MORICHE TIRADO , Rocío

Self-heating GNPs-based electrical networks were successfully obtained for their use in electrothermal applications. The electrical resistance of the GNPs-networks created on glass fiber fabrics was strongly dependent on fiber direction. The electrothermal response was fast and the maximum temperature was achieved in the system after ∼20 s....

Organosilica hybrid films and fluorinated organosilica hybrid films have been successfully deposited using atmospheric plasma deposition. Different precursors, which incorporates epoxy groups in their molecules, were used to obtain connected structures with tunable chemistry and connectivity. The study demonstrated the capability of tuning the...

The influence of manufacturing parameters of filament extrusion and extrusion-based Additive Manufacturing (AM), as well as different post processing techniques, on the electrical conductivity of 3D printed parts of graphene nanoplatelets (GNP)-reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) has been analyzed. The key role of the manufacturing...

The incorporation of nanoreinforcement in photocurable polymeric matrices can strongly affect the degree of curing and properties of the final nanocomposites as well as the process parameters for 3D printing. Particularly, the addition of GNPs in contents from 1 up to 10 wt% limits the degree of curing to 60% in Bis-GMA/TEGDMA. The increase up...

The influence of the average surface area of different graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) on the thermo-electrical behaviour, associated with Joule heating, and the attenuation of electromagnetic signals of epoxy composites has been studied, analysing the effect of the morphology obtained as a function of the dispersion time by ultrasonication and...

Mechanosynthesis of La1-xSrxMnO3 (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1) was carried out at room temperature from stoichiometric mixtures of La2O3, Mn2O3 and SrO, obtaining monophasic powders with the perovskite structure. Physical properties of these materials and their chemical compatibility with the electrolyte yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ), which...

In this work, an equiatomic TiNbTaMoZr-based high-entropy alloy (HEA) has been developed by a powder metallurgy route, which consists of a process of combined one-step low-temperature mechanical milling starting from the transition metals as raw materials and a subsequent pressureless sintering. In this way, the optimized synthesized specimen,...

Despite the dramatic change that Tissue Engineering or stem cell therapies have brought to current therapeutic strategies, there is a lack of functionalities in the available biomaterials for manufacturing scaffolds to treat several highly prevalent osseous diseases (osteochondral defects, osteoporosis, etc.). One promising approach to fill...

The electromechanical performance and reversibility of sensitive GNP/epoxy strain sensors were experimentally and theoretically analyzed. Under tensile loads, the strain sensors showed lower sensitivity and more linearity than bulk sensors, behavior attributed to a slight preferential orientation of the GNPs along the in-plane direction. The...

3 mol% yttria tetragonal zirconia polycrystal (3YTZP) composites with orthotropic or isotropic microstructures were obtained incorporating few layer graphene (FLG) or exfoliated graphene nanoplatelets (e-GNP) as fillers. Electrical conductivity was studied in a wide range of contents in two configurations: perpendicular (σꓕ) and parallel (σ//)...

Sensing capabilities of carbon nanotube (CNT)doped adhesive films under bending conditions were investigated. Standard Mode-II coupons and skin-stringer sub-elements were manufactured while their electrical resistance was monitored. Mode-II energy fracture was improved when adding CNTs in comparison to neat adhesive joints due to their...

Conductive epoxy nanocomposites were prepared using two different thickness graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) as reinforcement, H25 and M25. In both cases, 3 and 5 wt % GNPs was dispersed into the matrix by means of sonication and calandering processes. The piezoresistive mechanisms of these GNPs/epoxy sensors were studied under tensile and...

In recent years, the interest in monitoring the damage of composite materials by measuring the variation of electrical resistance is increasing because deformations and cracks generated in the structure produce changes in the electrical conductivity of the material. In this work, the structural integrity of glass fiber composite materials with...

Electrical-discharge machining (EDM) of advanced ceramics allows the miniaturization of parts with complex shapes. Since electrical conductivity is required, non-conductive ceramics need a conductive second phase. This work assesses the feasibility of industrial EDM in advanced yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia (3YTZP) composites with 20...

In this study, the best equilibrium among adherence, micro-mechanical properties and coating bioactivity of bioactive glasses (45S5 and 1393) on porous titanium substrates has been explored and their potential uses for bone tissue implants. Porous titanium discs with different porosities (30 and 60 vol.%) and pore size distributions (100–200...

Ti implants are highly biocompatible and allow orderly bone growth but, unfortunately, in the first five years after implantation, 5–10% of them fail due to poor osseointegration and to the presence of bacterial infections in prosthesis. Silver nanoparticles have been described to damage bacterial cell via prolonged release of Ag+ ions as a...

Here, titanium porous substrates were fabricated by a space holder technique. The relationship between microstructural characteristics (pore equivalent diameter, mean free-path between pores, roughness and contact surface), mechanical properties (Young's modulus, yield strength and dynamic micro-hardness) and bacterial behavior are discussed....

In this work, the influence of the remnant magnetization, size distribution and content of soft magnetic reinforcement in micro-mechanical behavior of polymer matrix composites (Fe81Ga19/silicone) are evaluated. Melt spinning ribbons were pulverized in a planetary milling machine to act as composite particle reinforcement. The instrumented...