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Nakhaie, D. (author), Kosari, A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Asselin, E. (author)The soil corrosion of widely applied galvanized steel structures, such as power transmission towers, must be considered to prevent harm to their structural integrity and to mitigate the high costs associated with early failure. A full two-level factorial design was used to evaluate the relative significance of various influencing factors on the...journal article 2020
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Kosari, A. (author), Zandbergen, H.W. (author), Tichelaar, F.D. (author), Visser, P. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)Identifying corrosion initiation events in metals and alloys demands techniques that can provide temporal and spatial resolution simultaneously. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) enables one to obtain microstructural and chemical descriptors of materials at atomic/nanoscopic level and has been used in corrosion studies of many metal...review 2020
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Stepniowski, W.J. (author), Paliwoda, Damian (author), Abrahami, S.T. (author), Michalska-Domańska, M.E. (author), Landskron, Kai (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Misiolek, Wojciech Z. (author)Self-organized anodization of copper in 0.1 M Na2CO3 electrolyte was studied in order to obtain nanostructured oxide surface on the metal substrate. Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) revealed that the most suitable voltage range for anodic film formation is from 3 to 31 V. In this range (except between 3 and 7 V), the oxide is formed as nanorods,...journal article 2020
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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), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author)In previous work, the importance of taking the time-domain into account when studying corrosion inhibitor-containing electrochemical systems was highlighted. In this work, odd random phase electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (ORP-EIS) is applied as the electrochemical tool to study the time-effect by the evaluation of the non...journal article 2020
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Fockaert, L.I. (author), Ankora, M.V.E. (author), van Dam, J.P.B. (author), Pletincx, S. (author), Yilmaz, A. (author), Boelen, B. (author), Hauffman, T. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)The bonding properties of zirconium- and titanium-based conversion coatings were evaluated using model conversion solutions of H<sub>2</sub>ZrF<sub>6</sub> and H<sub>2</sub>TiF<sub>6</sub> with addition of various organic additives (PAA, PVA, PVP). Macroscopic testing techniques such as contact angle and pull-off adhesion measurements were...journal article 2020
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Pei, Zibo (author), Zhang, D. (author), Zhi, Yuanjie (author), Yang, Tao (author), Jin, Lulu (author), Fu, Dongmei (author), Cheng, Xuequn (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Li, Xiaogang (author)The atmospheric corrosion of carbon steel was monitored by a Fe/Cu type galvanic corrosion sensor for 34 days. Using a random forest (RF)-based machine learning approach, the impacts of relative humidity, temperature and rainfall were identified to be higher than those of airborne particles, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide...journal article 2020
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Li, Y. (author), Pavanram, P. (author), Zhou, J. (author), Lietaert, K. (author), Taheri, P. (author), Li, W. (author), San, H. (author), Leeflang, M.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Jahr, H. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author)Additively manufacturing (AM) opens up the possibility for biodegradable metals to possess uniquely combined characteristics that are desired for bone substitution, including bone-mimicking mechanical properties, topologically ordered porous structure, pore interconnectivity and biodegradability. Zinc is considered to be one of the promising...journal article 2020
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van Dam, J.P.B. (author), Abrahami, S.T. (author), Yilmaz, A. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)This work focuses on the effect of surface roughness and surface chemistry on the initial adhesion strength and corrosive de-adhesion properties of adhesive bonds. The adherend used in this study is a S690 low-alloy steel whereas the adhesive is a 2-component epoxy-amine adhesive (Araldite 2015). The steel surface is subjected to different...journal article 2020
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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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Reniers, A.J.H.M. (author), de Wit, F.P. (author), Tissier, M.F.S. (author), Pearson, S.G. (author), Brakenhof, L.B. (author), van der Vegt, M. (author), Mol, J. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author)A combination of observations and modeling of wave-and current-related sediment transport at the ebb-tidal delta of Ameland, The Netherlands, has been used to examine the dominant sediment transport contributions shaping the ebb-tidal delta. The calibrated model shows a good comparison with the observations for a range of conditions. The results...conference paper 2019
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- Mousavi, M. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author) abstract 2019
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- Mousavi, M. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author) abstract 2019
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Pletincx, Sven (author), Fockaert, L.I. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Hauffman, Tom (author), Terryn, H.A. (author)The mechanisms governing coating/metal oxide delamination are not fully understood, although adhesive interactions at the interface are considered to be an important prerequisite for excellent durability. This review aims to better understand the formation and degradation of these interactions. Developments in adhesion science made it clear that...review 2019
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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