Yong X. Gan, Jeffrey Zampell, Ryan N. Gan, Juan C. Miranda, Marla Lopez, Andrew Vitaljic, Bruce Y. Decker, James L. Smith & Jimmie C. Oxley·Archives of Current Research International·2014
Kinetic behavior of ammonia decomposition at titanium dioxide nanotube photosensitive anode was studied. Ammonia was dissolved into water to form solutions with difference concentrations. The ammonia concentration ranges from 0.025 wt% to 10 wt%. Time-dependent open-circuit poten...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/25848
In this work, vertically aligned porous Si nanowire (SiNW) arrays were successfully fabricated on two sides of an n-type Si wafer substrate. Ag nanoparticles (NPs) were first deposited onto the Si substrate via two different deposition methods, chemically and electrically (cyclic...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/27566
Photoelectrochemical fuel cells consisting of pure TiO2 and doped TiO2 with transitional metals, Ni, Cu, Fe, or Co, were made to decompose environmentally hazardous material and to generate electricity by capturing solar irradiations. The titanium dioxide porous structure was dev...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/23736
Lead telluride filled silicone composite was processed into wires under high-voltage electric field using an electrospinning facility. It has been found that the electric field helped to mix the PbTe powder with the silicone rubber matrix in liquid form and the final composite pr...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/13963
Sensing and mitigating explosives are critical for homeland security. This paper investigates the electrochemical responses of TiO2 nanotubes exposed to several chemicals including ammonium nitrate, hydrogen peroxide, methanol, ethanol and ethylene glycol which are used directly...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/14263
Electromagnetic hyperthermia has been attracting significant attention in treating cancerous cells due to its non-invasive and quick recovery time. In this work, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)solutions containing magnetic materials were used to make nanofibers through electrospinning...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/13547
In this paper, nanomaterials were tested for oil cleaning application. Comparative studies were performed on pure titanium, titanium dioxide nanotube, titanium dioxide nanoparticles embedded in electrospun polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) fiber that was heat treated and not heat treate...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/23374
Electrospun titanium dioxide nanofibers can be applied to the surface of titanium dioxide nanotube photoanode to create a multiple component catalyst anode. The electrospinning process was found as a simple way to create the titanium oxide nanofibers with varying diameters rangin...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2017/32691
Johann Van Bel, Christopher Tong, Ryan N. Gan, Manuel Eshaghof, Chris-Dominique N. Nsavu-Nzau & Yong X. Gan·Advances in Research·2016
The objective of this work is to develop a casting manufacturing process to produce a bismuth-based porous material. Induction heating was applied to melt Bi-Sn alloy in a quartz tube and the molten alloy was cast into loosely compacted sodium chloride powder. After the sodium ch...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/23400
Araz Boghozian, Chris W. Draper, Jose D. Jimenez, Jesus Rodriguez, Menooa Zohrabian, Lihua Zhang & Yong X. Gan·Physical Science International Journal·2016
The hyperthermia properties of nanomaterials have received attention in recent years due to the advances in nanofiber production. One of the main proponents is the medical field where it is used to combat malignant cancer cells. In this work we confirmed that a polymer solution c...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/23331