A polyacrylonitrile-based carbon fiber modified with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) was prepared in this paper. Three chitosan derivatives, phthaloyl chitosan (PhthCS), naphthoyl chitosan and carboxymethyl chitosan, ...

Gallium boron phosphate, (Ga0.71B0.29)PO4, was synthesized by a high-temperature solid-state reaction method. The crystal structure is isostructural with the tetragonal high-cristobalite structure with space group P (4) ...

First-principles calculations are used to study the elastic, electronic, vibrational and thermodynamic properties of the rare earth intermetallic YbAl3 under pressure up to 41.9 GPa. Using the total energy calculations ...

TiO2 loaded with crystalline nano silver (c-Ag/TiO2) was successfully synthesized by a one-step low-temperature hydrothermal method in aqueous solution using tetra-n-butyl titanate and AgNO3 as precursors. The structure ...

The influence of Si in Sb2Te3 on structure and phase stability was studied by experiments and ab initio calculations. With the increase of Si content in Sb2Te3 samples, the crystallization temperature increases and the ...

Boron nitride (BN) coatings were prepared by low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) using boron trichloride (BCl(3))-ammonia (NH(3))-hydrogen (H(2))-argon (Ar) mixture gases. Thermodynamic analysis indicated that ...

A new chitosan bead was successfully prepared by simply dropping acidic chitosan solution into 0.5 wt % alkaline cellulose solution. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis and the scanning electron microscope ...

The phase stability and bond character of mInSb.nInTe (m = 1, n = 2 or 3) phase-change materials have been investigated by means of ab initio calculations. The results show that In(3)SbTe(2) (IST312) is a metastable phase ...

A facile and straightforward approach for the preparation of graphene oxide-triggered self-assembly of natural tripeptide glutathione gels with different structures is reported. The morphologies of glutathione/graphene ...