• openAccess   Bentonite as an active natural filler for silicone leading to piezoelectric-like response material 

      Iacob, Mihail; tiron, vasile; Stiubianu, George Theodor; Dascalu, Mihaela; Hernandez, Leonor; Varganici, Cristian-Dragos; Tugui, Codrin; Cazacu, Maria Elsevier (2022-01-10)
      Raw sodium bentonite (Bent) without preliminary treatments is incorporated as a filler in a silicone matrix, from 5 to 100 parts per hundred (pph), by weight, by simple mixing in solution. The mixtures are processed as ...
    • openAccess   New coloured coatings to enhance silica sand absorbance for direct particle solar receiver applications 

      Gimeno Furió, Alexandra; Hernandez, Leonor; Martinez Cuenca, Raul; Mondragon, Rosa; VELA GASULLA, ANTONIO FABIAN; Cabedo, Luis; Barreneche, Camila; Iacob, Mihail Elsevier (2020-06-30)
      New systems using solid particles for solar energy capturing, heat transfer and thermal energy storage have been proposed and analysed in direct particle solar receivers. In this work, black coloured silica sand was ...
    • openAccess   Silicone elastomers filled with rare earth oxides 

      Iacob, Mihail; Airinei, Anton; Asandulesa, Mihail; Dascalu, Mihaela; Tudorachi, Nita; Hernandez, Leonor; Cazacu, María IOP Publishing Ltd (2020)
      Silicones which possess, amongst others, remarkable mechanical properties, thermal stability over a wide range of temperatures and processability, and rare earth oxides(REO), known for their unique optic, magnetic and ...