The enabling role of dealloying in the creation of specific hierarchical porous metal structures—A review

T Song, M Yan, M Qian - Corrosion Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Hierarchical porous materials exist widely in nature as a result of the survival rules of nature.
Inspired by the unique properties of these native hierarchical porous materials, researchers …

Zirconium alloys for orthopaedic and dental applications

A Mehjabeen, T Song, W Xu, HP Tang… - Advanced Engineering …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Zirconium alloys for biomedical applications are receiving increasing attention due to their
two unique properties: 1) the formation of an intrinsic bone‐like apatite layer on their …

Mesoporous Ni 60 Fe 30 Mn 10-alloy based metal/metal oxide composite thick films as highly active and robust oxygen evolution catalysts

E Detsi, JB Cook, BK Lesel, CL Turner… - Energy & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A major challenge in the field of water electrolysis is the scarcity of oxygen-evolving catalysts
that are inexpensive, highly corrosion-resistant, suitable for large-scale applications and …

Nanoporous silver as electrochemical actuator

E Detsi, MS Sellès, PR Onck, JTM De Hosson - Scripta Materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
We report on reversible dimensional changes in nanoporous silver made by selective
dissolution of Al from Ag–Al alloys. Strain amplitudes of between∼ 0.2 and 0.5% were …

Engineered optical properties of silver-aluminum alloy nanoparticles embedded in SiON matrix for maximizing light confinement in plasmonic silicon solar cells

PK Parashar, VK Komarala - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Self-assembled silver-aluminum (Ag-Al) alloy nanoparticles (NPs) embedded in SiO2,
Si3N4, and SiON dielectric thin film matrices explored as a hybrid plasmonic structure for …

Creation of bimodal porous copper materials by an annealing-electrochemical dealloying approach

T Song, M Yan, Z Shi, A Atrens, M Qian - Electrochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Hierarchical (bimodal) porous copper (Cu) materials with micro-and nano-sized pores are
desired for a wide variety of important applications. This study proposes an annealing …

Fine-tuning the feature size of nanoporous silver

E Detsi, Z Vuković, S Punzhin, PM Bronsveld… - …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
We show that the characteristic ligament size of nanoporous Ag synthesized by chemical
dissolution of Al from Ag–Al alloys can be tuned from the current submicrometer size (∼ 100 …

Liquid metal dealloying of titanium-tantalum (Ti-Ta) alloy to fabricate ultrafine Ta ligament structures: A comparative study in molten copper (Cu) and Cu-based alloys

T Song, HP Tang, Y Li, M Qian - Corrosion Science, 2020 - Elsevier
We report dealloying of Ti60Ta40 (wt.%) in molten copper, eutectic Cu28Ag72 alloy and
Cu20Ag40Bi40 alloy for the fabrication of ultrafine Ta ligament structures across a 1-mm …

Nanoporous Ag–CeO 2 ribbons prepared by chemical dealloying and their electrocatalytic properties

G Li, F Lu, X Wei, X Song, Z Sun, Z Yang… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel and facile strategy for the preparation of a monolithic Ag–CeO2 composite is
reported. Here, nanoporous Ag–CeO2 ribbons are successfully prepared through dealloying …

Combining physical vapor deposition structuration with dealloying for the creation of a highly efficient SERS platform

A Chauvin, W Puglisi, D Thiry… - Beilstein journal of …, 2023 - beilstein-journals.org
Nanostructured noble metal thin films are highly studied for their interesting plasmonic
properties. The latter can be effectively used for the detection of small and highly diluted …