Protectors of motorcycle riders should be light and safe. This work deals with the impact test of the shoulder protectors, which differ with the use of foams of different densities. The acceleration and displacement of an impactor having the mass of five kilograms were measure...

Road traffic accidents cause one of the highest numbers of severe injuries. Virtual human body models play an important role to assess the injuries during impact loading especially for scenarios, where complex dynamical loading is taken into account. It concerns mainly vulnerable road&#...

This paper deals with the topic of composite insulation materials for rotating machines and it is primarily pointed to the synthesis of new three-component insulation system. In connection with this research, the basic components of the insulation system are selected and described by&#x...

Exploring the high-efficiency materials for next-generation optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications is of great importance. In this article, we explore the potential of the newly designed cubic-structured Siliconmonochalcogenides (π- SiS, π-SiSe, and π-SiTe) for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications....

The contribution deals with Ga doped ZnO films (deposited from a sintered target composed of 99.0 ZnO and 1.0wt % of Ga2O3) prepared by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). Experimentally were compared the deposition parameters influence on structural, optical and electrical properties. The v...

In the present work, multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) layers dispersed in DMF and citric acid deposited by drop casting on porous silicon (PSi) photodetector have been prepared by electrochemical etching (ECE) process at 25 mA/cm(2) for 20 min. X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic fo...

The photocatalytic performance of the novel borate CsZn2B3O7 is theoretically investigated by means of density functional theory. The calculation highlights that the packing of the BO3 structural unit is the main source for the large macroscopic photophysical properties in CsZn2B3O7 due to&#...

We report the development of the C3N4 structure by integrating two different structures: (i) two identical layers as AAstacked C3N4 and (ii) intercalating one different layer between two identical layers as ABA stacked C3N4. This in turn endows C3N4 with significantly promoted charge&#x...

Exploration for new layered-structured materials is of significance in multiple fields, e.g., catalysis, energy storage, and conversion, etc. In this work, we develop a visible-light-responsive Sillen-structured mixed-cationic layered catalyst CdBiO2Br based on the typical Sillen-structured BiOBr, and first...

In this study, in order to understand the origins of the bonding, electronic, and optical properties of Na(2)MGe(2)Q(6) (M = Cd, Zn, Hg; Q = S, Se), Na2ZnSi2S6, and Na2ZnSn2S6 compounds, we conducted first principles calculations within the density functional theory framework. We a...

Graphene sheets are zero gap semiconductors with exceptional properties. The zero gap of graphene renders the construction of graphene-based photocatalysts very difficult. To enhance and/or modify these properties, hydrogenated graphene, which is called graphane, is proposed.

Solar-driven conversion for CO2 reduction and oxygen activation reactions show huge potentials for energetic and environmental applications. However, the influence of crystal structure of a photocatalyst on its photocatalytic performance has been seldom investigated so far. Herein, to probe the r...

Comprehensive ab initio calculations from first- to second-principles methods are performed to investigate the suitability of non-centro-symmetric CdLa2S4 and CdLa2Se4 to be used as active photocatalysts under visible light illumination. The calculations reveal the direct band gap nature of both ...

New package called 2DRoptimize has been released for performing two-dimensional searches of the equation of state (EOS) for rhombohedral, tetragonal, and hexagonal compounds. The package is compatible and available with the WIEN2k package. The 2DRoptimize package performs a convenient volume and&...

Exploring new perovskite-related solid-state materials and the investigating composition-dependent structural and physical properties are highly important for advanced functional material development. Herein, we present the successful hydrothermal synthesis of tetragonal CsPb<INF>2</INF>Cl<INF>5</INF> and&#...

A p-AgO/PSi/n-Si heterojunction was deposited by high vacuum thermal evaporation of silver subjected to thermal oxidation at 300 ◦C on porous silicon.

We employ the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FLAPW) method as implemented in the WIEN2k code for calculating structural, electronic, vibrational and photocatalytic properties of strained MoS2, MoSe2 and MoTe2 monolayers. Compressive strain of 1.5% for MoS2, 1% for MoSe2, and ...

Using first principles density functional theory (DFT) calculation, the structural, electronic, optical and elastic properties of cubic Ca2Nb2O7 pyrochlore oxide is studied by highly accurate full potential augmented plane wave method with GGA+U approximation. The calculated lattice parameter is in&#x...

Barium titanate (BaTiO3, BTO) is a perovskite class material of remarkable dielectric, ferroelectric and ferromagnetic properties. Our previous studies on optical properties of BTO thin films proved high visible transmittance and sharp absorption edge at ~ 300 nm. Therefore the usage of ...

We present electronic structure and thermoelectric behavior for the PbS1-xTex (x= 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.0) using all electron full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FPLAPW) method. The correct value of the band gap is achieved with fully relativistic calculation by employing s...