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Evaluating the impact of Ventilation strategy and Window Opening Area on Overheating Issues (2019)
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Jimenez-Bescos, C. (2019). Evaluating the impact of Ventilation strategy and Window Opening Area on Overheating Issues. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 294, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/294/1/012042

Thermal mass has the benefit of regulating energy in buildings and generates potential savings in energy and CO2 emissions. The result of the effect of climate change will be more intense and longer periods of summer heat waves. Use of the building... Read More about Evaluating the impact of Ventilation strategy and Window Opening Area on Overheating Issues.

Ultralight three-dimensional, carbon-based nanocomposites for thermal energy storage (2019)
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Ola, O., Chen, Y., Niu, Q., Xia, Y., Mallick, T., & Zhu, Y. (2020). Ultralight three-dimensional, carbon-based nanocomposites for thermal energy storage. Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 36, 70-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2019.06.014

Polymer based nanocomposites consisting of elastic three-dimensional (3D) carbon foam (CF), paraffin wax and graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) have been created and evaluated for thermal energy storage. The ultralight, highly porous (∼98.6% porosity), an... Read More about Ultralight three-dimensional, carbon-based nanocomposites for thermal energy storage.

High purity Ge-Sb-Se/S step index optical fibers (2019)
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Parnell, H., Furniss, D., Tang, Z., Fang, Y., Benson, T., Canedy, C., Kim, C., Kim, M., Merritt, C., Bewley, W., Vurgaftman, I., Meyer, J., & Seddon, A. (2019). High purity Ge-Sb-Se/S step index optical fibers. Optical Materials Express, 9(9), 3616-3626. https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.9.003616

Chalcogenide glasses are a promising group of materials for remote sensing applications. Two compositions from the Ge-Sb-Se/S system are investigated as core and cladding glasses in a step index fiber (SIF). Following thermomechanical and refractive... Read More about High purity Ge-Sb-Se/S step index optical fibers.

Reality-based interaction affecting mental workload in virtual reality mental arithmetic training (2019)
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Jost, P., Cobb, S., & Hämmerle, I. (2020). Reality-based interaction affecting mental workload in virtual reality mental arithmetic training. Behaviour and Information Technology, 39(10), 1062-1078. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929x.2019.1641228

The concept of digital game-based learning (DGBL) evolves rapidly together with technological enhancements of virtual reality (VR) and smart phones. However, the mental workload (MWL) that VR-training applications demand and motivational qualities or... Read More about Reality-based interaction affecting mental workload in virtual reality mental arithmetic training.

Stability and characterisation of spoil heaps in European surface lignite mines: a state-of-the-art review in light of new data (2019)
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Masoudian, M. S., Zevgolis, I. E., Deliveris, A. V., Marshall, A. M., Heron, C. M., & Koukouzas, N. C. (2019). Stability and characterisation of spoil heaps in European surface lignite mines: a state-of-the-art review in light of new data. Environmental Earth Sciences, 78(16), Article 505. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8506-7

The large amount of spoil material produced during the mining process imposes a significant economic and environmental liability on lignite producers. In this context, the present paper provides an overview of the geotechnical characteristics of Euro... Read More about Stability and characterisation of spoil heaps in European surface lignite mines: a state-of-the-art review in light of new data.

Experimental observation of gain in a resonantly pumped Pr3+-doped chalcogenide glass mid-infrared fibre amplifier notwithstanding the signal excited-state absorption (2019)
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Shen, M., Furniss, D., Farries, M., Jayasuriya, D., Tang, Z., Sojka, L., Sujecki, S., Benson, T. M., & Seddon, A. B. (2019). Experimental observation of gain in a resonantly pumped Pr3+-doped chalcogenide glass mid-infrared fibre amplifier notwithstanding the signal excited-state absorption. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 11426. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47432-w

We demonstrate a maximum gain of 4.6 dB at a signal wavelength of 5.28 μm in a 4.1 μm resonantly pumped Pr3+- doped selenide-based chalcogenide glass fibre amplifier of length 109 mm, as well as a new signal excited-stated absorption (ESA) at signal... Read More about Experimental observation of gain in a resonantly pumped Pr3+-doped chalcogenide glass mid-infrared fibre amplifier notwithstanding the signal excited-state absorption.

Electrical resistivity of pure copper processed by medium-powered laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing for use in electromagnetic applications (2019)
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Silbernagel, C., Gargalis, L., Ashcroft, I., Hague, R., Galea, M., & Dickens, P. (2019). Electrical resistivity of pure copper processed by medium-powered laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing for use in electromagnetic applications. Additive Manufacturing, 29, Article 100831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2019.100831

Pure copper is an excellent thermal and electrical conductor, however, attempts to process it with additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have seen various levels of success. While electron beam melting (EBM) has successfully processed pure copper... Read More about Electrical resistivity of pure copper processed by medium-powered laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing for use in electromagnetic applications.

Investigation of elemental mercury removal from coal-fired flue gas over MIL101-Cr (2019)
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Dong, L., Huang, Y., Liu, L., Liu, C., Xu, L., Zha, J., Chen, H., & Liu, H. (2019). Investigation of elemental mercury removal from coal-fired flue gas over MIL101-Cr. Energy and Fuels, 33(9), 8864-8875. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b01355

In this work, the MIL101-Cr sorbent with a large BET surface area was prepared and used to remove Hg0 from the simulated coal-fired boiler flue gas. The chemical and physical properties of the prepared sorbent were characterized by X-ray diffraction... Read More about Investigation of elemental mercury removal from coal-fired flue gas over MIL101-Cr.

Synthesis and characterization of styrene-based polyfluoroacrylate film for hydrophobic/icephobic applications (2019)
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Barman, T., Chen, H., Liu, J., Yang, G., Zhao, W., Peng, C., & Hou, X. (2019). Synthesis and characterization of styrene-based polyfluoroacrylate film for hydrophobic/icephobic applications. Thin Solid Films, 687, Article 137462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2019.137462

Low surface energy polymeric materials always attract great interest due to their effective non-stick feature when contacting with other materials. In the present work, hydrophobic polyfluoroacrylates (PFAs) were synthesized using styrene, acrylic ac... Read More about Synthesis and characterization of styrene-based polyfluoroacrylate film for hydrophobic/icephobic applications.