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Open Material Sciences

ISSN: 2544-7300

Editor-in-chief: Hélder Santos

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We would like to inform you that the Open Material Science journal has discontinued publishing articles as of 2019. Therefore, the submissions of the manuscripts have been closed.

The journal covers theoretical and experimental papers on all aspects ranging from fundamental sciences to commercial applications regarding:

biological and biomedical materials,
metals,
ceramics and glasses,
polymers,
electrical, optical and magnetic materials,
fibers and composite materials,
nanostructured materials and nanocomposites.

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Open Material Sciences is a peer-reviewed, fully open access online journal, that publishes research, communications, reviews and news covering areas including metals, ceramics, glasses, polymers, electrical materials, composite materials, fibers, nanostructured materials, nanocomposites, and biological and biomedical materials.

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Volume 5 Issue 1

January 2019

Open Access June 29, 2019

Plasmon-enhanced Förster energy transfer in Langmuir-Blodgett films based on organic dyes

Niyazbek Ibrayev, Evgeniya Seliverstova, Nazerke Zhumabay

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The effect of plasmon resonance of silver island films (SIF) on the interlayer Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between xanthene and oxazine dye molecules was studied. It has been shown that the enhancement of FRET can be controlled by changing in the distance between the donor-acceptor system and the SIF. The maximum increase in energy transfer efficiency ( E ET ) by a factor of 2.6 was recorded at a distance of 6 nm from the SIF. The assumption was made that an increase in E ET can be associated with both the direct appearance of a plasmon-enhanced rate constant of energy transfer and an increase in the quantum yield of the energy donor in direct contact with the SIF. The results can serve as a basis for studying of photoinduced processes in hybrid materials such as “organic dye-plasmon nanoparticles”, to increase the photosensitivity of solar cells in the visible region of the spectrum, and for the studying of photobiological processes, as well as to create materials with desired properties, sensors and light energy converters.

Open Access December 13, 2019

Preparation and characterization of sintered clay ceramic membranes water filters

Enyew Amare Zereffa, Tegene Desalegn

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Metal oxide ceramic is getting more attention in current times due to their unique pore structures, hydrophilic surfaces, high chemical, thermal and mechanical stabilities which offer avenues for application in water treatment. This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the effects of different ratios of clay, grog, sawdust and bone char on efficiency of ceramic composite water filters. Filter of different designs were developed from clay (50, 60, 70, 75 and 80) | % | , sawdust (15, 25, and 35) | % | , grog (5 and 15) | % | bone char and 5 | % | ratios by volume and sintered at temperature of 900°C for 6 hours. The Phase and functional group identification of sintered filter investigated with x-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy revealed the presence of mixed phase and hydroxyl functional group on the surface of sintered filter. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) revealed the porous nature of the microstructures of the sintered filter elements. The superior ceramic water filter design (C900-50-15-35) with total porosity 35.89±0.04 | % | , flow rate 2.05±0.41 | % | and the percent E coli, nitrite and fluoride removal efficiency: 99.6±0.40 | % | , 81.17±0.22 | % | and 96.4±0.42 | % | were obtained from this work. Porosity evaluated by BET study for C900-50-15-35 demonstrated an average pore size and surface area of 5 | nm | and 7.30 | m 2 /g | , respectively.

Open Access July 23, 2019

Surface plasmon-polaritons in deformed graphene excited by attenuated total internal reflection

Maksim O. Usik, Igor V. Bychkov, Vladimir G. Shavrov, Dmitry A. Kuzmin

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In the present work we theoretically investigated the excitation of surface plasmon-polaritons (SPPs) in deformed graphene by attenuated total reflection method. We considered the Otto geometry for SPPs excitation in graphene. Efficiency of SPPs excitation strongly depends on the SPPs propagation direction. The frequency and the incident angle of the most effective excitation of SPPs strongly depend on the polarization of the incident light. Our results may open up the new possibilities for strain-induced molding flow of light at nanoscales.

Open Access July 23, 2019

Particle contamination monitoring in the backscattering light experiment for LISA

Sibilla Di Pace, Arwa Dabbech, Vitalii Khodnevych, Michel Lintz, Nicoleta Dinu-Jaeger

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In the context of space-based optics, contamination due to particle deposition on the optics is inevitable and constitutes a critical issue. This gets more challenging for the sensitive heterodyne measurements of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), the space-based gravitational wave observatory to be launched in 2034. Therefore, table-top experiments need to be developed for a better understanding of how micrometer to millimeter sized dust particles, present on optical surfaces, affect LISA measurements. In this work, we present an experimental setup for the simultaneous measurement of the coherent backscattering and the monitoring of particles deposition on the optics to be tested. The results of the first measurements are presented and discussed in this article.

Open Access July 23, 2019

Improvement of the photoinduced birefringence in azopolymer PAZO doped with TiO₂ nanoparticles via thermal treatment

Georgi Mateev, Lian Nedelchev, Anton Georgiev, Dimana Nazarova

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We present a study of the photoinduced birefringence in nanocomposite films of the azopolymer PAZO (poly[1-[4-(3-carboxy-4-hydroxyphenylazo)benzenesulfon amido]-1,2-ethanediyl, sodium salt]) doped with TiO 2 nanoparticles (NP) with different concentrations before and after thermal annealing. The NP represent nanopowder with primary particle size 21 nm. The concentration of the NP was varied from 0% (non-doped azopolymer film) to 5 wt%. The thermal process, applied to the nanocomposite films, includes 1 h heating at 200°C. Previous studies of PAZO show that the polymer is stable up to 270°C. We study the dependence of the maximal birefringence induced with He-Cd laser (λ= 442 nm) on the concentration of the TiO 2 NP in the azopolymer thin films as well as thermal effect on the absorbance spectra of the thin films. As indicated by our results, the birefringence is higher for the thermally annealed samples. An increase of the photoinduced birefringence is also observed for the nanocomposite layers with 1% NP for the non-annealed films, and with 2% NP for the annealed films.

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Editorial

Editor in Chief:
Hélder Santos, Professor in Nanomedicines and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmacy University of Helsinki, Finland

Editorial Advisory Board:
Naoki Asakawa, Gunma University, Japan
Demircan Canadinç, Koç University, Turkey
Leigh Canham, Nanomaterials for Biomedicine and Photonics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK
P. Davide Cozzoli, University of Salento, Italy
Cristina Freire, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal
Douglas S. Galvao, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Brazil
Junfeng Geng, Institute for Materials Research and Innovation & Institute for Renewable Energy and Environmental Technologies, University of Bolton, UK
Barun Ghosh, Department of Physics, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa
Ram Gupta, Pittsburg State University, USA
Kurt Kolasinski, West Chester University, USA
Sitaraman Krishnan, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clarkson University, USA
Maria Jesús Lázaro, Instituto de Carboquímica, CSIC, Spain
Zongwen Liu, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia
Jerzy Łukaszewicz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Kaushik Mallick, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
Lijian Meng, The Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
Raúl José Martín Palma, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
Antonio Politano, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
Jiho Park, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Clive Prestidge, University of South Australia, Australia
Jessica Rosenholm, Ibo Academi, Finland
Marco Salerno, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
Jarno Salonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Felip Sandiumenge, Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB), Spain
Paolo Scardi, Department of Civil, Environmental & Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
Tiago da Silva, University of Minho, Portugal
Miroslav Slouf, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry AS CR, Czech Republic
Guang-Ling Song, Xiamen University, China
Luca De Stefano, National Council of Research, Italy
Libo Yan, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

Editors
Dorota Kołodyńska, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, UMCS, Poland
Mihaela Diana Lazar, National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies Cluj Napoca, Romania

Language Editors
Emmanuel Gonzalez Escobar, Lancaster University, UK
Julio Gonzalez-Saenz, University of Portsmouth, UK

Publisher
DE GRUYTER Poland
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01-811 Warsaw, Poland
T: +48 22 701 50 15

Managing Editor:
Ewa Chmielewska, De Gruyter
Ewa.Chmielewska@degruyter.com

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Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Open Access
First published: March 30, 2018
Last published: January 1, 2019
Publication Frequency: 1 Issue per Year

Open Material Sciences

Plasmon-enhanced Förster energy transfer in Langmuir-Blodgett films based on organic dyes

Abstract

Preparation and characterization of sintered clay ceramic membranes water filters

Abstract

Surface plasmon-polaritons in deformed graphene excited by attenuated total internal reflection

Abstract

Particle contamination monitoring in the backscattering light experiment for LISA

Abstract

Improvement of the photoinduced birefringence in azopolymer PAZO doped with TiO2 nanoparticles via thermal treatment

Abstract

Improvement of the photoinduced birefringence in azopolymer PAZO doped with TiO₂ nanoparticles via thermal treatment