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A context-based study of serendipity in information research among Chinese scholars (2018)
Journal Article
Zhou, X., Sun, X., Wang, Q., & Sharples, S. (in press). A context-based study of serendipity in information research among Chinese scholars. Journal of Documentation, 74(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-05-2017-0079

Purpose: The current understanding of serendipity is based primarily on studies employing Westerners as participants, and it remains uncertain whether or not this understanding would be pervasive under different cultures, such as in China. In additio... Read More about A context-based study of serendipity in information research among Chinese scholars.

Participatory ergonomics in Indonesian tin mining (2018)
Journal Article
Soejadi, P. P., Lawson, G., Ryan, B., & Hermawati, S. (2018). Participatory ergonomics in Indonesian tin mining. https://doi.org/10.21008/j.0239-9415.2017.075.20

Thousands of small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) employees in Indonesian tin mining companies work in dangerous environments without sufficient safety and health protections. This study’s aim was to investigate the identified factors, such as diffic... Read More about Participatory ergonomics in Indonesian tin mining.

3D printable photochromic molecular materials for reversible information storage (2018)
Journal Article
Wales, D. J., Cao, Q., Kastner, K., Karjalainen, E., Newton, G. N., & Sans, V. (2018). 3D printable photochromic molecular materials for reversible information storage. Advanced Materials, 30(26), Article 1800159. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201800159

The formulation of advanced molecular materials with bespoke polymeric ionic liquid matrices that stabilize and solubilize hybrid organic-inorganic polyoxometalates and allow their processing by additive manufacturing, is effectively demonstrated. Th... Read More about 3D printable photochromic molecular materials for reversible information storage.

Building porous graphene architectures for electrochemical energy storage devices (2018)
Book Chapter
Chen, G. Z., & Chen, Y. (2018). Building porous graphene architectures for electrochemical energy storage devices. In R. Rajagopalan, & A. Balakrishnan (Eds.), Innovations in Engineered Porous Materials for Energy Generation and Storage Applications (86-108). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315184401-3

This chapter offers a critical review of graphene based porous materials for energy applications. Three main recent progresses are discussed on materials synthesis, including (1) potassium hydroxide activated graphenes, (2) graphene hydrogels from hy... Read More about Building porous graphene architectures for electrochemical energy storage devices.

Harmonic reduction methods for electrical generation: a review (2018)
Journal Article
Fallows, D., Nuzzo, S., Costabeber, A., & Galea, M. (in press). Harmonic reduction methods for electrical generation: a review. IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-gtd.2018.0008

This paper provides a comprehensive literature review of techniques for harmonic related power quality improvement of electrical generation systems. An increasing interest in these aspects is due to the ever more stringent power quality... Read More about Harmonic reduction methods for electrical generation: a review.

In situ investigations of the phase change behaviour of tungsten oxide nanostructures (2018)
Journal Article
Thummavichai, K., Wang, N., Xu, F., Rance, G., Xia, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2018). In situ investigations of the phase change behaviour of tungsten oxide nanostructures. Royal Society Open Science, 5, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171932

This study appraises the use of in-situ diffraction and spectroscopy techniques, complemented with ex-situ electron microscopy analyses, to investigate the geometry and phase change behaviour of bundled ultrathin W18O49 nanowires and WO3 nanoparticle... Read More about In situ investigations of the phase change behaviour of tungsten oxide nanostructures.

The impact of hydrothermal carbonisation on the char reactivity of biomass (2018)
Journal Article
Stirling, R. J., Snape, C. E., & Meredith, W. (2018). The impact of hydrothermal carbonisation on the char reactivity of biomass. Fuel Processing Technology, 177, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2018.04.023

Hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) is an attractive biomass pre-treatment as it produces a coal-like fuel, can easily process wet biomass and wastes, and lowers the risk of slagging and fouling in pulverised fuel (PF) combustion boilers. One of the maj... Read More about The impact of hydrothermal carbonisation on the char reactivity of biomass.

A modified phase change pseudopotential lattice Boltzmann model (2018)
Journal Article
Gong, W., Yan, Y., Chen, S., & Wright, E. (2018). A modified phase change pseudopotential lattice Boltzmann model. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 125, 323-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.04.090

Amongst all the multiphase models in the lattice Boltzmann (LB) community, the pseudopotential model has been the most popular approach due to its simplicity and high-efficiency. Recently a number of liquid-vapour phase change models were also propos... Read More about A modified phase change pseudopotential lattice Boltzmann model.

Effect of surfactant on Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization of polymer microparticles and flat films (2018)
Journal Article
Hüsler, A., Haas, S., Parry, L., Romero, M., Nisisako, T., Williams, P., Wildman, R. D., & Alexander, M. R. (2018). Effect of surfactant on Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization of polymer microparticles and flat films. RSC Advances, 8(28), https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ra01491d

Micro- and nanoparticles are of great interest because of their potential for trafficking into the body for applications such as low-fouling coatings on medical devices, drug delivery in pharmaceutics and cell carriers in regenerative medicine strate... Read More about Effect of surfactant on Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization of polymer microparticles and flat films.

Residual stress and adhesion of thermal spray coatings: microscopic view by solidification and crystallisation analysis in the epitaxial CoNiCrAlY single splat (2018)
Journal Article
Fanicchia, F., Maeder, X., Ast, J., Taylor, A., Guo, Y., Polyakov, M., Michler, J., & Axinte, D. (2018). Residual stress and adhesion of thermal spray coatings: microscopic view by solidification and crystallisation analysis in the epitaxial CoNiCrAlY single splat. Materials and Design, 153, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.04.040

A new approach is proposed to achieve an in-depth understanding of crystallisation, residual stress and adhesion in epitaxial splats obtained by Combustion Flame Spray. Modelling of the fundamental process mechanisms is achieved with the help of expe... Read More about Residual stress and adhesion of thermal spray coatings: microscopic view by solidification and crystallisation analysis in the epitaxial CoNiCrAlY single splat.