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Open AccessContribution of boundary non-stoichiometry to the lower-temperature plasticity in high-pressure sintered boron carbide
The improvement of non-oxide ceramic plasticity while maintaining the high-temperature strength is a great challenge through the classical strategy, which generally includes decreasing grain size to several na...
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Open AccessThe combined effects of temperature and salinity on the digestion and respiration metabolism of Pinctada fucata
The combined effects of temperature and salinity on the digestion and respiration metabolism of Pinctada fucata were evaluated via response surface methodology and box-benhnken design under laboratory condition. ...
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Synthesis of boron nitride nanosheets incorporated with Pd nanoparticles for reduction of nitroaromatics
As an analogous to graphene, hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs) posses interesting and unique properties. Here, we successfully exfoliated commercial h-BN powder to BNNSs with large lateral sizes of 20...
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Microstructure and Mechanical Property of (TiNbTaZrHf)C Synthesized by In-situ Reaction
The (TiNbTaZrHf)C high entropy carbide(HEC) was successfully synthesized by complete commercial transition metal powders, obtained fine sintered bulks without additives by in-situ reaction element synthesis me...
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High Water Temperature Induces Jaw Deformity and Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) Gene Expression in Golden Pompano Trachinotus ovatus Larvae
Deformity during the early development of golden pompano Trachinotus ovatus has significantly influenced the production capacity of a fish hatchery. However, factors leading to skeletal deformity in this species ...
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Transcriptional Response of Golden Pompano Trachinotus ovatus Larvae to Temperature
The molecular response pattern of golden pompano Trachinotus ovatus larvae under temperature stress is reviewed in this chapter. Gene ontology (GO) analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) anal...
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Twist Gene in Golden Pompano Trachinotus ovatus Larvae
In this chapter, the twist gene and its expression pattern in golden pompano are discussed. The golden pompano twist cDNA of 880 bp contains an open reading frame of 507 nucleotides encoding a protein of 168 amin...
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Transcriptional analysis reveals physiological response to acute acidification stress of barramundi Lates calcarifer (Bloch) in coastal areas
To understand the physiological response of estuarine fish to acidification, barramundi (Lates calcarifer) juveniles were exposed to acidified seawater in experimental conditions. The molecular response of barram...
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High-pressure Sintering of Boron Carbide-Titanium Diboride Composites and Its Densification Mechanism
A high-pressure hot-pressing process was applied to densify a commercial boron carbide-titanium diboride (B4C-TiB2) powder mixture. Nearly fully dense (98.6%) materials were obtained at 1 700 °C under a pressure ...
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Aqueous Sn-S Complex Derived Electron Selective Layer for Perovskite Solar Cells
A novel aqueous Sn-S complex solution was applied as precursor to fabricate SnO2 electron selective layers (ESLs) for the hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The tin and sulfur powder were directly dissolved in...
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The Impact Failure and Energy Dissipation Mechanism of Polyethylene Laminates
The damage mechanism and energy dissipation of the Polyethylene (PE) laminates in impacting was investigated. It was found that the dissipated energy of the impacting sphere bullet by the 1-mm-thick PE plate f...
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Open AccessSol-gel Autocombustion Synthesis of Nanocrystalline High-entropy Alloys
A reduction in the particle size is expected to improve the properties and increase the application potential of high-entropy alloys. Therefore, in this study, a novel sol–gel autocombustion technique was firs...
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Open AccessSintering boron carbide ceramics without grain growth by plastic deformation as the dominant densification mechanism
A new ceramic sintering approach employing plastic deformation as the dominant mechanism is proposed, at low temperature close to the onset point of grain growth and under high pressure. Based on this route, f...
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Fluoridation of hydroxyapatite with addition of TiF4 and develo** the mechanical properties by pressureless sintering
Hydroxyapatite [Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2] powder was sintered with addition of aluminumisoproxide (C9H21AlO3) 4 wt % and various wt % of titanium fluoride TiF4. The prepared pellets were sintered at 1250°C temperature. Th...
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Preparation of nano-sized zirconium carbide powders through a novel active dilution self-propagating high temperature synthesis method
High quality nano-sized zirconium carbide (ZrC) powders were successfully fabricated via a developed chemical active dilution self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) method assisted by ball milling p...
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Hydrothermal synthesis and electrochemical performance of Mn-doped V6O13 as cathode material for lithium-ion battery
MnxV6−xO13 (x = 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04) were successfully synthesized via a simple hydrothermal method followed by heat-treatment. Both crystal domain size, electronic conductivity and the lithium diffusion coeff...
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Effects of heating rate on alumina grain growth
A rapid-heating method in the absence of electric/magnetic field was achieved by introducing a self-propagating-combustion (SHS) as heating source. The effect of heating rate on the alumina grain growth was ex...
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Effects of Al addition on the microstructure and properties of Nb/Nb5Si3 in situ composites fabricated via spark plasma sintering
Dense Nb/Nb5Si3 composites were fabricated via spark plasma sintering technology using Nb, Si, and Al elemental powders as raw materials. The microstructures of the synthesised composites were analyzed through sc...
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Solvothermal synthesis and electrochemical performance of Ag-doped V6O13 as cathode material for lithium-ion battery
For the first time, belt-like V6O13 precursor was synthesized via a simple solvothermal method. Rod-like Ag-doped V6O13 was successfully synthesized by this method followed by heating at 350 °C. Both crystal doma...