Structural and Chemical Characterization of Metals, Alloys, and Compounds – 2014: Volume 1766

The XXIII International Materials Research Congress was held on August 17–21, 2014, in Cancún, Mexico. It was organized by the Sociedad Mexicana de Materiales (SMM). About 1,500 specialized scientists from more than 40 countries participated in the 30 different symposia, workshops, plenary lectures and tutorial courses. This special issue covers several aspects of the structural and chemical characterization of materials in the following areas: metals, alloys, steels, composites, polymeric compounds, welding, nanomaterials, and surface coatings, among others. They are amorphous, crystalline, powders, coatings, fibers, thin films, and so forth, which were prepared with different techniques. The structural characterization techniques include: scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Raman spectroscopy, optical microscopy (OM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), differential thermal analysis (DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetry analysis (TGA), thermo luminescence (TL), laser emission, amongst others. Theoretical models from these properties are also included.

Part I. Characterization of Materials for Medical Applications: 1. Study microstructure and mechanical properties of prosthesis of forging D. C. Rojas-Olmos, N. López-Perrusquia, M. A. Doñu-Ruiz, J. A. Juanico Loran and C. R. Torres San Miguel; 2. Synthesis, characterization and antitumor activity of 4-ferrocenylpyridine-3, 5-dicarbonitrile derivatives and sodium polymeric complexes containing carbanionic ligands E. Klimova, J. Sánchez, M. Flores, S. Cortez, T. Ramírez, A. Churakov and M. Martínez; 3. Study of microstructure and mechanical properties of an ankle prosthesis removing J. G. Flores Becerra, N. López-Perrusquia, M. A. Doñu Ruiz, A. López Perrusquia and J. V. Cortes Suarez; Part II. Characterization of Welded Materials: 4. Microstructural effects between AHSS dissimilar joints using MIG and TIG welding process G. Y. Pérez Medina, M. Padovani, M. Merlin, A. F. Miranda Pérez and F. A. Reyes Valdés; 5. Effect of gas metal arc welding (GMAW) parameters on wear behavior of heat affected zone of HSLA steel plates Z. L. López Bustos, F. J. García Vázquez, G. Y. Pérez Medina, B. Vargas Arista and V. H. López Cortéz; 6. Hybrid laser - arc welding applied in longitudinal joints for hydrocarbon conduction pipes Raúl J. Fernández Tavitas, R. Saldaña Garcés and V. H. López Cortéz; 7. Study of GMAW process parameters on the mechanisms of wear in contact tips C12200 alloy Luis A. López, Gladys Y. Perez, Felipe J. Garcia and Víctor H. López; Part III. Characterization of Steels Used in the Oil Industry: 8. Biocorrosion of bacterial inoculation on the API X52 pipeline steel M. Amaya, V. L. Reyes-Martínez, J. M. Romero, L. Martinez and R. Pérez; 9. Electrochemical kinetic of a low carbon steel in seawater at different flow speed A. Carmona, R. Orozco-Cruz, E. Mejía-Sánchez, A. Contreras and R. Galván-Martínez; 10. Electrochemical study of 1018 steel exposed to different soils from South of México L. M. Quej-Aké and A. Contreras; 11. The role of calcareous soils in SCC of X52 pipeline steel A. Contreras, L. M. Quej-Aké, C. R. Lizárraga and T. Pérez; Part IV. Characterization of Materials for Industrial Applications: 12. Characterization of Mg AZ31 alloy ECASD processed using dynamical mechanical analysis (DMA) D. Peláez, A. Restrepo-Osorio, E. Mendoza, C. Isaza and P. Fernandez-Morales; 13. Chemical characterization of a mineral deposit of economic interest E. Cerecedo, V. Rodríguez, P. D. Andrade, E. Salinas, J. Hernández and A. Arenas; 14. Effect of composition on the physical properties of (TlInSe2)1-x (TlGaTe2)x solid solutions M. M. Asadov, S. N. Mustafaeva, D. B. Tagiev and A. N. Mammadov; 15. Viscoelastic behavior of polymeric optical fiber A. Sánchez, Karla Y. Guerra, Andrés V. Porta and S. Orozco; 16. Analysis of the mechanical behavior of a paperboard profile M. Rico, J. M. Sandoval, L. A. Flores, N. Muñoz, P. A. Tamayo and R. G. González; Part V. Characterization of Materials Used in Coatings and Thin Films: 17. Structural and optical characterization of ZnO nanofilms deposited by CBD-AµW J. Díaz-Reyes, R. S. Castillo-Ojeda, J. E. Flores-Mena and J. Martínez-Juárez; 18. Study of corrosion behavior of polyuretane/nanohidroxiapatite hybrid coating in hank solution at 25 °C G. Carbajal-De La Torre, A. B. Martinez-Valencia, A. Sanchez-Castillo, M. Villagomez-Galindo and M. A. Espinosa-Medina; 19. Effect of Li-doping on photoluminescence of screen-printed zinc oxide films L. Khomenkova, V. Kushnirenko, M. Osipenok, K. Avramenko, Y. Polishchuk, I. Markevich, V. Strelchuk, V. Kladko, L. Borkovska and T. Kryshtab; Part VI. Characterization of Nanostructured Materials: 20. Synthesis of AlFe intermetallic nanoparticles by high-energy ball milling G. Rosas, J. Chihuaque, E. Bedolla, R. Esparza and R. Pérez.