NICKEL-BASED MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE COATINGS

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been widely known as nanomaterials with excellent mechanical properties. Previous studies reported that the tensile strength of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) was up to 63 GPa and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) could reach 150 GPa while the highest tensile strength of the steel was found to be about 1.8 GPa. SWCNTs could have Young’s modulus up to 1000 GPa that was much greater than the value of 209 GPa of steel. Therefore, there is a great potential to utilize CNTs as reinforced materials for composites in general and Ni electrodeposition coating in particular to improve hardness, durability, corrosion, and other physical and mechanical properties. This paper presents results of preparing and examining characteristics of the Nickel electrodeposition coatings containing MWCNTs (Ni-MWCNTs). The Ni-MWCNTs composite coatings deposited on a steel plate with the area of 0.4 dm2 using bipolar pulses at 470 Hz and 50oC in a 5-liter bath. Amount of CNTs varying from 1 g/l to 3 g/l was dispersed into the solution by using surfactants and ultrasonic vibration. CNTs used in the study was MWCNTs diameters in the range from 20 to 90 nanometers and few micrometers in length. The SEM, EDS, hardness and adhesion tests were conducted to analyze the properties of the electrodeposition coatings. The obtained results indicated that the hardness and adhesion of the Ni-CNTs coating were 1.5 and 1.46 times, respectively, higher than those of the Ni coating. In addition, adhesion of the Ni-CNTs coating was significantly improved

Organic - Inorganic Hybrid Luminescent Composite for Solid-state Lighting

White light emitting diodes (WLEDs) made by coating organic and inorganic hybrid composites on blue LED chips. Y3Al5O12:Ce (YAG:Ce) nano inorganic powder prepared by low-temperature Sol-Gel method exhibited broad green emission with the peak at 521 nm. Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene] (MEH-PPV) polymer has high luminescence efficiency and red emission peak at 590 nm. The white light was obtained by mixing blue light from emission of the blue LED chip - Indium Gallium Nitride (InGaN) and green-red light from the fluorescence of nano- YAG:Ce and MEH-PPV polymer hybrid composite. The hybrid nanocomposite-based WLEDs exhibited broad band emission spectra from blue light to red wavelengths and provided the white light with a CIE-1931 coordinate of x = 0.2986, y = 0.2620 and a colour rendering index Ra = 84.36. The results suggest a potential application of nanocomposite based WLEDs in efficient solid-state lighting

CHẾ TẠO HỆ GỐM KHÔNG CHÌ ĐỊNH HƯỚNG 0,8Bi0,5Na0,5TiO3 – 0,2Bi0,5K0,5TiO3

In this study, Bi4Ti3O12 templates were synthesized using the molten salt method in Na2CO3 and K2CO3 fluxes. The as-prepared Bi4Ti3O12 templates are composed of plate-like morphologies of lengths 5–20 μm and widths 0.5–1 μm at the heating temperature of 1050 °C. From these Bi4Ti3O12 templates, we studied the synthesis of textured 0.8Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 – 0.2Bi0.5K0.5TiO3 lead-free ceramics by employing the template grain growth method. The effect of sintering temperature on the structure, microstructure, and degree of orientation of the ceramic materials was investigated. The results show that all the ceramic samples have a pure perovskite phase with a rhombic phase structure in the sintering temperature range from 950 to 1050 °C. At the optimum temperature of 1050 °C, the ceramics exhibit the best physical properties such as density (5.94 g/cm3) (the relative density is 98.84% of the theoretical value). The degree of orientation of the synthesized ceramics has the highest values of 65%.Trong nghiên cứu này, các khuôn Bi4Ti3O12 (BiT) được tổng hợp bằng phương pháp muối nóng chảy trong hỗn hợp Na2CO3 – K2CO3. Các khuôn BiT hình thành và phát triển tốt tại nhiệt độ nung 1050 °C với hình dạng tấm rõ ràng với kính thước trung bình khoảng 5–20 μm và độ dày khoảng 0,5–1 μm. Từ các khuôn BiT trên, chúng tôi đã nghiên cứu chế tạo gốm không chì 0,8Bi0,5Na0,5TiO3 – 0,2Bi0,5K0,5TiO3 sử dụng kỹ thuật định hướng. Ảnh hưởng của nhiệt độ thiêu kết đến cấu trúc và độ định hướng của hệ gốm đã được khảo sát. Tất cả các mẫu gốm đều có pha perovskite tinh khiết với cấu trúc pha mặt thoi trong vùng nhiệt độ thiêu kết từ 950 đến 1050 °C. Tại 1050 °C, hệ gốm có tính chất vật lý tốt nhất: khối lượng riêng của gốm là 5,94 g/cm3 (đạt 98,84% giá trị lý thuyết) và độ định hướng đạt giá trị cao nhất là 65%