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Florentina Monica Raduly, Valentin Raditoiu, Alina Raditoiu, Violeta Purcar, Georgiana Ispas, Adriana Nicoleta Frone, Raluca Augusta Gabor and Cristian-Andi Nicolae
The recent development of the ?eco-friendly? current has brought to the attention of researchers natural dyes that are biodegradable, do not cause allergies and generally have anti-UV protection, and antioxidant and antibacterial properties. In this stud...
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Francesca Sbardella, Lucilla Pronti, Maria Laura Santarelli, José Marìa Asua Gonzàlez and Maria Paola Bracciale
The application of coating polymers to building materials is a simple and cheap way to preserve and protect surfaces from weathering phenomena. Due to its environmentally friendly character, waterborne coating is the most popular type of coating, and imp...
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Tomasz L. Brzezinka, Jeff Rao, Mohamad Chowdhury, Joern Kohlscheen, German S. Fox Rabinovich, Stephen C. Veldhuis and Jose L. Endrino
Combinatorial deposition, comprising filtered cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA) and physical vapor deposition (PVD) magnetron sputtering is employed to deposit molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) and titanium (Ti) thin films onto TiB2-coated tool inserts specifically ...
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Angels Serra, Xavier Ramis and Xavier Fernández-Francos
Sol-gel methodologies are advantageous in the preparation of hybrid materials in front of the conventional addition of nanoparticles, because of the fine dispersion of the inorganic phase that can be reached in epoxy matrices. In addition, the use of org...
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Giulio Malucelli
This paper reviews the current state of the art related to the synthesis and characterization of hybrid organic-inorganic (O/I) coatings obtained through the exploitation of dual-cure processes, which involve a photo-induced polymerization followed by a ...
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Rita B. Figueira, Isabel R. Fontinha, Carlos J. R. Silva and Elsa V. Pereira
Corrosion degradation of materials and metallic structures is one of the major issues that give rise to depreciation of assets, causing great financial outlays in their recovery and or prevention. Therefore, the development of active corrosion protection...
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Rita B. Figueira, Carlos J. R. Silva and Elsa V. Pereira
Previous studies have shown that the barrier effect and the performance of organic-inorganic hybrid (OIH) sol-gel coatings are highly dependent on the coating deposition method as well as on the processing conditions. However, studies on how the coating ...
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Manasa Hegde, Yvonne Kavanagh, Brendan Duffy and Edmond F. Tobin
AA2024-T3 are widely used in various applications because of their exceptional physical properties. However, they are susceptible to corrosion and cavitation erosion in aggressive environments due to high concentration of copper. Sol-gel coatings in the ...
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Mustafa Çakir
This study describes preparation and characterization of fluorine-containing organic-inorganic hybrid coatings. The organic part consists of bisphenol-A glycerolate (1 glycerol/phenol) diacrylate resin and 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate reactive diluent. The ...
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Arumugam Madhan Kumar, Akeem Yusuf Adesina, Jothi Veeramani, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman and J. S. Nirmal Ram
Hybrid treatments consisting of surface modification and subsequent protective coatings have gained extensive attention among corrosion mitigation approaches for a wide variety of structural metallic materials. This study aims to review the enhancement o...
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Eric Villeneuve, Caroline Blackburn and Christophe Volat
In order to study ice protection systems for rotating blades, a new experimental setup has been developed at the Anti-Icing Materials International Laboratory (AMIL). This system consists of two small-scale rotating blades in a refrigerated icing wind tu...
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Mariaenrica Frigione and Mariateresa Lettieri
In order to protect a material belonging to Cultural Heritage (i.e., stone, wood) from weathering, and in turn to preserve its beauty and historical value for the future generations, the contact with external harmful agents, particularly water, must be a...
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Rohit Khanna, Joo L. Ong, Ebru Oral and Roger J. Narayan
Current trends in total hip arthroplasty (THA) are to develop novel artificial hip joints with high wear resistance and mechanical reliability with a potential to last for at least 25?30 years for both young and old active patients. Currently used artifi...
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Jicheng Ding, Tengfei Zhang, Je Moon Yun, Myung Chang Kang, Qimin Wang and Kwang Ho Kim
CrN and Cr-Al-Si-N coatings were deposited on SUS304 and Si-wafers by a hybrid coating system. The Cr and Al-Si target were connected to the cathode arc ion plating (AIP) and high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS), respectively. Various Al and ...
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Violeta Purcar, Valentin Raditoiu, Florentina Monica Raduly, Alina Radi?oiu, Mihai Anastasescu, Monica Popa, Simona Caprarescu, Raluca Somoghi, Mariana Constantin, Cristina Firinca and Georgiana Cornelia Ispas
The main goal of this study was to present a facile and inexpensive approach for the preparation of hybrid coatings by the deposition under ambient air conditions of silver-based silica materials on glass substrates, which can be used to improve solar ce...
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Masafumi Yamazaki, Aleksandar Jemcov and Hirotaka Sakaue
Icing on an aircraft is the cause of numerous adverse effects on aerodynamic performance. Although the issue was recognized in the 1920s, the icing problem is still an area of ongoing research due to the complexity of the icing phenomena. This review art...
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Xin Guo, Xiangqian Quan, Zizheng Li, Qiang Li, Binzhi Zhang, Xin Zhang and Chi Song
Broadband anti-reflection (AR) coatings are essential elements for improving the photocurrent generation of photovoltaic modules and enhancing visibility in optical devices. In this paper, we report a hybrid-structured, anti-reflection coating that combi...
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Tomasz M. Majka, Monika Witek, Paulina Radzik, Karolina Komisarz, Agnieszka Mitoraj and Krzysztof Pielichowski
Nowadays, increasing attention is devoted to the search for polymeric composite materials that are characterized by reduced flammability. In this work, the layer-by-layer (LbL) technique was applied to form multilayered protective coatings for polyamide ...
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Hui Wang and Qinghua Qin
As a heterogeneous material, functionally graded material (FGM) behaves as continuously changed material properties in certain directions from one composition to another, and hence it has received much more attention for biomedical applications and therm...
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Imane Bouabibsa, Salim Lamri and Frederic Sanchette
Metal containing hydrogenated diamond-like carbon coatings (Me-DLC, Me = Al, Ti, or Nb) of 3 ± 0.2 μm thickness were deposited by a magnetron sputtering-RFPECVD hybrid process in an Ar/H2/C2H2 mixture. The composition and structure were investi...
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