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'Dry bases': Carbon dioxide capture using alkaline dry water (2014)
Journal Article
Dawson, R., Stevens, L. A., Williams, O. S., Wang, W., Carter, B. O., Sutton, S., …Cooper, A. I. (2014). 'Dry bases': Carbon dioxide capture using alkaline dry water. Energy and Environmental Science, 7(5), 1786-1791. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ee44124e

An alkaline form of 'dry water' - a 'dry base' - is prepared by the high-speed mixing of aqueous solutions of metal carbonates or organic amines with hydrophobic silica nanoparticles. Despite being mostly water, the dry base looks and flows like a po... Read More about 'Dry bases': Carbon dioxide capture using alkaline dry water.

Rotating a mens inertial measurement unit for a foot-mounted pedestrian navigation (2014)
Journal Article
Abdulrahim, K., Hide, C., Moore, T., & Hill, C. (2014). Rotating a mens inertial measurement unit for a foot-mounted pedestrian navigation. Journal of Computer Science, 10(12), https://doi.org/10.3844/jcssp.2014.2619.2627

Pedestrian navigation especially indoors suffers from the unavailability of useful GNSS signals for positioning. Alternatively, a low-cost Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) positioning system that does not depend on the GNSS signal can be used for indo... Read More about Rotating a mens inertial measurement unit for a foot-mounted pedestrian navigation.

Increased error observability of an inertial pedestrian navigation system by rotating IMU (2014)
Journal Article
Abdulrahim, K., Hide, C., Moore, T., & Hill, C. (2014). Increased error observability of an inertial pedestrian navigation system by rotating IMU. Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences, 46(2), https://doi.org/10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2014.46.2.7

Indoor pedestrian navigation suffers from the unavailability of useful GNSS signals for navigation. Often a low-cost non-GNSS inertial sensor is used to navigate indoors. However, using only a low-cost inertial sensor for the system degrades its perf... Read More about Increased error observability of an inertial pedestrian navigation system by rotating IMU.

A review of microwave coal processing (2014)
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Binner, E., Lester, E., Kingman, S., Dodds, C., Wu, T., Robinson, J. P., …Mathews, J. P. (2014). A review of microwave coal processing. Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy, 48(1),

This paper reviews the application of microwave energy in coal processing and utilisation. It covers a wide variety of processes including liberation of minerals, coal drying, pre-treatment to improve grindability, liquefaction enhancements and coke... Read More about A review of microwave coal processing.

Fibre laser piercing of mild steel: the effects of power intensity, gas type and pressure (2014)
Journal Article
Hashemzadeh, M., Powell, J., & Voisey, K. (2014). Fibre laser piercing of mild steel: the effects of power intensity, gas type and pressure. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 55, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2013.10.001

Laser piercing is used to generate a starting point for laser cutting. The pierced hole is normally larger than the kerf width, which means that it cannot lie on the cut line. An experimental program investigating the piercing process as a function o... Read More about Fibre laser piercing of mild steel: the effects of power intensity, gas type and pressure.

The application of specific point energy analysis to laser cutting with 1 ?m laser radiation (2014)
Journal Article
Hashemzadeh, M., Suder, W., Williams, S., Powell, J., Kaplan, A., & Voisey, K. (2014). The application of specific point energy analysis to laser cutting with 1 ?m laser radiation. Physics Procedia, 56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.08.110

Specific point energy (SPE) is a concept that has been successfully used in laser welding where SPE and power density determine penetration depth. This type of analysis allows the welding characteristics of different laser systems to be directly comp... Read More about The application of specific point energy analysis to laser cutting with 1 ?m laser radiation.

Electronic monitoring of adherence to inhaled medication in asthma (2014)
Journal Article
Howard, S., Lang, A., Patel, M. D. K., Sharples, S., & Shaw, D. E. (2014). Electronic monitoring of adherence to inhaled medication in asthma. Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.2174/1573398X10666140429005007

The main treatment of asthma is inhaled corticosteroids. However adherence to these medications in asthma is often poor, with low adherence associated with excessive health care costs and an increased risk of emergency room visits and mortality. Alth... Read More about Electronic monitoring of adherence to inhaled medication in asthma.

Effect of prior laser microstructural refinement on the formation of amorphous layer in an Al86Co7.6Ce6.4 alloy (2014)
Journal Article
Li, C., Murray, J., Voisey, K., Clare, A., & McCartney, D. (2014). Effect of prior laser microstructural refinement on the formation of amorphous layer in an Al86Co7.6Ce6.4 alloy. Applied Surface Science, 289, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.10.140

Laser surface melting (LSM) pre-treatment was conducted before large area electron beam (LAEB) treatment in an attempt to eliminate the cracking of the amorphous layer. In our previous work, LAEB treatment successfully generated an amorphous layer on... Read More about Effect of prior laser microstructural refinement on the formation of amorphous layer in an Al86Co7.6Ce6.4 alloy.

A note on geographical systems and maps of Montserrat (2014)
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Odbert, H. M., & Grebby, S. (2014). A note on geographical systems and maps of Montserrat. Memoirs, 39, https://doi.org/10.1144/M39.27

It is often critically important that geospatial data are measured and mapped accurately, particularly for quantitative analyses and numerical modelling applications. Defining a geographical coordinate system requires a non-unique combination of geod... Read More about A note on geographical systems and maps of Montserrat.

Neutron strain scanning of fibre and diode laser welds in stainless steel and Ti6Al4V (2014)
Journal Article
Voisey, K., Folkes, J., Srithorn, J., & Hughes, D. (2014). Neutron strain scanning of fibre and diode laser welds in stainless steel and Ti6Al4V. Physics Procedia, 56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.08.051

Fibre lasers provide an unprecedented combination of high beam quality, brightness and low cost. Fibre laser beams can provide an exceptionally high power density beam with a relatively large depth of focus. Compared to more established laser welding... Read More about Neutron strain scanning of fibre and diode laser welds in stainless steel and Ti6Al4V.

Effect of Q-switched laser surface texturing of titanium on osteoblast cell response (2014)
Journal Article
Voisey, K., Scotchford, C., Martin, L., & Gill, H. (2014). Effect of Q-switched laser surface texturing of titanium on osteoblast cell response. Physics Procedia, 56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.08.027

Titanium and its alloys are important biomedical materials. It is known that the surface texture of implanted medical devices affects cell response. Control of cell response has the potential to enhance fixation of implants into bone and, in other ap... Read More about Effect of Q-switched laser surface texturing of titanium on osteoblast cell response.

Cryo-solvatochromism in ionic liquids (2014)
Journal Article
Yu, L., & Chen, G. Z. (2014). Cryo-solvatochromism in ionic liquids. RSC Advances, 4(76), 40281-40285. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra08116a

Cryo-solvatochromism (blue to green) in response to cooling from room temperature to well below 0 °C can have many applications, and has been achieved in an ionic liquid, 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, containing di-(1-buty... Read More about Cryo-solvatochromism in ionic liquids.

Application of 2D URANS in fluid structure interaction problems of rectangular cylinders (2014)
Journal Article
Nieto, F., Hargreaves, D., Owen, J., & Hernández, S. (2014). Application of 2D URANS in fluid structure interaction problems of rectangular cylinders. WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences, 82, 85-94. https://doi.org/10.2495/AFM140081

© 2014 WIT Press. In this work the authors have studied the applicability of the 2D URANS approach adopting a block structured mesh and Menter’s SST k-omega turbulence model for the aspect ratio 4 rectangular cylinder. As a first step, a verification... Read More about Application of 2D URANS in fluid structure interaction problems of rectangular cylinders.

A study of unidirectional swipe gestures on in-vehicle touch screens (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Burnett, G., Crundall, E., Large, D., Lawson, G., & Skrypchuk, L. (2013). A study of unidirectional swipe gestures on in-vehicle touch screens. doi:10.1145/2516540.2516545

Touch screens are increasingly used within modern vehicles, providing the potential for a range of gestures to facilitate interaction under divided attention conditions. This paper describes a study aiming to understand how drivers naturally make swi... Read More about A study of unidirectional swipe gestures on in-vehicle touch screens.

A comparison of resistive and capacitive touchscreens for use within vehicles (2013)
Journal Article
Burnett, G., Large, D., Crundall, E., Lawson, G., De-Kremer, S., & Skrypchuk, L. (2013). A comparison of resistive and capacitive touchscreens for use within vehicles. Advances in Transportation Studies, 31, 5-16

Vehicles are increasingly utilising technologies developed in non-automotive domains. In this respect, capacitive touchscreens are familiar to smartphone and tablet computer users enabling a wide range of single and multi-touch gestures, but have not... Read More about A comparison of resistive and capacitive touchscreens for use within vehicles.

Microwave synthesis of magnetically separable ZnFe2O4-reduced graphene oxide for wastewater treatment (2013)
Journal Article
Jumeri, F., Lim, H., Ariffin, S., Huang, N., Teo, P., Fatin, S., …Harrison, I. (2014). Microwave synthesis of magnetically separable ZnFe2O4-reduced graphene oxide for wastewater treatment. Ceramics International, 40(5), 7057-7065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.12.037

A magnetically separable ZnFe2O4-reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nano-composite was synthesised via a microwave method. Field emission scanning electron microscopy images of the nano-composite showed a uniform dispersion of nanoparticles on the rGO shee... Read More about Microwave synthesis of magnetically separable ZnFe2O4-reduced graphene oxide for wastewater treatment.

Liquid film thickness behaviour within a large diameter vertical 180° return bend (2013)
Journal Article
Adbulkadir, M., Azzi, A., Zhao, D., Lowndes, I., & Azzopardi, B. (2014). Liquid film thickness behaviour within a large diameter vertical 180° return bend. Chemical Engineering Science, 107, 137-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2013.12.009

Experimental results of liquid film thickness distribution of an air-water mixture flowing through a vertical 180° return bend are reported. Measurements of liquid film thickness were achieved using flush mounted pin and parallel wire probes. The ben... Read More about Liquid film thickness behaviour within a large diameter vertical 180° return bend.