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Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles with a Cohesion Enhancer for Robust Flexible Electrodes (2022)
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Im, J., Trindade, G. F., Quach, T. T., Sohaib, A., Wang, F., Austin, J., Turyanska, L., Roberts, C. J., Wildman, R., Hague, R., & Tuck, C. (2022). Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles with a Cohesion Enhancer for Robust Flexible Electrodes. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(5), 6708-6716. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c00742

The development of conductive inks is required to enable additive manufacturing of electronic components and devices. A gold nanoparticle (AuNP) ink is of particular interest due to its high electrical conductivity, chemical stability, and biocompati... Read More about Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles with a Cohesion Enhancer for Robust Flexible Electrodes.

From impact to solidification in drop-on-demand metal additive manufacturing using MetalJet (2022)
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Gilani, N., Aboulkhair, N. T., Simonelli, M., East, M., Ashcroft, I. A., & Hague, R. J. (2022). From impact to solidification in drop-on-demand metal additive manufacturing using MetalJet. Additive Manufacturing, 55, Article 102827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.102827

Drop-on-demand metal jetting is a promising additive manufacturing (AM) technology that is gaining interest due to its capability to directly print complex single and multi-material components at high resolutions. It also has key advantages over othe... Read More about From impact to solidification in drop-on-demand metal additive manufacturing using MetalJet.

3D reactive inkjet printing of bisphenol A-polycarbonate (2022)
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Qian, Q., Kamps, J. H., Price, B., Gu, H., Wildman, R., Hague, R., Begines, B., & Tuck, C. (2022). 3D reactive inkjet printing of bisphenol A-polycarbonate. Additive Manufacturing, 54, Article 102745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.102745

Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques have gained extensive attention recently as they are able to directly produce 3D parts utilising a layer-by-layer manner. Inkjet printing is one such technique which can produce micron-scale features but is gene... Read More about 3D reactive inkjet printing of bisphenol A-polycarbonate.

Chemical recovery of spent copper powder in laser powder bed fusion (2022)
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Speidel, A., Gargalis, L., Ye, J., Matthews, M. J., Spierings, A., Hague, R., Clare, A. T., & Murray, J. W. (2022). Chemical recovery of spent copper powder in laser powder bed fusion. Additive Manufacturing, 52, Article 102711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.102711

In laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), recovered unfused powder from the powder bed often degrades upon sequential processing through mechanisms like thermal oxidation and particle satelliting from ejected weld spatters and particle-laser interactions. G... Read More about Chemical recovery of spent copper powder in laser powder bed fusion.

Correction to “Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers” (2022)
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Ruiz-Cantu, L., Trindade, G. F., Taresco, V., Zhou, Z., He, Y., Burroughs, L., Clark, E. A., Rose, F. R. A. J., Tuck, C., Hague, R., Roberts, C. J., Alexander, M., Irvine, D. J., & Wildman, R. D. (2022). Correction to “Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers”. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(6), 8654. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c00035

The chemical structure of the drug trandolapril has been corrected in Figure 4c. The conclusions of the work have not been affected by this correction. (Figure present).

Ink-jet 3D printing as a strategy for developing bespoke non-eluting biofilm resistant medical devices (2021)
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He, Y., Luckett, J., Begines, B., Dubern, J. F., Hook, A. L., Prina, E., Rose, F. R., Tuck, C. J., Hague, R. J., Irvine, D. J., Williams, P., Alexander, M. R., & Wildman, R. D. (2022). Ink-jet 3D printing as a strategy for developing bespoke non-eluting biofilm resistant medical devices. Biomaterials, 281, Article 121350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121350

Chronic infection as a result of bacterial biofilm formation on implanted medical devices is a major global healthcare problem requiring new biocompatible, biofilm-resistant materials. Here we demonstrate how bespoke devices can be manufactured throu... Read More about Ink-jet 3D printing as a strategy for developing bespoke non-eluting biofilm resistant medical devices.

The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing (2021)
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Hu, Q., Rance, G. A., Trindade, G. F., Pervan, D., Jiang, L., Foerster, A., Turyanska, L., Tuck, C., Irvine, D. J., Hague, R., & Wildman, R. D. (2022). The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 51, Article 102575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102575

Two-photon polymerisation (2PP) based additive manufacturing has emerged as a powerful technology to fabricate complex three-dimensional micro- and nanoscale architectures. However, a comprehensive understanding of the effect of printing parameters o... Read More about The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing.

FLatt Pack: A research-focussed lattice design program (2021)
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Maskery, I., Parry, L. A., Padrão, D., Hague, R., & Ashcroft, I. A. (2022). FLatt Pack: A research-focussed lattice design program. Additive Manufacturing, 49, Article 102510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102510

Lattice structures are an important aspect of design for additive manufacturing (DfAM). They enable significant component light-weighting and the tailoring of a wide range of physical responses; mechanical, thermal, acoustic, etc. In turn, lattice de... Read More about FLatt Pack: A research-focussed lattice design program.

Impedimetric Characterization of Bipolar Nanoelectrodes with Cancer Cells (2021)
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Robinson, A. J., Jain, A., Rahman, R., Abayzeed, S., Hague, R. J., & Rawson, F. J. (2021). Impedimetric Characterization of Bipolar Nanoelectrodes with Cancer Cells. ACS Omega, 6(44), 29495-29505. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c03547

Merging of electronics with biology, defined as bioelectronics, at the nanoscale holds considerable promise for sensing and modulating cellular behavior. Advancing our understanding of nanobioelectronics will facilitate development and enable applica... Read More about Impedimetric Characterization of Bipolar Nanoelectrodes with Cancer Cells.

Insights into drop-on-demand metal additive manufacturing through an integrated experimental and computational study (2021)
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Gilani, N., Aboulkhair, N. T., Simonelli, M., East, M., Ashcroft, I., & Hague, R. J. (2021). Insights into drop-on-demand metal additive manufacturing through an integrated experimental and computational study. Additive Manufacturing, 48(Part B), Article 102402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102402

Drop-on-demand metal jetting is a recent additive manufacturing technology opening new opportunities for the fabrication of complex single and multi-metal components. MetalJet, the Océ developed technique used in this study, has the capacity to produ... Read More about Insights into drop-on-demand metal additive manufacturing through an integrated experimental and computational study.

The interaction of volatile metal coatings during the laser powder bed fusion of copper (2021)
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Speidel, A., Wadge, M. D., Gargalis, L., Cooper, T. P., Reynolds, W., Grant, D., Hague, R., Clare, A. T., & Murray, J. W. (2022). The interaction of volatile metal coatings during the laser powder bed fusion of copper. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 299, Article 117332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2021.117332

The high optical reflectance of Cu at near-infrared wavelengths narrows the process window to fabricate Cu parts by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). Coating powders with optically absorptive materials has been investigated to improve processability an... Read More about The interaction of volatile metal coatings during the laser powder bed fusion of copper.

Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers (2021)
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Ruiz-Cantu, L., Trindade, G. F., Taresco, V., Zhou, Z., He, Y., Burroughs, L., Clark, E. A., Rose, F. R., Tuck, C., Hague, R., Roberts, C. J., Alexander, M., Irvine, D. J., & Wildman, R. D. (2021). Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13(33), 38969-38978. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c07850

Controlling the microstructure of materials by means of phase separation is a versatile tool for optimizing material properties. Phase separation has been exploited to fabricate intricate microstructures in many fields including cell biology, tissue... Read More about Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers.

Process-structure-property relationships in laser powder bed fusion of permanent magnetic Nd-Fe-B (2021)
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Wu, J., Aboulkhair, N. T., Degano, M., Ashcroft, I., & Hague, R. J. (2021). Process-structure-property relationships in laser powder bed fusion of permanent magnetic Nd-Fe-B. Materials and Design, 209, Article 109992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109992

Laser powder-bed fusion (L-PBF), as an additive manufacturing (AM) technique, has demonstrated excellent capabilities in achieving degrees of freedom in manufacturing that are otherwise unattainable. The potential of combining Nd-Fe-B as a permanent... Read More about Process-structure-property relationships in laser powder bed fusion of permanent magnetic Nd-Fe-B.

Modelling the influence of UV curing strategies for optimisation of inkjet based 3D printing (2021)
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Zhao, P., He, Y., Trindade, G. F., Baumers, M., Irvine, D., Hague, R., Ashcroft, I., & Wildman Conceptualisation, R. (2021). Modelling the influence of UV curing strategies for optimisation of inkjet based 3D printing. Materials and Design, 208, Article 109889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109889

A predictive model is developed to assist in the design and manufacture of structures by inkjet based 3D printing (IJ3DP)/additive manufacturing. IJ3DP often exploits photopolymerisation to rapidly convert a photoreactive liquid ink into a solid prod... Read More about Modelling the influence of UV curing strategies for optimisation of inkjet based 3D printing.

Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices (2021)
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He, Y., Abdi, M., Trindade, G. F., Begines, B., Dubern, J. F., Prina, E., Hook, A. L., Choong, G. Y., Ledesma, J., Tuck, C. J., Rose, F. R., Hague, R. J., Roberts, C. J., De Focatiis, D. S., Ashcroft, I. A., Williams, P., Irvine, D. J., Alexander, M. R., & Wildman, R. D. (2021). Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices. Advanced Science, 8(15), Article 2100249. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202100249

As the understanding of disease grows, so does the opportunity for personalization of therapies targeted to the needs of the individual. To bring about a step change in the personalization of medical devices it is shown that multi-material inkjet-bas... Read More about Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices.

Residual polymer stabiliser causes anisotropic electrical conductivity during inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles (2021)
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Trindade, G. F., Wang, F., Im, J., He, Y., Balogh, A., Scurr, D., Gilmore, I., Tiddia, M., Saleh, E., Pervan, D., Turyanska, L., Tuck, C. J., Wildman, R., Hague, R., & Roberts, C. J. (2021). Residual polymer stabiliser causes anisotropic electrical conductivity during inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles. Communications Materials, 2(1), Article 47. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00151-0

Inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles allows for design flexibility, rapid processing and enables the 3D printing of functional electronic devices through co-deposition of multiple materials. However, the performance of printed devices, especially t... Read More about Residual polymer stabiliser causes anisotropic electrical conductivity during inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles.

Microstructure and tensile properties of additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V with refined prior-β grain structure obtained by rapid heat treatment (2021)
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Zou, Z., Simonelli, M., Katrib, J., Dimitrakis, G., & Hague, R. (2021). Microstructure and tensile properties of additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V with refined prior-β grain structure obtained by rapid heat treatment. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 814, Article 141271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2021.141271

Heat treatments tailored for additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V can be used to attain desirable microstructures associated with superior mechanical properties. Rapid heat treatments, for example, can be used to recrystallise the microstructure of laser... Read More about Microstructure and tensile properties of additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V with refined prior-β grain structure obtained by rapid heat treatment.

UV-curable silicone materials with tuneable mechanical properties for 3D printing (2021)
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Foerster, A., Annarasa, V., Terry, A., Wildman, R., Hague, R., Irvine, D., De Focatiis, D. S., & Tuck, C. (2021). UV-curable silicone materials with tuneable mechanical properties for 3D printing. Materials and Design, 205, Article 109681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109681

In this paper, we present the development of a family of novel, UV-curable, highly flexible, 3D printable silicone-based materials, the mechanical properties of which can be tuned simply by varying the ratio of the polymerisable reagents within the f... Read More about UV-curable silicone materials with tuneable mechanical properties for 3D printing.

Modulating the biological function of protein by tailoring the adsorption orientation on nanoparticles (2020)
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Jain, A., Trindade, G. F., Hicks, J. M., Potts, J. C., Rahman, R., J. M. Hague, R., Amabilino, D. B., Pérez-García, L., & Rawson, F. J. (2021). Modulating the biological function of protein by tailoring the adsorption orientation on nanoparticles. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 587, 150-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.12.025

Protein orientation in nanoparticle-protein conjugates plays a crucial role in binding to cell receptors and ultimately, defines their targeting efficiency. Therefore, understanding fundamental aspects of the role of protein orientation upon adsorpti... Read More about Modulating the biological function of protein by tailoring the adsorption orientation on nanoparticles.