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Microstructure of Batch Hot-Dip Zn-5 Wt Pct Al Coatings: Comparison of Ball-Milling Pretreatment and Conventional Pretreatment
Instead of pickling and solvent fluxing in the conventional batch hot-dip galvanizing, ball-milling pretreatment was used to study the crystal orientation of the Q235 steel surface and the structure growth of ...
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Open AccessBlack TiO2-based nanoparticles as Toll-like receptor stimulator delivery system for enhanced photothermal-immunotherapy of pancreatic cancer
The tumor-specific immune responses, essential for removing residual lesions and preventing tumor metastases, can be stimulated by tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) released following photothermal therapy (PTT)...
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Effect of Pre-oxidation Condition on the Microstructure of a Hot-Dip Galvanized Coating on Nodular Cast Iron
In this paper, the pre-oxidation products, surface silicon content, hot-dip galvanized layer structure and corrosion resistance of nodular cast iron pre-oxidized by sodium bicarbonate were studied by scanning ...
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Synergistic Effect of Lanthanum and Melt Purification on the Microstructure of Hypereutectic Al–Si Alloy
The synergistic effect of lanthanum and melt purification on the microstructure of hypereutectic Al–Si alloy was investigated by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectroscopy,...
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Effect of Self-Inoculation Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Eutectic Al–Si Alloy
Eutectic Al–Si alloy was self-inoculated by spheroidized Al–12.6Si alloy. The microstructure and mechanical properties of self-inoculated eutectic Al–Si alloy were observed by optical microscopy, scanning elec...
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Effects of Cu Content on the Mechanical, Degradable, and Antibacterial Properties of the As-Cast Zn-3Al-xCu Alloys
Degradable zinc alloys are a new type of medical material that has great potentials to be used in bone implants. In this work, a series of degradable Zn-3Al-xCu (x = 0, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 wt.%) alloys were designe...
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Effect of Cooling Conditions on the Solidification Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Al–18Si Alloy
In this paper, the effects of cooling conditions on the solidification microstructure and mechanical properties of Al–18Si alloy were studied. Results show that the cooling rate up to about 250 K/s could be ob...
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Formation and fracture characteristics of friction stir lap joint of Alclad 2A12-T42 aluminum alloy at different tilt angles
The focus of the current investigation is on how tilt angle (TA) affects the formation and fracture characteristics of friction stir lap welded in 2A12-T42 aluminum alloy. The results demonstrated that as the ...
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Effect of KCl–ZnCl2 Ball-Milling Fluxing on Microstructure and Corrosion of Iron Ingot Hot-Dip Zinc Coating
In this study, scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and electrochemical workstation were used to study the effect of KCl–ZnCl2 ball-milling fluxing on...
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Segregation of Si and Mg at Fe(110)/Al(110) Interface
The interface structure and electronic properties of Fe(110)/Al(110) are investigated by the first-principles plane-wave pseudopotential method. The interface segregation position of Si and Mg is determined, a...
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The Influence of Al on the Surface Properties of the Hot-dip Galvanized Melt
Wettability of Zn-Al alloy melt on the pure iron substrate at 450 °C was studied. The effect of Al content (Zn, Zn-1Al, Zn-2Al, Zn-3Al, Zn-4Al, and Zn-5Al) on the wetting behavior and interfacial reaction was ...
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Effect of Surface Micromorphology and Roughness of Iron Ingot on Microstructures of Hot-Dip Galvanized Coating
This study uses ball milling instead of pickling pretreatment to investigate the effect of the surface micromorphology and roughness of the iron ingot on microstructures of the hot-dip galvanized coating. The ...
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Preparation of silver nanoparticles with ionic liquid-modified carbon dots: from mechanism to the application in H2O2 sensing
There has been growing interest in preparing silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) under mild conditions in short time and using AgNPs to detect hydrogen peroxide. Here, we report the facile preparation of AgNPs by co-...
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Effect of Complex Modification on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Hypoeutectic Al–Si
Hypoeutectic Al–Si alloy was modified by Al–5Ti and Al–3P alloys. The microstructure, fracture morphology, and mechanical properties of the alloys were characterized using optical microscopy, scanning electron...
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Effect of Mg on Microstructure and Growth Kinetics of Zn-22.3Al-1.1Si Coating
The effects of Mg on the microstructure and growth kinetics of the hot-dip Zn-22.3Al-1.1Si-x Mg (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6) coatings were investigated in detail. Scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive...
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Self-assembled nanoparticles for cellular delivery of peptide nucleic acid using amphiphilic N,N,N-trimethyl-O-alkyl chitosan derivatives
Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) holds enormous potentials as antisense/antigenic drug due to its specific binding ability and biostability with DNA or RNA. However, the poor cellular delivery is the key obstacle in...
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Effect of spheroidization of eutectic Si on mechanical properties of eutectic Al–Si alloys
Al–12.6Si was annealed at both 500 and 560 °C for different lengths of time in this study. Additionally, the effects of annealing treatment on the spheroidization of eutectic Si and the mechanical properties o...
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Probing the role of metal cations on the aggregation behavior of amyloid β-peptide at a single molecule level by AFM
With the development of nanotechnology, understanding of intermolecular interactions on a single molecule level by atomic force spectroscopy (AFM) has played an important role in molecular biology and biomedic...
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Phase Equilibria of the Sn–Ni–V System: The 980°C Isothermal Section and the Sn-Rich Corner at 600°C and 300°C
Ternary Sn–Ni–V alloys were prepared and annealed at 980°C, 600°C, and 300°C for 15, 60 and 60 days, respectively. The annealed alloys were metallographically examined and the equilibrium phases formed were id...
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Phase Equilibria of the Sn-Ni-V System at 800°C
Ternary Sn-Ni-V alloys were prepared and annealed at 800°C for 60 days. The annealed alloys were metallographically examined, and the equilibrium phases formed were identified on the basis of compositional det...