School of Materials Engineering (Articles): Recent submissions
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Effect of compost medium on oxidative- linear low density polyethylene/soya powder blends
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)One alternative to enhance the degradability of polyethylene is the addition of prooxidant substances to their matix. The polymer materials are called oxo-biodegradable. Current investigation aimed to assess the abiotic ... -
Thermal properties of linear-low density polyethylene (LLDPE)/soya spent powder blends with the addition of epoxidised natural rubber
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)Soya spent powder as an inexpensive and renewable source has been used as a filler for linear-low density polyethylene (LLDPE) in this study. Linear-low density polyethylene (LLDPE)/soya spent powder composites were prepared ... -
Tensile properties LLDPE/soya spent powder blends: Oven aging
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)Linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE)/soya spent powder blends with different blends ratio were prepared by using internal mixer. Soya spent powder was varied from 5 to 40 wt. The thermal degradability was assessed by ... -
Effect of sintering time on the properties of LaYO3 doped with ZrO2 solid electrolyte
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)LaYO3 doped-ZrO2ceramic with the composition La0.95Zr0.05YO3+δ was prepared via the solid state reaction. The samples were sintered at 1450 °C and sintering times in range of 6-15 hours have been varied for both doped and ... -
Photoelectrocatalytic activity of Zn-loaded RGO-TiO₂ composite coatings on mild steel substrate via DC electrochemical co-deposition
(EDP Sciences, 2014-02)The photoelectrocatalytic activity of Zn-loaded reduced graphene oxide-titania (RGO-TiO₂) composite coatings on mild steel substrate was investigated in detail. Zn-loaded RGO-TiO₂ composite films were prepared by using DC ... -
Malaysian Foxtail grass - A potential source of natural/agro fibre for polymer composite panel
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)Foxtail grass, also known as 'rumput bulu' by the local people, is one of the fast growing grasses abundantly available all over Malaysia. A full grown Foxtail grass attains a height of about 0.5 - 1.5 meters. The fibres ... -
The effect of different sizes "Batu Reput" (Dolomite) as a filler in SMR L and ENR-50
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)The effects of different sizes of "Batu Reput" (Dolomite) filler which are smaller size (<63μm) and bigger size (75-150μm) on tensile and morphological properties of "Batu Reput" (Dolomite) filled SMR L and epoxidized ... -
Wettability analysis on platinum deposited wafer after reactive ion ecthing using SF6+argon/CF4+argon gaseous
(AENSI Publisher All rights reserved, 2013-10)Wettability in microfluidic has direct influence to its fluid flow channels. This paper investigates the variable parameters that affect the wetability in terms of contact angle on a Platinum deposited wafer after reactive ... -
Surface modification via wet chemical etching of single-crystalline silicon for photovoltaic application
(Elsevier Ltd., 2013-11)The potential of solar cells have not been fully tapped due to the lack of energy conversion efficiency. There are three important mechanisms in producing high efficiency cells to harvest solar energy; reduction of light ... -
Simulation of Brillouin and Rayleigh scattering in distributed fibre optic for temperature and strain sensing application
(Elsevier B.V., 2013)This paper presents simulations of a distributed fibre optic sensor for temperature and strain sensing. The behaviours of Brillouin and Rayleigh scattering in optical fibres are studied through the backscatter signals. The ... -
Photovoltaic characteristics of hybrid MEH-PPV-nanoparticles compound
(Elsevier B.V., 2013)Organic solar cell research has vastly developed in recent years. These organic solar cells however are still limited to low power conversion efficiencies. This has led to the generation of photovoltaic cells based on ... -
Electrical behaviour of MEH-PPV based diode and transistor
(Elsevier Ltd., 2013-11)The potential of organic semiconductor based devices for light generation is demonstrated by the commercialisation of display technologies using organic light emitting diode (OLED). In OLED, organic materials plays an ... -
Comparative study on human and bovine AT-SC isolation methods
(Elsevier Ltd., 2013-11)Mammalian adipose tissue derived stem cells (AT-SC) have a tremendous potential in regenerative medicine for tissue engineering and somatic nuclear transfer (SNT). The isolation methods of human and bovine adipose tissue ... -
Optoelectronic and thermoelectric properties of KAuX5 (X = S, Se): A first principles study
(Springer US, 2014-02)The electronic structure as well as optical and thermoelectric properties of the orthorhombic polychalcogenides of gold KAuX5 (X = S, Se) compounds have been investigated using full-potential linearized augmented plane ... -
Thermal properties of recycled polyethylene/chitosan composites: The effect of eco-degradant PD 04
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014)The effect of eco-degradant PD 04 as additive on the thermal properties of recycled polyethylene (RPE)/chitosan biopolymer was investigated. The different scanning calorimetric (DSC) was used to investigate the thermal ... -
Electronic band structure and specific features of AA- and AB-stacking of carbon nitride (C₃N₄): DFT calculation
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014-01)The state-of-the-art all-electron full potential linear augmented plane wave based on density functional theory was applied for calculating the structural, electronic band structure, effective mass, density of state, and ... -
Copper ion-exchanged channel waveguides optimization for optical trapping
(Elsevier Ltd., 2013-08)Optical trapping of particles has become a powerful non-mechanical and non-destructive technique for precise particle positioning. The manipulation of particles in the evanescent field of a channel waveguide potentially ... -
Study on radioactivity components, water quality and microstructure characteristic of volcano ash as geopolymer artificial aggregate
(SYSCOM 18, 2013-06)The assessments of radioactivity, water qualitytesting and microstructure characteristic of volcano ash have been examined. The measurement of the 226Ra, 232Th, 40K, and 238U were carried out using radioactive concentration ... -
Investigation of dielectric characteristics and tunability of Ba0.8Sr0.2TiO3
(AENSI Publisher All rights reserved, 2013-10)It's been years ferroelectric materials has become a popular fields for research. Many methods were used for the barium strontium titanate (BST) preparation like sol-gel method, radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering, ... -
Insulator to metal transition and optical response of CsCl under pressure
(World Scientific Publishing Company, 2014-03)First principle calculations on cesium chloride (CsCl) compound have been performed using state of the art full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method. Calculated structural parameters are found in ...