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Investigation of the fluid behavior of asphaltenes and toluene insolubles by high-temperature proton nuclear magnetic resonance and rheometry and their application to visbreaking (2016)
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Castro-Díaz, M., Uguna, C. N., Cheeseman, B., Barker, J., & Snape, C. (2016). Investigation of the fluid behavior of asphaltenes and toluene insolubles by high-temperature proton nuclear magnetic resonance and rheometry and their application to visbreaking. Energy and Fuels, 30(3), 2012-2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b02675

The fluid behavior of asphaltenes at elevated temperatures impacts coke formation in a number of hydrocarbon conversion processes, including visbreaking and delayed coking. In this study, the asphaltenes from a number of sources, namely, a vacuum res... Read More about Investigation of the fluid behavior of asphaltenes and toluene insolubles by high-temperature proton nuclear magnetic resonance and rheometry and their application to visbreaking.

Capacitive and non-capacitive faradaic charge storage (2016)
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Guan, L., Yu, L., & Chen, G. Z. (2016). Capacitive and non-capacitive faradaic charge storage. Electrochimica Acta, 206, 464-478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.01.213

This article aims to offer a critical overview of selected literature on capacitive and non-capacitive faradaic charge storage. It is particularly relevant to the concept of pseudocapacitance that is generally described as a result of fast surface fa... Read More about Capacitive and non-capacitive faradaic charge storage.

Electrolysis of metal oxides in MgCl2 based molten salts with an inert graphite anode (2016)
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Yuan, Y., Li, W., Chen, H., Wang, Z., Jin, X., & Chen, G. Z. (2016). Electrolysis of metal oxides in MgCl2 based molten salts with an inert graphite anode. Faraday Discussions, 190, 85-96. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5fd00231a

Electrolysis of solid metal oxides has been demonstrated in MgCl2–NaCl–KCl melt at 700 °C taking the electrolysis of Ta2O5 as an example. Both the cathodic and anodic processes have been investigated using cyclic voltammetry, and potentiostatic and c... Read More about Electrolysis of metal oxides in MgCl2 based molten salts with an inert graphite anode.

Statistics of highly heterogeneous flow fields confined to three-dimensional random porous media (2016)
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Jin, C., Langston, P. A., Pavlovskaya, G. E., Hall, M. R., & Rigby, S. P. (2016). Statistics of highly heterogeneous flow fields confined to three-dimensional random porous media. Physical Review E, 93(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.013122

© 2016 authors. Published by the American Physical Society. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and t... Read More about Statistics of highly heterogeneous flow fields confined to three-dimensional random porous media.

3D Printing of Biocompatible Supramolecular Polymers and their Composites (2016)
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Hart, L. R., Li, S., Sturgess, C., Wildman, R. D., Jones, J. R., & Hayes, W. (in press). 3D Printing of Biocompatible Supramolecular Polymers and their Composites. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8(5), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b10471

A series of polymers capable of self-assembling into infinite networks via supramolecular interactions have been designed, synthesized, and characterized for use in 3D printing applications. The biocompatible polymers and their composites with silica... Read More about 3D Printing of Biocompatible Supramolecular Polymers and their Composites.

Developing energy efficient lignin biomass processing – towards understanding mediator behaviour in ionic liquids (2016)
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Eshtaya, M., Ejigu, A., Stephens, G., Walsh, D. A., Chen, G. Z., & Croft, A. K. (2016). Developing energy efficient lignin biomass processing – towards understanding mediator behaviour in ionic liquids. Faraday Discussions, 190, 127-145. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5fd00226e

Environmental concerns have brought attention to the requirement for more efficient and renewable processes for chemicals production. Lignin is the second most abundant natural polymer, and might serve as a sustainable resource for manufacturing fuel... Read More about Developing energy efficient lignin biomass processing – towards understanding mediator behaviour in ionic liquids.

Highly efficient photoanodes based on cascade structural semiconductors of Cu2Se/CdSe/TiO2: A multifaceted approach to achieving microstructural and compositional control (2016)
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Chong, B., Zhu, W., Liu, Y., Guan, L., & Chen, G. Z. (2016). Highly efficient photoanodes based on cascade structural semiconductors of Cu2Se/CdSe/TiO2: A multifaceted approach to achieving microstructural and compositional control. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4, 1336-1344. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ta09179a

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016. Hydrogen produced by splitting water is receiving significant attention due to the rising global energy demand and growing climate concerns. The photocatalytic decomposition of water converts solar energy into c... Read More about Highly efficient photoanodes based on cascade structural semiconductors of Cu2Se/CdSe/TiO2: A multifaceted approach to achieving microstructural and compositional control.

High energy supercapattery with an ionic liquid solution of LiClO4 (2016)
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Yu, L., & Chen, G. Z. (2016). High energy supercapattery with an ionic liquid solution of LiClO4. Faraday Discussions, 190, 231-240. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00232J

A supercapattery combining an ideally polarized capacitor-like electrode and a battery-like electrode is demonstrated theoretically and practically using an ionic liquid electrolyte containing 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium tri(pentafluoroethyl)triflu... Read More about High energy supercapattery with an ionic liquid solution of LiClO4.