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Optimisation of the Flame Spheroidisation Process for the Rapid Manufacture of Fe3O4-Based Porous and Dense Microspheres (2023)
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Molinar-Díaz, J., Woodliffe, J. L., Steer, E., Morley, N. A., Brown, P. D., & Ahmed, I. (in press). Optimisation of the Flame Spheroidisation Process for the Rapid Manufacture of Fe3O4-Based Porous and Dense Microspheres. Molecules, 28(6), Article 2523. https://doi.org/10.3390/+molecules28062523

The rapid, single-stage, flame-spheroidisation process, as applied to varying Fe3O4:CaCO3 powder combinations, provides for the rapid production of a mixture of dense and porous ferro-magnetic microspheres with homogeneous composition, high levels of... Read More about Optimisation of the Flame Spheroidisation Process for the Rapid Manufacture of Fe3O4-Based Porous and Dense Microspheres.

Ferromagnetic Cytocompatible Glass-Ceramic Porous Microspheres for Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications (2023)
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Molinar‐Díaz, J., Woodliffe, J. L., Milborne, B., Murrell, L., Islam, M. T., Steer, E., …Ahmed, I. (2023). Ferromagnetic Cytocompatible Glass-Ceramic Porous Microspheres for Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10(11), Article 2202089. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202202089

Highly porous, ferromagnetic glass-ceramic P40-Fe3O4 microspheres (125–212 µm) with enhanced cytocompatibility have been manufactured for the first time via a facile, rapid, single-stage flame spheroidization process. Dispersions of Fe3O4 and Ca2Fe2O... Read More about Ferromagnetic Cytocompatible Glass-Ceramic Porous Microspheres for Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications.

Flame spheroidisation of dense and porous Ca2Fe2O5 microspheres (2020)
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Molinar Díaz, J., Samad, S. A., Steer, E., Neate, N., Constantin, H., Islam, M. T., …Ahmed, I. (2020). Flame spheroidisation of dense and porous Ca2Fe2O5 microspheres. Materials Advances, 1(9), 3539-3544. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ma00564a

Compositionally uniform magnetic Ca2Fe2O5 (srebrodolskite) microspheres created via a rapid, single-stage flame spheroidisation (FS) process using magnetite and carbonate based porogen (1:1 Fe3O4:CaCO3) feedstock powders, are described. Two types of... Read More about Flame spheroidisation of dense and porous Ca2Fe2O5 microspheres.

Spatially Resolved Molecular Compositions of Insoluble Multilayer Deposits Responsible for Increased Pollution from Internal Combustion Engines (2020)
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Edney, M. K., Lamb, J. S., Spanu, M., Smith, E. F., Steer, E., Wilmot, E., …Scurr, D. J. (2020). Spatially Resolved Molecular Compositions of Insoluble Multilayer Deposits Responsible for Increased Pollution from Internal Combustion Engines. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(45), 51026-51035. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c14532

Internal combustion engines are used heavily in diverse applications worldwide. Achieving the most efficient operation is key to improving air quality as society moves to a decarbonized energy system. Insoluble deposits that form within internal comb... Read More about Spatially Resolved Molecular Compositions of Insoluble Multilayer Deposits Responsible for Increased Pollution from Internal Combustion Engines.

Acceleration of dolomitization by zinc in saline waters (2019)
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Vandeginste, V., Snell, O., Hall, M. R., Steer, E., & Vandeginste, A. (2019). Acceleration of dolomitization by zinc in saline waters. Nature Communications, 10, Article 1851. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09870-y

Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) plays a key role in the global carbon cycle. Yet, the chemical mechanisms that catalyze its formation remain an enigma. Here, using batch reactor experiments, we demonstrate an unexpected acceleration of dolomite formation by zi... Read More about Acceleration of dolomitization by zinc in saline waters.

Epitaxial growth of γ-InSe and α, β, and γ-In2Se3 on ε-GaSe (2018)
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Balakrishnan, N., Steer, E. D., Smith, E. F., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Kovalyuk, Z. D., Eaves, L., …Beton, P. H. (2018). Epitaxial growth of γ-InSe and α, β, and γ-In2Se3 on ε-GaSe. 2D Materials, 5(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/aac479

We demonstrate that γ-InSe and the α, β and γ phases of In2Se3 can be grown epitaxially on ε-GaSe substrates using a physical vapour transport method. By exploiting the temperature gradient within the tube furnace, we can grow selectively different p... Read More about Epitaxial growth of γ-InSe and α, β, and γ-In2Se3 on ε-GaSe.

Controlling the release of indomethacin from glass solutions layered with a rate controlling membrane using fluid-bed processing. Part 1: Surface and cross-sectional chemical analysis (2017)
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Dereymaker, A., Scurr, D. J., Steer, E. D., Roberts, C. J., & Van den Mooter, G. (2017). Controlling the release of indomethacin from glass solutions layered with a rate controlling membrane using fluid-bed processing. Part 1: Surface and cross-sectional chemical analysis. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 14(4), 959-973. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.6b01023

Fluid bed coating has been shown to be a suitable manufacturing technique to formulate poorly soluble drugs in glass solutions. Layering inert carriers with a drug–polymer mixture enables these beads to be immediately filled into capsules, thus avoid... Read More about Controlling the release of indomethacin from glass solutions layered with a rate controlling membrane using fluid-bed processing. Part 1: Surface and cross-sectional chemical analysis.