Metal deposited nanoparticles as "bridge materials" for lead-free solder nanocomposites.

An influence of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanospheres coated by Au-Pd and Pt on the microstructure of solder/copper joints at room temperature and after aging at sub-zero temperature. The carbon nanosized admixtures were mixed with ternary Sn3.0Ag0.

Lightweight magnesium nanocomposites: electrical conductivity of liquid magnesium doped by CoPd nanoparticles.

The effect of monodisperse bimetallic CoPd NP admixtures on the electrical conductivity of liquid magnesium was studied. Temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity of liquid Mg(CoPd), Mg(CoPd), and Mg(CoPd) alloys was measured in a wide temperature range above the melting point by a four-point method. It was shown that the addition of even small amount of CoPd nanoparticles to liquid Mg has a significant effect on the electrical properties of the melts obtained.

Viscosity of liquid Co-Sn alloys: thermodynamic evaluation and experiment.

Shear viscosity measurements were performed for liquid Co-Sn alloys over a wide temperature range above the respective liquidus temperatures. A high temperature oscillating-cup viscometer was used. It was found experimentally that viscosity as a function of temperature obeys an Arrhenius law.