The industry of plastics has grown rapidly since its inception in the 1940s, the use of plastics as an optical material only really started to pick up in the 1970s and has had a much slower underlying growth than for the commodity industry e.g. packaging, closures, etc. After tha...
Quantum dots (QDs) provide a powerful material to engineer various optoelectronics devices as well as it provides many opportunities in the biomedical field. QDs have received a great attention due to their significant properties. QDs are one of the foremost nanotechnologies to b...
This paper reports on the compressive strength and flexural tensile behavior of recycled polyethylene fibre reinforced concrete. Twelve concrete cubes of dimension 150 mm ×150 mm × 150 mm containing 0%, 0.25%, 0.50% and 1.0% of polyethylene fibres were cast and tested per BS 1881...
Aim: This study investigated the molecular characterization of hydrocarbon-utilizing rhizobacteria isolates from hydrocarbon-impacted mangrove soil from K-Dere Gokana and Gio Tai, Ogoni land, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: K-Dere Gokana...
This review surveys the research work published in the field of nanoclay (montmorillonite, MMT)-filled composites with particular reference to the effect of nanoclay (NC) introduction on the tensile, flexural, impact and compressive strength of nanocomposites. The matrix most fre...
Coconut coir fibre and synthetic string fibre were used as reinforcements in plaster of Paris (POP) for ceiling application in this research. Coconut coir fibre, being fairly strong and stiff as well as cheap and plentiful with low energy demand during manufacture was used alongs...
This work is on modeling injection moulding parameters for a bio-fibre filled polymer composite in this case its flexural response. Mercerization and acetylation treatments were applied in surface modification of the bio-fibre. These fibres were ground and sieved into three parti...
We review work on rechargeable metal-ion batteries. Rechargeable metal-ion batteries play a crucial role in modern transport, communication and electronic industries with lithium ion batteries being the most common on the market. Despite the successful application, of lithium-ion...
The effect of incorporating granite powder and fibres (oil palm and polyethylene plastic) into soil for sun dried brick production was investigated. Initial tests were conducted on the soil and the granite powder so as to obtain all the relevant index properties of the materials...
Recovery of metals serves as an attractive approach to gain precious and rarely available metals on earth which are important in industries. For years many methods have been practiced for this recovery such as adsorption, liquid-liquid extraction, or membrane processes. Adsorptio...
The corrosion behaviors of mild steel in NaCl aqueous solution with different Zn2+ concentrations have been investigated electrochemically. The immersion potentials were influenced by the presence of Zn2+ and shifted to the positive direction with increasing the Zn2+ concentratio...
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) are solar cell devices that work using electrochemical principles in which sensitive dyes are absorbed in the titanium dioxide (TiO2) photo-electrode layer. One of the key components of dye sensitized solar cells for developing high performance...
The stress field of a rectangular dislocation loop in an isotropic solid, which is in an infinite medium, is obtained here for a Volterra-type dislocation which has three non-zero Burgers vector components. Explicitly, the stress field of the dislocation loop in an infinite isotr...
The fundamental bases of liquid crystals and polymers–both widely employed in, and critically important to, modern society–apparently remain poorly understood. Hence, the need to explore alternative explanations to current paradigms. Thus, liquid crystals are viewed as partially...
Infant mortality is a challenge for third-world countries like Nigeria where there is little next to non-availability of conventional drugs, and if available, it is costly and out of the reach of the common populace. It is a fact that medicinal plant is a gift from Mother Nature,...