Influence of B4C addition on the tribological properties of bronze matrix brake pad materials by Kuş Hüsamettin

“…In this study, the effects of B4C particle addition on the microstructural, mechanical, and tribological properties of bronze matrix brake pad materials were analyzed. …”
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An Implicit Algorithm Based on Continuous Moving Least Square to Simulate Material Mixing in Friction Stir Welding Process by Abdelaziz Timesli, Bouazza Braikat, Hassane Lahmam, Hamid Zahrouni

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Raking Effects on Aggregate Densification and Channelling in Thickening by Xu Zhou, Hong-jiang Wang, Hua-zhe Jiao, Liu-hua Yang

“…Thickening performance is greatly influenced by aggregate densification and channelling development; however, the microstructures of aggregates and channelling are unable to directly observe because of high turbidity mud bed during thickening. …”
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Hess J1731-347 is likely a quark star based on the density-dependent vMIT bag model by Min Ju, Pengcheng Chu, Xuhao Wu, He Liu

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Investigation on Friction Stir Weldability Characteristics of AA7075-T651 and AA6061-T6 Based Nanocomposites by M. Madhusudan, S. P. Shanmuganatan, Kurse Shridhar, Jacob John, R. Krishnamurthy, Bashyam Sasikumar

“…Besides, unreinforced and reinforced weldments were analyzed for mechanical properties like tensile strength and microhardness. Microstructural characterization was also carried out using FESEM and XRD techniques. …”
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Hot deformation behavior of micro-alloyed steel using processing maps developed with different constitutive equations by Thakur S.K., Das A.K., Jha B.K.

“…The dynamic recrystallization behavior of experimental steel was affected by both deformation temperature and strain rate which was explained in detail through microstructural examination.…”
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A polysaccharide-based hydrogel platform for tumor spheroid production and anticancer drug screening by Elliot Lopez-Vince, Teresa Simon-Yarza, Claire Wilhelm

“…To ensure micro-structuring of the hydrogel and enable spheroid formation, 3D printed molds consisting of a network of 200-µm-diameter micropillars were used to generate microstructured hydrogel constructs that fit into a multi-well plate. …”
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Shock wave attenuation in a high-entropy alloy with pre-existing dislocation network by Hongcai Xie, Guoxiang Shen, Zhichao Ma, Wei Zhang, Hongwei Zhao, Luquan Ren

“…However, the in-depth understanding of dynamic deformation mechanisms remains limited due to technological constraints in real-time detection of microstructural evolution at the atomic level. In present work, non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations were performed to study the shock response of FeCoNiCrCu HEAs with pre-existing dislocation network. …”
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Graphene nanoplatelets in titanium coatings deposited by cold spray: Mechanical properties by Edwin Torres Díaz, Alessio Silvello, Edwin Rúa Ramirez, Rodolpho Fernando Vaz, Irene García Cano

“…Wear tests demonstrated a 25% reduction in friction coefficient, attributed to the lubricating effect of GNPs. Microstructural analysis confirmed the successful integration of GNPs with minimal degradation, though Raman spectroscopy indicated minor structural defects at higher temperatures. …”
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DCE-MRI and DWI Integration for Breast Lesions Assessment and Heterogeneity Quantification by C. Andrés Méndez, Francesca Pizzorni Ferrarese, Paul Summers, Giuseppe Petralia, Gloria Menegaz

“…Results show that the joint exploitation of the information brought by DCE and DWI leads to consistent results accounting for both perfusion and microstructural information yielding a greater refinement of the segmentation than the separate processing of the two modalities, consistent with that drawn manually by a radiologist with access to the same data.…”
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Macroscopic perspective on phase transition behavior of natural single-crystal graphite under different pressure environments by Xiaoshuang Yin, Songyang Li, Lijuan Wang, Peiyuan Liu, Zhihai Cheng, Huiyang Gou, Liuxiang Yang

“…Despite considerable experimental and theoretical progress, current experimental studies have mainly focused on the local microstructural characterizations of recovered samples, which has certain limitations for high-temperature and high-pressure products, which often exhibit diversity. …”
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Modification of wheat bran insoluble and soluble dietary fibers with snail enzyme by Xin Liu, Keke Suo, Pei Wang, Xue Li, Limin Hao, Jiaqing Zhu, Juanjuan Yi, Qiaozhen Kang, Jinyong Huang, Jike Lu

“…Meanwhile, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis indicated the microstructures of IDF and SDF powders were significantly changed. …”
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Motor Control and Neural Plasticity through Interhemispheric Interactions by Naoyuki Takeuchi, Yutaka Oouchida, Shin-Ichi Izumi

“…As a brain structural imaging, diffusion tensor imaging has revealed the microstructural connectivity underlying interhemispheric interactions. …”
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Mechanical Modeling of Frozen Coarse-Grained Materials Incorporating Microscale Investigation by Shan-Zhen Li, Liang Tang, Shuang Tian, Xian-Zhang Ling, Yang-Sheng Ye, De-Gou Cai

“…A modified model considering microstructures of the material was proposed to describe these phenomena. …”
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Novel Approach to Handling Microfiber-Rich Dye Effluent for Sustainable Water Conservation by R. Dharmaraj, Alagar Karthick, G. K. Arunvivek, S. Gopikumar, V. Mohanavel, M. Ravichandran, Murugesan Bharani

“…The experimental outcomes were strongly supported by a regression representation at a macrolevel analysis and a scanning electron microscopy analysis at a microstructural level. The correlation coefficient of the developed mathematical models exhibited a dependable correlation of more than 90%. …”
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Effect of dual-scale precipitates on the deformation behavior of AZ41 magnesium alloy via wire-arc directed energy deposition by Yuhang Du, Pubo Li, Hao Ning, Tianle Zou, Yongqiang Zhang, Bintao Wu

“…The formation mechanism of dual-scale Al8Mn5, microstructural evolution, and their effect on the deformation behavior were comprehensively investigated. …”
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Comparison of the corrosion behavior and surface morphology of NiTi alloy and stainless steels in sodium chloride solution by Kožuh S., Vrsalović L., Gojić M., Gudić S., Kosec B.

“…The corrosion behavior of NiTi alloy and stainless steels (AISI 316L and X2CrNiMoN22-5-3) in 0.9% sodium chloride (0.154 moll-1) solution was investigated using open circuit potential measurements, potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements. Microstructural analyses before and after electrochemical tests were performed with the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS). …”
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Understanding the post-curing behaviors of polymethylacrylimide: Curing kinetics and molecular mobility by Yuan Chen, Xiaolian Qiang, Yaping Zhang, Ningning Song, Lixian Guo, Siyuan Zhang, Chunrong Tian, Keping Chen

“…Those changes of microstructures agreed well with the evolution of compressive properties. …”
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Transition of Dislocation Structures in Severe Plastic Deformation and Its Effect on Dissolution in Dislocation Etchant by Muhammad Rifai, Ebad Bagherpour, Genki Yamamoto, Motohiro Yuasa, Hiroyuki Miyamoto

“…Taking our previous report on microstructural observation into account, it is suggested that variation in the internal strain is caused by both the variation in dislocation density and structural change of grain boundaries from equilibrium to nonequilibrium states or vice versa. …”
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The interaction between dynamic recrystallization and twinning during the hot compression in a novel nickel-based superalloy by Xingyun Fan, Lingxiang Zhong, Yanzhuo Liu, Jianmin Cui, Hongqiang Du, Yongsheng Wei, Yingnan Shi, Xinmei Hou, Jinhui Wang, Peipeng Jin

“…Isothermal hot compression tests were conducted to obtain true stress-strain curves and the influence of deformation parameters on the microstructural evolution of the NNS alloy was analyzed. …”
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