Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (230)

Rare earth element (REE) lanthanum doped zinc oxide (La: ZnO) nanomaterials: synthesis structural optical and antibacterial studies (2017)
Journal Article
Manikandan, A., Manikandan, E., Meenatchi, B., Vadivel, S., Jaganathan, S., Ladchumananandasivam, R., …Aanand, J. S. (2017). Rare earth element (REE) lanthanum doped zinc oxide (La: ZnO) nanomaterials: synthesis structural optical and antibacterial studies. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 723, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.06.336

Lanthanum (La) doped zinc oxide (ZnO) nanomaterials (LaxZn1-xO, x = 0.0, 0.03, 0.05, 0.07 M) were synthesized via co-precipitation method using zinc acetate, lanthanum nitrate as precursors, octylamine as capping and reducing agent. The structures, m... Read More about Rare earth element (REE) lanthanum doped zinc oxide (La: ZnO) nanomaterials: synthesis structural optical and antibacterial studies.

The effect of stellar and AGN feedback on the low-redshift Lyman α forest in the Sherwood simulation suite (2017)
Journal Article
Sijacki, D., Puchwein, E., Haehnelt, M. G., Nasir, F., Bolton, J. S., Viel, M., & Kim, T.-S. (2017). The effect of stellar and AGN feedback on the low-redshift Lyman α forest in the Sherwood simulation suite. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471(1), 1056-1069. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1648

We study the effect of different feedback prescriptions on the properties of the low redshift (z ≤ 1.6) Ly α forest using a selection of hydrodynamical simulations drawn from the Sherwood simulation suite. The simulations incorporate stellar feedback... Read More about The effect of stellar and AGN feedback on the low-redshift Lyman α forest in the Sherwood simulation suite.

Impact of doping on the performance of p-type Be-doped Al0.29 Ga0.71As Schottky diodes (2017)
Journal Article
Henini, M. (in press). Impact of doping on the performance of p-type Be-doped Al0.29 Ga0.71As Schottky diodes. Modern Electronic Materials, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.moem.2017.06.001

The effects of changing the acceptors concentration on the electrical characteristics of Au/Ti on Be-doped Al0.29Ga0.71As Schottky contact have been investigated in the temperature range of 100–400 K. Using three devices with three different doping l... Read More about Impact of doping on the performance of p-type Be-doped Al0.29 Ga0.71As Schottky diodes.

Experimental measurement of dynamic concentration of nanofluid in laminar flow (2017)
Journal Article
Hong, J., Liu, S., Yan, Y., & Glover, P. (2017). Experimental measurement of dynamic concentration of nanofluid in laminar flow. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 88, 483-489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2017.06.022

Nanofluid is thought to have a potential enhancement in heat transfer behaviour of fluid. The nanoparticle concentration in nanofluid is one of the most important factors that affect the nanofluid behaviour. The static concentration was applied in th... Read More about Experimental measurement of dynamic concentration of nanofluid in laminar flow.

Astrophysical uncertainties on the local dark matter distribution and direct detection experiments (2017)
Journal Article
Green, A. M. (2017). Astrophysical uncertainties on the local dark matter distribution and direct detection experiments. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 44(8), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/aa7819

The differential event rate in weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) direct detection experiments depends on the local dark matter density and velocity distribution. Accurate modelling of the local dark matter distribution is therefore required... Read More about Astrophysical uncertainties on the local dark matter distribution and direct detection experiments.

Magnetic resonance imaging quantification of fasted state colonic liquid pockets in healthy humans (2017)
Journal Article
Murray, K., Hoad, C. L., Mudie, D. M., Wright, J., Heissam, K., Abrehart, N., …Marciani, L. (2017). Magnetic resonance imaging quantification of fasted state colonic liquid pockets in healthy humans. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 14(8), 2629-2638. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00095

The rate and extent of drug dissolution and absorption from solid oral dosage forms is highly dependent on the volume of liquid in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). However, little is known about the time course of GIT liquid volumes after drinking a... Read More about Magnetic resonance imaging quantification of fasted state colonic liquid pockets in healthy humans.

Enhancing optoelectronic properties of SiC-grown graphene by a surface layer of colloidal quantum dots (2017)
Journal Article
Makarovsky, O., Turyanska, L., Mori, N., Greenaway, M., Eaves, L., Patanè, A., …Yakimova, R. (in press). Enhancing optoelectronic properties of SiC-grown graphene by a surface layer of colloidal quantum dots. 2D Materials, 4(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/aa76bb

We report a simultaneous increase of carrier concentration, mobility and photoresponsivity when SiC-grown graphene is decorated with a surface layer of colloidal PbS quantum dots, which act as electron donors. The charge on the ionised dots is spatia... Read More about Enhancing optoelectronic properties of SiC-grown graphene by a surface layer of colloidal quantum dots.

Presence of time-dependent diffusion in the brachial plexus (2017)
Journal Article
Mahbub, Z. B., Peters, A. M., & Gowland, P. A. (2018). Presence of time-dependent diffusion in the brachial plexus. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 79(2), 789-795. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.26733

© 2017 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Purpose: This work describes the development of a method to measure the variation of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) with diffusion time (Δ) in the brachial plexus, as a potential m... Read More about Presence of time-dependent diffusion in the brachial plexus.

OMEGA - OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2: III. - Galaxy properties across projected phase space in A901/2 (2017)
Journal Article
Weinzirl, T., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Gray, M. E., Bamford, S. P., Rodriguez Del Pino, B., Chies-Santos, A. L., …Cool, R. J. (2017). OMEGA - OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2: III. - Galaxy properties across projected phase space in A901/2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471(1), 182-200. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1525

We conduct a comprehensive projected phase-space analysis of the A901/2 multicluster system at z ∼ 0.165. Aggregating redshifts from spectroscopy, tunable-filter imaging and prism techniques, we assemble a sample of 856 cluster galaxies reaching 108.... Read More about OMEGA - OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2: III. - Galaxy properties across projected phase space in A901/2.

Psychosocial stress and brain function in adolescent psychopathology (2017)
Journal Article
Quinlan, E. B., Cattrell, A., Jia, T., Artiges, E., Banaschewski, T., Barker, G., …Schumann, G. (2017). Psychosocial stress and brain function in adolescent psychopathology. American Journal of Psychiatry, 174(8), 785-794. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16040464

Objective: To explore how conduct, hyperactivity/inattention, and emotional symptoms are associated with neural reactivity to social-emotional stimuli, and the extent to which psychosocial stress modulates these relationships.
Method: Participants w... Read More about Psychosocial stress and brain function in adolescent psychopathology.

Fast, multicolor photodetection with graphene-contacted p-GaSe/n-InSe van der Waals heterostructures (2017)
Journal Article
Yan, F., Zhao, L., Patanè, A., Hu, P., Wei, X., Luo, W., …Wang, K. (2017). Fast, multicolor photodetection with graphene-contacted p-GaSe/n-InSe van der Waals heterostructures. Nanotechnology, 28(27), Article 27LT01. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aa749e

The integration of different two-dimensional materials within a multilayer van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure offers a promising technology for high performance opto-electronic devices such as photodetectors and light sources. Here we report on the... Read More about Fast, multicolor photodetection with graphene-contacted p-GaSe/n-InSe van der Waals heterostructures.

Simulations of Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis: hypercharge U(1) and the creation of helical magnetic fields (2017)
Journal Article
Mou, Z.-G., Saffin, P. M., & Tranberg, A. (2017). Simulations of Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis: hypercharge U(1) and the creation of helical magnetic fields. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06%282017%29075

We perform numerical simulations of Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis, including for the first time in the Bosonic sector the full electroweak gauge group SU(2)×U(1) and CP-violation. We find that the maximum generated baryon asymmetry is reduced by a fa... Read More about Simulations of Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis: hypercharge U(1) and the creation of helical magnetic fields.

Comparing experts and novices in Martian surface feature change detection and identification (2017)
Journal Article
Wardlaw, J., Sprinks, J., Houghton, R., Muller, J.-P., Sidiropoulos, P., Bamford, S., & Marsh, S. (in press). Comparing experts and novices in Martian surface feature change detection and identification. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2017.05.014

Change detection in satellite images is a key concern of the Earth Observation field for environmental and climate change monitoring. Satellite images also provide important clues to both the past and present surface conditions of other planets, whic... Read More about Comparing experts and novices in Martian surface feature change detection and identification.

Far-infrared emission in luminous quasars accompanied by nuclear outflows (2017)
Journal Article
Maddox, N., Jarvis, M., Banerji, M., Hewett, P., Bourne, N., Dunne, L., …Valiante, E. (2017). Far-infrared emission in luminous quasars accompanied by nuclear outflows. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470(2), 2314-2319. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1416

Combining large-area optical quasar surveys with the new far-infrared (FIR) Herschel-ATLAS Data Release 1, we search for an observational signature associated with the minority of quasars possessing bright FIR luminosities. We find that FIR-bright qu... Read More about Far-infrared emission in luminous quasars accompanied by nuclear outflows.

Post-stimulus fMRI and EEG responses: evidence for a neuronal origin hypothesised to be inhibitory (2017)
Journal Article
Mullinger, K. J., Cherukara, M. T., Buxton, R. B., Francis, S. T., & Mayhew, S. D. (2017). Post-stimulus fMRI and EEG responses: evidence for a neuronal origin hypothesised to be inhibitory. NeuroImage, 157, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.06.020

Post-stimulus undershoots, negative responses following cessation of stimulation, are widely observed in functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) data. However, the debate surrounding whether the origin of this re... Read More about Post-stimulus fMRI and EEG responses: evidence for a neuronal origin hypothesised to be inhibitory.

Raman spectroscopy: techniques and applications in the life sciences (2017)
Journal Article
Shipp, D., Sinjab, F., & Notingher, I. (2017). Raman spectroscopy: techniques and applications in the life sciences. Advances in Optics and Photonics, 9(2), 315-428. https://doi.org/10.1364/AOP.9.000315

Raman spectroscopy is an increasingly popular technique in many areas including biology and medicine. It is based on Raman scattering, a phenomenon in which incident photons lose or gain energy via interactions with vibrating molecules in a sample. T... Read More about Raman spectroscopy: techniques and applications in the life sciences.

Evaluating fibre orientation dispersion in white matter: comparison of diffusion MRI, histology and polarized light imaging (2017)
Journal Article
Mollink, J., Kleinnijenhuis, M., Cappellen van Walsum, A.-M. V., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Cottaar, M., Mirfin, C., …Miller, K. L. (2017). Evaluating fibre orientation dispersion in white matter: comparison of diffusion MRI, histology and polarized light imaging. NeuroImage, 157, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.06.001

Diffusion MRI is an exquisitely sensitive probe of tissue microstructure, and is currently the only non-invasive measure of the brain’s fibre architecture. As this technique becomes more sophisticated and microstructurally informative, there is incre... Read More about Evaluating fibre orientation dispersion in white matter: comparison of diffusion MRI, histology and polarized light imaging.

Single strontium Rydberg ion confined in a Paul trap (2017)
Journal Article
Higgins, G., Li, W., Pokorny, F., Zhang, C., Kress, F., Maier, C., …Hennrich, M. (2017). Single strontium Rydberg ion confined in a Paul trap. Physical Review X, 7(2), Article 021038. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.021038

Trapped Rydberg ions are a promising new system for quantum information processing. They have the potential to join the precise quantum operations of trapped ions and the strong, long-range interactions between Rydberg atoms. Combining the two system... Read More about Single strontium Rydberg ion confined in a Paul trap.

Clinical assessment of gastric emptying and sensory function utilizing gamma scintigraphy: Establishment of reference intervals for the liquid and solid components of the Nottingham test meal in healthy subjects (2017)
Journal Article
Parker, H. L., Tucker, E., Blackshaw, E., Hoad, C., Marciani, L., Perkins, A., …Fox, M. (2017). Clinical assessment of gastric emptying and sensory function utilizing gamma scintigraphy: Establishment of reference intervals for the liquid and solid components of the Nottingham test meal in healthy subjects. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 29(11), e13122. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.13122

Background: Current investigations of stomach function are based on small test meals that do not reliably induce symptoms and analysis techniques that rarely detect clinically relevant dysfunction. This study presents the reference intervals of the m... Read More about Clinical assessment of gastric emptying and sensory function utilizing gamma scintigraphy: Establishment of reference intervals for the liquid and solid components of the Nottingham test meal in healthy subjects.

VALES I: the molecular gas content in star-forming dusty H-ATLAS galaxies up to z = 0.35 (2017)
Journal Article
Villanueva, V., Ibar, E., Hughes, T., Lara-Lopez, M., Dunne, L., Eales, S., …van der Werf, P. (2017). VALES I: the molecular gas content in star-forming dusty H-ATLAS galaxies up to z = 0.35. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470(4), 3775-3805. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1338

We present an extragalactic survey using observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to characterize galaxy populations up to z = 0.35: the Valpara´ıso ALMA Line Emission Survey (VALES). We use ALMA Band-3 CO(1–0) observ... Read More about VALES I: the molecular gas content in star-forming dusty H-ATLAS galaxies up to z = 0.35.