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First-principles study of topologically protected vortices and ferroelectric domain walls in hexagonal YGaO3
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Ferroelectric behavior on the meso- and macroscopic scale depends on the formation and dynamics of domains and controlling the domain patterns is imperative to device performance. While density functional theory (DFT) ... -
Interfacial microstructure formation in A356/steel compound castings using metal coating
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Compound castings between aluminum and steel have great potential for applications in the automotive industry. However, due to large differences in thermal and mechanical properties between steel and aluminum, and the ... -
Influence of Mg Concentration on the Inhibiting Effect of CO2 on the Rate of Oxidation of Aluminum Alloys 5182 and 6016
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Oxidation of aluminum alloys during production is a well-known problem and contributes to significant metal losses. As small additions of CO2 in the oxidizing atmosphere has proven to inhibit the oxidation rate for ... -
Tailoring the electrical conductivity and hardening in BiFeO3 ceramics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In this report, the influence of cobalt doping and annealing atmosphere on the electrical conductivity and polarization switching of BiFeO3 (BFO) ceramics was studied. Electrical conductivity as well as hardening behavior ... -
Professional Competencies in Computing Education: Are They Important?
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:269, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Hydrogen is an energy carrier, feedstock, industrial process gas, and alternative transportation fuel. Low-temperature water electrolysis, the splitting of water into its constituent gases hydrogen and oxygen by the means ... -
Structure, disorder, and oxygen vacancies in ferroelectric tetragonal tungsten bronzes
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:349, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Ferroelectric materials are widely used materials in electronics due to their spontaneous and switchable polarization. The most common ferroelectric material on the market today is the lead-based perovskite PbZr1-xTixO3 ... -
Interface resolved simulations of continuum scale electrochemical hydrogen evolution
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:363, Doctoral thesis, 2020)An important aspect of improving the efficiency of water electrolysis is to remove the electrochemically generated hydrogen and oxygen bubbles. The evolution of these gases, which are associated with increased electrical ... -
Prereduction of Comilog- and Nchwaning ore
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:415, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Manganese ferroalloys are mainly used as an alloying element in steel production and are normally produced in submerged arc furnaces. Raw materials such as manganese ore, metallurgical coke and fluxes (and quartz for SiMn) ... -
Experimental Characterization and Modelling of the PLC Effect in an AlMg-Alloy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In the present work, uniaxial tension tests have been conducted to study the mechanical response of a commercial Al4.5wt%Mg alloy (AA5182). The measurements range from the strain rate of 10-4 to 100 s-1 at room temperature. ... -
Observation of Unconventional Dynamics of Domain Walls in Uniaxial Ferroelectric Lead Germanate
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Application of scanning probe microscopy techniques such as piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) opens the possibility to re‐visit the ferroelectrics previously studied by the macroscopic electrical testing methods and ... -
In Vitro Biocompatibility of Piezoelectric K<inf>0.5</inf>Na<inf>0.5</inf>NbO<inf>3</inf>Thin Films on Platinized Silicon Substrates
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics like K0.5Na0.5NbO3 (KNN) represent an emerging class of biomaterials for medical technology, as they can be used as components in implantable microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and ... -
Thermal Insulation Materials in Aluminum Electrolysis Cells
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:112, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Aluminum is produced by an energy intensive process known as the Hall-Héroult process, which has been developed extensively since it was first invented in 1886. Recent trends in the aluminum industry has been to strive for ... -
Application of a long short-term memory for deconvoluting conductance contributions at charged ferroelectric domain walls
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Ferroelectric domain walls are promising quasi-2D structures that can be leveraged for miniaturization of electronics components and new mechanisms to control electronic signals at the nanoscale. Despite the significant ... -
Structural Evolution of Ferroelectric and Ferroelastic Barium Sodium Niobate Tungsten Bronze
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The crystal structure of the ferroelastic and ferroelectric tungsten bronze Ba2NaNb5O15 (BNN) has been debated. Here, we re-examine the crystal structure of BNN by ambient powder X-ray diffraction combined with density ... -
Silicon carbide formation from methane and silicon monoxide
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Silicon carbide (SiC) formation plays an important role during the production of elemental silicon. SiC forms through a high temperature reaction between silicon monoxide gas (SiO) and carbon. Currently, the carbon sources ... -
Comparing intergranular corrosion in Al‐Mg‐Si‐Cu alloys with and without α‐Al(Fe,Mn,Cu)Si particles
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In this study, a model alloy without Fe and Mn additions, is compared with a commercial AA6005 alloy to further understand how the α‐Al(Fe,Mn,Cu)Si particles affect intergranular corrosion (IGC) behaviour. Both alloys were ... -
Characterisation of a Real-World Søderberg Electrode
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Very little research on Søderberg electrodes has been published in the journal peer reviewed public domain. The main aim of this work is to characterise a Søderberg electrode that was cut off approximately 0.5 m below the ... -
Atomistic modelling of Fe-Al and α-AlFeSi intermetallic compound interfaces
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:86, Doctoral thesis, 2020)The joining of aluminum and steel has been considered an efficient solution for building light-weight technology, particularly in the automotive, aerospace and shipbuilding industries. It is an immense challenge to join ... -
Domains and domain walls in multiferroics
(Journal article, 2020)Multiferroics are materials combining several ferroic orders, such as ferroelectricity, ferro- (or antiferro-) magnetism, ferroelasticity and ferrotoroidicity. They are of interest both from a fundamental perspective, as ... -
Local control of improper ferroelectric domains in YMnO 3
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Improper ferroelectrics are described by two order parameters: a primary one, driving a transition to long-range distortive, magnetic, or otherwise nonelectric order, and the electric polarization, which is induced by the ...
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