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Tailoring the in-situ formation of intermetallic phases in the self-lubricating Al-WS2 composite for enhanced tribological performance with wear track evolution analysis (2023)
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Self-lubricating aluminium matrix composites with enhanced tribological properties are sought for weight critical applications. In previous studies, the Al composites incorporating the solid lubricant WS2 have been shown to reduce both the coefficien... Read More about Tailoring the in-situ formation of intermetallic phases in the self-lubricating Al-WS2 composite for enhanced tribological performance with wear track evolution analysis.

Atmospheric plasma spraying of ytterbium disilicate for abradable and environmental barrier coatings: A story of processing-microstructure relationships (2023)
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Environmental barrier coatings (EBCs) are required to protect SiC based composites in high temperature, steam containing combustion environments found in the latest generation of high efficiency gas turbine aeroengines. Ytterbium disilicate (YbDS) ha... Read More about Atmospheric plasma spraying of ytterbium disilicate for abradable and environmental barrier coatings: A story of processing-microstructure relationships.

Correction to: Thermal Spraying of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics: A Review on Processing Routes and Performance (2022)
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Lynam, A., Romero, A. R., Xu, F., Wellman, R. G., & Hussain, T. (2022). Correction to: Thermal Spraying of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics: A Review on Processing Routes and Performance. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 31(6), 2001-2001. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-022-01411-2

When originally published, the author list contained an incorrect initial for the fourth listed author. The name should have been published to read: R. G. Wellman. The original article has been corrected.

Metallurgical reactions and tribological properties of self-lubricating Al-WS2 composites: Laser powder bed fusion Vs. spark plasma sintering (2022)
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Li, P., Xu, F., Robertson, S., Zhou, Z., Hou, X., Clare, A. T., & Aboulkhair, N. T. (2022). Metallurgical reactions and tribological properties of self-lubricating Al-WS2 composites: Laser powder bed fusion Vs. spark plasma sintering. Materials and Design, 216, Article 110543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.110543

Self-lubricating aluminium-based composites reinforced with solid lubricants promise to meet the demand for lightweight materials in green tribological applications. The design advantages granted by additive manufacturing (AM) processes coupled with... Read More about Metallurgical reactions and tribological properties of self-lubricating Al-WS2 composites: Laser powder bed fusion Vs. spark plasma sintering.

Functionalised SiO2 modified icephobic nanocomposite electrospun membranes for outdoor electromagnetic shielding applications (2022)
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Tas, M., Musa, U. G., Ahmed, I., Xu, F., Smartt, C., & Hou, X. (2022). Functionalised SiO2 modified icephobic nanocomposite electrospun membranes for outdoor electromagnetic shielding applications. Polymer, 240, Article 124499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2021.124499

Outdoor electronic equipment such as signal stations, radar units, and cellular base stations would benefit from electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding systems, but ice accretion on the surface of these facilities often causes critical challeng... Read More about Functionalised SiO2 modified icephobic nanocomposite electrospun membranes for outdoor electromagnetic shielding applications.

Sodium Tungsten Oxide Bronze Nanowires Bundles in Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye under UV and Visible Light Exposure (2021)
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Thummavichai, K., Thi, L. A., Pung, S.-Y., Ola, O., Hussain, M. Z., Chen, Y., …Zhu, Y. (2021). Sodium Tungsten Oxide Bronze Nanowires Bundles in Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye under UV and Visible Light Exposure. Energies, 14(5), Article 1322. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14051322

This paper describes the analysis and characterization of NayWOx bronze nanowires bundles and evaluation of their effective adsorption of methylene blue dye (MB). The Na-doped WOx bronze nanowires bundles were first synthesized via a simple solvother... Read More about Sodium Tungsten Oxide Bronze Nanowires Bundles in Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye under UV and Visible Light Exposure.

Efficient dye-removal via Ni-decorated graphene oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposites (2020)
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Hu, C., Le, A. T., Pung, S. Y., Stevens, L., Neate, N., Hou, X., …Xu, F. (2021). Efficient dye-removal via Ni-decorated graphene oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposites. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 260, Article 124117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.124117

The nickel nanoparticles decorated graphene oxide-carbon nanotubes nanocomposite has been prepared through a novel molecular-level-mixing method followed by a freeze-drying and subsequent reduction process. The resulting products showed a well-disper... Read More about Efficient dye-removal via Ni-decorated graphene oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposites.

Electro-thermal and mechanical performance of multi-wall carbon nanotubes buckypapers embedded in fibre reinforced polymer composites for ice protection applications (2020)
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Zangrossi, F., Xu, F., Warrior, N., Karapappas, P., & Hou, X. (2020). Electro-thermal and mechanical performance of multi-wall carbon nanotubes buckypapers embedded in fibre reinforced polymer composites for ice protection applications. Journal of Composite Materials, 54(23), 3457-3469. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998320915639

Several ice protection strategies have been developed to overcome the icing hazards in the aerospace industry. The electro-thermal method is one of the popular approaches to prevent ice accretion and accumulation on aircraft surfaces. Given the incre... Read More about Electro-thermal and mechanical performance of multi-wall carbon nanotubes buckypapers embedded in fibre reinforced polymer composites for ice protection applications.

One-step fabrication of superhydrophobic P(VDF-co-HFP) nanofibre membranes using electrospinning technique (2019)
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Tas, M., Xu, F., Ahmed, I., & Hou, X. (2020). One-step fabrication of superhydrophobic P(VDF-co-HFP) nanofibre membranes using electrospinning technique. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 137(24), Article 48817. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.48817

© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. In this study, superhydrophobic electrospun P(VDF-co-HFP) membranes were fabricated in a one-step electrospinning process. The effects of the key parameters of electrospinning (solution concentration, electrical potenti... Read More about One-step fabrication of superhydrophobic P(VDF-co-HFP) nanofibre membranes using electrospinning technique.

Electrospun nanofibre membrane based transparent slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces with icephobic properties (2019)
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Taş, M., Memon, H., Xu, F., Ahmed, I., & Hou, X. (2020). Electrospun nanofibre membrane based transparent slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces with icephobic properties. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 585, Article 124177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.124177

Icephobic surfaces have attracted increasing attention due to their wide ranging application areas from wind and solar energy systems to aviation. Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) are being explored for passive ice protection due to th... Read More about Electrospun nanofibre membrane based transparent slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces with icephobic properties.

In situ investigations of the phase change behaviour of tungsten oxide nanostructures (2018)
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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.

A generic method to synthesise graphitic carbon coated nanoparticles in large scale and their derivative polymer nanocomposites (2017)
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Wang, N., Yang, Z., Xu, F., Thummavichai, K., Chen, H., Xia, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2017). A generic method to synthesise graphitic carbon coated nanoparticles in large scale and their derivative polymer nanocomposites. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article 11829. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12200-1

A versatile Rotary Chemical Vapour Deposition (RCVD) technique for the in-situ synthesis of large scale carbon-coated non-magnetic metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) is presented, and a controllable coating thickness varying between 1–5 nm has been achi... Read More about A generic method to synthesise graphitic carbon coated nanoparticles in large scale and their derivative polymer nanocomposites.

How the toughest inorganic fullerene cages absorb shockwave pressures in a protective nanocomposite: experimental evidence from two in situ investigations (2017)
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Xu, F., Kobayashi, T., Yang, Z., Sekine, T., Chang, H., Wang, N., …Zhu, Y. (2017). How the toughest inorganic fullerene cages absorb shockwave pressures in a protective nanocomposite: experimental evidence from two in situ investigations. ACS Nano, 11(8), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b02943

Nanocomposites fabricated using the toughest caged inorganic fullerene WS2 (IF-WS2) nanoparticles could offer ultimate protection via absorbing shockwaves; however, if the IF-WS2 nanomaterials really work, how they behave and what they experience wit... Read More about How the toughest inorganic fullerene cages absorb shockwave pressures in a protective nanocomposite: experimental evidence from two in situ investigations.

Incorporation and evolution of ZrO2 nano-particles in Pt-modified aluminide coating for high temperature applications (2016)
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Qian, L., Xu, F., Voisey, K., Nekouie, V., Zhou, Z., Silberschmidt, V. V., & Hou, X. (2017). Incorporation and evolution of ZrO2 nano-particles in Pt-modified aluminide coating for high temperature applications. Surface and Coatings Technology, 311, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2016.12.106

ZrO2 nano-particles were incorporated into electro-deposited PtAl coatings in an attempt to enhance their performance by exploiting the effect of reactive element oxides. PtAl coatings with and without ZrO2 particles were deposited onto three commerc... Read More about Incorporation and evolution of ZrO2 nano-particles in Pt-modified aluminide coating for high temperature applications.

Yb3+ doping effects on thermal conductivity and thermal expansion of Yttrium aluminium garnet (2016)
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Wang, J., Xu, F., Wheatley, R., Neate, N. C., & Hou, X. (2016). Yb3+ doping effects on thermal conductivity and thermal expansion of Yttrium aluminium garnet. Ceramics International, 42(12), 14228-14235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.06.034

Yttrium Aluminium Garnet (YAG) is an attractive candidate as thermal barrier material used for turbine blade in aero engines, due to its relatively low thermal conductivity, low oxygen diffusivity and good phase stability at high temperature. YAG has... Read More about Yb3+ doping effects on thermal conductivity and thermal expansion of Yttrium aluminium garnet.

Investigation of La3+ Doped Yb2Sn2O7 as new thermal barrier materials (2015)
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Wang, J., Xu, F., Wheatley, R. J., Choy, K.-L., Neate, N. C., & Hou, X. (2015). Investigation of La3+ Doped Yb2Sn2O7 as new thermal barrier materials. Materials and Design, 85, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2015.07.022

Low thermal conductivity is one of the key requirements for thermal barrier coating materials. From the consideration of crystal structure and ion radius, La3+ Doped Yb2Sn2O7 ceramics with pyrochlore crystal structures were synthesised by sol-gel met... Read More about Investigation of La3+ Doped Yb2Sn2O7 as new thermal barrier materials.

Tribological performance of Graphene/Carbon nanotube hybrid reinforced Al2O3 composites (2015)
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Yazdani, B., Xu, F., Ahmad, I., Hou, X., Xia, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2015). Tribological performance of Graphene/Carbon nanotube hybrid reinforced Al2O3 composites. Scientific Reports, 5(1), Article 11579. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep11579

Tribological performance of the hot-pressed pure Al2O3 and its composites containing various hybrid contents of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were investigated under different loading conditions using the ball-on-disc meth... Read More about Tribological performance of Graphene/Carbon nanotube hybrid reinforced Al2O3 composites.