Browsing by Subject "nanostructure"
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(2013-07-31)Uranium-zirconium (U-Zr) alloys comprise a class of metallic nuclear fuel that is regularly considered for application in fast nuclear energy systems. The U-10wt%Zr alloy has been demonstrated to very high burnup without ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The research in this dissertation examines the chemistry and applications of dendrimers in homogeneous catalysis. We examined interactions between dendrimers and charged probe molecules, prepared dendrimer-encapsulated ...
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(2014-08-10)Pool boiling experiments for nanocoatings (or nanostructured surfaces) show that despite the lower thermal conductivity values than carbon, silicon yielded higher values of CHF (critical heat flux). Subsequently numerical ...
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(2013-04-15)High energy neutron and charged particle radiation cause microstructural and mechanical degradation in structural metals and alloys, such as phase segregation, void swelling, embrittlement and creep. Radiation induced ...