Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Sintering Densification of Multi-Scale Silver Layer

Based on molecular dynamics (MD), in this study, a model was established to simulate the initial coating morphology of silver paste by using a random algorithm, and the effects of different sizes of particles on sintering porosity were also analyzed. The MD result reveals that compared with the sintering process using large-scale silver...

Lithium and Cerium based sol-gel coatings for corrosion protection of AA2024-T3

Due to the demand of reducing the weight of aircrafts to reduce the carbon consumptions without compromising the mechanical properties, aluminium alloy AA2024-T3 has been widely applied in the aircrafts’ manufacture. However, the alloying elements which ensure the mechanical properties also could increase the susceptibility of localized...