The bulk properties of β-Ga2O3 are sensitive to temperature and atmosphere; therefore, suitable annealing conditions are required. This study was performed to investigate the effects of annealing conditions on the (201) ...

In the present work poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogels were obtained by freezing/thawing technique. The effect of thermal treatment on its performance was studied by annealing the hydrogels at five different temperatures, ...

Polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) based on biopolyelectrolytes are highly appealing for the surface engineering of biomaterials and the tuning of cell response and phenotypes for biomedical applications. However, cell ...

The development of antifouling coatings with restricted cell and bacteria adherence is fundamental for many biomedical applications. A strategy for the fabrication of antifouling coatings based on the layer-by-layer assembly ...

In this work the determination of optimally located pipeline networks has been proposed by means of the implementation of a metaheuristic algorithm called Simulated Annealing with GAMS (SAG) in order to find the best ...

Samples taken from a black pipeline liner that became fragile while in service were analyzed by a Successive Self-Nucleation and Annealing (SSA) technique. Two types of polyethylene, Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and ...

In pseudoelastic alloys, a fine-grained microstructure implies restrictions on the propagation and shrinkage of the martensitic phase. Thus, the pseudoelastic effect is adversely affected. For this reason, thermomechanical ...

This study developed a reinforced steel rod bending machine for rods with diameters of up to 8 mm and annealed wire cutter for up to 5 kg for replacing manual intervention required to bend rods in reinforced concrete ...