Effects of electroless nickel plating process on the microstructure and properties of complex shape ceramic capacitors by Yongtao Liu, Xinghua Zheng, Sizheng Hu, Dongqing Cai, Guanghui Li

“…The effects of pre-treatment and plating process such as etching, sensitization, and activation and reducing agent concentration, pH value, plating temperature and plating time have been systemically investigated on the microstructure evolution and performance. The optimal pre-treatment is etching in 30 wt% H2SO4 solution at 70 °C for 1.5 h, sensitization in 15 g L−1 SnCl2 solution and activated in 200 mg L−1 PdCl2 solution for 3 min, respectively. …”
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The Influence of Equal-Channel Angular Pressing on the Microstructure and Properties of a Steel–Aluminum Composite by Yang Liu, Junrui Xu, Bingnan Chen, Yuqi Fan, Wenxin Lv, Hua Sun

“…Under the global initiative for automotive lightweighting to address climate challenges, this study investigates the microstructure evolution of steel–aluminum composites processed by hot equal-channel angular pressing (H-ECAP). …”
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Effect of aging temperatures on the microstructural stability and mechanical properties of Super304H steel by You Li, Xue Wang

“…Aging tests at 650 °C and 700 °C for up to 5000 h were performed on Super304H steel tubes. The microstructural evolution during aging was observed by optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Microstructural characterisation and hardness of Fe-Mn alloys compared to commercial 9%Nickel alloy by Mampuru Lebedike, Phasha Maje, Bodunrin Michael, Klenam Desmond, Moema Joseph

“…Thermomechanically processed alloys are microstructurally assessed and harness tested as the initial evaluation step in selecting high-performing base alloy for further alloying. …”
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Microstructure formation of rapidly/sub-rapidly solidified Gd-Co-Ti immiscible alloys by Hao Sun, Hongxiang Jiang, Haobo Ma, Binghao Han, Lili Zhang, Jie He, Jiuzhou Zhao

“…The solidification microstructure evolution was simulated. The numerical results are well consistent with the experimental data, which verifies the validity of the developed model. …”
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Durability and Microstructure Analysis of Loess-Based Composite Coal Gangue Porous Vegetation Concrete by Manman Qiu, Wuyu Zhang, Shuaihua Ye, Xiaohui Li, Jingbang Li

“…In order to improve the durability of loess-based composite coal gangue porous planting concrete (LCPC), the effects of fly ash and slag powder content on the durability and microstructure of LCPC were studied. In this paper, fly ash and slag powder were mixed into LCPC, and freeze-thaw cycle and dry-wet cycle tests were carried out. …”
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Optimizing the bio-based additive content considering bitumen microstructure and HMA mechanical properties by Pouyan Nazarian, Hassan Divandari, Mohsen Amouzadeh Omrani, Hossein Ghasemnejad

“…This study investigated lignin (10 %, 15 %, 20 %) and cellulose nanofibers (CNF; 0.5 %, 0.75 %, 1.0 %) as bio-based additives, both individually and compositely. To evaluate the quality of additive mixing in the bitumen microstructure, the Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy mapping (EDS) method was used. …”
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Predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes from neonatal cortical microstructure: A conceptual replication study by Andrea Gondová, Sara Neumane, Yann Leprince, Jean-François Mangin, Tomoki Arichi, Jessica Dubois

“…Our findings suggest that the cortical microstructure close to birth described by DTI-FA measures might not be sufficient for a reliable prediction of BSID-III scores during toddlerhood, at least in the current setting, i.e. generally older cohorts and a different processing pipeline. …”
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Microstructural diffusion MRI for differentiation of breast tumors and prediction of prognostic factors in breast cancer by Xiaoyan Wang, Yan Zhang, Jingliang Cheng, Liangjie Lin, Ying Hu, Anfei Wang, Yong Zhang, Ruhua Wang, Ying Li, Kun Zhang, Wenhua Zhang

“…PurposeThis study aims to investigate the feasibility of cellular microstructural mapping by the diffusion MRI (IMPULSED, imaging microstructural parameters using limited spectrally edited diffusion) of breast tumors, and further to evaluate whether the MRI-derived microstructural features is associated with the prognostic factors in breast cancer.Materials and methodsThis prospective study collected 232 patients with suspected breast tumors from March to August 2023. …”
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Development and performance evaluation of ultrasound assisted microwave paddy dryer by Md. Hasan Tarek Mondal, Md. Aziz Raihan, Md. Golzar Hosen, Md. Al Hasan, Hasan Mohammad Mostofa Afroz

“…Head rice yield, nutritional quality (lipid, protein, ash fiber, mineral) and color attributes were evaluated for the dehydrated paddy. Microstructure was evaluated to assess surface characteristics of paddy. …”
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Welding of Solid-State-Recycled Aluminum Alloy: Comparative Analysis of the Mechanical and Microstructural Properties by Jure Krolo, Vedrana Špada, Martin Bilušić, Nikša Čatipović

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Mechanical properties and microstructural analysis of an AgPd alloy cast under different temperatures by Karina Andrea Novaes Olivieri, Maximiliano Piero Neisser, Marco Antônio Bottino, Milton Edson Miranda, Rafael Dario Wernek

“…The results showed a microstructure similar to T1 and T2 conditions, but with greater amount of light phase and particles in this last one. …”
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Impact of process parameter on the behaviors of microstructure of pyrocarbon deposited in chemical vapour infiltration process by Dipoo Kumar, Anil Painuly, V Vinu Viswanath, P Sunil, Deepak Kumar Agarwal, Gomathi Nageswaran

“…The influence of temperature, pressure, methane gas flow rate, and nitrogen gas flow rate on the texture and graphitic structure of PyC was evaluated. Additionally, the impact of the graphitization process on the microstructure of PyC was evaluated. …”
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Synthesis, Microstructure, Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Properties of ZnO-ZrO2 Nanocomposite by Jingjun YUAN, Xin YAO

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Study on Microstructure and Properties of Friction-Assisted Electrodeposition Cu-SiC Deposited Layer by Kang Qi, Kun Li, Youliang Yu, Qinpeng Sun, Xiaotong Yao, Long Jiang

“…The electrodeposited layer microstructure indicates that increasing the friction speed helps refine the microstructure. …”
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Microstructure determines crystallinity-driven singlet fission efficiency in diF-TES-ADT by Hoyeon Choi, Stefan Skalsky, David G. Bossanyi, Jenny Clark, Patrick Parkinson

“…Despite its significance for solar energy applications, the relationship between microstructure, temperature, and SF efficiency remains poorly understood. …”
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Microstructural injury to the optic nerve with vigabatrin treatment in West syndrome: A DTI study by Junjie Hu, Li Chen, Gongwei Zhang, Yu Fang, Huiting Zhang, Yilian Li, Jianxiang Liao, Cailei Zhao

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MICROSTRUCTURE DESIGN AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ANALYSIS OF POROUS BONE WITH NEGATIVE POISSION’S RATIO (MT) by YE JianHua, LI DongYu, LIN Jia, ZENG ShouJin, WEI TiePing, XU MingSan

“…The variation rules between mechanical properties and structural parameters such as strength and elastic modulus were revealed through compression tests, and the matching degree of negative Poisson’s ratio microstructure and human bone was evaluated. The experimental results show that the auxetic structure has good manufacturability, and the forming quality is correlated with the concave angle and porosity.The mechanical properties of negative Poisson’s ratio auxetic structure are highly dependent on the geometric structure and porosity of the cell.Compared with the positive Poisson’s ratio structure, the auxetic structure with negative Poisson’s ratio has lower elastic modulus and similar yield strength under the same porosity, and can control the 316 L stainless steel bone material with wide span elastic modulus by 0.47 GPa～1.75 GPa.Therefore, the negative Poisson’s ratio auxetic microstructure has potential advantages in the application of human bone structure.…”
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Microstructure Characteristics and Corrosion Resistance of Friction Stir Welded 2205 Duplex Stainless Steel by Yunqiang Zhao, Chunlin Dong, Zhongxue Jia, Jiaqing You, Jinhong Tan, Shu Miao, Yaoyong Yi

“…In this study, 2205 duplex stainless steel was friction-stir-welded at different welding speeds. The microstructural characteristics such as grain sizes, grain boundary misorientation angles, and phase contents in the stir zones of the joints were detected. …”
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Ultrasound pretreated freeze-drying of carrot: effect on nutritional value, bioactive compounds and microstructure by Md. Hasan Tarek Mondal, Raju Ahmmed, Md. Junaeid Khan

“…Effect of ultrasound frequency (20, 30 and 40 kHz) and time (3, 5, and 7 min) were applied prior freeze drying to evaluate quality (physical properties, nutritional value, bioactive compounds, antioxidant activity and microstructure) of dried carrot. …”
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