All Outputs (9)

A facile one step route that introduces functionality to polymer powders for laser sintering (2024)
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Krumins, E., Crawford, L. A., Rogers, D. M., Machado, F., Taresco, V., East, M., …Howdle, S. M. (2024). A facile one step route that introduces functionality to polymer powders for laser sintering. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 3137. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47376-4

Laser Sintering (LS) is a type of Additive Manufacturing (AM) exploiting laser processing of polymeric particles to produce 3D objects. Because of its ease of processability and thermo-physical properties, polyamide-12 (PA-12) represents ~95% of the... Read More about A facile one step route that introduces functionality to polymer powders for laser sintering.

Development of biocide coated polymers and their antimicrobial efficacy (2023)
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Watson, R., Maxwell, M., Dunn, S., Brooks, A., Jiang, L., Hill, H. J., …de Cogan, F. (2023). Development of biocide coated polymers and their antimicrobial efficacy. Nano Select, 4(7), 442-453. https://doi.org/10.1002/nano.202300005

Microbial contamination of plastic surfaces is a significant source of hospital‐acquired infections. To produce antimicrobial surfaces, chlorhexidine was attached to nitrided acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). The uniformity of chlorhexidine dist... Read More about Development of biocide coated polymers and their antimicrobial efficacy.

Antimicrobial ‘inks’ for 3D printing: block copolymer-silver nanoparticle composites synthesised using supercritical CO2 (2022)
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Larder, R. R., Krumins, E., Jacob, P. L., Kortsen, K., Cavanagh, R., Jiang, L., …Howdle, S. M. (2022). Antimicrobial ‘inks’ for 3D printing: block copolymer-silver nanoparticle composites synthesised using supercritical CO2. Polymer Chemistry, 13(25), 3768-3779. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2py00398h

Silver nanoparticles (AgNP) are widely exploited for their effective antimicrobial activity against a range of pathogens. Their high efficacy in this regard has seen the global demand for AgNP in consumer products steadily increase in recent years, n... Read More about Antimicrobial ‘inks’ for 3D printing: block copolymer-silver nanoparticle composites synthesised using supercritical CO2.

The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing (2021)
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Hu, Q., Rance, G. A., Trindade, G. F., Pervan, D., Jiang, L., Foerster, A., …Wildman, R. D. (2022). The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 51, Article 102575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102575

Two-photon polymerisation (2PP) based additive manufacturing has emerged as a powerful technology to fabricate complex three-dimensional micro- and nanoscale architectures. However, a comprehensive understanding of the effect of printing parameters o... Read More about The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing.

Imaging mass spectrometry of fingermarks on brass bullet casings using sample rotation (2021)
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Lee, C. J., Scurr, D. J., Jiang, L., Kenton, A., Beebe, S. R. T., & Sharp, J. S. (2021). Imaging mass spectrometry of fingermarks on brass bullet casings using sample rotation. Analyst, 146(24), 7563-7572. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1an01768c

A rotation stage was developed to allow the surface of bullet casings to be imaged under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). Experiments were performed over a period of seven months to d... Read More about Imaging mass spectrometry of fingermarks on brass bullet casings using sample rotation.

Surface-controlled spatially heterogeneous physical properties of a supramolecular gel with homogeneous chemical composition (2021)
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Yang, B., Lledos, M., Akhtar, R., Ciccone, G., Jiang, L., Russo, E., …Zelzer, M. (2021). Surface-controlled spatially heterogeneous physical properties of a supramolecular gel with homogeneous chemical composition. Chemical Science, 12(42), 14260-14269. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sc04671c

Controlling supramolecular self-assembly across multiple length scales to prepare gels with localised properties is challenging. Most strategies concentrate on fabricating gels with heterogeneous components, where localised properties are generated b... Read More about Surface-controlled spatially heterogeneous physical properties of a supramolecular gel with homogeneous chemical composition.

Multifunctional Bioinstructive 3D Architectures to Modulate Cellular Behavior (2019)
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Vaithilingam, J., Sanjuan‐Alberte, P., Campora, S., Rance, G. A., Jiang, L., Thorpe, J., …Rawson, F. J. (2019). Multifunctional Bioinstructive 3D Architectures to Modulate Cellular Behavior. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(38), Article 1902016. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201902016

Biological structures control cell behavior via physical, chemical, electrical, and mechanical cues. Approaches that allow us to build devices that mimic these cues in a combinatorial way are lacking due to there being no suitable instructive materia... Read More about Multifunctional Bioinstructive 3D Architectures to Modulate Cellular Behavior.

In situ Crosslinking of Nanostructured Block Copolymer Microparticles in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (2019)
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He, G., Bennett, T. M., Alias, K., Jiang, L., Schwab, S., Alauhdin, M., & Howdle, S. M. (2019). In situ Crosslinking of Nanostructured Block Copolymer Microparticles in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. Polymer Chemistry, 10(29), 3960-3972. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9py00556k

We report a novel and facile approach to “fix” the internal nanostructure of block copolymer (BCP) microparticles via in situ crosslinking copolymerisation in dispersion in supercritical CO2 (scCO2). By delaying the addition of the crosslinker and a... Read More about In situ Crosslinking of Nanostructured Block Copolymer Microparticles in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide.

Changes in chemical and ultrastructural composition of ameroid constrictors following in vitro expansion (2018)
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Anderson, T. S., Rance, G. A., Jiang, L., Piggott, M. J., Field, E. J., & Chanoit, G. P. (2018). Changes in chemical and ultrastructural composition of ameroid constrictors following in vitro expansion. PLoS ONE, 13(11), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207471

Objective To (1) characterise the chemical and ultra-structural composition of ameroid constrictors, at a native state and during in vitro expansion and (2) determine the presence of irritant compounds at the surface or within the bulk of the constr... Read More about Changes in chemical and ultrastructural composition of ameroid constrictors following in vitro expansion.