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Electromagnetic shielding effectiveness of carbon fibre reinforced composites (2019)
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Munalli, D., Dimitrakis, G., Chronopoulos, D., Greedy, S., & Long, A. (2019). Electromagnetic shielding effectiveness of carbon fibre reinforced composites. Composites Part B: Engineering, 173, Article 106906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.106906

This paper reports results on the shielding effectiveness parameter of laminated epoxy composites with carbon fibre reinforcements. Measurements of shielding effectiveness were carried out with a coaxial transmission line testing chamber according to... Read More about Electromagnetic shielding effectiveness of carbon fibre reinforced composites.

Highly efficient multifunctional ionic liquid for PET glycolysis under microwave irradiation (2019)
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Cot, S., Leu, M. K., Kalamiotis, A., Dimitrakis, G., Sans Sangorrin, V., de Pedro, I., & Cano, I. (2019). Highly efficient multifunctional ionic liquid for PET glycolysis under microwave irradiation. ChemPlusChem, 84(7), 786-793. https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201900075

An oxalate‐bridged binuclear iron(III) ionic liquid combined with an imidazolium based cation, (dimim)2[Fe2Cl4(μ‐ox)], was synthesized and characterized by a wide range of techniques. This halometallate ionic liquid was active in catalyzing the depol... Read More about Highly efficient multifunctional ionic liquid for PET glycolysis under microwave irradiation.

Optimised use of dielectric spectroscopy at microwave frequencies for direct online monitoring of polymerisation reactions (2019)
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Kalamiotis, A., Ilchev, A., Irvine, D. J., & Dimitrakis, G. (2019). Optimised use of dielectric spectroscopy at microwave frequencies for direct online monitoring of polymerisation reactions. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 290C, 34-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2019.03.120

This study reports the first use of dielectric spectroscopy over at a wide frequency range to monitor, in real time, the progress of a ring opening polymerisation. An open-ended coaxial line sensor was placed directly into the reaction medium of a po... Read More about Optimised use of dielectric spectroscopy at microwave frequencies for direct online monitoring of polymerisation reactions.

Predicting the Behaviour of Near-Critical and Supercritical Alcohols at Microwave Frequencies: Validation of Molecular Dynamic Simulations as a Tool that can Substitute for Measurements under Extreme Experimental Conditions (2019)
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Robinson, D., Irvine, D. J., Robinson, J. P., Lester, E. H., Kingman, S. W., & Dimitrakis, G. (2019). Predicting the Behaviour of Near-Critical and Supercritical Alcohols at Microwave Frequencies: Validation of Molecular Dynamic Simulations as a Tool that can Substitute for Measurements under Extreme Experimental Conditions. Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 146, 165-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2019.01.018

Equilibrium and non-equilibrium molecular dynamic simulations, predicting the dielectric properties of near-critical and supercritical methanol and ethanol at microwave frequencies have been carried out. The autocorrelation functions of the dielectri... Read More about Predicting the Behaviour of Near-Critical and Supercritical Alcohols at Microwave Frequencies: Validation of Molecular Dynamic Simulations as a Tool that can Substitute for Measurements under Extreme Experimental Conditions.

Churn flow in high viscosity oils and large diameter columns (2017)
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Mohammed, S. K., Hasan, A., Dimitrakis, G., & Azzopardi, B. J. (2018). Churn flow in high viscosity oils and large diameter columns. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 100, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2017.11.018

Churn flow is an important intermediate flow regimoccurring in between slug and annular flow patterns in two-phase flow, with profound implications in chemical and petroleum industry. The majority of studies to date in churn flow has been carried out... Read More about Churn flow in high viscosity oils and large diameter columns.

Improving the design of industrial microwave processing systems through prediction of the dielectric properties of complex multi-layered materials (2015)
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Katrib, J., Folorunso, O., Dodds, C., Dimitrakis, G., & Kingman, S. W. (2015). Improving the design of industrial microwave processing systems through prediction of the dielectric properties of complex multi-layered materials. Journal of Materials Science, 50(23), 7591-7599. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9319-z

Rigorous design of industrial microwave processing systems requires in-depth knowledge of the dielectric properties of the materials to be processed. These values are not easy to measure, particularly when a material is multi-layered containing multi... Read More about Improving the design of industrial microwave processing systems through prediction of the dielectric properties of complex multi-layered materials.

Understanding the scabbling of concrete using microwave energy (2015)
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Buttress, A., Jones, D., Dodds, C., Dimitrakis, G., Dawson, A., & Kingman, S. (in press). Understanding the scabbling of concrete using microwave energy. Cement and Concrete Research, 75, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2015.04.009

This paper reports on the use of microwave energy to scabble concrete. While the technique is not new, little information exists relating to the controllability of the process, the effect of different types of concrete and the performance and durabil... Read More about Understanding the scabbling of concrete using microwave energy.

Factors affecting the microwave coking of coals and the implications on microwave cavity design (2014)
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Binner, E., Medeira-Munoyerro, M., Huddle, T., Kingman, S., Dodds, C., Dimitrakis, G., Robinson, J., & Lester, E. (2014). Factors affecting the microwave coking of coals and the implications on microwave cavity design. Fuel Processing Technology, 125, 8-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.03.006

The work carried out in this paper assessed how processing conditions and feedstock affect the quality of the coke produced during microwave coke making. The aim was to gather information that would support the development of an optimised microwave c... Read More about Factors affecting the microwave coking of coals and the implications on microwave cavity design.

Continuous and direct 'in situ' reaction monitoring of chemical reactions via dielectric property measurement: Controlled polymerisation (2014)
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Lester, E., Kamaruddin, M. J., Nguyen, N. T., Robinson, J., El harfi, J., Irvine, D., Binner, E. R., DIMITRAKIS, G., & Kingman, S. W. (2014). Continuous and direct 'in situ' reaction monitoring of chemical reactions via dielectric property measurement: Controlled polymerisation. RSC Advances, 4(11), 5709-5717. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra46941g