Highlight from ACS Materials Letters to our recent paper! ❤ High-Performance Titanium Nitride Structural Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Aluminum-Based Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel CellsBy Felipe C. Silva, Matheus A. Tunes et al. @unileoben @usponline @udesc Read the paper 👉 https://t.co/vy6yeE2mSA pic.twitter.com/L6TmaixYgN— ACS Materials Letters (@ACSMatLett) December 2, 2024
At the Chair of Nonferrous Metallurgy, the [X-MAT] team has had an extraordinary year, delivering transformative insights into materials science for extreme environments. From enabling portable power for space missions to improving sustainable energy solutions and advancing future fusion-based nuclear technologies, our work continues to push the boundaries of what materials can achieve. This retrospective … Continue reading 2024 Retrospective: Advancing Materials for Extreme Environments through X-MAT
The scientific magazine Nature has just released a very interesting list of 10 scientists that shaped the science in 2024. I enjoyed a lot, particularly by its diversity! The recognition Li Chunlai (China Academy of Sciences/China National Space Administration) received is really well-deserve: the first scientist to analyze samples retrieved for the first-time from the … Continue reading Ten people who helped shape science: the Nature’s 10 of 2024
We are thrilled to announce that our paper, “Limitations of hydrogen detection after 150 years of research on hydrogen embrittlement”, has been selected as one of the standout contributions in the Advanced Engineering Materials 2024 Virtual Issue. This special virtual collection, curated and selected by the Journal Editors, highlights some of the most exceptional research … Continue reading Our Paper Featured in the “Best of Advanced Engineering Materials 2024”
I absolutely love the YouTube channel of physicist Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder! In one of her videos, she brilliantly explains the crucial role of falsifiability in science, particularly in physics. In scientific research, theories must be tested through experiments. If experiments show that a theory is incorrect, then it is incorrect! Even more importantly, a scientific … Continue reading The importance of falsifiability in science, Dr. Hossenfelder
Our recent work on the "Limitations of Hydrogen Detection After 150 Years of Research on Hydrogen Embrittlement" was highlighted in the Advanced Engineering Materials journal with a back cover! I am mostly happy that this was a special edition of the journal to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Professor Reinhard Pippan (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15272648/2024/26/19)! To all my … Continue reading Celebrating Professor Pippan’s 70th anniversary and 150 years of hydrogen embrittlement research in metallurgy!
In early 2014, while conducting a literature review for my Master's thesis at the University of São Paulo, I visited the library of the Institute of Physics (IFUSP), my alma mater, to search for papers dating back to the origins of nuclear materials research. At the time, I was a curious 22-year-old, freshly graduated physicist. … Continue reading David J. Mazey: Scientist, Pioneer in Nuclear Materials
Featured image credits: Galileo orbiter spacecraft, NASA/JPL. Nuclear engineering, a remarkable creation of the human mind, has brought essential technological advancements since the dawn of the modern era. Innovations like nuclear reactors, complex thermohydraulic machines that fully harness the power of the atom, provide humanity with electricity — direct benefits born from decades of research … Continue reading The material that could enable permanent human settlement on the moon
I am happy to share our newest paper on materials for emerging hydrogen-based fuel cell technologies. I am particularly happy with this study as it is my first paper as a mentor!!! I have been mentoring Dr. Felipe Carneiro da Silva. He is a lecturer and a gifted scientist. He works at the São Paulo … Continue reading Aluminium is the Game-Changer for Hydrogen-Based Fuel Cells
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