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Recent Developments in Catalytic Micro Process Engineering for Fine Chemicals Synthesis (2013)
Journal Article
Escriba, M., & Ibhadon, A. (2013). Recent Developments in Catalytic Micro Process Engineering for Fine Chemicals Synthesis. Recent Patents on Catalysis, 2(2), 101-115. https://doi.org/10.2174/2211548x113029990006

In this review, recent developments in fine chemicals synthesis, catalysis, microreactor design and applications are discussed. Specifically, new advances in continuous micro process engineering, packed-bed devices and photoreactors are discussed to... Read More about Recent Developments in Catalytic Micro Process Engineering for Fine Chemicals Synthesis.

A slot-loaded reduced-size CPW-fed aperture antenna for UWB applications (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Zolfaghari, M., Riley, N. G., Mahdawi, M., & Shen, J. (2013). A slot-loaded reduced-size CPW-fed aperture antenna for UWB applications. . https://doi.org/10.1109/lapc.2013.6711973

The paper presents a co-planar wave guide (CPW)-fed slot loaded low return loss planar printed antenna with a small size designed for wireless communication and UWB applications. First, a conventional UWB antenna is modeled to provide a reference poi... Read More about A slot-loaded reduced-size CPW-fed aperture antenna for UWB applications.

The exploitation of biomass for building space heating in Greece: Energy, environmental and economic considerations (2013)
Journal Article
Michopoulos, A., Skoulou, V., Voulgari, V., Tsikaloudaki, A., & Kyriakis, N. A. (2014). The exploitation of biomass for building space heating in Greece: Energy, environmental and economic considerations. Energy Conversion and Management, 78, 276-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2013.10.055

The exploitation of forest and agricultural biomass residues for energy production may offer significant advantages to the energy policy of the relevant country, but it strongly depends on a number of financial, technological and political factors. T... Read More about The exploitation of biomass for building space heating in Greece: Energy, environmental and economic considerations.

Case study on CO₂ transport pipeline network design for Humber region in the UK (2013)
Journal Article
Lazic, T., Oko, E., & Wang, M. (2014). Case study on CO₂ transport pipeline network design for Humber region in the UK. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 228(3), 210-225. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954408913500447

Reliable, safe and economic CO₂ transport from CO₂ capture points to long term storage/enhanced oil recovery (EOR) sites is critical for commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. Pipeline transportation of CO₂ is considere... Read More about Case study on CO₂ transport pipeline network design for Humber region in the UK.

A cellulose acetate/multi-walled carbon nanotube mixed matrix membrane for CO2/N2separation (2013)
Journal Article
Ahmad, A. L., Jawad, Z. A., Low, S. C., & Zein, S. H. (2014). A cellulose acetate/multi-walled carbon nanotube mixed matrix membrane for CO2/N2separation. Journal of membrane science, 451, 55-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2013.09.043

Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions have been rising indiscriminately and are becoming a major contributor to Earth's greenhouse effect. One of the most promising means of separating the hazardous CO 2 gas is to develop a cost effective and high-perform... Read More about A cellulose acetate/multi-walled carbon nanotube mixed matrix membrane for CO2/N2separation.

Sound absorption properties of porous composites fabricated by a hydrogel templating technique (2013)
Journal Article
Rutkevicius, M., Mehl, G. H., Paunov, V. N., Qin, Q., Rubini, P. A., Stoyanov, S. D., & Petkov, J. (2013). Sound absorption properties of porous composites fabricated by a hydrogel templating technique. Journal of Materials Research, 28(17), 2409-2414. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2013.194

We have used a hydrogel templating technique followed by the subsequent evaporation of water present to fabricate porous cement and porous PDMS composites, and we have analyzed their sound absorption properties. All experiments were carried out with... Read More about Sound absorption properties of porous composites fabricated by a hydrogel templating technique.

Thermal modelling of the cathode in air-breathing PEM fuel cells (2013)
Journal Article
Ismail, M. S., Ingham, D. B., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2013). Thermal modelling of the cathode in air-breathing PEM fuel cells. Applied energy, 111, 529-537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.05.007

A thermal two-dimensional model has been built for an air-breathing proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell that has been reported in the literature. The objective of the study is to investigate the thermal situation over the cathode surface of the... Read More about Thermal modelling of the cathode in air-breathing PEM fuel cells.

Facile Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles by Chemical Reduction Route (2013)
Journal Article
Ratnamalar, R., Mariatti, M., Ahmad, Z., & Zein, S. (2013). Facile Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles by Chemical Reduction Route. Materials Science Forum, 756, 99-105. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.756.99

This work reports a simple chemical reduction route for the preparation of uniformed Ag nanoparticles whereby a fine control over the sizes of the Ag nanoparticles was studied by varying the concentrations of the reducing agents used. In characteriza... Read More about Facile Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles by Chemical Reduction Route.

The in-plane thermal conductivity and the contact resistance of the components of the membrane electrode assembly in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (2013)
Journal Article
Alhazmi, N., Ismail, M. S., Ingham, D. B., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2013). The in-plane thermal conductivity and the contact resistance of the components of the membrane electrode assembly in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Journal of power sources, 241, 136-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.04.100

Understanding the thermal properties of the materials which are used in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEM) is essential for the thermal management of a PEM fuel cell and consequently for improving its performance. In this paper, the parallel... Read More about The in-plane thermal conductivity and the contact resistance of the components of the membrane electrode assembly in proton exchange membrane fuel cells.

Nanophase Hydroxyapatite as a biomaterial in advanced hard tissue engineering: A review (2013)
Journal Article
Zakaria, S. M., Sharif Zein, S. H., Othman, M. R., Yang, F., & Jansen, J. A. (2013). Nanophase Hydroxyapatite as a biomaterial in advanced hard tissue engineering: A review. Tissue Engineering: Parts A, B, and C, 19(5), 431-441. https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.teb.2012.0624

Hydroxyapatite is a biocompatible material that is extensively used in the replacement and regeneration of bone material. In nature, nanostructured hydroxyapatite is the main component present in hard body tissues. Hence, the state of the art in nano... Read More about Nanophase Hydroxyapatite as a biomaterial in advanced hard tissue engineering: A review.