Materials Engineering (MatEng)
Recent Submissions
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Sustainable Strategies for E-Waste Management: Bio- Derived Substrates and Heavy metal Remediation Techniques
Monitoring pollution levels and extent is crucial for preserving our environment's sustainability. Advances in the technology sector, facilitated by new materials and methods, have significantly improved. Nonetheless, these ... -
Effect of Microstructural Evolution on the Electrochemical Degradation Behaviour of Electrodeposited Tin-Based Coatings
The electrodeposited/electroplated Sn has been used as a protective coating to enhance corrosion resistance, anode material for rechargeable Li-ion battery as an alternative to graphite, decorative finishes, and electronic ... -
Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Alloys for Orthopaedic applications: Processing-Microstructure-Property-Function Relationship
Metallic materials are used for osteosynthesis, and outcomes are expected to be complete healing. The latter part generally becomes unachievable when human subjects need complicated surgery. This situation generally requires ... -
Engineering Interpenetrating Polymeric Network (IPN) Membranes for Effective Water Remediation
Water is fundamental to human life, sustaining ecosystems, supporting livelihoods, and underpinning human well-being. Despite its importance, water scarcity is a growing global issue due to population growth, economic ... -
Hexagonal boron nitride incorporated polymer nanocomposites for water remediation
The isolation of graphene in 2004 sparked a revolution in the study and applications of 2D nanomaterials in various disparate fields. Separation technology is no exception. 2D nanomaterials possess numerous desirable ... -
Extraction of Bond Coat Mechanical Properties using High- Temperature Digital Image Correlation
Gas turbine engines used in aircraft or power generation widely use nickel-based superalloys in their hot sections such as combustion chambers, turbine blades, etc. These components in the hot section use thermal barrier ... -
Multifunctional hydrogels with injectable, self-healing, and shape-morphing capabilities for biomedical applications
In recent years, there has been a notable surge in interest surrounding implantable biomaterials due to their potential applications in treating physical defects and traumas. Hydrogels have garnered growing attention among ... -
Thermoresponsive CuS based nanocomposites Mimicking Red Blood Cells for Combinatorial Therapy and Photoacoustic Imaging
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains a major public health threat in the US, even with successful early-stage surgeries. Recurrence and advanced stages present complex diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Traditional ... -
Investigations of Sensors Based on New Molecular Architectonics: Synthesis, Fabrication and Application
Rapid industrialization and expansion of urban landscapes in large cities generate maximum polluting ingredients to the surrounding environment. While organic contaminants are naturally occurring, the increase in human ... -
Effect of Electric Current Pulses on Pre-cracked Thin Metallic Conductors: From Crack Propagation to Healing of Cracks
Both scientifically and technologically, it is important to investigate the effects of electric current on the structural integrity of metallic components. As an electric current reverses its direction across a crack, ... -
Inkjet-printed high performance oxide electronics and its application at sensor interfaces
Over the last two decades, printing of oxide semiconductors has received special attention due to its advantages such as low processing temperature, even at room temperature; high electron mobility; good transparency due ... -
Thermoplastic epoxy designed using Vitrimer chemistries
Globally, 70 million tons of epoxy thermosets are manufactured at a perplexing rate which constitutes approximately a quarter of polymer generation by weight. A thermosetting polymer contains a permanent crosslinked network ... -
Effect of thermo-mechanical treatment on the evolution of microstructure and mechanical properties in a β and a β rich α+β titanium alloy
Near β and metastable β-titanium alloys are difficult to process due to narrow processing window. Lower processing temperature causes difficulty in recrystallization of these alloys especially in the two phase conditions, ... -
Uniaxial Fatigue Behavior of Freestanding Platinum-Aluminide (PtAl) Bond Coat
Pt-aluminide (PtAl) bond coat is used as a part of Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC) system on Ni-base superalloy components in advanced gas turbine aeroengines. The thickness of B2-NiAl intermetallic based diffused coating ... -
High-Throughput Bending Tests for Investigating Creep Behavior Affected by Structural and Microstructural Inhomogeneities
The bending of cantilevers is an alternate technique for the extraction of power-law creep parameters of materials. It has been shown earlier that in homogeneous systems showing tension-compression symmetry, digital image ... -
Bioinspiration for battling bacteria: Nature inspired high aspect ratio nanostructures for new age antibacterial surfaces
Bacterial colonization and biofilm formation on abiotic surfaces effectuate corrosion, fermentation, and infection resulting in tremendous economic and human losses each year. Aggravating the situation, new multi-drug ... -
Understanding deformation mechanisms in the Hall-Petch breakdown regime of Ni-W alloys
The substantially higher strengths of nanocrystalline metals has been to attributed to the well-known Hall-Petch relationship σ= σ_o+k_HP d^(-1/2) where 𝜎 is the yield stress, 𝜎𝑜 is the lattice friction stress, 𝑑 is ... -
Microstructure-Corrosion Property Correlation in Electrodeposited Sn and Cu Based Coating Systems
Conventional metallic coatings are widely used for protection against corrosion. This study investigates the correlation between microstructure and corrosion properties in SnCr and CuCr electrodeposited coatings. The wide ... -
Effect of Processing Mg-6zn-0.2ce Through High-pressure Torsion on Its Use as a Biomaterial
Here, we investigate the effect of high-pressure torsion (HPT), a severe plastic deformation process, on the mechanical properties, corrosion, and cytotoxicity of Mg-6Zn-0.2Ce alloy, a candidate material for bioresorbable ... -
Comprehensive Investigation of the Mechanical Behavior of Nial-x (X=pt, Pd) Alloys: Effect of Composition, Orientation and Temperature
Gas turbine engines in the turbine section operate at temperatures exceeding 1300°C, which can cause high-temperature oxidation and reduce the lifespan of turbine blades. To counter this, thermal barrier coating (TBC) ...