The development of environmentally friendly process for pretreatments of metallic substrates
is a field of growing research due to the ban against chromates used as protective …

Zirconium oxide (ZrO 2) is acquiring considerable attention of most of the research groups
and leading to a large number of publications due to its unique properties, especially in the …

ZrO2 powders were synthesized via sol–gel process using zirconium oxychloride
octahydrate as the raw material. The effects of addition of glacial acetic acid and N, N …

Aluminium alloy AlCuMg is an alloy with high mechanical strength and fracture toughness,
but it suffers from poor corrosion resistance and friction behaviour. With a combined process …

Sol‐gel 8 wt.% Yttria Stabilized Zirconia (YSZ) thin films were prepared on zirconium
(zircaloy‐4 alloy) by dip‐coating technique followed by heat treating at various temperatures …

Nanoparticles are being added to both pure polymeric matrices and recovered waste
polymers with the aim of producing innovative materials with enhanced properties, referred …

We recently found that stabilizing agents have a strong effect on the interface structure of sol–
gel deposited coatings. In this work we investigated the influence of the stabilizing agents …

The adverse effect of chromates and its ban as protective pre-treatments has paved way for
the researchers towards develo** of eco-friendly techniques or methods for treating …

Sažetak U ovom radu nanostrukturni filmovi cirkonijevog dioksida stabilizirani itrijevim
oksidom (YSZ) pripravljeni su sol-gel postupkom i tehnikom uranjanja naneseni na podloge …

Atualmente o ramo industrial tem voltado grande parte de suas atenções para situações
ambientais. Um dos grandes problemas mundiais encontra-se no uso de cromo …