XIII Brazilian MRS meeting – Symposium A: Functional hybrid interfaces - from characterization to applications

Editorial for thematic series: XIII meeting of the Brazilian Materials Research Society, Symposium A: functional hybrid interfaces - from characterization to applications

Authors: Welchy Leite Cavalcanti

Influences of the pH on the adsorption properties of an antimicrobial peptide on titanium surfaces

The adsorption behavior of the Tet-124 antimicrobial peptide and the Tet-124 peptide modified at the C- and N-terminus with the sequence glycine-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine-glycine (G-DOPA-G) on titanium surfac...

Authors: Yendry Regina Corrales Ureña, Linda Wittig, Matheus Vieira Nascimento, Juliano Luiz Faccioni, Paulo Noronha Lisboa Filho and Klaus Rischka

Influence of fibre reinforced polymers in the rehabilitation of damaged masonry wallettes

In the past decade, the interest in repair and retrofitting of existing structures and rehabilitation of the damaged structures has led to the development of more effective and low invasive architectural and e...

Authors: Júnia Soares Nogueira Chagas and Gray Farias Moita

Superhydrophilic self-cleaning surfaces based on TiO₂ and TiO₂/SiO₂ composite films for photovoltaic module cover glass

Self-cleaning surfaces have excelled in recent years in energy and environmental fields. In particular, in solar energy area, these surfaces are used to avoid soiling accumulation on photovoltaic (PV) modules....

Authors: Magnum Augusto Moraes Lopes de Jesus, João Trajano da Silva Neto, Gianluca Timò, Paulo Renato Perdigão Paiva, Maria Sylvia S Dantas and Angela de Mello Ferreira

Molecular simulation on carbon dioxide fixation routes towards synthesis of precursors for innovative urethanes

Classical molecular dynamics were carried out in order to obtain insights into proper conditions to perform chemical fixation of carbon dioxide (CO₂) with epoxide molecules into cyclic carbonates. Two different m...

Authors: Vinicius Carrillo Beber, Lucas Taveira Caleiro, Kelen Rossi de Aguiar, Jan-Ole Joswig, Ubirajara Pereira Rodrigues Filho, Paul-Ludwig Michael Noeske, Klaus Rischka and Welchy Leite Cavalcanti

Surface analytical approaches contributing to quality assurance during manufacture of functional interfaces

Assessing adhesion or strength of composites or adhesive joints in a non-destructive way is highly challenging. Therefore, instead of performing retrospective quality assurance, i.e. investigating manufactured...

Authors: Kai Brune, Christian Tornow, Michael Noeske, Thorben Wiesner, André Felipe Queiroz Barbosa, Stephani Stamboroski, Stefan Dieckhoff and Bernd Mayer

Pulsed bias effect on roughness of TiO₂:Nb films deposited by grid assisted magnetron sputtering

In this work Nb-doped TiO₂ (TiO₂:Nb) films were deposited by reactive sputtering. The substrate was biased with negative pulses to change the energy of the ions nearby the sample surface during the deposition. As...

Authors: Juliano Sadi Scholtz, Joel Stryhalski, Julio César Sagás, Abel André Cândido Recco, Marcello Mezaroba and Luís César Fontana