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A Simple Approach to the Visible-Light Photoactivation of Molecular Metal Oxides (2017)
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Fujimoto, S., Cameron, J. M., Wei, R. J., Kastner, K., Robinson, D., Sans, V., …Oshio, H. (2017). A Simple Approach to the Visible-Light Photoactivation of Molecular Metal Oxides. Inorganic Chemistry, 56(20), 12169-12177. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01499

© 2017 American Chemical Society. This study explores a new method to maximize the visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance of organic-inorganic hybrid polyoxometalates (POMs). Experimental and theoretical investigations of a family of phospho... Read More about A Simple Approach to the Visible-Light Photoactivation of Molecular Metal Oxides.

Hybrid electric aircraft propulsion case study for skydiving mission (2017)
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Glassock, R., Galea, M., Williams, W., & Glesk, T. (2017). Hybrid electric aircraft propulsion case study for skydiving mission. Aerospace, 4(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace4030045

This paper describes a case study for applying innovative architectures related to electrified propulsion for aircraft. Electric and hybrid electric propulsion for aircraft has gained widespread and significant attention over the past decade. The dri... Read More about Hybrid electric aircraft propulsion case study for skydiving mission.

3D inkjet printing of electronics using UV conversion (2017)
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Saleh, E., Zhang, F., He, Y., Vaithilingam, J., Fernandez, J. L., Wildman, R. D., …Tuck, C. (2017). 3D inkjet printing of electronics using UV conversion. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2(10), Article 1700134. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.201700134

The production of electronic circuits and devices is limited by current manufacturing methods that limit both the form and potentially the performance of these systems. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a technology that has been shown to provide cross... Read More about 3D inkjet printing of electronics using UV conversion.

A cantilever approach to estimate bending stiffness of buildings affected by tunnelling (2017)
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Haji, T. K., Haji, T., Marshall, A. M., & Tizani, W. (2018). A cantilever approach to estimate bending stiffness of buildings affected by tunnelling. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 71, 47-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2017.08.005

The evaluation of the effect of tunnel construction on buildings is a problem being faced by engineers around the world. Building bending stiffness is an important parameter in tunnel-soil-structure interaction analyses. The construction of a new tun... Read More about A cantilever approach to estimate bending stiffness of buildings affected by tunnelling.

Ground-freezing experience on the east side access Northern Boulevard crossing, New York (2017)
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Schmall, P., & Dawson, A. (in press). Ground-freezing experience on the east side access Northern Boulevard crossing, New York. Proceedings of the ICE - Ground Improvement, 170(GI3), https://doi.org/10.1680/jgrim.16.00012

A brief review is given of ground freezing technology as a means of providing groundwater cut-off and temporary structural support in weak ground for transportation tunnelling and shaft-sinking operations. Then detailed coverage of a particular case... Read More about Ground-freezing experience on the east side access Northern Boulevard crossing, New York.

Suspension high velocity oxy-fuel spraying of a rutile TiO2 feedstock: Microstructure, phase evolution and photocatalytic behaviour (2017)
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Bai, M., Khammas, R., Guan, L., Murray, J., & Hussain, T. (2017). Suspension high velocity oxy-fuel spraying of a rutile TiO2 feedstock: Microstructure, phase evolution and photocatalytic behaviour. Ceramics International, 43(17), 15288-15295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.08.068

© 2017 The Authors Nano-structured TiO2 coatings were produced by suspension high velocity oxy fuel (SHVOF) thermal spraying using water-based suspensions containing 30 wt% of submicron rutile powders (~180 nm). By changing the flame heat powers from... Read More about Suspension high velocity oxy-fuel spraying of a rutile TiO2 feedstock: Microstructure, phase evolution and photocatalytic behaviour.

Size characterisation method and detection enhancement of plasmonic nanoparticles in a pump–probe system (2017)
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Fuentes-Domínguez, R., Smith, R. J., Pérez-Cota, F., Marques, L., Peña-Rodríguez, O., & Clark, M. (2017). Size characterisation method and detection enhancement of plasmonic nanoparticles in a pump–probe system. Applied Sciences, 7(8), Article 819. https://doi.org/10.3390/app7080819

The optical resonance of metal nanoparticles can be used to enhance the generation and detection of their main vibrational mode. In this work, we show that this method allows the accurate characterisation of the particle’s size because the vibrationa... Read More about Size characterisation method and detection enhancement of plasmonic nanoparticles in a pump–probe system.

Faradaic processes beyond Nernst’s law: density functional theory assisted modelling of partial electron delocalisation and pseudocapacitance in graphene oxides (2017)
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Li, J., O'Shea, J. N., Hou, X., & Chen, G. Z. (in press). Faradaic processes beyond Nernst’s law: density functional theory assisted modelling of partial electron delocalisation and pseudocapacitance in graphene oxides. Chemical Communications, 53(75), 10414-10417. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC04344A

The study of electron delocalisation in oxygen atom segregated zones in graphene, aided by the first-principles density functional theory, has revealed extra energy bands of ≥ 2 eV wide around the Fermi level, predicting faradaic charge storage occur... Read More about Faradaic processes beyond Nernst’s law: density functional theory assisted modelling of partial electron delocalisation and pseudocapacitance in graphene oxides.

Predicting SiC MOSFET Behavior Under Hard-Switching, Soft-Switching, and False Turn-On Conditions (2017)
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Ahmed, M. R., Todd, R., & Forsyth, A. J. (2017). Predicting SiC MOSFET Behavior Under Hard-Switching, Soft-Switching, and False Turn-On Conditions. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 64(11), 9001-9011. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2017.2721882

Circuit-level analytical models for hard-switching, soft-switching, and dv/dt-induced false turn on of SiC MOSFETs and their experimental validation are described. The models include the high-frequency parasitic components in the circuit and enable f... Read More about Predicting SiC MOSFET Behavior Under Hard-Switching, Soft-Switching, and False Turn-On Conditions.

Residual stress analysis and finite element modelling of repair-welded titanium sheets (2017)
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Salerno, G., Bennett, C., Sun, W., & Becker, A. (in press). Residual stress analysis and finite element modelling of repair-welded titanium sheets. Welding in the World -London-, 61(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-017-0506-1

An innovative FE modelling approach has been tested to investigate the effects of weld repair thin sheets of titanium alloy, taking into account pre-existing stress field in the components. In the case study analysed, the residual stress fields due t... Read More about Residual stress analysis and finite element modelling of repair-welded titanium sheets.

How the toughest inorganic fullerene cages absorb shockwave pressures in a protective nanocomposite: experimental evidence from two in situ investigations (2017)
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Xu, F., Kobayashi, T., Yang, Z., Sekine, T., Chang, H., Wang, N., …Zhu, Y. (2017). How the toughest inorganic fullerene cages absorb shockwave pressures in a protective nanocomposite: experimental evidence from two in situ investigations. ACS Nano, 11(8), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b02943

Nanocomposites fabricated using the toughest caged inorganic fullerene WS2 (IF-WS2) nanoparticles could offer ultimate protection via absorbing shockwaves; however, if the IF-WS2 nanomaterials really work, how they behave and what they experience wit... Read More about How the toughest inorganic fullerene cages absorb shockwave pressures in a protective nanocomposite: experimental evidence from two in situ investigations.

The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites (2017)
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Li, S., Sitnikova, E., Liang, Y., & Kaddour, A. S. (2017). The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 102, 207-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.08.007

© 2017 The Authors This paper is to rationalise the empirical aspect of the Tsai-Wu failure criterion in the context of UD composites associated with the determination of the interactive strength property F12 based on the analytic geometry. It reveal... Read More about The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites.

Perceptions of an automotive load space in a virtual environment (2017)
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Lawson, G., Roper, T., Herriotts, P., Malcolm, L., & Salanitri, D. (2017). Perceptions of an automotive load space in a virtual environment. International Journal of Vehicle Design, 74(2), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJVD.2017.085456

A study was conducted to investigate the accuracy of perceptions of a car load space in a CAVE virtual environment. A total of 46 participants rated load space width, height, depth, usability and overall capacity after viewing either a virtual Range... Read More about Perceptions of an automotive load space in a virtual environment.

A kinetic study on methylation of naphthalene over Fe/ZSM-5 zeolite catalysts (2017)
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Güleç, F., Özen, A., Niftaliyeva, A., Aydın, A., Şimşek, E. H., & Karaduman, A. (2018). A kinetic study on methylation of naphthalene over Fe/ZSM-5 zeolite catalysts. Research on Chemical Intermediates, 44(1), 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-017-3090-5

2,6-Dimethylnaphthalene is an important dimethylnaphthalene isomer which can be used in the production of polyethylene naphthalate. The novelty of this study is to reveal Langmuir–Hinshelwood and Eley–Rideal reaction rate equations for the methylatio... Read More about A kinetic study on methylation of naphthalene over Fe/ZSM-5 zeolite catalysts.

Phonon-glass electron-crystal behaviour by A site disorder in n-type thermoelectric oxides (2017)
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Daniels, L. M., Savvin, S. N., Pitcher, M. J., Dyer, M. S., Claridge, J. B., Ling, S., …Rosseinsky, M. J. (2017). Phonon-glass electron-crystal behaviour by A site disorder in n-type thermoelectric oxides. Energy and Environmental Science, 10(9), 1917-1922. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ee01510k

© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Phonon-glass electron-crystal (PGEC) behaviour is realised in La0.5Na0.5Ti1-xNbxO3 thermoelectric oxides. The vibrational disorder imposed by the presence of both La3+ and Na+ cations on the A site of the ABO3 p... Read More about Phonon-glass electron-crystal behaviour by A site disorder in n-type thermoelectric oxides.

An experimental study on the key fretting variables for flexible marine risers (2017)
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O’Halloran, S., Harte, A., Shipway, P., & Leen, S. (2018). An experimental study on the key fretting variables for flexible marine risers. Tribology International, 117, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2017.07.032

This paper presents an experimental investigation into the effects of contact conformity, contact pressure and displacement amplitude on the gross-slip fretting behaviour grease-lubricated cylinder-on-flat contacts in the context of flexible marine r... Read More about An experimental study on the key fretting variables for flexible marine risers.

Capturing cultural differences between UK and Malaysian drivers to inform the design of in-vehicle navigation systems (2017)
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Large, D. R., Burnett, G., & Mohd-Hasni, Y. (in press). Capturing cultural differences between UK and Malaysian drivers to inform the design of in-vehicle navigation systems

Attending to cultural diversity is important for products and technology intended for global placement, such as automobiles, yet many products (and associated interfaces) lack genuine cultural differentiation. For example, in-vehicle navigation syste... Read More about Capturing cultural differences between UK and Malaysian drivers to inform the design of in-vehicle navigation systems.

Integrated GNSS attitude and position determination based on an affine constrained model (2017)
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Liu, H., Xu, L., Meng, X., Chen, X., & Li, J. (2018). Integrated GNSS attitude and position determination based on an affine constrained model. Journal of Navigation, 71(1), 134-150. doi:10.1017/s0373463317000522

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) attitude determination and positioning play an important role in many navigation applications. However, the two GNSS-based problems are usually treated separately. This ignores the constraint information of t... Read More about Integrated GNSS attitude and position determination based on an affine constrained model.

Undulations on the surface of elongated bubbles in confined gas-liquid flows (2017)
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Magnini, M., Ferrari, A., Thome, J. R., & Stone, H. A. (2017). Undulations on the surface of elongated bubbles in confined gas-liquid flows. Physical Review Fluids, 2(8), Article 084001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.084001

© 2017 American Physical Society. A systematic analysis is presented of the undulations appearing on the surface of long bubbles in confined gas-liquid flows. CFD simulations of the flow are performed with a self-improved version of the open-source s... Read More about Undulations on the surface of elongated bubbles in confined gas-liquid flows.

Hydrogen and oxygen fuel enrichment effects on a HD diesel engine (2017)
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Monemian, E., Cairns, A., & Pedrozo, V. (2017). Hydrogen and oxygen fuel enrichment effects on a HD diesel engine. International Journal of Engine Research, 47(47),

Implementing emission regulations in the transport sector is enforcing manufacturers to improve performance of Heavy Duty (HD) vehicles as they are accountable for 25% of CO2 emissions within EU. The currently reported research was involved with eval... Read More about Hydrogen and oxygen fuel enrichment effects on a HD diesel engine.