Scientific publications

N. Arconada, Y. Castro, A. Durán, V. Héquet

Photocatalytic oxidation of methyl ethyl ketones over sol-gel mesoporous and meso-structured TiO2 films obtained by EISA method

This work reports the influence of the meso-structure of TiO2 films in the photocatalytic oxidation of methyl ethyl ketone. 

Magazine/Book Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Date 2011
Pages Volumen: 107 Páginas: 52-58
N. Arconada, A. Durán, S. Suárez, J. M. Coronado, B. Sánchez, Y. Castro.

TiO2 thin films for the photodegradation of TCE in air: Optimization of the sol-gel preparation method

Porous TiO2-anatase thin films were prepared by the sol–gel route and used for the study of the influence of structural properties in their photocatalytic activity. 

Magazine/Book Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Date 2011
Pages Volumen: 108-109 Páginas: 14-21
R. Bayon, C. Zubizarreta, R. Nevshupa, J. Carlos Rodriguez, X. Fernandez, U. Ruiz de Gopegui, A. Igartua, et al.

Rolling-sliding, scuffing and tribocorrosion behaviour of PVD multilayer coatings for gears application

In the past decade, the emerging new class of nanoscale multilayer coatings has offered to the materials scientists a powerful toolbox for the engineering of the design of PVD coatings through a combination of the multilayer concept with new nano-structured coatings (Román, 1993; Kok, 2005). 

Magazine/Book Industrial Lubrication and Tribology
Date 2011
Pages vol. 63, pp. 17-26, 2011
Beatriz Fernandez-Díaz, Raquel Bayón, Amaya Igartua

Alternative Cr+6-free coatings sliding against NBR elastomer

Hexavalent chromium compounds result attractive primarily for industrial activity because they provide manufactured products with enhanced hardness, shininess, durability, color, corrosion resistance, heat resistance, decay resistance and tribological properties. 

Magazine/Book Tribology- Lubricants and Lubrication. Edited by Chang-Hung Kuo. In-Tech, 2011. ISBN 978-953-307-371-2
Date 2011
Pages Chap. 12
G. Belforte, M. Conte, A. Manuello, and L. Mazza

Performance and Behavior of Seals for Pneumatic Spool Valves

This article presents a seal development approach that takes actual operating conditions (mounting, sealed pressure, lubricating conditions), seal material, and counterpart machining tolerances into account. 

Magazine/Book Tribology Transactions
Date 2011
Pages Vol. 54, pp. 237-246, 2011
C.-A. Manier, H. Ziegele, J. Barriga, J. Goikoetxea, and M. Woydt

Zirconium-based coatings in highly stressed rolling contacts as alternative solution to DLC and ta-C coatings

The slip-rolling resistance of DLC, a-C and ta-C thin film coatings was improved considerably in the last years, but there is still room for improvements in relation to (a) the temperature stability and (b) initial surface roughness after deposition. 

Magazine/Book Wear
Date 2010-10-28
Pages vol. 269, pp. 770-781, Oct 28 2010