one of the steps of their obtaining includes the use of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), which allows for the promotion of the development of carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies. In this work, non- isocyanate polyurethanes were obtained via three-step synthesis...
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3D porous graphene-based structures- synthesis and applications
PublicationPorous carbon-based materials are of the great industrial and academic interest due to their high surface area, low density, good electrical conductivity, chemical inertness and low cost of fabrication. Up to now, the main approach to obtain porous carbon structures has involved the pyrolysis of carbonaceous natural or synthetic precursors. After the isolation of graphene, the interest in 3D porous graphene-based structures (called...
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Modern trends in solid phase extraction: New sorbent media
PublicationBased on the recently published literature, this review provides an update of the most important features and application of formats and devices employed in solid phase extraction (SPE). Special attention was paid on new trapping media proposed in SPE prior the chromatography analysis, based on the use of nanostructured materials, including carbon nanomaterials, electrospun nanofibers, dendrimes and magnetic nanoparticles, molecular...
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Whether Carbon Nanotubes Are Capable, Promising, and Safe for Their Application in Nervous System Regeneration. Some Critical Remarks and Research Strategies
PublicationCarbon nanotubes are applied in or considered for different fields of medicine. Among them is the regeneration or rebuilding of nervous system components, which still lack substantial progress; this field is supported by carbon nanotubes to a great extent as the principal material. The limited research on this issue has involved PU/silk/MWCNTs, PCL/silk/MWCNTs, PCL/PGS/CNTs, chitin/CNTs, PGF/CNTs, CNTs/PGFs/PLDLA,MWCNTs chitosan,MWCNTs/PPy,...
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The effect of chitosan concentration and molecular weight on endotoxin content
Open Research DataThe dataset includes results to determine the effect of chitosan concentration and molecular weight on endotoxin content as well as the effect of purification methods. The endotoxin concentration was determined using the PyroGene Recombinant Factor C Endpoint Fluorescent Assay. Chitosan 0.6% in 0.1M glycolic acid from Chemat LMW, MMW, and HMW were used...
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Compression test results of fused filamend fabricated polylactyde and polylactyde with carbon fiber filler
Open Research DataThe DataSet contains the results of the mechanical behaviour of cube specimens with dimensions 30 x 30 x 30 cm3. The specimens were additively manufactured with the fused filament fabrication (FFF) method. They used two different materials polylactide (PURE PLA) and polylactide with carbon fibre filler (PLA+CF). The specimens were segregated into three...
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Direct determination of paraquat herbicide by square-wave voltammetry by two-step transfer mechanism at heterogeneous boron-doped carbon nanowall electrodes
PublicationBoron-doped carbon nanowalls (B:CNW) versus boron-doped diamond (BDD) materials were investigated for the effective electrochemical detection of highly toxic herbicide paraquat (PQ). Depending on the surface morphology and functional groups of BDD and B:CNWs, the electrochemical absorption and detection of the target analyte PQ revealed different detection mechanisms. The surface absorption mechanism was mainly observed for BDD,...
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Influence of the grains shape on the mechanical behavior of granular materials
PublicationDiscrete Element Method is a numerical method suitable for modeling geotechnical problems concerning granular media. In most cases simple forms of grains, like discs or spheres, are used. But these shapes are capable of soil behavior modeling up to a certain point only, they cannot reflect all of the features of the medium (large shear resistance and large volumetric change). In order to reflect the complex behavior of the real...
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Influence of grain shape on the mechanical behaviour of granular materials
PublicationWe performed series of numerical vertical compression tests on assemblies of 2D granular material using a Discrete Element code and studied the results in regard to the grain shape. The samples consist of 5000 grains made either of 3 overlapping discs (clump - grain with concavities) or of six-edged polygons (convex grain). These two types of grains have a similar external envelope, ruled with a geometrical parameter α. In the...
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WASTE INCINERATORS: CORROSION PROBLEMS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS - A REVIEW
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Chapter 8. New composite materials for electrochemical capacitors
PublicationW pracy zaprezentowano materiały hybrydowe składające się z polimeru przewodzącego elektronowo połączonego z nieorganiczną siecią typu redoks. Te materiały to poli(3,4-etylenodioksytiofen) modyfikowany heksacyjanożelazianem (II/III) żelaza (pEDOT/Fehcf), kobaltu (pEDOT/Cohcf) i niklu (pEDOT/Nihcf).Materiały elektrodowe scharakteryzowano metodami elektrochemicznymi w elektrolitach niewodnych. Otrzymane materiały hybrydowe cechują...
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Induction heating in estimation of thermal properties of conductive materials
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Wetting of different solid materials with solutions of surfactants mixtures
PublicationBadanie zdolności zwilżających mieszanin niejonowego surfaktantu gemini S-10 z surfaktantami anionowymi CsDS (dodecylosiarczan cezu) i LiDS (dodecylosiarczan litu). Badane powierzchnie różniły się stopniem hydrofobowości (szkło, stal, polimetakrylan metylu). Niektóre mieszaniny wykazywały synergizm w procesie zwilżania.
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Metal implants in ostheosynthesis - construction solutions, materials and applications
PublicationThe aim of the article is to present two case studies on intramedullary nails. The research included the evaluation of the type of fracture and the analysis of microstructure, chemical composition and hardness of the implant material.
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Structural and Electrical Properties of STF Materials for SOFC Applications
PublicationW tym artykule przedstawiono badania tytanian strontu domieszkowanego żelazem. Synteza dwuetapowa była niezbędna do uzyskania czystego fazowo proszku o pożądanych właściwościach. Przewodnictwo elektryczne wykazało właściwości typu zero-TCR dla składu STF35. Poziom przewodnictwa elektrycznego różnił się o więcej niż jeden rząd wartości dla wytworzonych materiałów. Reaktywność chemiczną między YSZ i STF badano w zakresie temperatur...
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Solid Phase Microextraction: Apparatus, Sorbent Materials, and Application.
Publicationhe primary objective of this review article is to strategically screen and highlight the advancements in the area of solid phase microextraction (SPME). The plenty of review articles have been written on different aspects of SPME, this review is dedicated to provide the brief but clear overview of the research footprints so produced from SPME. Some of the key advancements in types and designs, coating materials, coating strategies,...
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ADVANCES IN MATERIALS SCIENCE EDITORIAL ON THE JOURNAL'S 20th ANNIVERSARY
PublicationEditorial on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Advances in Materials Science journal.
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Risks associated with the transportation of hazardous materials on public roads
PublicationA significant proportion of the transport of hazardous materials is carried out on public roads. Therefore, the safety of such transport is becoming increasingly important. Every catastrophe involving hazardous materials has a negative impact on direct road users and the surrounding environment, becauses its range is mostly not local. It follows that in the event of such catastrophe, its effects should be minimized. This is possible...
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New materials and technologies used in chemical equipment design
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Damage Detection in Composite Materials Using Hyperspectral Imaging
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Enantioselective Gel Phase Synthesis of Metal–Organic Materials
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Some Introductory and Historical Remarks on Mechanics of Microstructured Materials
PublicationHere we present few remarks on the development of the models of microstuctured media and the generalized continua.
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Towards sugar-derived polyamides as environmentally friendly materials
PublicationAs part of our ongoing study investigating isohexide-based polyamides, we have synthesized isosorbide(bis(propan-1-amine)) (DAPIS) and studied its reactivity in the polymerization towards fully biobased polyamides. Polycondensation of nylon salts with various contributions of DAPIS afforded a family of homo- and copolyamides, which were characterized using complementary spectroscopic techniques. The chemical structure of the materials...
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Chitosan/Silk Fibroin Materials for Biomedical Applications—A Review
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A review of phase change materials and heat enhancement methodologies
PublicationPhase change materials (PCMs) are an efficient alternative to store and release heat at a specific range of temperature. Here PCMs and heat enhancement methodologies for PCM storage are reviewed. A short overview of PCMs and their applications is presented in addition to the progress during the last 10 years. Heat enhancement techniques, that is, extended surfaces, multiple and composite PCMs, and encapsulation techniques, are...
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Fire Protection and Materials Flammability Control by Artificial Intelligence
PublicationFire safety has become a major challenge of materials developers because of the massive production of organic materials, often combustibles, and their use for different purposes. In this sense, fire safety is critically considered in the development of engineering materials [1, 2]. The multiplicity of parameters contributing to the development of formulation of flame-retardant materials from one side and the sustainability concerns...
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Coffee Wastes as Sustainable Flame Retardants for Polymer Materials
PublicationDevelopment of green flame retardants has become a core part of the attention of material scientists and technologists in a paradigm shift from general purpose to specific sustainable products. This work is the first report on the use of coffee biowastes as sustainable flame retardants for epoxy, as a typical highly flammable polymer. We used spent coffee grounds (SCG) as well as SCG chemically modified with phosphorus (P-SCG)...
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Nanosorbents as Materials for Extraction Processes of Environmental Contaminants and Others
PublicationThe aim of this work focuses on the application of nanomaterials (NMs) in different sorp- tive extraction techniques for the analysis of organic contaminants from environmental samples of distinct matrix compositions. Without any doubt, the integration of specific NMs such as carbona- ceous nanomaterials, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), silica na- noparticles, and ion-imprinted NPs with so lid-phase...
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Experimental methods in thermodynamic and kinetic studies on photocatalytic materials
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Special Issue “Corrosion Resistance of Alloy and Coating Materials”
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