Mechanical performance and microstructural development of MgO-SiO2-H2O systems by Sonat, Cem

“…Studies on the use of alternative silica sources such as RHA demonstrated that amorphous RHA can effectively be used as a silica source in MgO-SiO2 formulations to partially or fully replace microsilica. …”
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A cloud platform for sharing and automated analysis of raw data from high throughput polymer MD simulations by Xie, Tian, Kwon, Ha-Kyung, Schweigert, Daniel, Gong, Sheng, France-Lanord, Arthur, Khajeh, Arash, Crabb, Emily, Puzon, Michael, Fajardo, Chris, Powelson, Will, Shao-Horn, Yang, Grossman, Jeffrey C.

“…As an initial demonstration, our database includes 6286 molecular dynamics trajectories for amorphous polymer electrolytes (5.7 terabytes of data). …”
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Ion-exchange controlled surface engineering of cobalt phosphide nanowires for enhanced hydrogen evolution by Xu, Rongrong, Jiang, Tengfei, Fu, Zheng, Cheng, Ningyan, Zhang, Xingxiu, Zhu, Kun, Xue, Huaiguo, Wang, Wenjun, Tian, Jingqi, Chen, Peng

“…Herein, we demonstrate an ion-exchange strategy to produce cobalt phosphide nanowires which have a conductive core and a thickness-controlled surface layer with sulfur dopants, phosphorus vacancies, and amorphous domains. They are applied for hydrogen evolution reaction with high stability, achieving a current density of 100 mA cm-2 at an overpotential of 114 mV. …”
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Morphology investigation on direct growth ultra-long CNTs by chemical vapour deposition method for high performance HER applications by Thirumal, V., Yuvakkumar, R., Senthil Kumar, P., Rangasamy, G., Ravi, G., Isacfranklin, M., Velauthapillai, Dhayalan, Thambidurai, Muthuvelan, Nguyen, Hung D.

“…Moreover, the well-ordered growth of CNT was obtained in Ni-foam CNTs 1 and 2, whereas in the Ni foil CNTs 1 and 2 less growth of CNT and amorphous carbon sponge was exceeded, which was further confirmed by the SEM images. …”
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Electrically tunable steganographic nano-optical coatings by Prabhathan, Patinharekandy, Sreekanth, Kandammathe Valiyaveedu, Teng, Jinghua, Singh, Ranjan

“…We demonstrate that the line width of the Fano resonance can be dynamically tuned by switching the structural phase of PCM from amorphous to crystalline, which is crucial for obtaining high-purity colors. …”
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Development of carbon-based sensors using recycled ash by Lum, Lucas Yu Xiang

“…With the results corresponding to a microstructural change from amorphous carbon to nano-crystalline carbon as explained by the Raman data against the 3-stage model. …”
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Chemical analysis of silica doped hydroxyapatite biomaterials consolidated by a spark plasma sintering method by Xu, Jinling, Khor, Khiam Aik

“…The present study synthesized a novel nano-structured amorphous silica doped hydroxyapatite (HA) via an aqueous precipitation route. …”
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Titanium–aluminum–polytetrafluoroethylene coated stainless steel micromold via co-sputtering deposition : replication performance and limitation in hot-embossing by Hardt, David E., Chun, Jung H., Saha, Biswajit, Tor, Shu Beng, Liu, Erjia

“…It was observed that the Ti–Al–PTFE coatings were a mixture of carbide, PTFE-like material and amorphous carbon. The surface roughness of coated micromolds decreased with the increase in the PTFE concentration. …”
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Fabrication of water filter using silica powder from rice husk waste product under compaction method by Muslem, Muhammad Firdaus, Ahmad, Sufizar, Isamudin, Ikhwan, Abd Rahman, Hamimah, Mahzan, Shahruddin, Azmi, Mohd Azham, Ismail, Azzura, Sufi, Syahmie

“…This study, the type of silica which is amorphous is used with very low residual carbon content was successfully achieved through combustion with a temperature of 500 oC. …”
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Self-healing materials for flexible electronic devices by Tiwari, Naveen

“…The incorporation of ionic liquid (EMITFS) in amorphous polymer like PVP, rapidly accelerates the healing, while improving the mechanical properties. …”
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Direct growth of nanocrystalline hexagonal boron nitride films on dielectric substrates by Tay, Roland Yingjie, Tsang, Siu Hon, Loeblein, Manuela, Chow, Wai Leong, Loh, Guan Chee, Toh, Joo Wah, Ang, Soon Loong, Teo, Edwin Hang Tong

“…In this work, a single-step metal-catalyst-free approach to obtain few- to multi-layer nanocrystalline h-BN (NCBN) directly on amorphous SiO2/Si and quartz substrates is demonstrated. …”
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Investigation of electric field driven crystallization of phase change materials by Yeow, Susan Su Yi

“…Chalcogenide phase change material is based on the fast reversible switching between an amorphous and a crystalline phase. This switching phenomenon is an important characteristic of phase change material. …”
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Pressure-Dependent Polymorphism and Band-Gap Tuning of Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite by Jiang, Shaojie, Fang, Yanan, Li, Ruipeng, Xiao, Hai, Crowley, Jason, Wang, Chenyu, White, Timothy John, Goddard III, William A., Wang, Zhongwu, Baikie, Tom, Fang, Jiye

“…Beyond 4.7 GPa it separates into crystalline and amorphous fractions. During decompression, this phase-mixed material undergoes distinct restoration pathways depending on the peak pressure. …”
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Separation of fingerprint constituents using magnetic silica nanoparticles and direct on-particle SALDI-TOF-mass spectrometry by Lim, Angelina Yimei, Ma, Zhun, Ma, Jan, Rowell, Frederick

“…Two types of amorphous, silica nanoparticles have been produced and used as surface assisting agents during laser desorption/ionisation time-of flight-mass spectrometry (SALDI-TOF-MS). …”
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Role of Sm3+ ions as network-modifying on elastic, mechanical, and radiation shielding properties of MgO–B2O3–TeO2 glasses by Zalamin, S.N.F., M Zaid, M.H., Matori, K.A., Karim, M.K.A., Yaakob, Y., Cheong, W.M., Loh, Z.W., Sayyed, M.I.

“…XRD analysis proves the amorphous state of glasses and elastic moduli demonstrated a linear increase with the increment of Sm2O3. …”
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Enhanced flotation of high density polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride mixtures based on clean corona modification by Wang, Yinan, Zhao, Yue, Guo, Linyi, Han, Fengrong, Li, Xiaofeng

“…Under the optimal conditions of 300 W positive discharge power and 8000 ms exposure time, HDPE turned into the sinking tail while PVC still accumulated in the floating product, leading to the maximum separation recovery and purity of 96.36% and 97.01%, respectively. Amorphous low-molecular weight oxidic substances emerged on the upper layer of polymers was verified by the multi-characterization, representing in varying degrees of oxidation and chain scission (HDPE > PVC). …”
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Sustainable hydrogen production and CO2 mitigation from acetic acid dry reforming over Ni/Al2O3 catalyst by Nguyen, Anh-Tam, Ng, Kim Hoong, Kumar, Ponnusamy Senthil, Pham, Thuy-Phuong T., Herma Dina, Setiabudi, Mohammad Yusuf, ., Pham, Le Kim Hoang, Show, Pau Loke, Hussain, Ijaz, Vo, Dai-Viet N.

“…The Ni0 active form was not susceptible to oxidation during DRA and carbon deposited on spent catalyst surface was heterogeneous in nature with the evident co-existence of amorphous and graphitic carbons.…”
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Manganese phosphate coated Li[Ni0.6Co0.2Mn0.2]O2 cathode material : towards superior cycling stability at elevated temperature and high voltage by Chen, Zhen, Kim, Guk-Tae, Guang, Yang, Bresser, Dominic, Diemant, Thomas, Huang, Yizhong, Copley, Mark, Behm, Rolf Jürgen, Passerini, Stefano, Shen, Zexiang

“…By preventing the direct contact between the cathode active material and the electrolyte, the presence of the coating layer reduces the transition metal dissolution, thus, yielding good structural integrity upon cycling, while its amorphous nature allows for an enhanced apparent lithium ion diffusion, i.e., lithium de-/insertion kinetics. …”
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Additive manufacturing of multiple materials by selective laser melting : Ti-alloy to stainless steel via a Cu-alloy interlayer by Tey, Cher Fu, Tan, Xipeng, Sing, Swee Leong, Yeong, Wai Yee

“…The microstructure in both the CuA/SS and TiA/CuA interfaces were examined in detail and the latter was found to be the critical interface as it contained three detrimental phases (i.e. L21 ordered phase, amorphous phase, and Ti2Cu) which limit the mechanical strength of the overall MM part. …”
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V4C3TxMXene : a promising active substrate for reactive surface modification and the enhanced electrocatalytic oxygen evolution activity by Du, Cheng‐Feng, Sun, Xiaoli, Yu, Hong, Fang, Wei, Jing, Yao, Wang, Yonghui, Li, Shuiqing, Liu, Xianhu, Yan, Qingyu

“…With the advantages of the multilayered V4C3T x MXene that can simultaneously support the RSM reaction and keep the inner skeleton stable, a series of amorphous Ni/Fe/V‐ternary oxide hydroxides thin layer can be successfully modified on the surface of the V4C3T x MXene (denoted as MOOH @V4C3T x, M = Ni, Fe, and V) without disrupting its original structure. …”
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