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Poly-Ether-Ether-Ketone (PEEK) Biomaterials and Composites: Challenges, Progress, and Opportunities (2024)
Journal Article
Molinar-Díaz, J., Parsons, A. J., Ahmed, I., Warrior, N. A., & Harper, L. T. (2024). Poly-Ether-Ether-Ketone (PEEK) Biomaterials and Composites: Challenges, Progress, and Opportunities. Polymer Reviews, 1-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/15583724.2024.2406965

Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a lightweight, bioinert, high-performance thermoplastic that is beginning to see clinical use in orthopedic applications. PEEK outperforms conventional metallic counterparts in terms of reduced stress shielding and impr... Read More about Poly-Ether-Ether-Ketone (PEEK) Biomaterials and Composites: Challenges, Progress, and Opportunities.

All-Inorganic Electrical Insulation Systems for High-Power Density Electrical Machines (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kudrynskyi, Z., Connor, P. H., Cooper, T. P., Wadge, M. D., Kerfoot, J., Zheng, X., Felfel, R., Korolkov, V., Kubal, M., Gerada, C., & Grant, D. M. (2024, June). All-Inorganic Electrical Insulation Systems for High-Power Density Electrical Machines. Presented at 2024 IEEE 5th International Conference on Dielectrics (ICD), Toulouse, France

This paper introduces the concept of ‘All-Inorganic Electrical Insulation (EI) System’ to enable the next generation of high-power-density electrical machines (EMs) that can operate at extreme conditions, namely high voltages (V) up to 1 kV DC and hi... Read More about All-Inorganic Electrical Insulation Systems for High-Power Density Electrical Machines.

Carbon-based films: a review on mechanical and tribology properties (2024)
Journal Article
Venturi, F. (2024). Carbon-based films: a review on mechanical and tribology properties. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 325, Article 129716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2024.129716

Carbon films have attracted widespread interest for decades thanks to their superior tribomechanical properties. As new carbon allotropes were discovered over time, measurements of elastic modulus reached terapascals, and coefficient of friction thou... Read More about Carbon-based films: a review on mechanical and tribology properties.

Controlling ZIF-67 film properties in water-based cathodic electrochemical deposition (2024)
Journal Article
Elsayed, E., Brevis, I., Pandiyan, S., Wildman, R., van der Zee, K. G., & Tokay, B. (2024). Controlling ZIF-67 film properties in water-based cathodic electrochemical deposition. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 338, Article 124820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2024.124820

One of the main approaches to increase the surface area of a substrate is through depositing a film of a porous materials such as Zeolite imidazole framework (ZIF). ZIF films have shown surpassing capabilities because of their zeolite-like features,... Read More about Controlling ZIF-67 film properties in water-based cathodic electrochemical deposition.

Polymer-Coated Urinary Catheter Reduces Biofilm Formation and Biomineralization: A First-in-Man, Prospective Pilot Study (2024)
Journal Article
Kalenderski, K., Dubern, J.-F., Lewis-Lloyd, C., Jeffery, N., Heeb, S., Irvine, D. J., Sloan, T. J., Birch, B., Andrich, D., Humes, D., Alexander, M. R., & Williams, P. (2024). Polymer-Coated Urinary Catheter Reduces Biofilm Formation and Biomineralization: A First-in-Man, Prospective Pilot Study. Journal of Urology Open PLus, 2(1), Article e00005. https://doi.org/10.1097/JU9.0000000000000097

Purpose: Biofilm formation and biomineralization on urinary catheters may cause severe complications including infection and obstruction. Here, we describe an in vitro evaluation and prospective pilot clinical study of a silicone catheter coated with... Read More about Polymer-Coated Urinary Catheter Reduces Biofilm Formation and Biomineralization: A First-in-Man, Prospective Pilot Study.

Controlling resin flow in Liquid Composite Moulding processes through localized irradiation with ultraviolet light (2022)
Journal Article
Endruweit, A., Matveev, M., & Tretyakov, M. V. (2022). Controlling resin flow in Liquid Composite Moulding processes through localized irradiation with ultraviolet light. Polymer Composites, 43(11), 8308-8321. https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.27001

A vacuum infusion process was implemented to produce composite specimens from a random glass filament mat and an acrylic modified polyester resin curable upon irradiation with ultraviolet (UV) light. Through localized irradiation with UV light during... Read More about Controlling resin flow in Liquid Composite Moulding processes through localized irradiation with ultraviolet light.

Fluidic circuits as a kinetic system for modulation of multiple hot spots as a thermally functional reactor (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alston, M., & Barber, R. Fluidic circuits as a kinetic system for modulation of multiple hot spots as a thermally functional reactor. Presented at TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo 2022, Washington D.C., USA

The challenge in material science is our ability to evaluate heat flow within a material and monitor temperature with time. This research studies fluidic geometry aligned to elevated temperatures for enhanced cooling to specific multiple hot spot reg... Read More about Fluidic circuits as a kinetic system for modulation of multiple hot spots as a thermally functional reactor.

Highly Emissive Perylene Diimide-Based Metallacages and Their Host–Guest Chemistry for Information Encryption (2020)
Journal Article
Hou, Y., Zhang, Z., Lu, S., Yuan, J., Zhu, Q., Chen, W.-P., Ling, S., Li, X., Zheng, Y.-Z., Zhu, K., & Zhang, M. (2020). Highly Emissive Perylene Diimide-Based Metallacages and Their Host–Guest Chemistry for Information Encryption. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(44), 18763–18768. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c09904

Here we report two highly emissive perylene diimide (PDI)-based metallacages and explore their complexation with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, such as pyrene, triphenylene, and perylene. The fluorescence quantum yields of metallacages exceed 90%... Read More about Highly Emissive Perylene Diimide-Based Metallacages and Their Host–Guest Chemistry for Information Encryption.

A novel methodology to quantify shape complexity of composite aerospace parts (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chowdhury, M. T., & Turner, T. (2019, August). A novel methodology to quantify shape complexity of composite aerospace parts. Presented at The 22nd International Conference on Composites Materials (ICCM22), Melbourne, Australia

Composite materials are increasingly being used to produce aerospace parts due to their versatility when compared to metal counterparts. The design freedom afforded by composites and their manufacturing allow design engineers the possibility to creat... Read More about A novel methodology to quantify shape complexity of composite aerospace parts.