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Benzene-1,2,4,5-tetrol (2024)
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Weare, B. L., Hoggett, S., Cull, W. J., Argent, S. P., Khlobystov, A. N., & Brown, P. D. (2024). Benzene-1,2,4,5-tetrol. IUCrData, 9(6), Article x240612. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314624006126

The crystal structure of the title compound was determined at 120 K. It crystallizes in the triclinic space group P\overline{1} with four independent molecules in the asymmetric unit. In the crystal, each symmetry-unique molecule forms π–π stacks on... Read More about Benzene-1,2,4,5-tetrol.

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. (2023). 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 ferromagnetic 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.

Development of Thermally Responsive PolyNIPAm Microcarrier for Application of Cell Culturing—Part I: A Feasibility Study (2021)
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Chou, P. M., Khiew, P. S., Brown, P. D., & Hu, B. (2021). Development of Thermally Responsive PolyNIPAm Microcarrier for Application of Cell Culturing—Part I: A Feasibility Study. Polymers, 13(16), Article 2629. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13162629

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (polyNIPAm) microspheres were synthesized via the suspension polymerization technique. Thermal and redox initiators were compared for the polymerization, in order to study the effect of initiator type on the surface charge... Read More about Development of Thermally Responsive PolyNIPAm Microcarrier for Application of Cell Culturing—Part I: A Feasibility Study.

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.

Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride (2020)
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Tapia-Ruiz, N., Gordon, A. G., Jewell, C. M., Edwards, H. K., Dunnill, C. W., Blackman, J. M., …Gregory, D. H. (2020). Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride. Nature Communications, 11, Article 4492. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17951-6

As the only stable binary compound formed between an alkali metal and nitrogen, lithium nitride is a material with remarkable properties and a model material for energy applications involving the transport of lithium ions. Following a materials desig... Read More about Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride.

Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride (2020)
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Tapia-Ruiz, N., Gordon, A. G., Jewell, C. M., Edwards, H. K., Dunnill, C. W., Blackman, J. M., …Gregory, D. H. (2020). Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 4492. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17951-6

© 2020, The Author(s). As the only stable binary compound formed between an alkali metal and nitrogen, lithium nitride possesses remarkable properties and is a model material for energy applications involving the transport of lithium ions. Following... Read More about Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride.

Formation of hollow carbon nanoshells from thiol stabilised silver nanoparticles via heat treatment (2018)
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Watts, J. A., Fay, M. W., Rance, G. A., Brown, P. D., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2018). Formation of hollow carbon nanoshells from thiol stabilised silver nanoparticles via heat treatment. Carbon, 139, 538-544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.06.074

Uniform, less 10 nm sized, hollow carbon nano-shells (HCNS) have been prepared via a single-step, thermal treatment of alkanethiol stabilised Ag nanoparticles (TS-AgNP). Direct evidence for the formation of spherical HCNS from TS-AgNP is provided by... Read More about Formation of hollow carbon nanoshells from thiol stabilised silver nanoparticles via heat treatment.

Modelling of single spark interactions during electrical discharge coating (2017)
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Algodi, S. J., Clare, A. T., & Brown, P. D. (2018). Modelling of single spark interactions during electrical discharge coating. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2017.10.029

Electrical discharge coating (EDC) methods may be used to enhance the surface functionality of electrical discharge machined components. However, industrial uptake of EDC has been restricted due to limited understanding of the fundamental interaction... Read More about Modelling of single spark interactions during electrical discharge coating.

Visualized effect of oxidation on magnetic recording fidelity in pseudo-single-domain magnetite particles (2014)
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Almeida, T. P., Kasama, T., Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W., Nagy, L., Hansen, T. W., …Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2014). Visualized effect of oxidation on magnetic recording fidelity in pseudo-single-domain magnetite particles. Nature Communications, 5(5154), https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6154

Magnetite (Fe3O4) is an important magnetic mineral to Earth scientists, as it carries the dominant magnetic signature in rocks, and the understanding of its magnetic recording fidelity provides a critical tool in the field of palaeomagnetism. However... Read More about Visualized effect of oxidation on magnetic recording fidelity in pseudo-single-domain magnetite particles.

Structural and electrical characterization of AuPtAlTi ohmic contacts to AlGaN/GaN with varying annealing temperature and Al content (2008)
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Fay, M. W., Han, Y., Brown, P. D., Harrison, I., Hilton, K., Munday, A., …Martin, T. (2008). Structural and electrical characterization of AuPtAlTi ohmic contacts to AlGaN/GaN with varying annealing temperature and Al content. Journal of Applied Physics, 103(7), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2890978

The effect of varying annealing temperature and Al layer thickness on the structural and electrical characteristics of AuPtAlTi/AlGaN/GaN ohmic contact structures has been systematically investigated. The relationship between annealing temperature, A... Read More about Structural and electrical characterization of AuPtAlTi ohmic contacts to AlGaN/GaN with varying annealing temperature and Al content.