The influence of high-dose exposure to heavy Xe 23+ ions on the alteration in optical and
structural properties, alongside the polymorphic transformation degree in polycrystalline ZrO …

Oxytetracycline (OTC), as one of widely applied veterinary antibiotic, has become a new
environmental pollutant. To explore the feasibility of the nanocomposites of reduced …

Synthesis of fuels from lignin bio-oil feedstock significantly alleviates energy crises and
environmental pollution. Phenol is the simplest model compound for lignin bio-oil …

Ion beam analysis methods are very sensitive to analyze the defects and impurities in
insulators and semiconductors. The present study focuses on an investigation of the nature …

Base treatment and metal do** were evaluated as means of enhancing the photocatalytic
activity of ZrO2 nanoparticles (NPs) via the generation of oxygen vacancies (OvS), and the …

The paper reports on the effect of irradiation by swift heavy Xe ions on partially stabilized
zirconia ceramics. XRD analysis identified two tetragonal phases with different degrees of …

Swift heavy ions (SHI) irradiation of Nickel (Ni) beam with different ions fluence bring the
modifications in the functional properties of radio frequency (RF) grown zirconium oxide …

In this work, highly ordered ZrO2 nanotube arrays were fabricated on commercial pure Zr
substrates through anodic oxidation in the water-based electrolyte at various voltages (30 V …

A multimodal chemical imaging approach has been developed and applied to detail the
dynamic, atomic-scale changes associated with oxidation of a zirconium alloy (Zircaloy-4) …

Yttria, yttria-ceria and yttria-ceria-lanthana stabilized zirconia powders were prepared by
coprecipitation. Their tetragonal-to-monoclinic phase (t→ m) transformation was investigated …