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A Reactive Prodrug Ink Formulation Strategy for Inkjet 3D Printing of Controlled Release Dosage Forms and Implants (2020)
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He, Y., Foralosso, R., Ferraz Trindade, G., Ilchev, A., Cantu, L. R., Clark, E., Khaled, S., Hague, R. J. M., Tuck, C. J., Rose, F. R. A. J., Mantovani, G., Irvine, D., Roberts, C. J., & Wildman, R. D. (2020). A Reactive Prodrug Ink Formulation Strategy for Inkjet 3D Printing of Controlled Release Dosage Forms and Implants. Advanced Therapeutics, 3(6), Article 1900187. https://doi.org/10.1002/adtp.201900187

We propose a strategy for creating tuneable 3D printed drug delivery devices. 3D printing offers the opportunity for improved compliance and patient treatment outcomes through personalisation, but bottlenecks include finding formulations that provide... Read More about A Reactive Prodrug Ink Formulation Strategy for Inkjet 3D Printing of Controlled Release Dosage Forms and Implants.

Delivery of temozolomide and N3-propargyl analog to brain tumors using an apoferritin nanocage (2020)
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Bouzinab, K., Summers, H., Stevens, M. F., Moody, C. J., Thomas, N. R., Gershkovich, P., Weston, N., Ashford, M. B., Bradshaw, T. D., & Turyanska, L. (2020). Delivery of temozolomide and N3-propargyl analog to brain tumors using an apoferritin nanocage. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(11), 12609-12617. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c01514

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a grade IV astrocytoma, which is the most aggressive form of brain tumor. The standard of care for this disease includes surgery, radiotherapy and temozolomide (TMZ) chemotherapy. Poor accumulation of TMZ at the tumor... Read More about Delivery of temozolomide and N3-propargyl analog to brain tumors using an apoferritin nanocage.

Scalable Continuous Vortex Reactor for Gram to Kilo Scale for UV and Visible Photochemistry (2020)
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Lee, D. S., Sharabi, M., Jefferson-Loveday, R., Pickering, S. J., Poliakoff, M., & George, M. W. (2020). Scalable Continuous Vortex Reactor for Gram to Kilo Scale for UV and Visible Photochemistry. Organic Process Research and Development, 24(2), 201-206. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.9b00475

© 2020 American Chemical Society. We report the development of a scalable continuous Taylor vortex reactor for both UV and visible photochemistry. This builds on our recent report (Org. Process Res. Dev. 2017, 21, 1042) detailing a new approach to co... Read More about Scalable Continuous Vortex Reactor for Gram to Kilo Scale for UV and Visible Photochemistry.

Sliding wear behaviour of WC-Co reinforced NiCrFeSiB HVOAF thermal spray coatings against WC-Co and Al2O3 counterbodies (2020)
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Pulsford, J., Venturi, F., Kamnis, S., & Hussain, T. (2020). Sliding wear behaviour of WC-Co reinforced NiCrFeSiB HVOAF thermal spray coatings against WC-Co and Al2O3 counterbodies. Surface and Coatings Technology, 386, Article 125468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.125468

© 2020 The Authors NiCrFeSiB alloys reinforced with WC-Co are potentially useful composite coating materials for use in applications in which resistance to sliding wear, hot corrosion and high temperature is required. Furthermore these materials offe... Read More about Sliding wear behaviour of WC-Co reinforced NiCrFeSiB HVOAF thermal spray coatings against WC-Co and Al2O3 counterbodies.

Flexible Pavements and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Review and Implications (2020)
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Qiao, Y., Dawson, A. R., Parry, T., Flintsch, G., & Wang, W. (2020). Flexible Pavements and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Review and Implications. Sustainability, 12(3), 1057. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12031057

© 2020 by the authors. Flexible pavements and climate are interactive. Pavements are climate sensitive infrastructure, where climate can impact their deterioration rate, subsequent maintenance, and life-cycle costs. Meanwhile, climate mitigation meas... Read More about Flexible Pavements and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Review and Implications.

Experimental Evaluation of Geocell and EPS Geofoam as Means of Protecting Pipes at the Bottom of Repeatedly Loaded Trenches (2020)
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Moghaddas Tafreshi, S. N., Joz Darabi, N., Dawson, A. R., & Azizian, M. (2020). Experimental Evaluation of Geocell and EPS Geofoam as Means of Protecting Pipes at the Bottom of Repeatedly Loaded Trenches. International Journal of Geomechanics, 20(4), Article 04020023. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GM.1943-5622.0001624

© 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers. With growing populations and continuing urban development, embedding pipes in the ground that are then overrun by traffic is inevitable. This paper describes full-scale prototype tests on high-density polye... Read More about Experimental Evaluation of Geocell and EPS Geofoam as Means of Protecting Pipes at the Bottom of Repeatedly Loaded Trenches.

Thermal Activation of Electrochemical Seed Surfaces for Selective and Tunable Hydrophobic Patterning (2020)
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Speidel, A., Murray, J. W., Bisterov, I., Mitchell-Smith, J., Parmenter, C., & Clare, A. T. (2020). Thermal Activation of Electrochemical Seed Surfaces for Selective and Tunable Hydrophobic Patterning. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(6), 7744-7759. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b20121

Remarkable interfacial behaviors are observed in nature. Our efforts, directed toward replicating the structures, chemistries, and therefore functional properties of natural nonwetting surfaces, are competing with the result of billions of years of n... Read More about Thermal Activation of Electrochemical Seed Surfaces for Selective and Tunable Hydrophobic Patterning.

Feature Extraction of Oscillating Flow with Vapor Condensation of Moist Air in a Sonic Nozzle (2020)
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Ding, H., Li, Y., Wang, C., Wen, C., & Tian, Y. (2020). Feature Extraction of Oscillating Flow with Vapor Condensation of Moist Air in a Sonic Nozzle. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 69(9), 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/tim.2020.2967130

The sonic nozzle is commonly used in flow measurement. However, the non-equilibrium condensation phenomenon of moist air in the nozzle has a negative effect on the measuring accuracy. To investigate this complex phenomenon, the experiments on the osc... Read More about Feature Extraction of Oscillating Flow with Vapor Condensation of Moist Air in a Sonic Nozzle.

Modelling damage in fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite laminates subjected to three-point-bend loading (2020)
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Liu, H., Liu, J., Ding, Y., Zhou, J., Kong, X., Harper, L. T., Blackman, B. R., Falzon, B. G., & Dear, J. P. (2020). Modelling damage in fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite laminates subjected to three-point-bend loading. Composite Structures, 236, Article 111889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.111889

It is important to account for nonlinearity in the deformation of a thermoplastic matrix, as well as fibre fracture and matrix cracking, when predicting progressive failure in unidirectional fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites. In this research... Read More about Modelling damage in fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite laminates subjected to three-point-bend loading.

Performance Verification of a Flexible Vibration Monitoring System (2020)
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Bointon, P., Todhunter, L., Clare, A., & Leach, R. (2020). Performance Verification of a Flexible Vibration Monitoring System. Machines, 8(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines8010003

The performance of measurement or manufacturing systems in high-precision applications is dependent upon the dynamics of the system, as vibration can be a significant contributor to the measurement uncertainty and process variability. Technologies ma... Read More about Performance Verification of a Flexible Vibration Monitoring System.