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Nanofibrous carbon with herringbone structure as an effective catalyst of the H2S selective oxidation (2010)
Journal Article
Shinkarev, V. V., Glushenkov, A. M., Kuvshinov, D. G., & Kuvshinov, G. G. (2010). Nanofibrous carbon with herringbone structure as an effective catalyst of the H2S selective oxidation. Carbon, 48(7), 2004-2012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2010.02.008

Granular nanofibrous carbons (NFCs) with herringbone structure were synthesised by the decomposition of natural gas over Ni/Al2O3 catalysts, and their performance in the selective oxidation of hydrogen sulphide was studied. Samples obtained over pure... Read More about Nanofibrous carbon with herringbone structure as an effective catalyst of the H2S selective oxidation.

Physical Chemistry Examinations (2010)
Book
Ibhadon, A. (2010). Physical Chemistry Examinations. Nova Science

This book was written to meet the needs and demands of students who find studying physical chemistry a difficult and at times a frustrating experience. The author have observed over several years of teaching this subject at the undergraduate level th... Read More about Physical Chemistry Examinations.

Preparation and properties of perovskite-dispersed titania membranes (2010)
Journal Article
Sani, N. A., Ahmad, A. L., & Zein, S. H. (2010). Preparation and properties of perovskite-dispersed titania membranes. Journal of applied sciences (Asian Network for Scientific Information), 10(12), 1097-1103. https://doi.org/10.3923/jas.2010.1097.1103

Defect-free SrCo 0 8 Fe 0 2 0 3 perovskite-dispersed titania (perovskite-titania) membrane was successfully prepared by sol-gel method combined with wet impregnation process. In this experiment, titania membrane was immersed in a perovskite solution,... Read More about Preparation and properties of perovskite-dispersed titania membranes.

Effect of polytetrafluoroethylene-treatment and microporous layer-coating on the electrical conductivity of gas diffusion layers used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (2009)
Journal Article
Ismail, M. S., Damjanovic, T., Ingham, D. B., Pourkashanian, M., & Westwood, A. (2010). Effect of polytetrafluoroethylene-treatment and microporous layer-coating on the electrical conductivity of gas diffusion layers used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Journal of power sources, 195(9), 2700-2708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.11.069

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of ploytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-treatment and microporous layer (MPL)-coating on the electrical conductivity of gas diffusion layers (GDLs), as used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMF... Read More about Effect of polytetrafluoroethylene-treatment and microporous layer-coating on the electrical conductivity of gas diffusion layers used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells.

Bioenergy production for CO2-mitigation and rural development via valorisation of low value crop residues and their upgrade into energy carriers: A challenge for sunflower and soya residues (2009)
Journal Article
Zabaniotou, A., Kantarelis, E., Skoulou, V., & Chatziavgoustis, T. (2010). Bioenergy production for CO2-mitigation and rural development via valorisation of low value crop residues and their upgrade into energy carriers: A challenge for sunflower and soya residues. Bioresource technology : biomass, bioenergy, biowastes, conversion technologies, biotransformations, production technologies, 101(2), 619-623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2009.08.004

The present study concerns the energetic valorization of sunflower and soya residues by air fixed-bed gasification. The main process parameters that have been investigated were the temperature and air equivalence ratio. Experimental results indicated... Read More about Bioenergy production for CO2-mitigation and rural development via valorisation of low value crop residues and their upgrade into energy carriers: A challenge for sunflower and soya residues.

Immobilized anthraquinone for redox mediation of horseradish peroxidase for hydrogen peroxide sensing (2009)
Journal Article
Dou, Y., Haswell, S., Greenman, J., & Wadhawan, J. (2009). Immobilized anthraquinone for redox mediation of horseradish peroxidase for hydrogen peroxide sensing. Electrochemistry communications, 11(10), 1976-1981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2009.08.032

The detection of hydrogen peroxide is detailed using horseradish peroxidase and anthraquinone. Both species are immobilized on a glassy carbon electrode substrate. This dual immobilization gives rise to lower detection limits compared with the situat... Read More about Immobilized anthraquinone for redox mediation of horseradish peroxidase for hydrogen peroxide sensing.

Modelling and measurement of the gas flow rate in vertical annular gas-water flow using a conductance multiphase Venturi meter (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hasan, A., & Lucas, G. (2009, June). Modelling and measurement of the gas flow rate in vertical annular gas-water flow using a conductance multiphase Venturi meter. Presented at What Where When: Multi-dimensional Advances for Industrial Process Monitoring, University of Leeds, UK

Separated flow in a Venturi meter is highly complex and the application of a homogenous flow model could not reasonably be expected to lead to highly accurate results. If this is the case, a gas volume fraction measurement technique at the throat mus... Read More about Modelling and measurement of the gas flow rate in vertical annular gas-water flow using a conductance multiphase Venturi meter.

Effect of biomass leaching on H2 production, ash and tar behavior during high temperature steam gasification (HTSG) process (2009)
Journal Article
Skoulou, V., Kantarelis, E., Arvelakis, S., Yang, W., & Zabaniotou, A. (2009). Effect of biomass leaching on H2 production, ash and tar behavior during high temperature steam gasification (HTSG) process. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34(14), 5666-5673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.05.117

The effect of biomass water leaching on H 2 production, as well as, prediction of ash thermal behavior and formation of biomass tar during high temperature steam gasification (HTSG) of olive kernel is the main aim of the present work. Within this stu... Read More about Effect of biomass leaching on H2 production, ash and tar behavior during high temperature steam gasification (HTSG) process.

MnO2-filled multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline nanocomposites with enhanced interfacial interaction and electronic propertiesMnO2-filled multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline nanocomposites with enhanced interfacial interaction and electronic properties (2009)
Journal Article
Razak, S. I. A., Ahmad, A. L., Zein, S. H. S., & Boccaccini, A. R. (2009). MnO2-filled multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline nanocomposites with enhanced interfacial interaction and electronic propertiesMnO2-filled multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline nanocomposites with enhanced interfacial interaction and electronic properties. Scripta materialia, 61(6), 592-595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.05.030

This paper reports the synthesis and characterization of new ternary nanocomposites combining polyaniline (PANI), multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and manganese dioxide (MnO2). MnO2 was successfully incorporated within the MWCNTs. In situ polyme... Read More about MnO2-filled multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline nanocomposites with enhanced interfacial interaction and electronic propertiesMnO2-filled multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline nanocomposites with enhanced interfacial interaction and electronic properties.

Electrochemical Determination of Diffusion Anisotropy in Molecularly-Structured Materials (2009)
Journal Article
Evans, L. A., Thomasson, M. J., Kelly, S. M., & Wadhawan, J. (2009). Electrochemical Determination of Diffusion Anisotropy in Molecularly-Structured Materials. Journal of physical chemistry. C, 113(20), 8901-8910. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp806322c

Theory is presented for the case of two-dimensional diffusion anisotropy in axiosymmetric systems, which, advantageously and indirectly, affords a unified theory of diffusive mass transport at planar, microdisk (or nanodisk) and cylindrical electrode... Read More about Electrochemical Determination of Diffusion Anisotropy in Molecularly-Structured Materials.

Electrogenerated chemiluminescence at droplet-modified electrodes: towards biphasic pKₐ measurement via proton-coupled electron transfer at liquid|liquid interfaces (2009)
Journal Article
Lledo-Fernandéz, C., Hatay, I., Ball, M. J., Greenway, G. M., & Wadhawan, J. (2009). Electrogenerated chemiluminescence at droplet-modified electrodes: towards biphasic pKₐ measurement via proton-coupled electron transfer at liquid|liquid interfaces. New journal of chemistry = Nouveau journal de chimie, 33(4), 749-759. https://doi.org/10.1039/b810844g

This preliminary work reports, for the first time, electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) at droplet-modified electrodes. The system involves oxidation of aqueous tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)ruthenium(ii) ions at a glassy carbon electrode on which a random... Read More about Electrogenerated chemiluminescence at droplet-modified electrodes: towards biphasic pKₐ measurement via proton-coupled electron transfer at liquid|liquid interfaces.

pH testing for detecting the position of nasogastric tubes in adults and children (2009)
Journal Article
Kalia, S., Hall, J., El-Habbal, M., Imrie, C., Arabiat, D. H., Shields, L., Allgar, V., Wadhawan, J., Greenman, J., & Elliott, B. (2009). pH testing for detecting the position of nasogastric tubes in adults and children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 28126. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd007660

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: Our objective is to determine if there is sufficient evidence to recommend the use of pH testing (the intervention under scrutiny) for verification of correct... Read More about pH testing for detecting the position of nasogastric tubes in adults and children.

Process characteristics and products of olive kernel high temperature steam gasification (HTSG) (2008)
Journal Article
Skoulou, V., Swiderski, A., Yang, W., & Zabaniotou, A. (2009). Process characteristics and products of olive kernel high temperature steam gasification (HTSG). Bioresource technology : biomass, bioenergy, biowastes, conversion technologies, biotransformations, production technologies, 100(8), 2444-2451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2008.11.021

Exploitation of olive kernel for bioenergy production, with respect to the green house gases (GHGs) mitigation, is the main aim of this work. In this study, olive kernels were used as a solid biofuel, and high temperature steam gasification (HTSG) wa... Read More about Process characteristics and products of olive kernel high temperature steam gasification (HTSG).

Dynamic modelling of CO2 absorption for post combustion capture in coal-fired power plants (2008)
Journal Article
Lawal, A., Wang, M., Stephenson, P., & Yeung, H. (2009). Dynamic modelling of CO2 absorption for post combustion capture in coal-fired power plants. Fuel, 88(12), 2455-2462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2008.11.009

Power generation from fossil fuel-fired power plants is the largest single source of CO 2 emissions. Post combustion capture via chemical absorption is viewed as the most mature CO 2 capture technique. This paper presents a study of the post combusti... Read More about Dynamic modelling of CO2 absorption for post combustion capture in coal-fired power plants.

Simulation and static measurement of the gas volume fraction in a separated flow model using a conductance multiphase Venturi meter (CMVM) (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hasan, A., & Lucas, G. (2008, November). Simulation and static measurement of the gas volume fraction in a separated flow model using a conductance multiphase Venturi meter (CMVM). Presented at Proceedings of the Computing and Engineering Annual Researchers’ Conference, Huddersfield, UK

The assumption of equal mixture densities at the inlet and the throat of the Venturi is only valid in a homogenous flow. This assumption is no longer valid for a separated flow and therefore, the measurement of the gas volume fraction at the throat m... Read More about Simulation and static measurement of the gas volume fraction in a separated flow model using a conductance multiphase Venturi meter (CMVM).

Effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on mechanical properties of feldspar filled polypropylene composites (2008)
Journal Article
Ansari, M. N., Ismail, H., & Zein, S. H. (2009). Effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on mechanical properties of feldspar filled polypropylene composites. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 28(20), 2473-2485. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731684408092377

In this study, the effect of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) reinforcement on mechanical and morphological properties of MWCNT reinforced feldspar/polypropylene composites was investigated. The composites were compounded in a Polydrive Thermo Ha... Read More about Effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on mechanical properties of feldspar filled polypropylene composites.

Low temperature gasification of olive kernels in a 5-kW fluidized bed reactor for H2-rich producer gas (2008)
Journal Article
Skoulou, V., Koufodimos, G., Samaras, Z., & Zabaniotou, A. (2008). Low temperature gasification of olive kernels in a 5-kW fluidized bed reactor for H2-rich producer gas. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33(22), 6515-6524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.07.074

Air gasification of olive kernels in a 5 kW bench scale, bubbling fluidized bed gasifier, aimed at H 2 enrichment of the producer gas, was the target of this study. The effects of reactor temperature (T = 750-850 °C) and equivalence ratio (ER = 0.2-0... Read More about Low temperature gasification of olive kernels in a 5-kW fluidized bed reactor for H2-rich producer gas.

Anion-dependent micelle formation using electro-generated ferrocene surfactants (2008)
Journal Article
Evans, L. A., Apreutesei, D., Mehl, G., & Wadhawan, J. (2008). Anion-dependent micelle formation using electro-generated ferrocene surfactants. Electrochemistry communications, 10(11), 1720-1723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2008.08.046

The syntheses and characterization of two ferrocene oils, 4-octyloxy-2-{5-[1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-3-(11-oxo-11-ferrocenyl-undecyl)-disiloxanyl]-pentyloxy}-benzoic acid 4'-undecyloxy-biphenyl-4-yl ester, Fc1SiM and an octakis(ferrocene) species, Fc8Si8M'... Read More about Anion-dependent micelle formation using electro-generated ferrocene surfactants.

New insights into biological influence on the geochemistry of freshwater carbonate deposits (2008)
Journal Article
Rogerson, M., Pedley, H. M., Wadhawan, J. D., & Middleton, R. (2008). New insights into biological influence on the geochemistry of freshwater carbonate deposits. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 72(20), 4976-4987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2008.06.030

Ambient temperature freshwater carbonates ("tufas") have outstanding potential as palaeoclimate archives. However, it has proven difficult to constrain the behaviour of the geochemical parameters on which important proxy systems rely. Current thinkin... Read More about New insights into biological influence on the geochemistry of freshwater carbonate deposits.

N-N bond cleavage in N-nitrosoarylamines (2008)
Journal Article
Evans, L. A., Petrovic, M., Antonijevic, M., Wiles, C., Watts, P., & Wadhawan, J. (2008). N-N bond cleavage in N-nitrosoarylamines. Journal of physical chemistry. C, 112(33), 12928-12935. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp710473a

The rupture of N-N bonds in three specific N-nitrosoarylamines (N,N'-dimethyl-N,N-dinitroso-para-phenylenediamine, Cupferron, and N-nitrosodiphenylamine) upon electrochemical oxidation in acetonitrile solution is investigated. In two cases, viz., Cup... Read More about N-N bond cleavage in N-nitrosoarylamines.