Grain refinement is known to lead to improvements in strength and wear resistance. Inherent
processing involved in grain refinement alter both the bulk and the surface of a material …

Nanocrystalline materials with a grain size< 100 nm have attracted significant attention over
the past two decades. Various attempts have been made to prepare nanocrystalline …

Growth in nanocoatings technology is moving towards implementing nanocoatings in many
sectors of the industry due to their excellent abilities. Nanocoatings offer numerous …

Aluminum is an ideal material for metallic fuel cells. In this research, different grain sizes of
aluminum anodes are prepared by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at room …

Exploring new hybrid catalysts to replace Pt-based catalysts for the hydrogen evolution
reaction (HER) is important for various renewable energy applications. However, the design …

Aluminum (Al) is an innovative anode material for metal-air batteries. But high corrosion
rates and large polarization interfere with its commercial application. In the study reported in …

Hard chromium coatings have attracted much attention due to their strong tribological and
corrosion performance. There is a global need to replace such coatings in industrial …

The traditional importance of hard chromium electroplating in surface engineering is
recognised and the key features of this well-established technology are summarised …

The main aims of this book are to summarize the fundamentals, synthesis methods,
properties and applications of nanomaterials, so as to provide readers with a systematic …

In this paper, nanocrystalline Co coatings were prepared using pulse reverse
electrodeposition method. The electrochemical corrosion behavior of nanocrystalline (NC) …