In the last decade, research on the synthesis and characterization of nanosized ferrites has
highly increased and a wide range of new applications for these materials have been …

The brittle nature of early aerogels developed from inorganic precursors fueled the
discovery of their organic counterparts. Prominent among these organics are cellulose …

Studies of nanosized forms of bismuth (Bi)-containing materials have recently expanded
from optical, chemical, electronic, and engineering fields towards biomedicine, as a result of …

Steel, also known as iron alloy, is found 35% of the whole mass of the Earth. It is found in
many applications due to its unique properties. Alloying elements provide the backbone …

The stoichiometric compositions of a ferrite system with a chemical formula CoCr0. 5DyxFe1.
5− xO4 where x= 0.0, 0.025, 0.05, 0.075 and 0.1 were prepared by the sol-gel auto …

Mechanoluminescence (ML) is the light generation of a material under mechanical stimuli.
For more than 400 years, many compounds including inorganic and organic materials …

Abstract In this study, Cd–Co doped Zn ferrites (Cd x Zn 1-x Co 0.25 Fe 1.75 O 4; x= 0.0,
0.25, 0.5, and 0.75) were successfully synthesized using a facile sol–gel method for the first …

In the last decades, the interest in the development of protective coatings for movable and
immovable Cultural Heritage (CH) assets has decidedly increased. This has been mainly …

The corrosion process is a major source of metallic material degradation, particularly in
aggressive environments, such as marine ones. Corrosion progression affects the service …

The search of novel photocatalysts active under solar radiation has been object of extensive
work over the last decades. Alkaline earth titanates, ie CaTiO 3, SrTiO 3 and BaTiO 3, are …