Advances in reactive air wetting and brazing of engineering ceramics by Mingfen Zhang, Shunjian Xu, Fabrizio Valenza, Xiangzhao Zhang, Guiwu Liu, Guanjun Qiao

“…Finally, some helpful conclusions are drawn after summarizing the RAB of oxide ceramics. The prospects for RAB of SiC and high-entropy oxide ceramics are proposed after summarizing the RAB of oxide and nonoxide ceramics, and several aspects are proposed for promoting the development and application of RAB technology.…”
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Photoexcitation in thin films deposited on silicon substrates by reactive pulsed laser ablation by A. Giardini Guidoni, V. Marotta, S. Orlando, G. P. Parisi

“…Reactive pulsed laser ablation is a very interesting method to deposit thin films of several materials and compounds such as oxides, nitrides, semiconductors and superconductors. …”
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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.

“…Oxide films formed on the surface of steels mainly contains iron oxides and chromium oxide, while the surface film of the NiTi alloy mainly contains TiO2 oxide.…”
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Heteronuclear Fe-Mn Cyclopentadienyl Complexes Supported on Boehmite. Thermochemistry and Thermodynamics of their Decomposition by A.I. Rustamova, R.M. Muradxanov, S.N. Osmanova, F.K. Pashayeva, A.N. Mammadov, D.B. Tagiyev, E.H. Ismailov

“…EPR spectra most of the iron and manganese is stabilized on the surface of poorly crystallized aluminum oxide in the form of nanostructured iron and manganese oxides. …”
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Elaboration of the Al-Al3Ni Alloy Eutectic by a Carbothermal Process by Imane Bahaj, Mohammed Kaddami, Mohamed Essahli

“…The present study develops an elaborate method of materials Al-Al3Ni by carbothermic reduction of nickel oxide from the decomposition of Ni(NO3)2.4H2O mixed with aluminum powder. …”
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Passivity and Semiconducting Behavior of a High Nitrogen Stainless Steel in Acidic NaCl Solution by Yanxin Qiao, Xiang Cai, Jie Cui, Huabing Li

“…The angle resolved X-ray photoelectron spectrometric results revealed that the primary constituents of passive films formed in 0.05 mol/L H2SO4 + 0.5 mol/L NaCl solution were composed of iron oxides, manganese oxides, Cr2O3, and Cr(OH)3. Meanwhile, it indicated that molybdenum oxides did not exist in the oxide layer, but chloride ions were present in the passive films.…”
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The Sediment Profile and Heavy Metal Content of Lead (Pb), Copper (Cu), and Silver (Ag) in The Waters of Saparua Island by Jaicson G. Anakotta, Yusthinus T. Male, Serly J. Sekewael, Nelson Gaspersz

“…The level of lead metal contained in the sediments in the waters of Saparua Island ranges from <12–26 ppm. Metal oxides, especially metal oxides formed from Cu, were found in sediments in the waters of Saparua Island with location points P.8 and P.9, namely CuO 0.0056% and 0.0031% and in sediments in Saparua Island waters with a value of 2Ɵ in sediment samples. …”
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The Hydrolysis of Carbonyl Sulfide at Low Temperature: A Review by Shunzheng Zhao, Honghong Yi, Xiaolong Tang, Shanxue Jiang, Fengyu Gao, Bowen Zhang, Yanran Zuo, Zhixiang Wang

“…It was indicated that the catalysts are mainly involved metal oxide and activated carbon. The active ingredients which can load on COS hydrolysis catalyst include alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, transition metal oxides, rare earth metal oxides, mixed metal oxides, and nanometal oxides. …”
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Using Statistical Analysis as an Additional Tool in Porous Solid Characterization by Christothea Attipa, Antonia Panayiotou, Rebecca Kokkinofta, Charis R. Theocharis

“…During the past several years, we have carried out a systematic study of the factors affecting the pore structure and surface chemistry of cerium oxide and of mixed oxides of cerium with various transition metal or alkaline earth metal ions.…”
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A Review on Polyaniline: Synthesis, Properties, Nanocomposites, and Electrochemical Applications by Abdulwahhab H. Majeed, Leqaa A. Mohammed, Omar G. Hammoodi, Shankar Sehgal, Mustafa A. Alheety, Kuldeep K. Saxena, Safaa A. Dadoosh, Israa K. Mohammed, Mustafa M. Jasim, N. Ummal Salmaan

“…The unique structure of PANI, which is easy to prepare in its pure form or with various chemical compounds including metals, metal oxides, and carbon nanomaterials (such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphene oxide, and reduced graphene oxide), qualifies it for use in electrochemical applications. …”
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Viscosity model for aluminosilicate melt by Zhang G.H., Chou K.C.

“…It is indicated that basic oxides have two paradox influences on viscosity: basic oxide with a higher basicity decreases viscosity more greatly by forming weaker non-bridging oxygen bond; while it increases viscosity more greatly by forming stronger bridging oxygen bond in tetrahedron after charge compensating Al3+ ion. …”
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Tannin with sodium carbonate: A single additive for poured earth concrete with tropical soils by Lily Walter, Gildas Medjigbodo, Yannick Estevez, Laurent Linguet, Ouahcène Nait-Rabah

“…In particular, tannins combined with iron oxides can fluidify soils at an elevated pH, and chemical reactions between tannins and iron oxides lead to rapid solidification, enabling rapid unmolding and improving water resistance. …”
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The Effects of Single and Bimetallic Silicon Composite Shields in Medical Imaging Methods: A Monte Carlo Study by Abbas Ali Nazeri, Reza Malekzadeh, Parinaz Mehnati, Soheila Refahi

“…Materials and Methods: Three metal oxides, including Bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), Tungsten oxide (WO3), and Tin oxide (SnO2) were used as mono-metal and bimetallic compound silicon matrixes for clarification of their practical use. …”
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Comprehension of Postmetallization Annealed MOCVD-TiO2 on (NH4)2S Treated III-V Semiconductors by Ming-Kwei Lee, Chih-Feng Yen

“…The dielectric constant and effective oxide charges are 46 and 1.96 × 1012 C/cm2, respectively. …”
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Thin hafnia layer on silicon – Study of interfacial charging and charge transfer by resistometry and photoelectrochemistry by Aldis Šilėnas, Laurynas Staišiūnas, Putinas Kalinauskas, Konstantinas Leinartas, Asta Grigucevičienė, Andžej Lučun, Skirmantė Tutlienė, Eimutis Juzeliūnas

“…Oxide layers on silicon (Si) can effectively reduce the surface recombination velocity due to chemical and field-effect passivation, thereby increasing efficiency of PV devices. …”
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Promoted Catalytic Properties of Acetone over Cerium-Modified Mullite Catalyst YMn2O5 by Xiaotian Mu, Wenhuan Wang, Kai Zhang, Honglei Ding, Weiguo Pan

“…Manganese species with higher chemical states are indeed more favorable for oxidation reactions on manganese-based catalysts. In addition, the reduction temperature of mixed oxides shifts to the lower temperature region, indicating that manganese and cerium oxides are more reducible, where the mobility of oxygen species is greatly enhanced. …”
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Cytotoxic Activity of Bisphosphonic Derivatives Obtained by the Michaelis–Arbuzov or the Pudovik Reaction by Zsuzsanna Szalai, Janka Bednárik, Boldizsár Szigfrid Tóth, Angéla Takács, Szilárd Tekula, László Kőhidai, Konstantin Karaghiosoff, László Drahos, György Keglevich

“…<b>Methods:</b> Methylenebisphosphonates may be obtained by the Michaelis–Arbuzov reaction of suitably α-substituted methylphosphonates and trialkyl phosphites or phosphinous esters, while the hydroxy-methylene variations are prepared by the Pudovik reaction of α-oxophosphonates and different >P(O)H reagents, such as diethyl phosphite and diarylphosphine oxides. <b>Results:</b> After converting α-hydroxy-benzylphosphonates and -phosphine oxides to the α-halogeno- and α-sulfonyloxy derivatives, they were utilized in the Michaelis–Arbuzov reaction with trialkyl phosphites and ethyl diphenylphosphinite to afford the corresponding bisphosphonate, bis(phosphine oxide) and phosphonate–phosphine oxide derivatives. …”
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MXene-derived TiO2 nanosheets/rGO heterostructures for superior sodium-ion storage by Baosong Li, Dezhuang Ji, Abdallah Kamal Hamouda, Shaohong Luo

“…Transition metal oxides hold promise as electrode materials for energy-storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors. …”
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The influence of mechanochemical activation on the Zn–Ce–O composition properties by O Sachuk, V Zazhigalov, L Kuznetsova, S Shcherbakov

“…The influence of mechanochemical treatment in air at different conditions (treatment time, ball-to-powder ratio, diameter of the balls) on oxide zinc–cerium composition ZnO–CeO 2  = 50:50 (molar ratio) properties was studied. …”
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Fabrication of Affordable and Sustainable Solar Cells Using NiO/TiO2 P-N Heterojunction by Kingsley O. Ukoba, Freddie L. Inambao, Andrew C. Eloka-Eboka

“…The need for affordable, clean, efficient, and sustainable solar cells informed this study. Metal oxide TiO2/NiO heterojunction solar cells were fabricated using the spray pyrolysis technique. …”
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