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Experimental investigation of woody and non-woody biomass combustion in a bubbling fluidised bed combustor focusing on gaseous emissions and temperature profiles (2017)
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Sher, F., Pans, M. A., Afilaka, D. T., Sun, C., & Liu, H. (2017). Experimental investigation of woody and non-woody biomass combustion in a bubbling fluidised bed combustor focusing on gaseous emissions and temperature profiles. Energy, 141, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.11.118

Air staging is a well-known effective method to control NOx emissions from solid fuel combustion boilers. However, further research is still needed to clarify the effect of air staging at different injection locations on the gaseous emissions of Flui... Read More about Experimental investigation of woody and non-woody biomass combustion in a bubbling fluidised bed combustor focusing on gaseous emissions and temperature profiles.

Iron-catalyzed indolizine synthesis from pyridines, diazo compounds, and alkynes (2017)
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Douglas, T., Pordea, A., & Dowden, J. (in press). Iron-catalyzed indolizine synthesis from pyridines, diazo compounds, and alkynes. Organic Letters, 19(23), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.7b03252

The iron (III) catalyzed synthesis of indolizines from commercially available alkyne, pyridine, and diazo precursors is reported. This mild, expedient method is tolerant of various solvents and proceeds with as little as 0.25 mol % [Fe(TPP)Cl]. Signi... Read More about Iron-catalyzed indolizine synthesis from pyridines, diazo compounds, and alkynes.

Simulation of charge transport in organic semiconductors: a time-dependent multiscale method based on nonequilibrium Green's functions (2017)
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Leitherer, S., Jäger, C., Krause, A., Halik, M., Clark, T., & Thoss, M. (in press). Simulation of charge transport in organic semiconductors: a time-dependent multiscale method based on nonequilibrium Green's functions. Physical Review Materials, 1(6), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.064601

In weakly interacting organic semiconductors, static disorder and dynamic disorder often have an important impact on transport properties. Describing charge transport in these systems requires an approach that correctly takes structural and electroni... Read More about Simulation of charge transport in organic semiconductors: a time-dependent multiscale method based on nonequilibrium Green's functions.

Recombinant expression and characterisation of the oxygen-sensitive 2-enoate reductase from Clostridium sporogenes (2017)
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Mordaka, P. M., Hall, S. J., Minton, N. P., & Stephens, G. (in press). Recombinant expression and characterisation of the oxygen-sensitive 2-enoate reductase from Clostridium sporogenes. Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000568

‘Ene’-reductases have attracted significant attention for the preparation of chemical intermediates and biologically active products. To date, research has been focussed primarily on Old Yellow Enzyme-like proteins, due to their ease of handling, whe... Read More about Recombinant expression and characterisation of the oxygen-sensitive 2-enoate reductase from Clostridium sporogenes.

Characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and DBD sources (2017)
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Niquet, R., Boehm, D., Schnabel, U., Cullen, P., Bourke, P., & Ehlbeck, J. (in press). Characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and DBD sources. Plasma Processes and Polymers, https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201700127

The biological effects of atmospheric cold plasma generated reactive species are mediated through and at a liquid interface. The diversity of antimicrobial efficacy or intensity of effects may differ with respect to the plasma device or set up, and i... Read More about Characterising the impact of post-treatment storage on chemistry and antimicrobial properties of plasma treated water derived from microwave and DBD sources.

Development of a petrographic technique to assess the spontaneous combustion susceptibility of Indian coals (2017)
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Mohalik, N., Lester, E., & Lowndes, I. (in press). Development of a petrographic technique to assess the spontaneous combustion susceptibility of Indian coals. International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization, https://doi.org/10.1080/19392699.2017.1360874

Petrographic studies are commonly used categorise the potential utilisation of coals. Eleven coal samples from the jharia coalfield (JCF), india, were studied using petrographic techniques to investigate maceral content, reflectance, and textural cha... Read More about Development of a petrographic technique to assess the spontaneous combustion susceptibility of Indian coals.

Emergy analysis for transportation fuels produced from corn stover in China (2017)
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Liu, C., Huang, Y., Wang, X., Tai, Y., Liu, L., Sun, C., & Liu, H. (2018). Emergy analysis for transportation fuels produced from corn stover in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 174, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.306

In order to provide more useful information for the decision makers in China to implement sustainable energy policies and to identify which region in China is most suitable to build the biofuel production plants for fast pyrolysis and hydroprocessing... Read More about Emergy analysis for transportation fuels produced from corn stover in China.

Cryogenian evolution of stigmasteroid biosynthesis (2017)
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Hoshino, Y., Poshibaeva, A., Meredith, W., Snape, C., Poshibaev, V., Versteegh, G. J., Kuznetsov, N., Leider, A., van Maldegem, L., Neumann, M., Naeher, S., Moczydłowska, M., Brocks, J. J., Jarrett, A. J., Tang, Q., Xiao, S., McKirdy, D., Das, S. K., Alvaro, J. J., Sansjofre, P., & Hallmann, C. (2017). Cryogenian evolution of stigmasteroid biosynthesis. Science Advances, 3(9), Article e1700887. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700887

Sedimentary hydrocarbon remnants of eukaryotic C26–C30 sterols can be used to reconstruct early algal evolution. Enhanced C29 sterol abundances provide algal cell membranes a density advantage in large temperature fluctuations. Here, we combined a li... Read More about Cryogenian evolution of stigmasteroid biosynthesis.

Carbon dioxide measurements using long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework HKUST-1 (2017)
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Hromadka, J., Tokay, B., Correia, R., Morgan, S. P., & Korposh, S. (2018). Carbon dioxide measurements using long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework HKUST-1. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 255(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.09.041

An optical fibre long period grating (LPG) based carbon dioxide (CO2) sensor coated with HKUST-1, a material from the metal organic framework family, functional coating is presented. In-situ crystallization and layer by layer (LbL) techniques of HKUS... Read More about Carbon dioxide measurements using long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework HKUST-1.

Modelling and upscaling of transport in carbonates during dissolution: validation and calibration with NMR experiments (2017)
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Muljadi, B. P., Bijeljic, B., Blunt, M. J., Colbourne, A., Sederman, A. J., Mantle, M. D., & Gladden, L. F. (in press). Modelling and upscaling of transport in carbonates during dissolution: validation and calibration with NMR experiments. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2017.08.008

We present an experimental and numerical study of transport in carbonates during dissolution and its upscaling from the pore (∼ μm) to core (∼ cm) scale. For the experimental part, we use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to probe molecular displaceme... Read More about Modelling and upscaling of transport in carbonates during dissolution: validation and calibration with NMR experiments.