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Electronic and Optical Properties of Bi2Te3 Thin Film: A First Principles Calculations within Cooper’s Exchange Potentials

Abdullahi Lawal, A. B. Suleiman & A. S. Gidado · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2019

Bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) thin film has received great interests for laser photonic, optical communication, biomedical imaging, gas sensing and motion detection applications. Therefore, to expose its hidden potentials, detailed knowledge of its optoelectronic properties at the l...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i140

Influence of Ag-doping on Optical and Structural Properties of TiO2 Thin Films Deposited by Electrohydrodynamic Spray Pyrolysis

Arishi, Jennifer Ifeoma, Nwosu, Okechukwu Francis & Onumah, Onyekachi · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2019

Aims: To study structural and optical properties of undoped titanium (IV) oxide (TiO2) and doped with 1.0 and 1.5M of silver. Study Design: Electro- hydrodynamic spray pyrolysis technique was used. Place and Duration of Study: titanium acetyl acetonate [Ti(C5H7O2)4], propanol [C3...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i138

Electronic Structure and Non-Linear Optical Properties of Neutral and Ionic Pyrene and Its Derivatives Based on Density Functional Theory

H. Abdulaziz, A. S. Gidado, A. Musa & A. Lawal · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2019

Pyrene (C16H10) is an organic semiconductor suitable for the development of organic light emitting diodes (OLED), organic photovoltaic cells (OPV) and many other electronic components. Ionic and chlorination effects on electronic and non-linear optical properties of pyrene molecu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i136

Optimization Studies of Adsorptive Tendency of Flamboyant Pod Bark in Wastewater Treatment of 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol Using Response Surface Methodology

M. O. Aremu, A. O. Alade, A. A. Bello & K. K. Salam · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2018

Adsorptive capacity of an adsorbent is the main parameter used to categorise efficiency of an adsorbent regardless of its source and a parametric study into the influence of variables that influence adsorptive capacity will enhance the performance of an adsorbent. The experiments...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i135

The Study of Creep Properties of Sn-5wt%Sb Lead-Free Solders with Annealing Temperature

Abdo M. Meftah, Sadiq H. Khoreem & Azmi Abdualhameed · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2018

Sn–5wt%Sb is one of the materials considered for replacing Pb-bearing alloys in electronic packaging. The creep tests were conducted to investigate the effect of the heat treatments on the mechanical properties of Sn-5wt%Sb lead-free solders. Samples were heat treated at temperat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i134

Review on Oxide Bonded Porous SiC Ceramics: Processing, Properties and Applications

Dulal Das & Nijhuma Kayal · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2018

Recently the use of porous SiC ceramics is increasing tremendously for various industrial applications due to its excellent properties. Various processing techniques are tried to develop porous SiC ceramics. The fabrication of porous SiC ceramics by an oxidation bonding technique...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i132

Determination of Calorific Values of Coconut Shells and Coconut Husks

George Amoako & Patrick Mensah-Amoah · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2018

The coconut palm has a lot of uses including its use as composites and as fuels. In this work, we explored the use of a bomb calorimeter to determine the calorific values of coconut shells and coconut husks. A fixed sample mass of 0.05 kg has been used for both the shells and hus...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i133

Effect of Composition Variation on the Tensile Strength of Polylactic Acid Reinforced with Natural Polymers for Biodegradable Biomedical Implants

Olaiya Niyi Gideon & Salami David Wisdom · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2018

Aims: This research focuses on developing a blend of natural polymers suitable for biomedical implants with standard mechanical (tensile) properties, compatible and consumable with human body Study Design: This research developed a polymer composite from a blend of the three natu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i131

Mechanism of Action of Antibacterial Activity of Biosynthesised Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles - A Review

N. Tensingh Baliah · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2018

Now-a-days, nanotechnology has become increasingly important in the biomedical and pharmaceutical antimicrobial strategy due to their wide spectrum of action at nano-scale level. Antibacterial agents are very important in the textile industry, water disinfection, medicine, food p...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i127

Preliminary Studies on the Effect of Size Reduction on Mechanical Properties of Kenaf Particle Reinforced Polymer (K-PRP) Composites for Industrial Application

E. U. Akubueze, C. S. Ezeanyanaso, S. O. Muniru, F. C. Nwaeche, C. O. Nwankwo, C. C. Igwe & G. N. Elemo · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2018

Aims: The present study aims to investigate the effect of size reduction on mechanical properties of kenaf particle reinforced polymer (K-PRP) composites for industrial application. Study Design: Decorticated kenaf mixed (core & bast) fibres were sourced from Institute of Agr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i128

Boundary Integral Equation Modeling of 2D Functionally Graded Anisotropic Structures

Saleh M. Al-Harbi & Alanod M. Sibih · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2018

Aims: The main purpose of this paper is to present a boundary integral equation modeling to obtain the solution for the problems of magneto-thermoelastic functionally graded anisotropic (FGA) structures in the context of the Green and Naghdi theory of type III. Study Design: Prac...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i129

Adsorption Energies of Lithium and Sodium Ions on Vanadium Disulphide: A DFT Study

Gloria I. Murila, George S. Manyali & Henry B. Wafula · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2018

Various energy sources are utilized at present with a challenge of energy storage in many cases. The existing rechargeable storage batteries which include sodium-ion and lithium-ion batteries have some limitations in their gravimetric capacities. Ab initio methods based on densit...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i130

Thermoelectric Properties of Zn-doped CdO

Alima Mukasia, George S. Manyali, Henry Barasa & James Sifuna · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2018

Thermoelectricity is a technology that achieves thermal-to-electric conversion and vice versa. It requires high performance thermoelectric compounds for effective conversion efficiency. The thermoelectric properties of CdO in the rocksalt structure, obtained by first principle ca...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2019/v2i126

Effect of Concentration on Morphological, Optical and Electrical Properties of Copper Doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films Deposited by Electrostatic Spray Pyrolysis (ESP) Technique

D. O. Samson & E. K. Makama · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2018

Pure zinc oxide (ZnO) and copper (Cu) doped ZnO thin films were synthesised from the precursor’s concentrations (zinc acetate and copper acetate) onto glass substrate via spray pyrolysis deposition technique at 350°C in air ambient with different Cu doping concentrations (0%, 5%,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2018/v1i425