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Steel is a non-combustible material, but at high temperatures, steel structures, due to their diminishing yield strength, undergo a considerable visco-plastic deflection, which results in a reduction in their load bearing capacity. Thus, to increase safety against fire must be considered as an important objective in the design and construction of steel structures. One of the safety measures which can be taken against fire is to increase the resistance of the structure against heat by using heat-resistant coatings. This decreases the rate of transfer of heat to the structure, and must include the ‘structural members’ and ‘structural joints’. Due to the role of structural connections in... 

In this study three type of nanofiltration membranes were prepared from PVC for water softening; (i) asymmetric PVC nanofiltration membrane, and two different thin film composite (TFC) membranes: (ii) polyamide (PA)/PVC composite membrane (iii) poly vinyl alcohol (PVA)/PVC composite membrane. Asymmetric nanofiltration membranes were prepared by phase inversion. The effect of PVC concentration, solvent (THF) and additive (PVP) on morphology and performance were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and measuring pure water flux and salt rejection. Increasing PVC concentration decreased pure water flux and increased salt rejection. Adding tetrahydrofuran(THF) decreased the pure water... 

Ni/SiO2 nanoparticle composite coatings were prepared by electrophoretic deposition (EPD) and their hardness, wear and corrosion resistance were examined. Additionally, the morphology of the coatings was observed. In the first phase, the feasibility of coating with Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) as well as X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Energy Dispersive Spectra (EDS) techniques was evaluated. After finding the effect of concentration of nanoparticles on coating characteristics and the results of using SEM, optimum conditions for uniform coating, acceptable adhesion at 20V and concentrations of 10 g/L for Ni, 1.2 g/L for SiO2, and choosing NiCl2 as additive with a concentration of 0.2 g/L... 

Antibacterial coatings are a branch of paints and coatings industry that has a wide application from Clothing and Textiles to Floor and Medical instrument. Different antibacterial agents such as silver, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, gold, chitosan, Silicon dioxide, Magnesium hydroxide and carbon nanotubes have been used. UV curable coatings are economic and environmentally friendly coatings and they are one of the fastest growing segments in the paint and coatings industry. Many studies have been conducted on UV curable coatings and their properties. Among different resins, The UV curable polyurethane offer properties such as: Excellent hardness, High gloss, good chemical and weather... 

Nowadays, self-healing process, repairing minor damages automatically without the need for detection or any type of manual intervention, becomes a hot topic of general interest. In this research, the effect of addition of carbon nanocontainers doped with film forming epoxy and polyamine agents in various contents on the self-healing properties of epoxy resin was investigated. Carbon nanocontainers were synthesized via the silica templating method and carbonization of polysaccharide shells at the high temperature. Loading of the film forming agents into carbon nanocontainers was performed using vacuum jar method in the presence of epoxy/acetone and polyamine/acetone dilute solutions.... 

Vitamin C is one of the essential ingredients for the survival of human beings, animals and plants. This vitamin is an ester that in its structure there is a cyclic ester, an alkene Factor (C = C) and four hydroxyl factor (OH). This vitamin is a white solid, water-soluble and non-toxic that exists in many fruits, especially citrus. Its presence in the diet of human resistance them against infections increases. The main factor causing acidic property in vitamin C is the presence of OH groups attached to the alkene. Various forms of vitamin C exists in pharmaceutical collection of European countries. Since the tablet form because of the many advantages including being economical compared with... 

In this research we developed a superhydrophobic and anti-wear coating on a glass substrate using SiO2 nanoparticles to form a transparent superhydrophobic thin film and SiC nanoparticles to improve the wear resistance of coating.
Silica nanoparticles were produced via a simple sol gel method from Tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as precursor. Hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) and Tetramethylclourosilane (TMCS) were used as hydrophobic inducing agents and at last SiC nanoparticles were dispersed in the solution in order to provide wear resistance. The final results indicate the contact angle (CA) of water droplet on the surface was about 158° and sliding angle (SA) lower than 9°. Studying the... 

The highest efficiency of Perovskite solar cells that is attained up to now, is around 24%. This champion solar cell is prepared under vacuum. This method suffers from low rapidity, small deposition area and high cost which are not compatible with commercialization. Printing method has a special position in mass production of electronic equipment, such as solar cells. This method has the potential of high rapid, low cast and repeatable deposition. In this thesis, I introduce a novel deposition method, named Capillary Adhesion Coating, which is based on capillary concept. The novel deposition method coats infinite perfect thinfilms with high rapidity and low cost. After the introducing of... 

In this research, immobilization method was employed to increase the thermal stability of Chondroitinase ABC I (cABC I) enzyme. In first step, magnetite nanoparticle (Fe3O4) was selected as a support and cABC I enzyme was attached via the adsorption method. The results showed that pH=6.5, temperature 15 ˚C, enzyme-to-support mass ratio 0.75, and incubation time 4.5 hr were the appropriate conditions for immobilizing cABC I enzyme on Fe3O4 nanoparticle. It was also found that the optimum pH for free and immobilized enzymes was 7.6 and 8.0, respectively. The maximum activity of free enzyme was obtained at 25 ˚C, whereas the activity of immobilized enzyme was almost constant in the temperature... 

Perovskite solar cells, with high efficiency operation, have been candidated as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly technology. Despite the great progress, there are some primarily issues remained regarding to the perovskite film and its fabrication methods. A very common perovskite cell structure is FTO/TiO2/CH3NH3PbI3/Spiro-OMeTAD/Au. Although, this structure has some advantages, lack of full surface coverage of perovskite film leads researchers to put much effort on finding other constructions. This surface inhomogeneity reduces the amount of light absorption and therefore efficiency. One way to produce a complete and uniform film is applying mixed-halide composition; such as... 

Aseptic loosening and infection are two major problems of bone implants. Aseptic loosening occurs due to poor cell growth and poor adhesion to the implant surface over time. Bone infection at the implant site occurs mainly by the staphylococcus aureus bacteria. In some cases, infection occurs in the short term and in the early times after implantation, and in some cases, infection occurs in later times. The aim of this study is to synthesize and evaluate antibacterial coatings, while having cell growth-promoting components and cell differentiation to solve bone implant problems simultaneously. Also, the issue of bacterial resistance to antibiotics and their risks in bone implants is another... 

Nowadays, the development of different polymer blend nanocomposites is of great importance for achieving electrical and antistatic properties for various applications such as auto parts and the packaging industry. Immiscible polymer blends with conductive nanoparticles such as carbon nanotube, graphene, etc. can reach the conductivity threshold with low amounts of nanoparticles and produce desired electrical properties. In the present study, we have attempted to develop a polystyrene(PS)/ethylene-octene copolymer(EOC)/carbon nanotube(CNT) blend nanocomposite with suitable electrical conductivity. The compounding was performed by melt mixing at two weight percent of 80/20 and 50/50 (PS/EOC)... 

Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) process and different cored wires that were filled separately with nano TiC particles, micro TiC particles and graphite powders were employed to produce surface composite coating on CP-Ti substrate to improve wear resistance. At first using titanium strips, wire drawing process and different powders various cored wires were produced and then using TIG, these cored wires were coated on CP-Ti. This process was done for different current intensities and velocities. Composite coating tracks were found to be affected by the TIG heat input and the kinds of the cored wires. The microstructures of the surface composite coating showed phases of α'-Ti and primary and dendritic... 

During this research, ceramic coatings on titanium substrate were prepared by plasma electrolytic oxidation process at a constant current density. Effect of different parameters such as frequency, current density, additives and time on the characteristics of the coated samples was studied. Composition, structure and elemental distribution of the coatings were studied by XRD, SEM and wave-length dispersive spectroscopy (WDS), respectively. Various tests were carried out to calculate the amount of coatings porosity. Pin-On-Disk method was used to evaluate erosion resistance of coatings. Corrosion and erosion-corrosion behaviors of the coatings were studied in 3.5wt% sodium chloride aqueous... 

In this project, a ceramic biocompatible coating was applied on Titanium which is included Hydroxyapatite by AC Plasma Electrolyte Oxidation method. First, coating was performed in 5 different solutions and various duration in 500mA/Cm2 as a current density. Then, by microscopic and macroscopic images and size of porosity and also thickness of coat, 3 solutions were chosen for adding nanoparticles: Solution 1 which includes NaH2PO4 and Ca(CH3COO)2 , Solution 3 which includes Ca(CH3COO)2 and Na-Beta G and Solution 4 which includes Ca(H2PO4)2, HMP, NA2(EDTA) and Ca(CH3COO)2 . Also the time 10 minutes was chose as a appropriate time. The average of the porosities size in solution 1 was about... 

The purpose of this study is to study heterogeneous nanocatalysts for the production of biofuels by the method of exchange of styrene using oil and methanol as a fossil fuel alternative. Preparation of nanocatalysts, performing characteristic tests and investigating the reaction in different operating conditions in the batch reactor has already been studied. Therefore, in this study, the production of biodiesel fuel using the trans-esterification of canola oil with nanocatalysts in the micro-reactor reactor will be discussed. Previously, a heterogeneous catalyst (lithium based on calcium-lanthanum) was constructed using a co-incineration method and a wet inoculum, and as active and stable... 

In this study, the electrochemical precipitation of three-component zinc-nickel-manganese coating on st37 steel substrate from chloride bath was investigated. Cyclic voltammetry results showed that the presence of ammonium thiocyanate complexer had a positive effect on the stability of precipitated manganese. Also, in order to evaluate the optimal coating conditions, the precipitation process at voltages of -1.4, -1.5 and VSCE -6.6, concentration of zinc 0.3 M, concentration of nickel 0.15 M and concentrations of manganese 0.15, 0.3 And 0.45 M and temperatures of 25, 40 and 55 .C. The results of X-ray energy diffraction spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction of... 

Although using cathodic protection in addition to coating with paint will extend the life of pipelines drastically, it can also accelerate disbondment of coating at coating defects. In this research four usual pipeline coating systems have been examined from applicational aspects and the best coating system among them has been introduced. The four coating systems were consisted of: epoxy coal tar 212 with epoxy 155 primer, solvent free polyamine epoxy 474HG without primer, glasscote 440 witout primer and glasscote 440 with epoxy 155 primer. According to ASTM G8, cathodic disbondment test was accomplished for eight samples simultaneously. During the tests cathodic protection current and... 

According to human needs and in line with the development of advanced technologies, different biomedical Engineering fields like hard tissue implants are growing rapidly. Despite significant biotechnology Developments in recent years, some problems to the recognition of implants related osseointegration phenomena persist. The deficient osseointegration and implant-associated infections are key issues for the long-term clinical success of titanium and titanium alloy implants, while development of multifunctional surfaces that can simultaneously overcome these problems remains highly challenging. Therefore, the ultimate goal of this paper was to improve bone cell attachment and simultaneously... 

Reducing water evaporation is one of the ways to overcome the low precipitation and drought conditions in water reservoirs. For this purpose, extensive studies have been investigated on physical and chemical coatings on lakes and reservoirs. Physical methods often involve the use of floating covers on the water surface to block evaporation by shading, most of which are only suitable for reservoirs with surface areas smaller than 5 hectares. In chemical methods, the evaporation can be decreased by nanomaterial coating, usually, containing long-chain molecules, which by spraying them on the surface, molecular monolayers are formed. In this study, the effect of nanometer coatings on the surface...