Parametric optimisation of microhardness on heat-treated electroless Ni-YSZ cermet coating by Baba, N. Bahiyah, Ghazali, A. S., Abdul Rahman, A. H., Sharif, S.

“…Heat treatment is a process to increase the mechanical properties of the electroless nickel coating and it can be enhanced by manipulating its parameters. …”

Study of Sb effects on the electrical properties of Ni doped CoSb3 nanostructures by Du, Hongtao.

“…This project was designed to investigate the antimony content effect and nickel doping effect on the electrical properties of Ni-doped CoSb3 ( Ni1.25Co2.75Sb12) nanostructures. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigation of deep cold rolling on Ni-based super alloy by Lee, Zi Kang

“…Besides, optical microscope and Scan Electron Microscope was adopted to investigate the effect of DCR process on the microstructure of Nickel-based Superalloy specimen.…”
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Magneto-optical response in bimetallic metamaterials by Atmatzakis, Evangelos, Papasimakis, Nikitas, Fedotov, Vassili, Vienne, Guillaume, Zheludev, Nikolay I.

“…This metamaterial design allows the optimization of the trade-off between the enhancement of magneto-optical effects and plasmonic dissipation. Nickel sections corresponding to as little as ~6% of the total surface of the metamaterial result in magneto-optically induced polarization rotation equal to that of a continuous nickel film. …”
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Noble metal and enzymatic catalysts for plating and biofuel cell by Tan, Desmond Chun Long

“…This project reports a facile and highly active Pd-P electrocatalyst that is capable of substituting the conventional Pd-Sn electrocatalyst employed in the current electroless nickel deposition process. For hypophosphite oxidation in nickel bath solution, the resulting Pd-P nanoparticles exhibited comparable specific activity and higher mass activity, compared to conventional Pd-Sn electrocatalyst. …”
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Anisotropic conductive adhesive for micro joining in semiconductor interconnects application (solder alternative for fine pitch & environment friendly IC packaging) by Goh, Chin Foo

“…Therefore, the main objectives of this project are to develop nanosized hollow silica microspheres and encapsulate nickel with these microspheres. By using these encapsulated nickel particles as fillers in ACA interconnection, long-term reliability of ACA joints can be improved.…”
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Self-steerable propulsion of disk-like micro-craft with dual off-center nanoengines by Hu, Liangxing, Tao, Kai, Lim, Yu Dian, Miao, Jianmin, Kim, Young Jin

“…This paper reports a novel disk-like micro-craft with dual off-center nozzle nanoengines, consisting of three different metals: gold, nickel, and platinum. A bubble propulsion mechanism originating from momentum change induced by the detachment of oxygen bubbles is proposed to elaborate the self-steerable propulsion of the disk-like gold-nickel-platinum micro-craft. …”
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New material brazing by Sivaprasaath, Chandrasagaran

“…All obtained results were compared with industry brazes to determine satisfaction level. Nickel-Chromium-Niobium was sandwiched between two Inconel 718 samples as vacuum brazed. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of symmetrically tubular LSCM-based composite solid oxide electrolyzer cell by Chiam, Dean Tee Eng

“…Conventional fuel electrode that utilizes Nickel / Yttria stabilised zirconia (Ni/YSZ) material faces the issue of oxidization of nickel (Ni), whose compounds blocks the triple phase boundary (TPB) area crucial for the reactions to take place at the fuel electrode. …”
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Titanium Alloys : Basics and Applications / by Cao, Peng, author 648982, World Scientific Publishing (Online Service) 655473

“…At just half the weight of steel and nickel-based superalloys, titanium and its alloys stand out primarily due to their excellent corrosion resistance, high strength, and low density. …”
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2D materials for catalyst of O2 generation by Lau, Zhan Siang

“…The report aims to evaluate the electrochemical performance of amorphous mesoporous Nickel Phosphate doped with 0%, 5% and 15% Iron as a low cost electrocatalyst to replace the noble metals in electrocatalysis. …”
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Optimization of thermal & insulation properties of Ni/ZrO2 functionally graded material by Tan, Jian Fong.

“…In this project, the objective is to determine the optimized composition of the Ni/ZrO2 FGM for a nickel plate that would result in the lowest and more uniformly distributed stress in the structure under thermal loading using FEM. …”
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Laser deep-hole drilling of aerospace materials by Yeo, Chin Yong.

“…Experimental investigations of deep-hole drilling of two aerospace materials, Inconel 718 Nickel-based superalloy and E52100 high carbon steel, were conducted using a pulsed solid state NdrYAG laser. …”
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Purification of miraculin from miracle fruit [Synsepalum dulcifium (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell] by He, Zuxing

“…Immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC) with nickel-NTA was employed for miraculin purification from the extract of the pulp with optimization. …”
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Effect of solution treatment on high tempreature oxidation of Fe-33Ni-19Cr alloys Fe-40Ni-24Cr alloys. by Parimin, Noraziana

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Development of metal silicides for deep submicron polycrystalline silicon gate by Pang, Chong Hau

“…Generally, Titanium disilicides and Cobalt disilicides are widely utilized on transistors while Nickel monosilicides (NiSi) are still under intense investigation for future transistor technology. …”
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Numerical simulation of effective heat recapture ammonia pyrolysis system for hydrogen energy by Lim, Jian Tiong, Ng, Eddie Yin Kwee, Saeedipour, Hamid, Lee, Hiang Kwee

“…Parameters such as activation energy and pre-exponential factor were provided by a study utilizing a nickel wire for (Formula presented.) decomposition experiments. …”
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Energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials by Tan, Kian Tong.

“…The experiment involves a human test subject charging a rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride battery by stepping on the piezoelectric material. …”
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Schottky barrier engineering on dopant-segregated schottky silicon nanowire MOSFETs by Chin, Yoke King

“…However, due to the one dimensional nature of nanowire, the resistance at the nanowire source/drain (S/D) extension is inherently high. Nickel silicide (NiSi) Schottky S/D is introduced to address this issue. 2 potential challenges associated with NiSi Schottky S/D are: (1) rapid NiSi intrusion into the silicon nanowire channel during silicidation and (2) the existence of a Schottky barrier which leads to increased contact resistance.…”
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Optical and core-level X-ray spectroscopy of correlated two-dimensional materials by Occhialini, Connor Alexander

“…We next investigate the broader class of triangular lattice nickel dihalides, NiX₂ (X = Cl, Br, I), to identify the origin of sharp optical excitations, i.e. excitons, in nickel-based vdW magnets. …”
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