Corrosion Resistance of 3D-Printed Titanium Alloy Ti64-ELI Parts for Dental Application by L. Lebea, H. M. Ngwangwa, D. A. Desai, F. Nemavhola

“…The microstructure of prepared samples was analyzed, and the formation of α- and β-phases was studied. …”
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Effect of Welding Process on the Sulfide Stress Corrosion Susceptibility of Q345R by YANG Quan - yi, ZHANG Zhao - yang, LIU Meng, LIU Xian - bin, HAN En - hou

“…In order to discuss and analyze the influence of welding process on Q345R sulfide stress corrosion sensitivity, the sulfide stress corrosion cracking susceptibility of Q345R welded by manual welding and argon arc welding processes was tested and evaluated in NACE A solution with saturated H2S. The microstructure and mechanical properties of Q345R welded by the two welding processes were analyzed by SEM and vickers hardness tester. …”
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Effect of Aging Heat Treatment in an Al-4008 Produced by Liquid Metal Printing by Catarina Ladeiro, Francisca Nunes, Mariana Trindade, Jose Costa

“…As one of the most recent advances in this industry, liquid metal printing has a growing value in the engineering field. This study aims to evaluate the effect of two heat treatment conditions in an Al-4008 alloy produced by this technique in the microstructure and mechanical properties. …”
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Mineral phases in iron ore sinters produced with oak sawdust substitute fuel by Mežibrický R., Fröhlichová M.

“…The microstructure of sinters in places with fuel residues consisted of well-integrated secondary mineral phases, confirming good conditions for sintering. …”
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Flow-Induced Shear Stress Combined with Microtopography Inhibits the Differentiation of Neuro-2a Cells by Eleftheria Babaliari, Paraskevi Kavatzikidou, Dionysios Xydias, Sotiris Psilodimitrakopoulos, Anthi Ranella, Emmanuel Stratakis

“…In this study, a precise flow-controlled microfluidic system featuring custom-designed chambers that integrate laser-microstructured polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates comprising microgrooves (MGs) was developed to investigate the combined effect of shear stress and topography on Neuro-2a (N2a) cells’ behavior. …”
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Impact of biochar on strength, durability, and carbon sequestration in cement based materials by G. Uday Kiran, G. Nakkeeran, Dipankar Roy, George Uwadiegwu Alaneme

“…Biochar was incorporated as a partial replacement for cement in varying proportions up to 5wt% to evaluate its effects on mechanical properties, durability, and microstructure. …”
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Life cycle assessment for calcination process of flue gas desulfurization gypsum and transformation into β-CaSO4·0.5H2O by Payal Bakshi, Asokan Pappu, Dhiraj Kumar Bharti

“…FGD gypsum has transformed into β-CaSO4·0.5H2O via frugal and easy method for construction applications with geometric microstructure, which offers high mechanical strength with better workability. …”
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Investigating Corrosion Behavior of Hard Coatings of Iron-base Electrodes Containing Carbide Elements by J. Etemadzadeh, T. Ahmadi, P. Basir, M.R. Khanzadeh

“…In this research, using the manual shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) process, a wear-resistant layer was created by AMA1600v, AMA1622v, and AMA1623v hard coating electrodes on the St37 carbon mild steel, and the effect of the number of welding passes on the microstructure and corrosion resistance of the coatings was evaluated. …”
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Preclinical Validation of MIN-T: A Novel Controlled-Released Formulation for the Adjunctive Local Application of Minocycline in Periodontitis by Małgorzata Benedyk-Machaczka, Piotr Mydel, Karsten Mäder, Marta Kaminska, Nadine Taudte, Marcel Naumann, Martin Kleinschmidt, Sandra Sarembe, Andreas Kiesow, Sigrun Eick, Mirko Buchholz

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Reversible swelling behaviour of Diels–Alder clicked chitosan hydrogels in response to pH changes by O. Guaresti, C. Garcia-Astrain, L. Urbina, A. Eceiza, N. Gabilondo

“…The effect of the surrounding pH over the microstructure and the swelling ability of the hydrogels was evaluated depending on the initial composition. …”
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Development of Soft Wrinkled Micropatterns on the Surface of 3D-Printed Hydrogel-Based Scaffolds via High-Resolution Digital Light Processing by Mauricio A. Sarabia-Vallejos, Scarleth Romero De la Fuente, Nicolás A. Cohn-Inostroza, Claudio A. Terraza, Juan Rodríguez-Hernández, Carmen M. González-Henríquez

“…This enabled the combination of micrometer-sized channels (100–200 microns) with microstructured wrinkled surfaces (1–3 μm wavelength). …”
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Approaching Pottery Burnishing through Experimental Firings by Georgia Kordatzaki

“…For this task, two main factors related to burnishing were examined and evaluated, the reflection of the ceramics and pottery surface sheen. …”
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Influence of white etching layer on rolling contact behavior at wheel-rail interface by Qinglin Lian, Guanyu Deng, Hongtao Zhu, Huijun Li, Xi Wang, Zhiming Liu

“…Stress changes along the rail depth matched with the previously reported microstructure evolutions. The current work revealed that the maximum difference in contact stress between the wheel passages of rail matrix and the WEL region (noted as stress variation) rises with the increase of loading pressure, the value of a/b, and Sr; but drops with the friction coefficient (μ). …”
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Ocular and confocal manifestations of Mainland Chinese with Fabry disease: a cross-sectional controlled study by Yao Xu, Yingjie Chen, Jiali Fan, Sasa Kou, Xinyu Zhuang, Bingyuan Zhou, Xiaofeng Zhang

“…Abstract Background This cross-sectional controlled study aims to characterize ocular manifestations and corneal microstructure via in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) in mainland Chinese patients with Fabry disease (FD). …”
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Histological and Biochemical Changes in Ovaries of Adult Wistar Rats Following Exposure to Risperidone by Onyilo, P.O.*, Dirisu, E.I., Samuel, B.O.

“…Group B rats (2.5 mg/kg of risperidone) showed normal ovarian microstructure, with follicles at various stages of maturity. …”
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Characterization of the Micro‐Morphology and Compositional Distribution of Chang'e‐5 Lunar Soil Mineral Surfaces Using TOF‐SIMS by Tinglu Song, Jie Liu, Chunlin Zhang, Xinyu Yang, Taiyang Chen, Shunzi Jiang, Fan Xu, Ning Li, Menghua Zhu, Shaolin Li, Meishuai Zou

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Role of Optical Coherence Tomography on Corneal Surface Laser Ablation by Bruna V. Ventura, Haroldo V. Moraes, Newton Kara-Junior, Marcony R. Santhiago

“…OCT is an optical imaging modality that uses low-coherence interferometry to provide noninvasive cross-sectional imaging of tissue microstructure in vivo. There are two types of OCTs, each with transverse and axial spatial resolutions of a few micrometers: the time-domain and the fourier-domain OCTs. …”
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Investigation of freeze-thaw performance for sustainable rubberized concrete composites with different water to cement ratios by H. Alperen Bulut, U. Kandil

“…The changes in the microstructure of the concrete were analyzed by using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). …”
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Hydroforming Process for an Ultrasmall Bending Radius Elbow by Shangwen Ruan, Lihui Lang, Yulong Ge

“…The effects of multistep forming on the thickness distribution and the heat treatment on the microstructure have been evaluated. The results obtained from simulations show a reasonable agreement with those from the experiments.…”
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Relating the formation factor to chloride diffusion in concrete based on low carbon binder types by Achenbach Rebecca, Raupach Michael

“…This article takes a closer look at the electrical resistivity of mortars and concretes and the formation factor as a microstructure parameter. Both, but the formation factor in particular, show great potential for providing meaningful assessments as a parameter for evaluating the durability of mortar and concrete.…”
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