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    Chromium(III)-substituted hydroxyapatite/silica sol–gel coating: towards novel green coating for corrosion protection of AA2024

    A novel Cr-substituted hydroxyapatite (Cr-HA) nanoparticles were synthesized via continuous hydrothermal technique. Moreover, the synthesized material was embedded into a silica sol–gel matrix and applied on a...

    Sherif Elbasuney, Ibrahim Naeem in Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology (2023)

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    Colloidal Nanothermite Particles: Advanced Nanocatalyst and Energy Dense Material for Ammonium Perchlorates

    While ferric oxide is frequently used as a catalyst, aluminum, with combustion enthalpy 32000 J g−1, is a versatile highly energy-dense material. This binary mixture can achieve a synergistic impact with a strong...

    Sherif Elbasuney, Abdelaziz Hamed, M. Yehia in Journal of Electronic Materials (2021)

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    Bio-inspired metastable intermolecular nanothermite composite based on Manganese dioxide/Polydopamine/Aluminium

    Surface engineering of energetic particles can offer significant applications; the emergence of surface modification with polydopamine (PDA) can propose novel material science. Even though, nanothermites (meta...

    Sherif Elbasuney, M. Yehia in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2021)

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    Ferric oxide colloid: novel nanocatalyst for heterocyclic nitramines

    Highly energetic nitramines such as cyclotetramethylene-tetranitramine (HMX) experience high combustion enthalpy, as well as large volume of gaseous products. Despite the fact that HMX can expose high thermal ...

    Sherif Elbasuney, M. Yehia, Abdelaziz Hamed in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2021)

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    Facile synthesis of RGO-Fe2O3 nanocomposite: A novel catalyzing agent for composite propellants

    Whereas ferric oxide particles are common catalyst for energetic oxidizers such as ammonium perchlorate (APC), reduced graphene oxide (RGO) with superior thermal conductivity as well as high interfacial surfac...

    Sherif Elbasuney, Gharieb S. El-Sayyad in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2020)

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    Novel (MnO2/Al) thermite colloid: an opportunity for energetic systems with enhanced performance

    The current study highlights a sustainable fabrication of nanoscopic thermite (MnO2/Al) system, composed of MnO2 nanoparticles with an average particle size of about 20.8 nm prepared by a hydrothermal processing ...

    Sherif Elbasuney, Gharieb S. El-Sayyad in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2020)

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    The potentials of TiO2 nanocatalyst on HMX thermolysis

    Even though HMX is one of the most powerful highly explosive materials; HMX-based propellants demonstrated complexity of burning rate control as well as high pressure exponent (n). In addition, HMX is insensitive...

    Sherif Elbasuney, Gharieb S. El-Sayyad in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2020)

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    Multi-component nanocomposite infrared flare with superior infrared signature via synergism of nanothermite and reduced graphene oxide

    Infrared-guided missiles caused 90% aircraft damage. Infrared decoy flares are effective counter measure against infrared missiles. Decoy flare thermal signature depends mainly on black body emission of carbon...

    Sherif Elbasuney, Gharieb S. El-Sayyad in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2020)

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    Synthesis of CuO-distributed carbon nanofiber: Alternative hybrid for solid propellants

    Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) possess superior catalytic abilities and high surface area. Moreover, energetic particles can be loaded on them by acting as carriers. The current study reports an electroless plating,...

    Sherif Elbasuney, Mohamed Gobara in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2020)

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    Controllable synthesis of Co1−x MxFe2O4 nanoparticles (M = Zn, Cu, and Mn; x = 0.0 and 0.5) by cost-effective sol–gel approach: analysis of structure, elastic, thermal, and magnetic properties

    Substitutions of cations were considered to be the main way for improving the performance of ferrite nanocrystalline structures. In this paper, non-magnetic and magnetic ions were conducted to substitute cobal...

    M. I. A. Abdel Maksoud, Gharieb S. El-Sayyad in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2020)

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    Novel nanocomposite decoy flare based on super-thermite and graphite particles

    Graphite has attracted scientific interest due to its exceptional physical and chemical properties. On combustion, graphite particles offer high emissivity as a black body; therefore, it can find wide applicat...

    Sherif Elbasuney, Amr A. Elmotaz in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2020)

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    Influence of Mg2+ substitution on structural, optical, magnetic, and antimicrobial properties of Mn–Zn ferrite nanoparticles

    Superparamagnetic nanoparticles (NPs) have a prominent interest from researchers in the field of industrial and biomedical applications. Herein, Mg2+-substituted Mn–Zn ferrites with nominal composition Mn0.5Zn0.5...

    M. I. A. Abdel Maksoud, Gharieb S. El-Sayyad in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2020)

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    Growth dynamics of CBD-assisted CuS nanostructured thin-film: optical, dielectric and novel switchable device applications

    The microcrystal structure of copper sulfide (CuS) nano-structured ultra-thin film was prepared on glass substrate from aqueous ammonia solution and sodium hydroxide at 60 °C using a simple and cost-effective ...

    Geetha Govindasamy, Kaushik Pal in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2019)

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    Incorporation of Mn2+ into cobalt ferrite via sol–gel method: insights on induced changes in the structural, thermal, dielectric, and magnetic properties

    Precise tailoring of nanostructured cobalt ferrite paves the way to design and develop devices for stress and noncontact torque sensors. Herein, Mn2+ ions are inserted into cobalt ferrite with different ratios us...

    M. I. A. Abdel Maksoud, Ahmed El-ghandour in Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology (2019)

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    Layer-by-layer preparation and characterization of recyclable nanocomposite (CoxNi1−xFe2O4; X = 0.9/SiO2/TiO2)

    Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanocomposites have been extensively employed in many fundamental optoelectronic and photocatalytic applications due to their outstanding optical, electronic and chemical properties. In th...

    M. Abd Elkodous, Gharieb S. El-Sayyad in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2019)

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    Tunable structures of copper substituted cobalt nanoferrites with prospective electrical and magnetic applications

    Spinel ferrites (SFs) show high potential in different aspects of modern technology. Particularly, copper ferrite represents a promising electrode material for supercapacitors and lithium based batteries. This...

    M. I. A. Abdel Maksoud, Ahmed El-ghandour in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2019)