DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND INSTALLATION OF APWSS (AUTOMATED PULSED WATERJET STRIPPING SYSTEM)

ABSTRACT Starting from an extensive laboratory study, a totally automated and integrated pulsed waterjet stripping system was installed at Vector Aerospace in Canada. The function of the APWSS (Automated Pulsed Waterjet Stripping System) is to strip thermal barrier coating (TBC) and a variety of other hard coatings from aircraft engines and other complicated parts. The system is currently undergoing thorough testing for reliability, reproducibility and other requirements for stripping. Organized and Sponsored by the WaterJet Technology Associatio

Introducing 2D materials in vertical spintronic devices: Insight from first-principles

Recent progresses in large scale manufacturing of 2D materials have paved the way to their integration in functional spintronic devices. 2D vdW heterostructures offer new means to achieve sharp interfaces with a layer-by-layer control of the functionality and high magneto resistance ratios have been predicted in 2D magnetic tunnel junctions. Yet, the experimental results available so far vary greatly depending on the integration pathways [1]. Seeking for increased performances, it has been shown that direct CVD growth of tunnel barriers improves significantly the quality of the ferromagnet-2D materials interfaces [2-4]. Following these developments, new phenomena such as the bias induced reversal of the magneto resistance were reported [5]. First-principles calculations can provide valuable insights into the magneto-transport mechanisms at play. Here, we report on the subtle interplay between the interface structure and the magneto-resistive behaviour of graphene and h-BN based MTJs [5]. We also investigate the potential of FM/transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) junctions [6], and we propose a band filtering mechanism to explain their spin properties [7]. References [1] M. Piquemal-Banci et al., J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys. (2017), 50, 203002 [2] S. Caneva et al., Nano Lett. (2016), 16, 1250. [3] M.-B. Martin et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. (2015), 107, 012408. [4] S. Caneva et al., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2017), 9, 29973. [5] M. Piquemal-Banci et al., ACS nano (2018) 12, 4712. [6] M. Galbiati, et al., Phys. Rev. Applied (2019) 12, 044022. [7] V. Zatko, et al., ACS nano (2019) 13, 14468