Botero Vega, Carlos Alberto (Date of defense: 2012-12-14)
Mullite coatings deposited by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) have been introduced and proven as excellent candidates to protect silicon carbide (SiC) from severe pitting corrosion and recession, becoming ...
Akbarzadeh, Ebrahim (Date of defense: 2016-10-20)
The metal matrix composites (MMC) are widely used in different applications and offer high strength-to-weight ratio. In this thesis, it was developed a novel method to fabricate composite material in ...
Yalamanchili, Phani Kumar (Date of defense: 2016-11-09)
Physical vapor deposited hard coatings comprised of cubic (c) transition metal (TM)-Al-N, and (TM)-Si-N are the current work horse materials for a large number of metal cutting and wear resistant ...
Sapezanskaia, Ina (Date of defense: 2016-07-21)
Metastable austenitic stainless steels feature an abundance of different deformation mechanisms, which contribute to the distinguished mechanical properties of these alloys. However, these properties ...
Abt, Tobias (Date of defense: 2014-07-11)
The thesis at hand deals with the modification of cyclic butylene terephthalate (CBT) with the aim to improve its final properties. CBT polymerizes in an entropically-driven ring-opening polymerization ...
Casas Quesada, Casimir (Date of defense: 2015-01-21)
In this thesis, the microstructure and mechanical properties of bulk samples manufactured with nanocrystalline iron powder are analyzed. This iron powder was obtained by a severe plastic deformation ...
Wang, Liang (Date of defense: 2015-12-16)
Foam-like aerogels based on biodegradable polymers and sodium montmorillonite (Na+-MMT) clay were prepared through an environmentally friendly freeze-drying process. Both synthesized and bio-based ...
Cartaya Ruesga, Elio Armando (Date of defense: 2013-07-29)
En este trabajo se estudia la influencia de la microadición conjunta de Nb y V sobre los fenómenos de ablandamiento dinámico y estático durante y trás la deformacion en caliente. En la primera etapa del ...
Herranz Díez, Carolina (Date of defense: 2014-07-22)
According to a study of the European Commission, approximately one million hips are replaced by prostheses worldwide every year. The interaction of the human body with foreign materials that are subjected ...
Wang, Lei (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
In the current thesis, two TWIP steels with different chemical composition were successfully subjected to Severe Plastic Deformation with Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) at warm temperature (300°C), ...