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An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures (2014)
Journal Article
Brackett, D., Ashcroft, I., Wildman, R., & Hague, R. J. (2014). An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures. Computers and Structures, 138, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2014.03.004

The spatial variation of cell size in a functionally graded cellular structure is achieved using error diffusion to convert a continuous tone image into binary form. Effects of two control parameters, greyscale value and resolution on the resulting c... Read More about An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures.

Combining mercury thermoporometry with integrated gas sorption and mercury porosimetry to improve accuracy of pore-size distributions for disordered solids (2014)
Journal Article
Bafarawa, B., Nepryahin, A., Ji, L., Holt, E. M., Wang, J., & Rigby, S. P. (2014). Combining mercury thermoporometry with integrated gas sorption and mercury porosimetry to improve accuracy of pore-size distributions for disordered solids. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 426, 72-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2014.03.053

The typical approach to analysing raw data, from common pore characterization methods such as gas sorption and mercury porosimetry, to obtain pore size distributions for disordered porous solids generally makes several critical assumptions that impac... Read More about Combining mercury thermoporometry with integrated gas sorption and mercury porosimetry to improve accuracy of pore-size distributions for disordered solids.

Experimental study of mercury removal from exhaust gases (2014)
Journal Article
Wdowin, M., Wiatros-Motyka, M. M., Panek, R., Stevens, L. A., Franus, W., & Snape, C. E. (2014). Experimental study of mercury removal from exhaust gases. Fuel, 128, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2014.03.041

An initial study has been made of the use of synthetic zeolites for mercury capture from exhaust gases. Synthetic zeolites (Na-X and Na-P1), and for comparison a natural zeolite (clinoptilolite) and activated carbon with bromine (AC/Br) were tested f... Read More about Experimental study of mercury removal from exhaust gases.

Enhanced ‘in situ’ catalysis via microwave selective heating: catalytic chain transfer polymerisation (2014)
Journal Article
Adlington, K., McSweeney, R., Dimitrakis, G., Kingman, S. W., Robinson, J. P., & Irvine, D. J. (2014). Enhanced ‘in situ’ catalysis via microwave selective heating: catalytic chain transfer polymerisation. RSC Advances, 4(31), 16172-16180. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra00907j

An extremely facile, single stage, ‘in-situ’, Catalytic Chain Transfer Polymerisation (CCTP) process has been identified, where the optimal polymerisation process was shown to depend upon a combination of catalyst characteristics (i.e. solubility, se... Read More about Enhanced ‘in situ’ catalysis via microwave selective heating: catalytic chain transfer polymerisation.

Facile one-spot synthesis of highly branched polycaprolactone (2014)
Journal Article
Nguyen, N. T., Thurecht, K. J., Howdle, S. M., & Irvine, D. J. (2014). Facile one-spot synthesis of highly branched polycaprolactone. Polymer Chemistry, 5(8), https://doi.org/10.1039/C3PY01725G

Reported is the first solvent-free (bulk) synthesis of degradable/bioresorbable, highly branched polymers via tin octanoate Sn(Oct2) catalysed controlled ring opening co-polymerisation (ROP) of mono and di-functional lactone monomers that proceed to... Read More about Facile one-spot synthesis of highly branched polycaprolactone.

The rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials (2014)
Journal Article
Dunne, P. W., Starkey, C. L., Gimeno-Fabra, M., & Lester, E. (2014). The rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials. Nanoscale, 6(4), 2406-2418. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3nr05749f

Continuous flow hydrothermal synthesis offers a cheap, green and highly scalable route for the preparation of inorganic nanomaterials which has predominantly been applied to metal oxide based materials. In this work we report the first continuous flo... Read More about The rapid size- and shape-controlled continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials.

Experimental study of the hydrodynamic behaviour of slug flow in a vertical riser (2013)
Journal Article
Abdulkadir, M., Hernandez-Perez, V., Lowndes, I., Azzopardi, B. J., & Dzomeku, S. (2014). Experimental study of the hydrodynamic behaviour of slug flow in a vertical riser. Chemical Engineering Science, 106, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2013.11.021

This paper presents an investigation of the hydrodynamics of slug flow in a vertical 67 mm internal diameter riser. The slug flow regime was generated using a multiphase air–silicone oil mixture over a range of gas (0.42

UPLC-MS profiling of low molecular weight phlorotannin polymers in Ascophyllum nodosum, Helvetia canaliculata and Fucus spiralis (2013)
Journal Article
Tierney, M. S., Soler-Vila, A., Rai, D. K., Croft, A. K., Brunton, N. P., & Smyth, T. J. (2014). UPLC-MS profiling of low molecular weight phlorotannin polymers in Ascophyllum nodosum, Helvetia canaliculata and Fucus spiralis. Metabolomics, 10(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-013-0584-z

Phlorotannins are a group of complex polymers, found in particular brown macroalgae, composed solely of the monomer phloroglucinol (1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene). Their structural complexity arises from the number of possible linkage positions between eac... Read More about UPLC-MS profiling of low molecular weight phlorotannin polymers in Ascophyllum nodosum, Helvetia canaliculata and Fucus spiralis.

Optimisation of biomass milling for conveyance and combustion (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Williams, O., Eastwick, C., Lester, E., Giddings, D., & Byrne, N. (2013). Optimisation of biomass milling for conveyance and combustion.

Agricultural wastes are increasingly being used as biomass materials for co-firing in coal fired power stations. However issues in milling and conveyance of agricultural residues are limiting the use of these resources and a greater understanding of... Read More about Optimisation of biomass milling for conveyance and combustion.

The impact of impurities in various crude A. annua extracts on the analysis of artemisinin by liquid chromatographic methods (2012)
Journal Article
Pilkington, J. L., Preston, C., & Gomes, R. L. (2012). The impact of impurities in various crude A. annua extracts on the analysis of artemisinin by liquid chromatographic methods. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 70, 136-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2012.06.015

Analysis of Artemisia annua extracts by liquid chromatographic methods has traditionally been complicated by the presence of significant quantities of impurities. It has been observed that these impurities often remain as a solid residue after sample... Read More about The impact of impurities in various crude A. annua extracts on the analysis of artemisinin by liquid chromatographic methods.

Fault propagation modelling for fluid system health monitoring (2011)
Journal Article
Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2011). Fault propagation modelling for fluid system health monitoring. International Journal of Performability Engineering, 7(11),

Fault diagnostics systems are incorporated to determine the health of the system they monitor. There are however times when the diagnostics system reports faults which do not exist. This situation commonly arises at system start-up when high vibrat... Read More about Fault propagation modelling for fluid system health monitoring.

An efficient real-time method of analysis for non-coherent fault trees (2009)
Journal Article
Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2009). An efficient real-time method of analysis for non-coherent fault trees. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 25(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/qre.955

Fault tree analysis is commonly used to assess the reliability of potentially hazardous industrial systems. The type of logic is usually restricted to AND and OR gates which makes the fault tree structure coherent. In non-coherent structures not only... Read More about An efficient real-time method of analysis for non-coherent fault trees.

Qualitative analysis of complex modularized fault trees using binary decision diagrams (2006)
Journal Article
Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2006). Qualitative analysis of complex modularized fault trees using binary decision diagrams. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 220(1), https://doi.org/10.1243/1748006XJRR10

Fault tree analysis is commonly used in the reliability assessment of industrial systems. When complex systems are studied conventional methods can become computationally intensive and require the use of approximations. This leads to inaccuracies in... Read More about Qualitative analysis of complex modularized fault trees using binary decision diagrams.

Identification of typical eco-hydrological behaviours using InSAR allows landscape-scale mapping of peatland condition
Working Paper
Bradley, A. V., Andersen, R., Marshall, C., Sowter, A., & Large, D. J. Identification of typical eco-hydrological behaviours using InSAR allows landscape-scale mapping of peatland condition

Better tools for rapid and reliable assessment of global peatland extent and condition are urgently needed to support action to prevent their further decline. Peatland surface motion is a response to changes in the water and gas content of a peat bod... Read More about Identification of typical eco-hydrological behaviours using InSAR allows landscape-scale mapping of peatland condition.

Efficiency evaluation of a novel supercapattery stack with a power electronic interface for energy storage systems
Conference Proceeding
Kulsangcharoen, P., Klumpner, C., Zhou, X., Peng, C., Chen, G. Z., Rashed, M., & Asher, G. (in press). Efficiency evaluation of a novel supercapattery stack with a power electronic interface for energy storage systems.

The increase of renewable energy generation seen as the only way to ensure clean and sustainable development, is under scrutiny due to its intermittent nature and an insufficient development of com-plementary technologies such as electrical energy st... Read More about Efficiency evaluation of a novel supercapattery stack with a power electronic interface for energy storage systems.