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Piezoelectric excitation and acoustic detection of thin film polymer membrane vibrations (2024)
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A simple method of measuring the vibrational response of a thin film membrane was developed. Piezoelectric excitation and acoustic detection (using a microphone) allowed the vibrational spectra of thin membranes to be measured in the kHz range. Vibra... Read More about Piezoelectric excitation and acoustic detection of thin film polymer membrane vibrations.

Thickness dependence of telephone cord blister formation in solvent swollen films of polydimethylsiloxane (2023)
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The thickness dependence of telephone cord blister formation in thin films of solvent swollen polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) was studied using a simple imaging setup. Chloroform was deposited on top of PDMS that had been spin coated on to glass slides c... Read More about Thickness dependence of telephone cord blister formation in solvent swollen films of polydimethylsiloxane.

Imaging mass spectrometry of fingermarks on brass bullet casings using sample rotation (2021)
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A rotation stage was developed to allow the surface of bullet casings to be imaged under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). Experiments were performed over a period of seven months to d... Read More about Imaging mass spectrometry of fingermarks on brass bullet casings using sample rotation.

Combined total internal reflection AF spectral-imaging and Raman spectroscopy for fast assessment of surgical margins during breast cancer surgery (2021)
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The standard treatment for breast cancer is surgical removal mainly through breast conserving surgey (BCS). We developed a new technique based on auto-fluorescence (AF) spectral imaging and Raman spectroscopy for fast intraoperative assessment of exc... Read More about Combined total internal reflection AF spectral-imaging and Raman spectroscopy for fast assessment of surgical margins during breast cancer surgery.

The emergence of local wrinkling or global buckling in thin freestanding bilayer films (2020)
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Periodic wrinkling of a rigid capping layer on a deformable substrate provides a useful method for templating surface topography for a variety of novel applications. Many experiments have studied wrinkle formation during the compression of a rigid fi... Read More about The emergence of local wrinkling or global buckling in thin freestanding bilayer films.

Dual optical force plate for time resolved measurement of forces and pressure distributions beneath shoes and feet (2019)
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Frustrated total internal reflection (FTIR) imaging was used to perform remote optical measurements of the forces/pressures exerted beneath shoes and feet during a number of different training activities including countermovement jumps, jogging and d... Read More about Dual optical force plate for time resolved measurement of forces and pressure distributions beneath shoes and feet.

Optical measurement of contact forces using frustrated total internal reflection (2018)
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A simple device based on the principle of frustrated total internal reflection is used to image the regions of contact between rubber objects and a large-area perspex waveguide. Measurements of the intensity of light scattered at the interface are fo... Read More about Optical measurement of contact forces using frustrated total internal reflection.

Exposing latent fingermarks on problematic metal surfaces using time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (2018)
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Fingermarks are a key form of physical evidence for identifying persons of interest and linking them to the scene of a crime. Visualising latent (hidden) fingermarks can be difficult and the correct choice of techniques is essential to develop and pr... Read More about Exposing latent fingermarks on problematic metal surfaces using time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy.

Accessible biometrics: a frustrated total internal reflection approach to imaging fingerprints (2017)
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Fingerprints are widely used as a means of identifying persons of interest because of the highly individual nature of the spatial distribution and types of features (or minuta) found on the surface of a finger. This individuality has led to their wid... Read More about Accessible biometrics: a frustrated total internal reflection approach to imaging fingerprints.

Optovibrometry: tracking changes in the surface tension and viscosity of multicomponent droplets in real-time (2016)
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An instrument was developed for measuring real time changes in the surface tension and viscosity of multicomponent droplets of miscible liquids and other soft materials. Droplets containing glycerol and water were supported on superamphiphobic surfa... Read More about Optovibrometry: tracking changes in the surface tension and viscosity of multicomponent droplets in real-time.

The interplay of crack hopping, delamination and interface failure in drying nanoparticle films (2016)
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Films formed through the drying of nanoparticle suspensions release the build-up of strain through a variety of different mechanisms including shear banding, crack formation and delamination. Here we show that important connections exist between thes... Read More about The interplay of crack hopping, delamination and interface failure in drying nanoparticle films.

Rheological properties of viscoelastic drops on superamphiphobic substrates (2016)
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The rheological properties of microliter sized drops of polymer solutions were investigated using measurements of their mechanical vibrational response. Drops were suspended on superamphiphobic substrates and vibrated by the application of a short me... Read More about Rheological properties of viscoelastic drops on superamphiphobic substrates.

Watch your step!: a frustrated total internal reflection approach to forensic footwear imaging (2016)
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Forensic image retrieval and processing are vital tools in the fight against crime e.g. during fingerprint capture. However, despite recent advances in machine vision technology and image processing techniques (and contrary to the claims of popular f... Read More about Watch your step!: a frustrated total internal reflection approach to forensic footwear imaging.

Mechanical vibrations of pendant liquid droplets (2015)
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A simple optical deflection technique was used to monitor the vibrations of microlitre pendant droplets of deuterium oxide, formamide, and 1,1,2,2-tetrabromoethane. Droplets of different volumes of each liquid were suspended from the end of a microli... Read More about Mechanical vibrations of pendant liquid droplets.

Shear banding in drying films of colloidal nanoparticles (2015)
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Drying suspensions of colloidal nanoparticles exhibit a variety of interesting strain release mechanisms during film formation. These result in the selection of characteristic length scales during failure processes such as cracking and subsequent del... Read More about Shear banding in drying films of colloidal nanoparticles.

3D ToF-SIMS Imaging of Polymer Multilayer Films Using Argon Cluster Sputter Depth Profiling (2015)
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ToF-SIMS imaging with argon cluster sputter depth profiling has provided detailed insight into the three-dimensional (3D) chemical composition of a series of polymer multilayer structures. Depths of more than 15 μm were profiled in these samples whil... Read More about 3D ToF-SIMS Imaging of Polymer Multilayer Films Using Argon Cluster Sputter Depth Profiling.

High-frequency acousto-optic effects in Bragg reflectors (2014)
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Picosecond acoustic interferometry was used to study the acousto-optic properties of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) manufactured from two immiscible polymers (cellulose acetate and polyvinylcarbyzole). Picosecond strain pulses were injected into... Read More about High-frequency acousto-optic effects in Bragg reflectors.

Mechanical vibrations of magnetically levitatedviscoelastic droplets (2014)
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The mechanical vibrations of magnetically levitated droplets were investigated using a simple optical deflection technique. Droplets of water and a water-based solution of poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) were levitated in the bore of a superconducti... Read More about Mechanical vibrations of magnetically levitatedviscoelastic droplets.

Origin of contact line forces during the retraction of dilute polymer solution drops (2014)
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