• Atomic Layer Deposition of Titanium Oxide-Based Films for Semiconductor Applications—Effects of Precursor and Operating Conditions 

      Matkivskyi, Vladyslav; Leiviska, Oskari; Wenner, Sigurd; Liu, Hanchen; Vahanissi, Ville; Savin, Hele; Sabatino, Marisa Di; Tranell, Maria Gabriella (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Two widely used atomic layer deposition precursors, Tetrakis (dimethylamido) titanium (TDMA-Ti) and titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4), were investigated for use in the deposition of TiOx-based thin films as a passivating ...
    • Black Liquor and Wood Char-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Materials for Supercapacitors 

      Tamasauskaite-Tamasiunaite, Loreta; Jablonskienė, Jolita; Šimkūnaitė, Dijana; Volperts, Aleksandrs; Plavniece, Ance; Dobele, Galina; Zhurinsh, Aivars; Jasulaitiene, Vitalija; Niaura, Gediminas; Drabavicius, Audrius; Juel, Mari; Rausseo, Luis César Colmenares; Kruusenberg, Ivar; Kaare, Kätlin; Norkus, Eugenijus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Herein, we present a synthesis route for high-efficiency nitrogen-doped carbon materials using kraft pulping residue, black liquor, and wood charcoal as carbon sources. The synthesized nitrogen-doped carbon materials, based ...
    • Correlation between Differential Fast Scanning Calorimetry and Additive Manufacturing Results of Aluminium Alloys 

      Kessler, Olaf; Zhuralev, Evgeny; Wenner, Sigurd; Heiland, Steffen; Shaper, Mirko (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      High-strength aluminium alloy powders modified with different nanoparticles by ball milling (7075/TiC, 2024/CaB6, 6061/YSZ) have been investigated in-situ during rapid solidification by differential fast scanning calorimetry ...
    • Corrosion Resistance of AISI 442 and AISI 446 Ferritic Stainless Steels as a Support for PEMWE Bipolar Plates 

      Dan, Mircea Laurentiu; Kellenberger, Andrea; Duca, Delia; Vaszilcsin, Nicolae; Craciunescu, Corneliu Marius; Mitelea, Ion; Ercuta, Aurel; Lædre, Sigrid; Khoza, Thulile (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Cost reduction in bipolar plates in proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers has previously been attempted by substituting bulk titanium with austenitic stainless steels protected with highly conductive and corrosion-resistant ...
    • Determining the Vapour Resistance of Breather Membrane Adhesive Joints 

      Fuglestad, Fride Engesland; Andenæs, Erlend; Geving, Stig; Kvande, Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Due to increasingly stringent requirements, tapes and adhesive joints are a commonly used method to ensure tightness and energy efficiency in modern building envelopes. Previous studies have researched and tested properties ...
    • Early combination of material characteristics and toxicology is useful in the design of low toxicity carbon nanofiber 

      Jensen, Ellen K; Larsen, Sten Yngve; Nygaard, Unni Cecilie; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Syversen, Tore (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      This paper describes an approach for the early combination of material characterization and toxicology testing in order to design carbon nanofiber (CNF) with low toxicity. The aim was to investigate how the adjustment of ...
    • Effect of Calcium Nitrate on the Properties of Portland– Limestone Cement‐Based Concrete Cured at Low Temperature 

      Skripkiūnas, Gintautas; Kičaitė, Asta; Justnes, Harald; Pundienė, Ina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The effect of calcium nitrate (CN) dosages from 0 to 3% (of cement mass) on the properties of fresh cement paste rheology and hardening processes and on the strength of hardened concrete with two types of limestone-blended ...
    • Effect of Pretreatment on the Nitrogen Doped Activated Carbon Materials Activity towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction 

      Dobele, Galina; Plavniece, Ance; Volperts, Aleksandrs; Zhurinsh, Aivars; Upskuviene, Daina; Balciunaite, Aldona; Jasulaitiene, Vitalija; Niaura, Gediminas; Talaikis, Martynas; Tamasauskaite-Tamasiunaite, Loreta; Norkus, Eugenijus; Kvello, Jannicke Hatlø; Rausseo, Luis César Colmenares (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Nitrogen-doped activated carbons with controlled micro- and mesoporosity were obtained from wood and wastes via chemical processing using pre-treatment (pyrolysis at 500 °C and hydrothermally carbonization at 250 °C) and ...
    • Effects of Water Content and Temperature on Bulk Resistivity of Hybrid Cement/Carbon Nanofiber Composites 

      Gawel, Kamila; Taghipour, Ali; Bjørge, Ruben; Wenner, Sigurd; Gawel, Bartlomiej; Ghaderi, Amir; Cerasi, Pierre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Cement nanocomposites with carbon nanofibers (CNFs) are electrically conductive and sensitive to mechanical loads. These features make them useful for sensing applications. The conductive and load sensing properties are ...
    • Isothermal Hydrogen Reduction of a Lime-Added Bauxite Residue Agglomerate at Elevated Temperatures for Iron and Alumina Recovery 

      Olivia Bogen, Skibelid; Ose Velle, Sander; Vollan, Frida; Eijk, Casper van der; Hoseinpur Kermani, Arman; Safarian, Jafar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The hydrogen reduction of bauxite residue lime pellets at elevated temperatures was carried out to recover iron and alumina from the bauxite residue in a new process route. Prior to the H2 reduction, oxide pellets were ...
    • Magnesiothermic Reduction of Silica: A Machine Learning Study 

      Tang, Kai; Rasouli, Azam; Safarian, Jafar; Ma, Xiang; Tranell, Maria Gabriella (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      undamental studies have been carried out experimentally and theoretically on the magnesiothermic reduction of silica with different Mg/SiO2 molar ratios (1–4) in the temperature range of 1073 to 1373 K with different ...
    • Molecular-dynamics simulations of the emergence of surface roughness in a polymer under compression 

      Vacher, Robin Sam; de Wijn, Astrid S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Roughness of surfaces is both surprisingly ubiquitous on all length scales and extremely relevant practically. The appearance of multi-scale roughness has been linked to avalanches and plastic deformation in metals. However, ...
    • Repeated Load Triaxial Testing of Recycled Excavation Materials Blended with Recycled Phyllite Materials 

      Adomako, Solomon; Engelsen, Christian John; Thorstensen, Rein Terje; Barbieri, Diego Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Recycled Excavation Materials (REM) are becoming viable alternative construction resources due to their economic benefits. However, REM may be composed of weak rocks, e.g., phyllites, limiting the use in a base layer. The ...
    • Review of Aluminum Alloy Development for Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing 

      Langelandsvik, Geir; Akselsen, Odd Magne; Furu, Trond; Roven, Hans Jørgen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Processing of aluminum alloys by wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) gained significant attention from industry and academia in the last decade. With the possibility to create large and relatively complex parts at low ...
    • Self-Sensing Well Cement 

      Gawel, Kamila; Szewczyk, Dawid; Cerasi, Pierre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Chemical reactions with reservoir fluids and geology related in-situ stress changes may cause damages to cement sealing material in plugged and abandoned oil, gas and CO2 wells. To avoid leakages, a legitimate monitoring ...
    • Transformation Kinetics of Burnt Lime in Freshwater and Sea Water 

      Justnes, Harald; Escudero-Oñate, Carlos; Garmo, Øyvind Aaberg; Mengede, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Calcium oxide (CaO), also known as burnt lime, is being considered as a possible treatment to reduce the negative impact of sea urchins on tare forests in northern coastal waters and blue-green algal blooms in the surrounding ...
    • The Use of Eutectic Fe-Si-B Alloy as a Phase Change Material in Thermal Energy Storage Systems 

      Jiao, Jianmeng; Grorud, Bettina; Sindland, Caroline; Safarian, Jafar; Tang, Kai; Sellevoll, Kathrine; Tangstad, Merete (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Fe-26.38Si-9.35B eutectic alloy is proposed as a phase change material (PCM) as it exhibits high latent heat, high thermal conductivity, moderate melting point, and low cost. For successful implementation of it in the ...