TL;DR: The corrosion behavior of FeCoNiCrCux high-entropy alloys in 3.5% NaCl solution is reported in this paper, and the corrosion resistance has been evaluated using immersion tests and potentiodynamic polarization measurements.

TL;DR: In this paper, the reduction of silver salt in aqueous PVA with SFS is done for the first ever time, and the solutions and the films are characterized by using UV-vis, photoluminescence (PL), FTIR spectroscopy, XRD, SEM, TEM and thermal analysis.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple method to produce silver nanoparticles through AgNO3 chemical reduction in a continuous media is presented, where Aminosilanes act as catalytic reactors and superficial modifiers of Ag nanoparticles, inhibiting their growth and avoiding aggregation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of pyridine derivatives on the corrosion of carbon steel in 2M HCl solutions has been studied by electrochemical polarization method (potentiodynamic, Tafel extrapolation) as well as weight loss method.

TL;DR: In this paper, a vertical aligned CuO nanorod arrays on copper electrodes with diameters of ∼5nm and lengths of hundreds of nanometers were synthesized successfully using a simple wet chemical method at room temperature.

TL;DR: In this paper, polyaniline (PANI) was synthesized with inorganic acids (HCl, H2SO4 and H3PO4) by using solid-state polymerization method.

TL;DR: The poly(ether-ether-ketone) (PEEK) polymer filled with nano-sized silica or alumina measuring 15-30 nm to 2.5-10 wt.% SiO2 or Al2O3 nanoparticles exhibit the optimum improvement of hardness, elastic modulus, and tensile strength by 20-50%, with the sacrifice of tensile ductility as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, a method for the coating fabrication is based on the electrochemical deposition of chitosan and electrophoretic deposition of hydroxyapatite (HA) powders.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple method to synthesize size-controlled amorphous selenium nanoparticles by chemical reduction at room temperature was developed, where the particle size control can be achieved by adjusting the key element of this synthetic system, the sodium thiosulfate as the reducing agent with the aid of the surfactant stabilizers.

TL;DR: In this paper, a reduction of the silver salt in aqueous aniline leads to the formation of silver nanoparticles which in turn catalyze oxidation of anilines to polyaniline.

TL;DR: In this article, Fe-doped mesoporous titanium dioxide nanocrystalline photocatalysts were prepared by the sol-gel method and as-prepared samples were characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD), XPS and N2 adsorption-desorption measurements.

TL;DR: In this paper, the formation of nanocrystalline ferrite phase is observed after 3h of milling and its content increases with milling time, and the structural and microstructural evolution of the nanophase have been studied by X-ray powder diffraction and the Rietveld method.

TL;DR: In this article, microstructural change during the hydrothermal and post-heat-treatments was studied for well-defined sodium contained (i.e., partially ion-exchanged) nanotubes, with nominal composition of ∼H 1.5 Na 0.5 Ti 3 O 7.

TL;DR: The durability of ground granulated blast furnace slag concretes and the corrosion behavior of reinforced concrete beams under various loading ratios were investigated in this article, where a direct current was applied to accelerate the corrosion process.

TL;DR: In this paper, a noncovalent modification of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) with the dispersant of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was fabricated.

TL;DR: In this paper, a cadmium sulfide (CdS) film was prepared by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis (USP) technique onto glass substrates at different temperatures ranging from 473 to 623 K in 50 K steps.

TL;DR: In this paper, the hot corrosion behavior of various Fe-Cr, Fe-Al and NiAl model alloys was investigated in air with a surface deposit of NaCl-KCl melt.

TL;DR: In this article, the structure, morphologies, composition, and properties of the as-synthesized SnS and SnS 2 products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and high-resolution TEM (HRTEM), and Raman Spectroscopy, which showed that SnS nanoparticles possessed a multilayer nanostructure with an average diameter of 30-100nm.

TL;DR: In this article, the preparation of ultrafine silver powder with chemical reduction method was investigated, where AgNO 3 with ascorbic acid gives polyhedron monodispersed ultrafine Silver powder.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the normal melt-quench technique to obtain the optical absorption spectra of the glasses with compositions 20MO· x Bi 2 O 3 ·(80− x )B 2 O3 (M = Ba, Sr) with 10−≤− x  Â≤ 60 (in mol%) and measured the optical band gap for indirect allowed and indirect forbidden transitions using available theories The origin of the Urbach energy is associated with the phonon assisted indirect transitions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the corrosion behavior of N80 tube steel in simulant static solution with carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) at a temperature of 100 °C.

TL;DR: Sulfonated polystyrene (PS) microspheres have been used as template to produce hollow polyaniline (PANI) and hollow polypyrrole (PPY) micro-spheres in the size of range 2.2-3.4μm in diameter.

TL;DR: In this article, an iridium-tin oxide solid solution with a rutile structure can be produced using the modified polyol method, with a linear relationship between the lattice parameters and composition.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of zinc ion substitution on the electrical properties of samples is investigated indicating, that the ac conductivity as well as dielectric constant are nearly constant for small Zn ion concentration, while they increase at high Zn content.

TL;DR: In this article, anodic aluminum oxide (AAO2O) was used as a template to prepare highly ordered Ni-Fe-Co alloy nanowire arrays and a two-step anodizing method was used to obtain an optimum barrier thickness to obtain a successful electrodeposition in pores of AAO.

TL;DR: In this paper, single-crystalline α-MnO 2 nanorods were prepared by reducing KMnO 4 with graphite in concentrated H 2 SO 4 solution at 0°C.

TL;DR: In this article, polystyrene/TiO2 nanocomposite particles were characterized by means of FTIR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA).

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol (PAN) and the complex of various concentrations of PAN and NaCl on the corrosion of cold rolled steel in 0.5 m sulfuric acid have been investigated by using weight loss and polarization method.

TL;DR: In this paper, the gas sensitivity of Sb-doped ZnO nanoparticles to volatile organic compounds (VOCs), benzene, toluene, xylene, acetone and alcohol, as a function of temperature, was measured, and compared to undoped Sb nanoparticles.