The use of non-thermal and atmospheric plasma has been growing in recent years. Applications in wound sterilisation, food decontamination, cleaning and the more traditional machining and deposition are just some of the ...

Thermoelectric material BiCuSeO used as a support and promoter for catalytic ethylene oxidation is reported here. The catalytic activity on the continuous and non-continuous catalyst Pt supported on BiCuSeO was observed ...

A pyroelectric coefficient enhanced 2-2 connectivity laminate composites' energy harvesting credentials have been assessed. The use of the electrothermal coupling factor for laminate composites (k(Lam)(2)) for such an ...

The phase transformations from amorphous to pyrochlore to perovskite in lead scandium tantalate (PST) thin films during rapid thermal annealing process (RTA) have been studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. The ...

The present work determines the non-isothermal cure parameters of aerogel/epoxy samples along with the effect of a wetting agent. The cure parameters were calculated using Kissinger and isoconversional methods after which ...

Excimer laser annealing has been used to convert low temperature (non-ferroelectric) deposited lead zirconate titanate (PZT) to the perovskite phase without significantly heating underlying layers. A pulse-extension technique ...

The single-layer thickness of Pb(Zr0.3Ti0.7)O3(PZT 30/70) thin films made by the sol-gel process is often restricted by the appearance of cracks when a single layer is thicker than 100 nm. Making a film with 1μm thick needs ...

A mathematical model has been developed to determine the pyroelectric coefficient (PY coef.) enhancement through secondary pyroelectric effect, utilizing a 2-2 connectivity of the pyroelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) ...

An innovative use of a thermoelectric material (BiCuSeO) as a support and promoter of catalysis for CO2 hydrogenation is reported here. It is proposed that the capability of thermoelectric materials to shift the Fermi level ...

The preparation of high-quality ferroelectric PbTiO3-based ultrathin films by chemical solution deposition. using a diol-based sol-gel method, has proved to be successful. However, there is a critical thickness below ...