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Oxide Coatings (oxide + coating)

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Polymers and Materials Science83%

Selected Abstracts

Interfacial Microstructure of Chromium Oxide Coatings,

ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS, Issue 7 2007
X. Pang
This paper presents a study of chromium oxide coatings' interfacial microstructure and structural properties affecting coating performance. Amorphous chromium and chromium oxide layers about 100 nm thick were detected at the Cr/steel and the Cr/coating interfaces, providing a solution for depositing thicker mechanically stable coatings with improved hardness, smaller grain size, and smooth surface. [source]

Layer-By-Layer Dendritic Growth of Hyperbranched Thin Films for Surface Sol,Gel Syntheses of Conformal, Functional, Nanocrystalline Oxide Coatings on Complex 3D (Bio)silica Templates

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Issue 17 2009
Guojie Wang
Abstract Here, a straightforward and general method for the rapid dendritic amplification of accessible surface functional groups on hydroxylated surfaces is described, with focus on its application to 3D biomineral surfaces. Reaction of hydroxyl-bearing silica surfaces with an aminosilane, followed by alternating exposure to a dipentaerythritol-derived polyacrylate solution and a polyamine solution, allows the rapid, layer-by-layer (LBL) build-up of hyperbranched polyamine/polyacrylate thin films. Characterization of such LBL-grown thin films by AFM, ellipsometry, XPS, and contact angle analyses reveals a stepwise and spatially homogeneous increase in film thickness with the number of applied layers. UV,Vis absorption analyses after fluorescein isothiocyanate labeling indicate that significant amine amplification is achieved after the deposition of only 2 layers with saturation achieved after 3,5 layers. Use of this thin-film surface amplification technique for hydroxyl-enrichment of biosilica templates facilitates the conformal surface sol,gel deposition of iron oxide that, upon controlled thermal treatment, is converted into a nanocrystalline (,9.5,nm) magnetite (Fe3O4) coating. The specific adsorption of arsenic onto such magnetite-coated frustules from flowing, arsenic-bearing aqueous solutions is significantly higher than for commercial magnetite nanoparticles (,50,nm in diameter). [source]

Compositionally Graded Aluminum Oxide Coatings on Stainless Steel Using Laser Processing

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 7 2007
Partha P. Bandyopadhyay
A 1.5 mm thick fully dense alumina coating with a composition gradient from 100% Ni,20 wt% Cr at the substrate to 100% alumina on top has been developed on a 316 stainless steel sheet using Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENSÔ). The gradient coatings showed hardness in the range of 1800,2000 Hv, one of the highest reported so far due to high-density layers. During laser deposition, ,-Al2O3 found to grow along the deposition direction with coarse columnar structure. The inherent advantage of this approach is to control simultaneously both location and composition leading to better interfacial properties of coatings. [source]

Kinetics of Electrophoretic Deposition for Nanocrystalline Zinc Oxide Coatings

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 1 2004
Yuan-Chung Wang
An integrated process combining the preparation of ZnO nanoparticles and the formation of ZnO coatings using electrophoretic deposition (EPD) is reported. The work focuses on the deposition kinetics of nanocrystalline ZnO coatings on copper electrodes during EPD by direct measurement of the thickness of the deposited layer. The experimental results show that the EPD process is a powerful route to fabricate uniform coatings with desired thickness and excellent surface smoothness, which might be attributed to small particle size and narrow size distribution. On the other hand, the deposition kinetics changes with applied voltage and deposition time. The deposition thickness increases with increasing applied voltage and deposition time. In a short deposition time, the deviation of deposition rate between the theoretical and experimental values is caused by voltage drops during deposition, and the discrepancy increases with the applied voltage. Moreover, the increasing voltage drop and depletion of the suspension lead to decreasing current and lower deposition rate after longer deposition time. The critical transition time of deposition kinetics is found to exponentially decrease with increasing applied voltage. [source]

Transluzente oxidfaserverstärkte Glasmatrix-Verbundwerkstoffe

MATERIALWISSENSCHAFT UND WERKSTOFFTECHNIK, Issue 7 2003
P. Fehling
glass composites; fiber coating; atomic force microscopy; chemical vapour deposition Abstract Das Ziel der Untersuchungen ist die Entwicklung von transparenten Glasmatrix-Kompositen. Neben den mechanischen müssen dazu auch die optischen Eigenschaften der Komponenten aneinander angepaßt werden. Der Einfluß unterschiedlicher Faserbeschichtungen (Bornitrid-, Titandioxid-Einzelbeschichtung oder Bornitrid/Titandioxid-Doppelbeschichtung) auf die mechanischen und optischen Eigenschaften von Nextel 440-Faser verstärktem Glas wird untersucht. Mikromechanische Untersuchungen (push-in Tests) und 3-Punktbiegeversuche erbrachten die größte Verbesserung der Bruchzähigkeit für die Verbunde mit Bornitrid/Titandioxid-doppelbeschichteten Fasern. Die Verbunde mit Bornitrid bzw. Titandioxid Einzelschichten wurden durch Transmissionsmessungen im sichtbaren Spektralbereich charakterisiert. Translucent oxide fiber reinforced glasmatrix composites The aim of the work is the developement of transparent glass matrix composites. Therefore besides the mechanical properties also the optical properties of the components have to be adapted. In this study the influence of different fiber coatings (boron nitride, titanium oxide and a boron nitride/titanium oxide double coating) on the mechanical and optical properties of Nextel 440-fiber reinforced glass was investigated. Micromechanical investigations (push-in-tests) and 3-point-bending tests have shown the best improvement of the fracture toughness for the binary boron nitride/titanium oxide coating. For single coatings of boron nitride or titanium oxide the transparency was characterized by the transmission spectra. [source]

Eolian Transport of Geogenic Hexavalent Chromium to Ground Water

GROUND WATER, Issue 1 2010
Warren W. Wood
A conceptual model of eolian transport is proposed to address the widely distributed, high concentrations of hexavalent chromium (Cr+6) observed in ground water in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Concentrations (30 to more than 1000 ,g/L Cr+6) extend over thousands of square kilometers of ground water systems. It is hypothesized that the Cr is derived from weathering of chromium-rich pyroxenes and olivines present in ophiolite sequence of the adjacent Oman (Hajar) Mountains. Cr+3 in the minerals is oxidized to Cr+6 by reduction of manganese and is subsequently sorbed on iron and manganese oxide coatings of particles. When the surfaces of these particles are abraded in this arid environment, they release fine, micrometer-sized, coated particles that are easily transported over large distances by wind and subsequently deposited on the surface. During ground water recharge events, the readily soluble Cr+6 is mobilized by rain water and transported by advective flow into the underlying aquifer. Chromium analyses of ground water, rain, dust, and surface (soil) deposits are consistent with this model, as are electron probe analyses of clasts derived from the eroding Oman ophiolite sequence. Ground water recharge flux is proposed to exercise some control over Cr+6 concentration in the aquifer. [source]