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Numerical modeling of shape and topology optimisation of a piezoelectric cantilever beam in an energy-harvesting sensor (2016)
Journal Article
Thein, C. K., & Liu, J.-S. (2017). Numerical modeling of shape and topology optimisation of a piezoelectric cantilever beam in an energy-harvesting sensor. Engineering with Computers, 33(1), 137-148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-016-0460-3

Piezoelectric materials are excellent transducers for converting mechanical energy from the environment for use as electrical energy. The conversion of mechanical energy to electrical energy is a key component in the development of self-powered devic... Read More about Numerical modeling of shape and topology optimisation of a piezoelectric cantilever beam in an energy-harvesting sensor.

Comparing the contribution of visible-light irradiation, gold nanoparticles, and titania supports in photocatalytic nitroaromatic coupling and aromatic alcohol oxidation (2016)
Journal Article
Zhao, J., Ke, X., Liu, H., Huang, Y., Chen, C., Bo, A., Sheng, X., & Zhu, H. (2016). Comparing the contribution of visible-light irradiation, gold nanoparticles, and titania supports in photocatalytic nitroaromatic coupling and aromatic alcohol oxidation. Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, 33(9), 628-634. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.201600049

Under visible-light irradiation, gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) supported by titania (TiO₂) nanofibers show excellent activity and high selectivity for both reductive coupling of nitroaromatics to corresponding azobenzene or azoxylbenzene and selective... Read More about Comparing the contribution of visible-light irradiation, gold nanoparticles, and titania supports in photocatalytic nitroaromatic coupling and aromatic alcohol oxidation.

Elaboration and characterization of nanoplate structured alpha-Fe2O3 films by Ag3PO4 (2016)
Journal Article
Ke, X., Ren, Y., Wang, H., Wu, Q., Xue, S., & Zhang, C. (2016). Elaboration and characterization of nanoplate structured alpha-Fe2O3 films by Ag3PO4. Solar Energy, 135, 274-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.06.007

A new strategy for surface treatment of hematite nanoplates for efficient photoelectrochemical (PEC) performances is proposed. Silver orthophosphate (Ag₃PO₄) has been adopted to mediate the formation of α-Fe₂O₃ films. Phosphate ions in Ag₃PO₄ is foun... Read More about Elaboration and characterization of nanoplate structured alpha-Fe2O3 films by Ag3PO4.

CO preferential oxidation in a novel Au@ZrO₂ flow-through catalytic membrane reactor with high stability and efficiency (2016)
Journal Article
Zhu, F., Zhang, Y., Gu, X., Chen, C., Jin, W., & Ke, X. (2016). CO preferential oxidation in a novel Au@ZrO₂ flow-through catalytic membrane reactor with high stability and efficiency. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(31), 13513-13520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.05.210

CO preferential oxidation (CO-PROX) achieves much interest as a strategy to remove trace CO in reformed gases for hydrogen utilization. Herein, we reported a novel Au@ZrO₂ catalytic membrane reactor by embedding gold nano-particles in ZrO₂ hollow fib... Read More about CO preferential oxidation in a novel Au@ZrO₂ flow-through catalytic membrane reactor with high stability and efficiency.

Study of pyridine-mediated electrochemical reduction of CO2 to methanol at high CO2 pressure (2016)
Journal Article
Haywood, S. K., Rybchenko, S. I., Touhami, D., & Wadhawan, J. D. (2016). Study of pyridine-mediated electrochemical reduction of CO2 to methanol at high CO2 pressure. ChemSusChem, 9(13), 1660-1669. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201600267

© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim The recently proposed highly efficient route of pyridine-catalyzed CO 2 reduction to methanol was explored on platinum electrodes at high CO 2 pressure. At 55 bar (5.5 MPa) of CO 2 , the bulk elec... Read More about Study of pyridine-mediated electrochemical reduction of CO2 to methanol at high CO2 pressure.

Thin film thickness measurements using ultrasonic pulse echo technique (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hasan, A., AlAufi, Y., Watson, N., Azzopardi, B., Hewakandamby, B., Dimitrakis, G., & Kalashnikov, A. N. (2016, May). Thin film thickness measurements using ultrasonic pulse echo technique. Presented at ICMF-2016 – 9th International Conference on Multiphase Flow, Firenze

The effects of shape on the performance of cathode catalyst agglomerates in polymer electrolyte fuel cells A micro-scale FEM study (2016)
Journal Article
Ismail, M., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2016). The effects of shape on the performance of cathode catalyst agglomerates in polymer electrolyte fuel cells A micro-scale FEM study. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 26(3-4), 1145-1156. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-10-2015-0416

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to numerically investigate the effects of the shape on the performance of the cathode catalyst agglomerate used in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). The shapes investigated are slabs, cylinders and spheres... Read More about The effects of shape on the performance of cathode catalyst agglomerates in polymer electrolyte fuel cells A micro-scale FEM study.

Low temperature plasma-catalytic NOx synthesis in a packed DBD reactor: effect of support materials and supported active metal oxides (2016)
Journal Article
Patil, B., Cherkasov, N., Lang, J., Ibhadon, A., Hessel, V., & Wang, Q. (2016). Low temperature plasma-catalytic NOx synthesis in a packed DBD reactor: effect of support materials and supported active metal oxides. Applied catalysis. B, Environmental, 194, 123-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.04.055

The direct synthesis of NOx from N2 and O2 by non-thermal plasma at an atmospheric pressure and low temperature is presented, which is considered to be an attractive option for replacement of the Haber-Bosch process. In this study, the direct synthes... Read More about Low temperature plasma-catalytic NOx synthesis in a packed DBD reactor: effect of support materials and supported active metal oxides.

Scale up study of capillary microreactors in solvent-free semihydrogenation of 2‐methyl‐3‐butyn‐2‐ol (2016)
Journal Article
Cherkasov, N., Al-Rawashdeh, M. ’., Ibhadon, A. O., & Rebrov, E. V. (2016). Scale up study of capillary microreactors in solvent-free semihydrogenation of 2‐methyl‐3‐butyn‐2‐ol. Catalysis Today, 273, 205-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2016.03.028

A 2.5 wt.% Pd/ZnO catalytic coating has been deposited onto the inner wall of capillary reactors with a diameter of 0.53 and 1.6 mm. The coatings were characterised by XRD, SEM, TEM and elemental analysis. The performance of catalytic reactors was st... Read More about Scale up study of capillary microreactors in solvent-free semihydrogenation of 2‐methyl‐3‐butyn‐2‐ol.

Stabilization of catalyst particles against sintering on oxide supports with high oxygen ion lability exemplified by Ir-catalyzed decomposition of N2O (2016)
Journal Article
Yentekakis, I. V., Goula, G., Panagiotopoulou, P., Kampouri, S., Taylor, M. J., Kyriakou, G., & Lambert, R. M. (2016). Stabilization of catalyst particles against sintering on oxide supports with high oxygen ion lability exemplified by Ir-catalyzed decomposition of N2O. Applied catalysis. B, Environmental, 192, 357-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.04.011

© 2016 Elsevier B.V.. Iridium nanoparticles deposited on a variety of surfaces exhibited thermal sintering characteristics that were very strongly correlated with the lability of lattice oxygen in the supporting oxide materials. Specifically, the hig... Read More about Stabilization of catalyst particles against sintering on oxide supports with high oxygen ion lability exemplified by Ir-catalyzed decomposition of N2O.

Simulation Studies on Ethanol Production from Sugar Cane Residues (2016)
Journal Article
Michailos, S., Parker, D., & Webb, C. (2016). Simulation Studies on Ethanol Production from Sugar Cane Residues. Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 55(18), 5173-5179. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5b04500

Ethanol is generally considered to be a renewable energy source and is in principle a greener alternative to conventional fossil fuels. During the last few decades production of ethanol on a large scale has achieved remarkable escalation mainly due t... Read More about Simulation Studies on Ethanol Production from Sugar Cane Residues.

Modelling and optimisation of a bimorph piezoelectric cantilever beam in an energy harvesting application (2016)
Journal Article
Thein, C. K., Ooi, B. L., Liu, J. S., & Gilbert, J. M. (2016). Modelling and optimisation of a bimorph piezoelectric cantilever beam in an energy harvesting application. Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 11(2), 212-227

Piezoelectric materials are excellent transducers in converting vibrational energy into electrical energy, and vibration-based piezoelectric generators are seen as an enabling technology for wireless sensor networks, especially in selfpowered devices... Read More about Modelling and optimisation of a bimorph piezoelectric cantilever beam in an energy harvesting application.

A dynamic HAZOP case study using the Texas City refinery explosion (2016)
Journal Article
Isimite, J., Rubini, P., & Isimite, J. O. (2016). A dynamic HAZOP case study using the Texas City refinery explosion. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 40(March), 496-501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2016.01.025

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. The catastrophic explosion that occurred at Texas City on 23 March 2005 during the start-up of the raffinate splitter resulted in an estimated 15 deaths and 180 injuries. Since the incident, several studies have investigated the... Read More about A dynamic HAZOP case study using the Texas City refinery explosion.

Solvent-free semihydrogenation of acetylene alcohols in a capillary reactor coated with a Pd-Bi/TiO2 catalyst (2016)
Journal Article
Cherkasov, N., Ibhadon, A. O., & Rebrov, E. V. (2016). Solvent-free semihydrogenation of acetylene alcohols in a capillary reactor coated with a Pd-Bi/TiO2 catalyst. Applied catalysis. A, General, 515, 108-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2016.01.019

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. A solvent-free semihydrogenation of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol (MBY) to 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol was performed in a capillary reactor (10 m long, 0.53 mm i.d.) coated with a titania supported Pd-Bi catalyst. Several... Read More about Solvent-free semihydrogenation of acetylene alcohols in a capillary reactor coated with a Pd-Bi/TiO2 catalyst.

Quality measurements of an UWB reduced-size CPW-fed aperture antenna (2016)
Book Chapter
Zolfaghari, M., Riley, N. G., Mehdawi, M., Fanan, A., Ammar, M., & Meng, F. (2016). Quality measurements of an UWB reduced-size CPW-fed aperture antenna. . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/TELFOR.2015.7377526

The paper presents a characterization of a compact co-planar waveguide (CPW)-fed slot loaded low return loss planar printed antenna designed for wireless communication and ultra-wideband (UWB) applications. Following a review of the antenna design, w... Read More about Quality measurements of an UWB reduced-size CPW-fed aperture antenna.

Spectrum occupancy measurements and lessons learned in the context of cognitive radio (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mehdawi, M., Riley, N. G., Ammar, M., Fanan, A., & Zolfaghari, M. (2015, November). Spectrum occupancy measurements and lessons learned in the context of cognitive radio. Presented at 2015 23rd Telecommunications Forum, TELFOR 2015

Various measurement campaigns have shown that numerous spectrum bands are vacant even though licenses have been issued by the regulatory agencies. Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) based on Cognitive Radio (CR) has been regarded as a prospective solution... Read More about Spectrum occupancy measurements and lessons learned in the context of cognitive radio.

A route to unbuffered pH monitoring: A novel electrochemical approach (2016)
Journal Article
Dai, C., Chan, C.-W. I., Barrow, W., Smith, A., Song, P., Potier, F., Wadhawan, J. D., Fisher, A. C., & Lawrence, N. S. (2016). A route to unbuffered pH monitoring: A novel electrochemical approach. Electrochimica acta, 190, 879-886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.01.004

Carbon paste electrodes modified by various dihydroxyquinone derivatives are investigated using both cyclic voltammetry and square wave voltammetry in order to ascertain suitability as voltammetric pH sensors. These electrodes show a Nernstian respon... Read More about A route to unbuffered pH monitoring: A novel electrochemical approach.

Metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon foam electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in acid solution (2016)
Journal Article
Liu, J., Yu, S., Daio, T., Ismail, M. S., Sasaki, K., & Lyth, S. M. (2016). Metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon foam electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in acid solution. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 163(9), F1049-F1054. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0631609jes

Metal-free, nitrogen-doped carbon foam is utilized as a model non-precious electrocatalyst system to investigate the role of nitrogen in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in the absence of iron contamination. This graphene-like foam displays relati... Read More about Metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon foam electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in acid solution.

Microfluidic culture of head and neck tumour maintains viability, as shown by single cell analysis, providing potential for novel applications and personalised medicine (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bower, R., Green, V., Kuvshinov, D., Crank, S., Stafford, N., & Greenman, J. (2016, October). Microfluidic culture of head and neck tumour maintains viability, as shown by single cell analysis, providing potential for novel applications and personalised medicine. Presented at 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016, Dublin, Ireland

The current paper details a succinct characterisation of an in-house designed microfluidic culture device. The maintenance of tissue viability was determined by studying single cells, following dissociation, of head and neck tumour pre and post cultu... Read More about Microfluidic culture of head and neck tumour maintains viability, as shown by single cell analysis, providing potential for novel applications and personalised medicine.