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A note on geographical systems and maps of Montserrat (2014)
Journal Article
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.

First Identification of Rare-Earth Oxide Nucleation in Chalcogenide Glasses and Implications for Fabrication of Mid-Infrared Active Fibers (2013)
Journal Article
Tang, Z., Furniss, D., Fay, M., Neate, N. C., Cheng, Y., Barney, E., …Seddon, A. B. (2014). First Identification of Rare-Earth Oxide Nucleation in Chalcogenide Glasses and Implications for Fabrication of Mid-Infrared Active Fibers. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 97(2), 432-441. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.12732

Gallium (Ga) helps solubilize rare-earth ions in chalcogenide glasses, but has been found to form the dominant crystallizing selenide phase in bulk glass in our previous work. Here, the crystallization behavior is compared of as-annealed 0–3000 ppmw... Read More about First Identification of Rare-Earth Oxide Nucleation in Chalcogenide Glasses and Implications for Fabrication of Mid-Infrared Active Fibers.

Achieving low voltage half electrolysis with a supercapacitor electrode (2013)
Journal Article
Peng, C., Hu, D., & Chen, G. Z. (2014). Achieving low voltage half electrolysis with a supercapacitor electrode. Energy and Environmental Science, 7(3), 1018-1022. doi:10.1039/c3ee43817a

Half electrolysis consists of a single faradaic reaction and a supercapacitor electrode. The electrolytic product is only produced at the faradaic electrode and the low voltage electrolysis is highly energy efficient.

Investigating the microrheology of the vitreous humor using an optically trapped local probe (2013)
Journal Article
Watts, F., Tan, L. E., Wilson, C. G., Girkin, J. M., Tassieri, M., & Wright, A. J. (2013). Investigating the microrheology of the vitreous humor using an optically trapped local probe. Journal of Optics, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/16/1/015301

We demonstrate that an optically trapped silica bead can be used as a local probe to measure the micro-rheology of the vitreous humor. The Brownian motion of the bead was observed using a fast camera and the micro-rheology determined by analysis of t... Read More about Investigating the microrheology of the vitreous humor using an optically trapped local probe.

Sound of nano (2013)
Journal Article
Aylott, J., Clark, M., Marques, L., Perez-Cota, F., Smith, R. J., & Webb, K. F. (2013). Sound of nano. Proceedings of SPIE, 8923, Article 892325. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2035176

Ultrasound is widely used for imaging, measurement and diagnostics in the MHz region and is perhaps most familiar as a medical or non-destructive imaging or measurement tool. In the MHz frequency range the wavelength is typically measured in microns... Read More about Sound of nano.

Catalysis and evolution on cycling of nano-structured magnesium multilayer thin films (2013)
Journal Article
Fry, C. M., Grant, D. M., & Walker, G. S. (2014). Catalysis and evolution on cycling of nano-structured magnesium multilayer thin films. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(2), 1173-1184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.10.136

This paper explores the hydrogen cycling properties of Mg/Cr and Mg/V multilayer thin films and studies the effect of chromium and vanadium transition metal catalysts on the cycling properties of thick magnesium coatings. Two transition-metal catalys... Read More about Catalysis and evolution on cycling of nano-structured magnesium multilayer thin films.

Recycled Tyre Rubber Modified Bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: A literature review (2013)
Journal Article
Lo Presti, D. (2013). Recycled Tyre Rubber Modified Bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: A literature review. Construction and Building Materials, 49, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.09.007

Nowadays, only a small percentage of waste tyres are being land-filled. The Recycled Tyre Rubber is being used in new tyres, in tyre-derived fuel, in civil engineering applications and products, in moulded rubber products, in agricultural uses, recre... Read More about Recycled Tyre Rubber Modified Bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: A literature review.

Post-processing of polymer foam tissue scaffolds with high power ultrasound: A route to increased pore interconnectivity, pore size and fluid transport (2013)
Journal Article
Watson, N. J., Johal, R. K., Glover, Z., Reinwald, Y., White, L. J., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., …Parker, N. G. (2013). Post-processing of polymer foam tissue scaffolds with high power ultrasound: A route to increased pore interconnectivity, pore size and fluid transport. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 33(8), 4825-4832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2013.07.046

The aimof this work is to demonstrate that the structural and fluidic properties of polymer foamtissue scaffolds, post-fabrication but prior to the introduction of cells, can be engineered via exposure to high power ultrasound. Our analysis is suppor... Read More about Post-processing of polymer foam tissue scaffolds with high power ultrasound: A route to increased pore interconnectivity, pore size and fluid transport.

Examination of moisture sensitivity of aggregate-bitumen bonding strength using loose asphalt mixture and physico-chemical surface energy property tests (2013)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., Apeagyei, A. K., Ahmad, N., Grenfell, J., & Airey, G. (2014). Examination of moisture sensitivity of aggregate-bitumen bonding strength using loose asphalt mixture and physico-chemical surface energy property tests. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 15(7), 657-670. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2013.855312

In this study, the moisture sensitivity of different kinds of aggregates and bituminous binders is examined by comparing the performance between five empirical test methods for loose mixtures - static immersion test, rolling bottle test (RBT), boilin... Read More about Examination of moisture sensitivity of aggregate-bitumen bonding strength using loose asphalt mixture and physico-chemical surface energy property tests.