Atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters (espically Au and Ag) have been pursued due to their fascinating molecular-like properties. In spite of the significant progress of Au nanoclusters (NCs), the structure...

Particle size is a critical consideration for many powder coating-related industries since it significantly influences the properties of the produced materials. However, the effect of particle size on the characteristics of plasma sprayed NiCrBSi coatings is not well understood. This work investigates the microstructures, hardness and electrochemical corrosion behavior of plasma sprayed NiCrBSi coatings synthesized using different-sized powders. All coatings mainly consist of Ni, N 3 B, CrB, Cr 7 C 3 and Cr 3 C 2 phases. The coatings produced by small particles (50-75 µm) exhibit lower porosity (2.0 ± 0.8%). Such coatings show a higher fraction (15.5 vol.%) of the amorphous phase and lower hardness (700 HV 0.5 ) than the counterparts (8.7 vol.% and 760 HV 0.5 , respectively) produced by large particles (75-100 µm) with higher porosity (3.0 ± 1.6%). Meanwhile, the coatings produced from smaller particles possess a larger number of non-bonded boundaries, leading to the easier penetration of corrosive medium, as well as a higher corrosion current density (0.254 ± 0.062 µA/cm 2 ) and a lower charge transfer resistance (0.37 ± 0.07 MΩ cm 2 ). These distinctions are attributed to particle size-induced different melting degrees and stackings of in-flight particles during deposition. studied the effects of particle size and structure on the preferential Ce evaporation for La 2 Ce 2 O 7 particles during plasma spraying and indicated that the evaporation loss of Ce is significantly influenced by particle size, thereby affecting the properties of the as-sprayed La 2 Ce 2 O 7 coatings. Sun et al. [16] used different-sized WC powders to sinter three sets of WC-8Co cemented carbides and found that the transgranular fractures of the prepared cemented carbides are more evident with increasing WC particle size. From all this one can conclude that powder appearance potentially influences the properties and therefore the end applications of the produced products.NiCrBSi alloy coatings are also commonly prepared by metallic powder-related techniques including spraying [17,18] and laser cladding [19,20], with the aim to produce barriers to protect substrates from wear and/or corrosion. Amongst these techniques, atmospheric plasma spraying (APS) is frequently used due to its high synthesis speed and few limitations on equipment [21]. APS adopts a plasma gun as a heat source to melt the feedstock powder sprayed from the nozzle and impinges these powder particles on the substrates in a layer by layer method [22]. As a result, this processing method results in a typical lamellar microstructure in APS-prepared NiCrBSi coatings associated with a large number of pores and non-bonded boundaries (including lamellar boundaries and particle boundaries). Pores generally decrease the cohesion of the as-sprayed NiCrBSi coatings, thereby reducing their hardness and wear resistance [22]. In the meantime, non-bonded boundaries in as-sprayed NiCrBSi coatings provide diffusion paths for the ingress of corrosive species in a corrosive environment [22]. ...

The n = 5 Aurivillius phase ceramics Bi6Fe2−xMnxTi3O18 (BFMTO) (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.8) were synthesized with a conventional solid-state reaction method.