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Fockaert, L.I. (author), Pletincx, S. (author), Ganzinga-Jurg, D. (author), Boelen, B. (author), Hauffman, T. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)In this work, in-situ ATR-FTIR in the Kretschmann configuration is proposed as an interfacial sensitive technique able to probe molecular processes at the buried interface of an industrial relevant polyester primer. Zinc, aluminium and magnesium oxide were used to represent oxides present at galvanized steel sheets used in coil coating. Two...journal article 2020
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Kosari, A. (author), Zandbergen, H.W. (author), Tichelaar, F.D. (author), Visser, P. (author), Taheri, P. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)Dealloying is involved in materials science responsible for fabrication of nanoscale structures beneficially but for corrosion degradations detrimentally. Detailed understanding related to the latter is critical for designing corrosion-resistance alloys and dedicated inhibition systems. Thus, direct nanoscopic observations of nano-structural...journal article 2020
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Kosari, A. (author), Tichelaar, F.D. (author), Visser, P. (author), Zandbergen, H.W. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)Nanoscopic characterization of heterogeneous intermetallic particles (IMPs) which microstructurally and compositionally evolve during local corrosion is crucial in unravelling the mechanisms and sequence of initial and local corrosion events. Herein, we study site-specific initiation events focused on microscopic constituent intermetallic...journal article 2020
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Fockaert, L.I. (author), Pletincx, S. (author), Boelen, B. (author), Hauffman, T. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)The effect of zirconium-based conversion of thermally vaporized zinc, aluminium and magnesium on the chemisorption of dimethylsuccinate was studied using attenuated total reflection – Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis. Two competing chemisorption mechanisms contribute to...journal article 2020
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Michalska-Domańska, M.E. (author), Lazinska, Magdalena (author), Lukasiewicz, Justyna (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Durejko, Tomasz (author)The anodization of commercially pure Ti alloy (99.5 wt %) and two biomedical titanium alloys, Ti6Al7Nb and Ti6Al4V, was performed, and the resulting anodic oxides were studied. The biomedical alloys were made by Laser Engineered Net Shaping. The glycol-based and glycerol-based electrolytes with 0.3 M ammonium fluoride and 2 wt % of deionized...journal article 2020
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Harzheim, Achim (author), Sowa, Jakub K. (author), Swett, Jacob L. (author), Briggs, G. Andrew D. (author), Mol, Jan A. (author), Gehring, P. (author)The power factor of a thermoelectric device is a measure of the heat-to-energy conversion efficiency in nanoscopic devices. Yet, even as interest in low-dimensional thermoelectric materials has increased, experimental research on what influences the power factor in these systems is scarce. Here, we present a detailed thermoelectric study of...journal article 2020
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Zhang, Chunyan (author), Liu, Bin (author), Yu, Baoxing (author), Lu, Xiaopeng (author), Wei, Yong (author), Zhang, Tao (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Wang, Fuhui (author)Surface pretreatment is generally applied before application of protective coatings on Mg alloys, which influences surface microstructure and electrochemical activity of the substrate and has an effect on the coating properties. The effect of various pretreatment processes (sand-blasting, grinding and polishing) on the microstructure and...journal article 2019
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Meeusen, M. (author), Zardet, L. (author), Homborg, A.M. (author), Lekka, M. (author), Andreatta, F. (author), Fedrizzi, L. (author), Boelen, B. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)In this paper, different macroscopic electrochemical techniques are applied to study the corrosion inhibitor efficiency, protection mechanism and stability of a calcium aluminum polyphosphate silicate hydrate inhibitor on hot-dip galvanized steel in the time-domain. Potentiodynamic polarization (PP) measurements are applied to study the...journal article 2019
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Visser, P. (author), Marcoen, K. (author), Trindade, G. F. (author), Abel, M. L. (author), Watts, J. F. (author), Hauffman, T. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author)Chemical throwing power, being the distance over which an inhibitor is able to protect a defect effectively, is an important parameter for active protective coatings. This study investigates the chemical throwing power of lithium-based leachable corrosion inhibitors exhibiting different leaching kinetics, from coatings at different inhibitor...journal article 2019
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Haddadi, S. (author), Ramazani, A. S.A. (author), Mahdavian, M. (author), Taheri, P. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)Carbon nanocapsules doped separately with epoxy and polyamine were used to fabricate an epoxy nanocomposite coating. Carbon nanospheres with dual-encapsulated epoxy/polyamine were dispersed uniformly in the epoxy resin at concentrations of 2, 5, and 10 wt %. The mechanical properties of the nanocomposites were studied by tensile testing and...journal article 2019
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Wu, Dequan (author), Zhang, D. (author), Ye, Yuwei (author), Ma, Lingwei (author), Minhas, Badar (author), Liu, Bei (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Li, Xiaogang (author)Recently, lubricant-infused surfaces (LIS) have emerged as a prominent class of surface technology for antifouling, anti-icing and anticorrosion applications. However, long-term corrosion exposure and mechanical damages may deteriorate the practical performance of LIS during application. In this study, a robust LIS was fabricated by the...journal article 2019
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Visser, P. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)This study presents the active protective properties of lithium-leaching coatings for a range of aluminium alloys. Coatings with and without lithium carbonate as leachable inhibitor were applied on the aluminium alloys, artificially damaged and exposed to the neutral salt spray. A combined approach of scanning electron microscopy and...journal article 2019
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Laird, J. S. (author), Visser, P. (author), Ranade, S. (author), Hughes, A.E. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)Studies of Li depletion in sections of a Li <sub>2</sub> CO <sub>3</sub> -primer comprising a polyurethane binder, MgO, TiO <sub>2</sub> , BaSO <sub>4</sub> in addition to Li <sub>2</sub> CO <sub>3,</sub> were performed using a combination of particle induced γ-ray and X-ray emission spectroscopies along with SEM/EDS analysis. A mixture of...journal article 2019
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Munirathinam, B. (author), Jaladurgam, Nitesh R. (author), Magesh, J. (author), Narayanan, Ramaswamy (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Neelakantan, Lakshman (author)Nanocrystalline calcium phosphate (CaP) coatings can provide biocompatibility and corrosion protection to biomaterials upon implementation in the human body. While the long term stability of recently developed coatings in biological environment proves to be challenging, the present work tailors the surface by orienting the growth ...journal article 2019
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Haddadi, S. (author), Ramazani, A. (author), Mahdavian, M. (author), Taheri, P. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author)The ability of an active protective organic coating to restore its protection functionality in case of a coating defect is of pivotal importance to ensure durable performance under demanding corrosive conditions. In this paper, a self-healing epoxy system is fabricated by separate encapsulation of epoxy and polyamine in carbon hollow spheres ...journal article 2019
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Pletincx, Sven (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Hubin, Annick (author), Hauffman, Tom (author)A spectro-electrochemical setup of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) in the Kretschmann geometry and odd random phase multisine electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (ORP EIS) is applied to in situ monitor the effect of an aqueous electrolyte on the polymer/metal oxide interface. The interfacial interactions of an ultrathin...journal article 2019
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Rahimi, E. (author), Kosari, A. (author), Hosseinpour, S. (author), Davoodi, Ali (author), Zandbergen, H.W. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)In this study, we report on a combined microscopic, analytical and electrochemical characterization of the nanoscopic passive layer on a tungsten‑molybdenum-containing super duplex stainless steel. We used scanning transmission electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy, scanning tunneling...journal article 2019
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van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Mol, Stefan (author), Giorgi, Sara (author), Ahmad, J.I. (author), Liu, G. (author), Medema, G.J. (author)Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contribute to climate change. The public water utility of Amsterdam wants to operate climate neutrally in 2020 to reduce its GHG emissions. Energy recovery from the water cycle has a large potential to contribute to this goal: the recovered energy is an alternative for fossil fuel and thus contributes to the...journal article 2018
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Naddaf Dezfuli, S. (author), Brouwer, J.C. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), van der Helm, F.C.T. (author), Zhou, J. (author)Recent studies have shown great potential of Mg matrix composites for biodegradable orthopedic devices. However, the poor structural integrity of these composites, which results in excessive localized corrosion and premature mechanical failure, has hindered their widespread applications. In this research, an in-situ Powder Metallurgy (PM)...journal article 2018
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Harzheim, Achim (author), Spiece, Jean (author), Evangeli, Charalambos (author), McCann, Edward (author), Falko, Vladimir (author), Sheng, Yuewen (author), Warner, Jamie H. (author), Briggs, G. Andrew D. (author), Mol, Jan A. (author), Gehring, P. (author), Kolosov, Oleg V. (author)The influence of nanostructuring and quantum confinement on the thermoelectric properties of materials has been extensively studied. While this has made possible multiple breakthroughs in the achievable figure of merit, classical confinement, and its effect on the local Seebeck coefficient has mostly been neglected, as has the Peltier effect...journal article 2018