Issue 2

Issue 2 (10th June 2020), Volume 2, Materials International


1) Call for papers on special issue “Thin-film materials, devices and carrier dynamics for flexible electronics”

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.062062

Zhigang Yin 1,2

  1. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao West Road, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
  2.  Institut für Chemie and IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany

*  Correspondence: yinzhg@fjirsm.ac.cn; Scopus ID: 8522687800


2) Call for papers on special issue “Functional materials for energy applications”

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.063063

Guo-Ming Weng 1

1   Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA

*  Correspondence: guoming.weng@yale.edu; Scopus ID: 53265381700


3) Influence of pH on the photocatalytic activity of ZnO nanorods

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials21.064072

M.J. Kadhim 1, M.A. Mahdi 1,*, J.J. Hassan 1

1   Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq

*  Correspondence: m.a.mahdi@uobasrah.edu.iq; Scopus ID: 37077680600


4) A review on progressive development in desiccant materials

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.073082

Jani Dilip Batukray 1, *

1   AGEC, Dahod, Gujarat Technological University (GTU), Ahmedabad, India

* Correspondence: dbjani@rediffmail.com; Scopus ID: 57077089900


5) An Insight on Thermophysical Properties of Binary Mixtures of Hydrocarbons with Spectroscopic Evidence; Essential Components of Transformer Oils

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.083096

Sanghamitra Pradhan 1, Manaswini Chhotaray 2,Sujata Mishra 3*

1   Department of Chemistry, Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha’O’Anusandhan, Deemed to be University, Khandagiri Square, Bhubaneswar, 751030, Odisha, India; Sanghamitra.pradhan85@gmail.com;

2   Department of Chemistry, Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha’O’Anusandhan, Deemed to be University, Khandagiri Square, Bhubaneswar, 751030, Odisha, India; Manaswinichhotaray96@gmail.com

3   Department of Chemistry, Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha’O’Anusandhan, Deemed to be University, Khandagiri Square, Bhubaneswar, 751030, Odisha, India; drsujatamishra97@gmail.com

* Correspondence: drsujatamishra97@gmail.com; Scopus ID: 7203777707


6) Effects of Substrate Type on the Morphology and Optical Properties of ZnO Nanorods Grown via Chemical Bath Deposition

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.097102

Yasmine Taha 1, Hanaa F. Al-Taay 1,*

1   Department of physics, College of science for Women, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

*  Correspondence: Hanaa_flayeh@yahoo.com; Scopus ID:  55331327200


7) A Programmable Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Emulator Based on a DC-DC Synchronous Buck Converter

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.103110

This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced energy storage, conversion and application materials

Chao-Tsung Ma 1, *, Zen-Yu Tsai 1, Chin-Lung Hsieh 2

1   Department of Electrical Engineering, CEECS, National United University, Miaoli 36063, Taiwan

2   Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER), Atomic Energy Council, 1000 Wenhua Rd. Jiaan Village, Longtan District, Taoyuan City 32546, Taiwan

* Correspondence: ctma@nuu.edu.tw; Scopus ID: 55734816100


8) Biomass to Biochar Conversion for Agricultural and Environmental Applications in Nigeria: Challenges, Peculiarities and Prospects

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.111116

This article belongs to the Special Issue Materials for agricultural

Joshua O. Ighalo 1, *, Adewale George Adeniyi 1, **

1   Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, P. M. B. 1515, Nigeria

*  Correspondence: e-oshea.ighalo@yahoo.com; Scopus ID: 57202955844adeniyi.ag@unilorin.edu.ng; Scopus ID: 57203847713


9) Effect of Boron and Phosphorus Compounds on Fire and Technological Properties of Oriented Strandboard

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.117122

Nadir Ayrilmis 1

1   Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Forestry Faculty, Bahcekoy, 34473, Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey

* Correspondence: nadiray@istanbul.edu.tr; Scopus ID: 8654839700


10) Performance Study of Eco-Concrete Based on Waste Demolition as Recycled Aggregates

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.123130

This article belongs to the Special Issue Performance-based Service Life Design of reinforced recycled aggregate concrete

Oussama Kessal 1,2,*, Larbi Belagraa 2,3 , Ammar Noui 1,2 , Nabil Maafi 1 , Abderrazak Bouzid 2

1   Department of Civil Engineering, Mohammed El-Bachir Ibrahimi University of Bordj Bou Arreridj,(34062), Algeria

2   Laboratory of Materials and Electronic Systems [LMSE], University of Bordj Bou Arréridj, (34062), Algeria

3     Department of Civil Engineering, Mohamed Boudiaf University of M’sila(UMBM), M’sila (28000), Algeria

* Correspondence: oussama.kessal@yahoo.fr; oussama.kessal@univ-bba.dz;


11) Properties of Oriented Strandboard Produced Using  Phenol-Formaldehyde Resin Synthesized with Bio-Oil of Lignocellulosic Wastes

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.131138

Nadir Ayrilmis 1, *, Günay Özbay 2, Erkan Sami Kökten 3,*

1   Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Forestry Faculty, Bahcekoy, 34473, Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey

2   Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Aksaray University, 68000, Aksaray, Turkey

3     Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Karabuk University, 78050, Karabuk, Turkey

* Correspondence: nadiray@istanbul.edu.tr; Scopus ID: 8654839700


12) Chitin, Chitosan, and Submicron-Sized Chitosan Particles Prepared from Scylla serrata Shells

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.139149

This article belongs to the Special Issue Current trends in biopolymer-based materials

Nur Alimatul Hakimah Narudin 1, Abdul Hanif Mahadi 2, Eny Kusrini 3, Anwar Usman 2,*

1   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong BE1410, Brunei Darussalam; 15b3139@ubd.edu.bn

2   Centre for Advanced Material and Energy Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong BE1410, Brunei Darussalam; hanif.mahadi@ubd.edu.bn

3     Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus Baru UI, 16424 Depok, Indonesia; ekusrini@che.ui.ac.id

* Correspondence: anwar.usman@ubd.edu.bn; Scopus ID: 7006491473


13) Morphological and Thermal Properties of Polystyrene Composite Reinforced with Biochar from Plantain Stalk Fibre

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.150156

Damilola Onifade 1, Joshua Ighalo 1, *, Adewale Adeniyi 1, *, Kamalideen Hammed 1

1   Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, P. M. B. 1515, Nigeria

*  Correspondence: adeniyi.ag@unilorin.edu.ng; Scopus ID: 57203847713

oshea.ighalo@yahoo.com; Scopus ID: 57202955844


14) Facile Fabricated of CNT Based Free-Standing Electrode with Cotton Carbon for Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.157163

Shengrui Chen 1†, Zhengling Cao 2†, Ping Lou 2 , Aijun Ma 2, Shaoqing Xuan 2 , Weiyong Yu 2, Guohua Xu 2, Youming Zhang 3, Pingmei Guo 1,*, Jiyuan Liang 1, Weixin Zhang 4,*, Yuan-Cheng Cao 4,*

1   Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, Hubei, China

2   State Grid Huzhou Electric Power Supply Company, Huzhou 313000, China

3     State Grid Liaoning Electric Power Supply Co. Ltd, Shenyang 110004, China

4     School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China

*  Correspondence: yccao@hust.edu.cn;   Scopus ID: 56979443300

pmguo@jhun.edu.cn;

weixin.zhang@hust.edu.cn;

† These authors contributed equally to this work.


15) Low Temperature Nickel Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon Nanorods on Silicon and Glass Substrates

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.164169

Samaneh Soleimani-Amiri 1, *  

1   Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol 484, Iran

* Correspondence: s.soleimani@nit.ac.ir; Scopus ID: 57189001334


16) High sound absorption of polyester composites / fiber hemp / nanocellulose for automotive interior materials

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.170174

Mohammad Farid 1,* , Agung  Purniawan 1 , Diah Susanti  1, Vania Mitha  Pratiwi 1, Mohammad Ilham  Yoessa 1

1   Department of Materials Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya, Indonesia

* Correspondence: mofaredo@gmail.com; Scopus ID: 55898969200


17) Thermal Energy Storage for the Complex Energy Systems

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.175190

Nima Norouzi 1, Saeed Talebi 1, * , Maryam Fani 1

1   Energy Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

* Correspondence: satalebi@aut.ac.ir; Scopus ID: 25650802200


18) Numerical Modeling of Thermal Energy Storage of CHPs in Porous Concrete

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.191204

Maryam Fani 1, *, Nima Norouzi 2

1   Professor, Energy department, Amirkabir university of technology, Tehran, Iran; mfani@aut.ac.ir

2   Research associate, Energy department, Amirkabir university of technology, Tehran, Iran; nima1376@aut.ac.ir

*  Correspondence: mfani@aut.ac.ir; Scopus ID: 35088169800


19) Plant Extract Mediated Synthesis of Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.205209

Asratemedhin Bekele Habtemariam 1, *, Mohammed Oumer 1

1   College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Berhan University, P.O.Box 445, Debre Berhan Ethiopia

* Correspondence: basrtm@g-mail.com; Scopus ID: 57212268225


20) Oxygen Vacancies Enhanced Pseudocapacitive Charge Storage Performance of WO3-x Crystals

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.210218

This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced energy storage, conversion and application materials

Hua Ma 1,2, Zhenguang Shen 1,3, Zhijian Peng 1,*, Bo Zhang 2, Jingwen Qian 1,2, Zengying Zhao 1, Xiuli Fu 2,*

1   School of Science, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, P.R. China

2   School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, P.R. China

3     Liaocheng Product Quality Supervision & Inspection, Liaocheng 252000, Shangdong Province, P.R. China

*  Correspondence: pengzhijian@cugb.edu.cn; Scopus ID: 56307402200

xiulifu@bupt.edu.cn; Scopus ID: 16042184600


21) Heat Pump Thermal Storage for Molton Salt in the Solar Technology

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.219230

Nima Norouzi 1, Saeed Talebi 2,* , Maryam Fani 3

1   Research associate, Energy Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; nima1376@aut.ac.ir

2   Professor, Energy Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; sa.talebi2015@gmail.com

3   Professor, Energy Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; mfani@aut.ac.ir

*  Correspondence: sa.talebi2015@gmail.com; Scopus ID: 25650802200


22) Flexible PCB Coils for Wireless Power Transfer System Using Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Induction

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.231235

This article belongs to the Special Issue Thin-film materials, devices and carrier dynamics for flexible electronics

Zhaofeng Zhong 1, Zan Su 1, Chuang Xu 1, Zaijun Feng 1, Zhe Wang 1, Zilin Wang 2, Yunhui Zhong 3, Hao Wu 3, Jinling Wu 4,*, Yuan-Cheng Cao 4,*

1   State Grid Yili Electric Power Supply Co. Ltd, Yili City83500, Xinjiang P.R. China

2   State grid Ezhou Electric Power Supply co., Ltd, Ezhou 43600, China

3   Zhejiang Landun Electrical New Material Technologies L.td, Hangzhou311418, China

4  School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China

† these authors contributed equally to this work

*  Correspondence: yccao@hust.edu.cn; 878579346@qq.com; Scopus ID: 56979443300


23) Investigation on High-Temperature Effect of Recycled Concrete Aggregate on Mortars

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.236241

This article belongs to the Special Issue Performance-based Service Life Design of reinforced recycled aggregate concrete

Emriye Çınar 1 , Behçet Dündar 1 , Tayfun Uygunoğlu 2,*

1   Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Osmaniye, Turkey; emriyecinar@osmaniye.edu.tr; behcetdundar@osmaniye.edu.tr

3   Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey; uygunoglu@aku.edu.tr

* Correspondence: uygunoglu@aku.edu.tr; Scopus ID: 14627796200


24) Experimental Study on the Effectiveness of an Untreated Animal Sludge Biochar to Release/Retain Nutrients and Heavy Metals from Soil Amended with Compost

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.242249

Despina Vamvuka 1,*, Katerina Esser 2

1   School of Mineral Resources Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 73100 Chania, Greece; vamvuka@mred.tuc.gr; esserkaterina@gmail.com

*  Correspondence: vamvuka@mred.tuc.gr; Scopus ID: 6701543353


25) Development of Fe/Ru Bimetallic Nanoparticles for Promising Application in the Selective Synthesis of SWNTs

https://doi.org/10.33263/Materials22.250255

Pradeep Kumar Khiriya1, Meet A. Moradiya1, Purnima Swarup Khare1,*

1   School of Nanotechnology, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

*  Correspondence: purnima.swaroop@rgtu.net;   Scopus ID: 55850045100