Optical-luminescence properties of ZnO and TiO2 nanopowders obtained by pulsed laser reactive ablation

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - The ZnO and TiO2 nanopowders have been prepared by means of the pulsed laser reactive ablation of metallic (Zn, Ti) targets. The Structural,...     

Resistive organic memory devices based on nitrogen-doped CNTs/PSS composites

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - Non-volatile organic memory devices were fabricated using polystyrene sulfonate (PSS)?+?nitrogen-doped multi-walled carbon...     

Structure and bandgap determination of InN grown by RP-MOCVD

InN thin films are grown on sapphire substrates by remote plasma-assisted metal organic chemical vapor deposition while varying the indium pulse length and substrate temperature. The effects of the indium pulse length and temperature on the structural, morphological, electronic, and optical properties of the thin films are studied. The structural parameters are determined by X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and the effects of incorporating oxygen atoms in the structure is described. The N K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) measurements are used to determine the band gap and it is found to be 1.80?±?0.25 eV for all samples. A complementary measurement namely, X-ray excited optical luminescence measurement is performed to confirm the band gap value obtained from XAS and XES measurements. O K-edge XAS measurements are performed to determine the presence of oxygen impurities in the samples. Meanwhile, we carry out the density functional theory calculations for Wurtzite InN, hypothetical Wurtzite-type InO_0.5N_0.5, and InO_0.0625N_0.9375 structures. We find that the measured N-edge spectra agree well with our Wurtzite InN calculations and the measured O K-edge spectra agree better with hypothetical Wurtzite-type InO_0.0625N_0.9375 than Wurtzite-type InO_0.5N_0.5.

     

Magnetothermoelastic Interaction in a Rod of Finite Length Subjected to Moving Heat Sources Via Eringen’s Nonlocal Model

Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics - The generalized nonlocal thermoelastic model in the context of Eringen’s nonlocal elasticity is applied to investigate the...     

Influence of radiation and viscous dissipation on MHD heat transfer Casson nanofluid flow along a nonlinear stretching surface with chemical reaction

The present article investigates the influence of Joule heating and chemical reaction on magneto Casson nanofluid phenomena in the occurrence of thermal radiation through a porous inclined stretching sheet. Consideration is extended to heat absorption/generation and viscous dissipation. The governing partial differential equations were transformed into nonlinear ordinary differential equations and numerically solved using the Implicit Finite Difference technique. The article analyses the effect of various physical flow parameters on velocity, heat, and mass transfer distributions. For the various involved parameters, the graphical and numerical outcomes are established. The analysis reveals that the enhancement of the radiation parameter increases the temperature and the chemical reaction parameter decreases the concentration profile. The empirical data presented were compared with previously published findings.     

Annealing of Mineral-Like Host Matrices for High-Level Waste Immobilization

Inorganic Materials - We have studied the effect of annealing on the chemical and physical properties of mineral-like host matrices for immobilization of the rare-earth–actinide fraction from...     

Strength assessment of Al2O3 and MgAl2O4 using micro- and macro-scale biaxial tests

Journal of Materials Science - The application of ceramics in advanced functional applications often requires thicknesses below a few hundred micrometers, rendering an assessment of the...     

Localization of isotropic and anisotropic wireless sensor networks in 2D and 3D fields

Telecommunication Systems - Internet of Things (IoT) has changed the way people live by transforming everything into smart systems. Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) forms an important part of IoT....     

Use of by-Product Gasoline Fractions Produced by Combining Fuel and Petrochemical Production

Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils - This article considers the alternatives for treatment of the raffinate produced at a unit for the extraction of benzene-containing fractions and the...     

MHD mixed convection of a Cu–water nanofluid flow through a channel with an open trapezoidal cavity and an elliptical obstacle

In the current work, numerical simulations are achieved to study the properties and the characteristics of fluid flow and heat transfer of (Cu–water) nanofluid under the magnetohydrodynamic effects in a horizontal rectangular canal with an open trapezoidal enclosure and an elliptical obstacle. The cavity lower wall is grooved and represents the heat source while the obstacle represents a stationary cold wall. On the other hand, the rest of the walls are considered adiabatic. The governing equations for this investigation are formulated, nondimensionalized, and then solved by Galerkin finite element approach. The numerical findings were examined across a wide range of Richardson number (0.1 ≤ Ri ≤ 10), Reynolds number (1 ≤ Re ≤ 125), Hartmann number (0 ≤ Ha ≤ 100), and volume fraction of nanofluid (0 ≤ φ ≤ 0.05). The current study's findings demonstrate that the flow strength increases inversely as the Reynolds number rises, which pushes the isotherms down to the lower part of the trapezoidal cavity. The Nu_avg rises as the Ri rise, the maximum Nu_avg = 10.345 at Ri = 10, Re = 50, ϕ = 0.05, and Ha = 0; however, it reduces with increasing Hartmann number. Also, it increase by increasing ϕ, at Ri = 10, the Nu_avg increased by 8.44% when the volume fraction of nanofluid increased from (ϕ = 0–0.05).