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UV-stable paper coated with APTES-modified P25 TiO₂ nanoparticles (2014)
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Cheng, F., Sajedin, S. M., Kelly, S. M., Lee, A. F., & Kornherr, A. (2014). UV-stable paper coated with APTES-modified P25 TiO₂ nanoparticles. Carbohydrate Polymers, 114, 246-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.07.076

In order to inhibit the photocatalytic degradation of organic material supports induced by small titania (TiO₂) nanoparticles, highly photocatalytically active, commercially available P25-TiO₂ nanoparticles were first modified with a thin layer of (3... Read More about UV-stable paper coated with APTES-modified P25 TiO₂ nanoparticles.

Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with antibacterial carboxymethyl starch stabilized ZnO nanoparticles (2014)
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Cheng, F., Betts, J. W., Kelly, S. M., Wareham, D. W., Kornherr, A., Dumestre, F., Schaller, J., & Heinze, T. (2014). Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with antibacterial carboxymethyl starch stabilized ZnO nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2(20), 3057-3064. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3tb21734e

Small, carboxymethyl-starch-stabilised zinc oxide nanoparticles with a defined shape, size and morphology were prepared in situ in water at relatively low reaction temperatures using soluble carboxymethyl starch (CMS) as a combined crystallising, sta... Read More about Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with antibacterial carboxymethyl starch stabilized ZnO nanoparticles.

Solution-processed bilayer photovoltaic devices with nematic liquid crystals (2013)
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AlKhalifah, M. S., Lei, C., Myers, S. A., O’Neill, M., Kitney, S. P., & Kelly, S. M. (2014). Solution-processed bilayer photovoltaic devices with nematic liquid crystals. Liquid crystals, 41(3), 402-417. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2013.834082

The cross-linking of polymerisable liquid crystalline semiconductors is a promising approach to solution-processable, multilayer, organic photovoltaics. Here we demonstrate an organic bilayer photovoltaic with an insoluble electron-donating layer for... Read More about Solution-processed bilayer photovoltaic devices with nematic liquid crystals.

Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with TiO 2/SiO2 core/shell nanoparticles using a layer-by-layer approach (2013)
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Cheng, F., Lorch, M., Sajedin, S. M., Kelly, S. M., & Kornherr, A. (2013). Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with TiO 2/SiO2 core/shell nanoparticles using a layer-by-layer approach. ChemSusChem, 6(8), 1392-1399. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201300305

To inhibit the photocatalytic degradation of organic material supports induced by small titania (TiO2) nanoparticles, four kinds of TiO2 nanoparticles, that is, commercial P25-TiO2, commercial rutile phase TiO2, rutile TiO2 nanorods and rutile TiO2 s... Read More about Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with TiO 2/SiO2 core/shell nanoparticles using a layer-by-layer approach.

The influence of the nematic phase on the phase separation of blended organic semiconductors for photovoltaics (2013)
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Myers, S. A., Al Kalifah, M. S., Lei, C., O'Neill, M., Kitney, S. P., & Kelly, S. M. (2013). The influence of the nematic phase on the phase separation of blended organic semiconductors for photovoltaics. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 116, 262-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2013.05.006

Differential scanning calorimetry in combination with atomic force microscopy is used to examine the phase separation of a blended nematic liquid crystalline electron-donor and crystalline perylene electron-acceptor mixture. Separate domains of donor... Read More about The influence of the nematic phase on the phase separation of blended organic semiconductors for photovoltaics.

Synthesis and antibacterial effects of aqueous colloidal solutions of silver nanoparticles using aminocellulose as a combined reducing and capping reagent (2013)
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Cheng, F., Betts, J. W., Kelly, S. M., Schaller, J., & Heinze, T. (2013). Synthesis and antibacterial effects of aqueous colloidal solutions of silver nanoparticles using aminocellulose as a combined reducing and capping reagent. Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC, 15(4), 989-998. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3gc36831a

A simple, environmentally friendly and cost-effective synthetic method has been developed to prepare highly stable aqueous colloidal solutions of small (2-14 nm) silver nanoparticles using aminocellulose (AMC) as a combined reducing and capping reage... Read More about Synthesis and antibacterial effects of aqueous colloidal solutions of silver nanoparticles using aminocellulose as a combined reducing and capping reagent.

Empowering the smart grid: Can redox batteries be matched to renewable energy systems for energy storage? (2013)
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Halls, J. E., Hawthornthwaite, A., Hepworth, R. J., Roberts, N. A., Wright, K. J., Zhou, Y., Haswell, S. J., Haywood, S. K., Kelly, S. M., Lawrence, N. S., & Wadhawan, J. D. (2013). Empowering the smart grid: Can redox batteries be matched to renewable energy systems for energy storage?. Energy & environmental science, 6(3), 1026-1041. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ee23708g

The charging of an undivided cerium-zinc redox battery by various current waveforms some of which mimic the output of renewable energy (solar, wind, tidal, biofuel burning) to electricity transducers is considered in this work, where the battery oper... Read More about Empowering the smart grid: Can redox batteries be matched to renewable energy systems for energy storage?.

Voltammetry within structured liquid nanosystems: towards the design of a flexible, three-dimensional framework for artificial photosystems (2012)
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Halls, J. E., Wright, K. J., Pickersgill, J. E., Smith, J. P., Altalhi, A. A., Bourne, R. W., Alaei, P., Ramakrishnappa, T., Kelly, S. M., & Wadhawan, J. (2012). Voltammetry within structured liquid nanosystems: towards the design of a flexible, three-dimensional framework for artificial photosystems. Electrochimica acta, 70, 215-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2012.03.052

Normal lyotropic liquid crystals (in the lamellar or hexagonal phases) are investigated as a route to afford a structured, three-dimensional, quasi-biphasic framework within which electron transfer cascades may be initiated voltammetrically. For mode... Read More about Voltammetry within structured liquid nanosystems: towards the design of a flexible, three-dimensional framework for artificial photosystems.

Silicon imidonitride aerogel exhibiting macro- and meso-dual porosity (2012)
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Rocher, V., Kelly, S. M., & Hector, A. L. (2012). Silicon imidonitride aerogel exhibiting macro- and meso-dual porosity. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 156, 196-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2012.02.041

Porous silicon imidonitride aerogels have been produced by combining a sol-gel process based on [Si(NH2)(NMe2)3] and ammonia that is known for producing xerogels with controlled mesoporosity, with a supercritical drying process using diethylamine to... Read More about Silicon imidonitride aerogel exhibiting macro- and meso-dual porosity.

Electrochemistry of organometallic lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (2012)
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Halls, J. E., Bourne, R. W., Wright, K. J., Partington, L. I., Tamba, M. G., Zhou, Y., Ramakrishnappa, T., Mehl, G. H., Kelly, S. M., & Wadhawan, J. D. (2012). Electrochemistry of organometallic lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals. Electrochemistry communications, 19(1), 50-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2012.02.032

Two aqueous lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals made from nickel(II) or copper(II) phthalocyananine tetrasulfonic acid tetrasodium salt are prepared with characterisation through optical polarising microscopy, X-ray diffraction and conductivity. Thes... Read More about Electrochemistry of organometallic lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals.