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The correlation between X-ray scattering structure factor and shear bands density of a metallic glass and a composite (2021)
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Zhang, C., Lee, T. L., Khong, J. C., Qiao, J. C., Daisenberger, D., Yao, Y., & Mi, J. (2021). The correlation between X-ray scattering structure factor and shear bands density of a metallic glass and a composite. Materials letters, 304, Article 130727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130727

The tensile fractured surfaces of ZrTi-based bulk metallic glass and composite samples were studied using synchrotron X-ray total scattering. The scanned areas contain different shear bands densities. The shear bands create localized atomic strains,... Read More about The correlation between X-ray scattering structure factor and shear bands density of a metallic glass and a composite.

3D phase field modeling of multi-dendrites evolution in solidification and validation by synchrotron x-ray tomography (2021)
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Wang, S., Guo, Z., Kang, J., Zou, M., Li, X., Zhang, A., Du, W., Zhang, W., Lee, T. L., Xiong, S., & Mi, J. (2021). 3D phase field modeling of multi-dendrites evolution in solidification and validation by synchrotron x-ray tomography. Materials, 14(3), Article 520. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14030520

© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. In this paper, the dynamics of multi-dendrite concurrent growth and coarsening of an Al-15 wt.% Cu alloy was studied using a highly computationally efficient 3D phase field model and real-time... Read More about 3D phase field modeling of multi-dendrites evolution in solidification and validation by synchrotron x-ray tomography.

The biomechanical role of the chondrocranium and the material properties of cartilage (2020)
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Jones, M. E. H., Gröning, F., Aspden, R. M., Dutel, H., Sharp, A., Moazen, M., Fagan, M. J., & Evans, S. E. (2020). The biomechanical role of the chondrocranium and the material properties of cartilage. Vertebrate Zoology, 70(4), 699-715. https://doi.org/10.26049/VZ70-4-2020-10

The chondrocranium is the cartilage component of the vertebrate braincase. Among jawed vertebrates it varies greatly in structure, mineralisation, and in the extent to which it is replaced by bone during development. In mammals, birds, and some bony... Read More about The biomechanical role of the chondrocranium and the material properties of cartilage.

Characterizing and Modeling Bone Formation during Mouse Calvarial Development (2019)
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Marghoub, A., Libby, J., Babbs, C., Ventikos, Y., Fagan, M. J., & Moazen, M. (2019). Characterizing and Modeling Bone Formation during Mouse Calvarial Development. Physical review letters, 122(4), Article 048103. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.048103

© 2019 American Physical Society. The newborn mammalian cranial vault consists of five flat bones that are joined together along their edges by soft fibrous tissues called sutures. Early fusion of these sutures leads to a medical condition known as c... Read More about Characterizing and Modeling Bone Formation during Mouse Calvarial Development.

Data and videos for ultrafast synchrotron X-ray imaging studies of metal solidification under ultrasound (2018)
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Wang, B., Tan, D., Lee, T. L., Khong, J. C., Wang, F., Eskin, D., Connolley, T., Fezzaa, K., & Mi, J. (2018). Data and videos for ultrafast synchrotron X-ray imaging studies of metal solidification under ultrasound. Data in Brief, 17, 837-841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.01.110

The data presented in this article are related to the paper entitled ‘Ultrafast synchrotron X-ray imaging studies of microstructure fragmentation in solidification under ultrasound’ [Wang et al., Acta Mater. 144 (2018) 505-515]. This data article pro... Read More about Data and videos for ultrafast synchrotron X-ray imaging studies of metal solidification under ultrasound.

3D characterisation of the Fe-rich intermetallic phases in recycled Al alloys by synchrotron X-ray microtomography and skeletonisation (2018)
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Schlepütz, C. M., Zhao, Y., Du, W., Koe, B., Connolley, T., Irvine, S., Allan, P. K., Schlepütz, C. M., Zhang, W., Wang, F., Eskin, D. G., & Mi, J. (2018). 3D characterisation of the Fe-rich intermetallic phases in recycled Al alloys by synchrotron X-ray microtomography and skeletonisation. Scripta materialia, 146, 321-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.12.010

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Synchrotron X-ray microtomography and skeletonisation method were used to study the true 3D network structures and morphologies of the Fe-rich intermetallic phases in recycled Al-5.0%Cu-0.6%Mn alloys with 0.5% and 1.0% Fe. It was... Read More about 3D characterisation of the Fe-rich intermetallic phases in recycled Al alloys by synchrotron X-ray microtomography and skeletonisation.

Predicting calvarial growth in normal and craniosynostotic mice using a computational approach (2017)
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Marghoub, A., Libby, J., Babbs, C., Pauws, E., Fagan, M. J., & Moazen, M. (2018). Predicting calvarial growth in normal and craniosynostotic mice using a computational approach. Journal of anatomy, 232(3), 440-448. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12764

© 2017 Anatomical Society During postnatal calvarial growth the brain grows gradually and the overlying bones and sutures accommodate that growth until the later juvenile stages. The whole process is coordinated through a complex series of biological... Read More about Predicting calvarial growth in normal and craniosynostotic mice using a computational approach.

Ultrafast synchrotron X-ray imaging studies of microstructure fragmentation in solidification under ultrasound (2017)
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Wang, B., Tan, D., Lee, T. L., Khong, J. C., Wang, F., Eskin, D., Connolley, T., Fezzaa, K., & Mi, J. (2018). Ultrafast synchrotron X-ray imaging studies of microstructure fragmentation in solidification under ultrasound. Acta Materialia, 144, 505-515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2017.10.067

Ultrasound processing of metal alloys is an environmental friendly and promising green technology for liquid metal degassing and microstructural refinement. However many fundamental issues in this field are still not fully understood, because of the... Read More about Ultrafast synchrotron X-ray imaging studies of microstructure fragmentation in solidification under ultrasound.

Computational biomechanics changes our view on insect head evolution (2017)
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Blanke, A., Watson, P. J., Holbrey, R., & Fagan, M. J. (2017). Computational biomechanics changes our view on insect head evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1848), Article 20162412. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2412

© 2017 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. Despite large-scale molecular attempts, the relationships of the basal winged insect lineages dragonflies, mayflies and neopterans, are still unresolved. Other data sources, su... Read More about Computational biomechanics changes our view on insect head evolution.

Design and characterisation of metallic glassy alloys of high neutron shielding capability (2016)
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Khong, J. C., Daisenberger, D., Burca, G., Kockelmann, W., Tremsin, A. S., & Mi, J. (2016). Design and characterisation of metallic glassy alloys of high neutron shielding capability. Scientific reports, 6(1), Article 36998. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36998

This paper reports the design, making and characterisation of a series of Fe-based bulk metallic glass alloys with the aim of achieving the combined properties of high neutron absorption capability and sufficient glass forming ability. Synchrotron X-... Read More about Design and characterisation of metallic glassy alloys of high neutron shielding capability.

Experimental investigation of a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules (2016)
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Qiu, Z., Ma, X., Zhao, X., Zhou, J., Du, Z., Ji, J., & Yu, M. (2016). Experimental investigation of a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules. Applied energy, 178, 484-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.06.063

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd This paper aims to investigate a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules, in terms of its solar thermal, electrical and overall efficiency, as well as coefficient of... Read More about Experimental investigation of a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules.

Positron detection in silica monoliths for miniaturised quality control of PET radiotracers (2016)
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Tarn, M. D., Maneuski, D., Alexander, R., Brown, N. J., O’Shea, V., Pimlott, S. L., Pamme, N., & Archibald, S. J. (2016). Positron detection in silica monoliths for miniaturised quality control of PET radiotracers. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 52(45), 7221-7224. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc00660d

We demonstrate the use of the miniaturised Medipix positron sensor for detection of the clinical PET radiotracer, [⁶⁸Ga]gallium-citrate, on a silica-based monolith, towards microfluidic quality control. The system achieved a far superior signal-to-no... Read More about Positron detection in silica monoliths for miniaturised quality control of PET radiotracers.

Application of Far Cortical Locking Technology in Periprosthetic Femoral Fracture Fixation: A Biomechanical Study (2016)
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Moazen, M., Leonidou, A., Pagkalos, J., Marghoub, A., Fagan, M. J., & Tsiridis, E. (2016). Application of Far Cortical Locking Technology in Periprosthetic Femoral Fracture Fixation: A Biomechanical Study. Journal of Arthroplasty, 31(8), 1849-1856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2016.02.013

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. Background Lack of fracture movement could be a potential cause of periprosthetic femoral fracture (PFF) fixation failures. This study aimed to test whether the use of distal far cortical locking screws reduces the overall stiffn... Read More about Application of Far Cortical Locking Technology in Periprosthetic Femoral Fracture Fixation: A Biomechanical Study.

Experimental investigation of the energy performance of a novel Micro-encapsulated Phase Change Material (MPCM) slurry based PV/T system (2016)
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Qiu, Z., Ma, X., Zhao, X., Li, P., & Ali, S. (2016). Experimental investigation of the energy performance of a novel Micro-encapsulated Phase Change Material (MPCM) slurry based PV/T system. Applied energy, 165, 260-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.11.053

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. As a follow-on work of the authors' theoretical study, the paper presented an experimental investigation into the energy performance of a novel PV/T thermal and power system employing the Micro-encapsulated Phase Change Material... Read More about Experimental investigation of the energy performance of a novel Micro-encapsulated Phase Change Material (MPCM) slurry based PV/T system.

Robust fault estimation using an LPV reference model : ADDSAFE benchmark case study (2015)
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Chen, L., Patton, R., & Goupil, P. (2016). Robust fault estimation using an LPV reference model : ADDSAFE benchmark case study. Control engineering practice, 49, 194-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2015.12.006

This paper investigates a mixed H−/H∞ linear parameter varying (LPV) fault estimator using an LPV reference estimator. LMIs are used to calculate the affine parameter-dependent gains of the LPV fault estimator. The design strategy is applied to a hig... Read More about Robust fault estimation using an LPV reference model : ADDSAFE benchmark case study.

Validity and sensitivity of a human cranial finite element model: Implications for comparative studies of biting performance (2015)
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Toro-Ibacache, V., Fitton, L. C., Fagan, M. J., & O'Higgins, P. (2016). Validity and sensitivity of a human cranial finite element model: Implications for comparative studies of biting performance. Journal of anatomy, 228(1), 70-84. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12384

Finite element analysis (FEA) is a modelling technique increasingly used in anatomical studies investigating skeletal form and function. In the case of the cranium this approach has been applied to both living and fossil taxa to (for example) investi... Read More about Validity and sensitivity of a human cranial finite element model: Implications for comparative studies of biting performance.

Prediction of annual joint rain fade on EHF networks by weighted rain field selection (2015)
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Paulson, K. S., & Chinda, I. D. (2015). Prediction of annual joint rain fade on EHF networks by weighted rain field selection. Radio science, 50(8), 827-836. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015RS005695

©2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. We present a computationally efficient method to predict joint rain fade on arbitrary networks of microwave links. Methods based on synthetic rain fields composed of a superposition of rain cell... Read More about Prediction of annual joint rain fade on EHF networks by weighted rain field selection.

Mechanical properties of calvarial bones in a mouse model for craniosynostosis (2015)
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Moazen, M., Peskett, E., Babbs, C., Pauws, E., & Fagan, M. J. (2015). Mechanical properties of calvarial bones in a mouse model for craniosynostosis. PLoS ONE, 10(5), e0125757. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125757

The mammalian cranial vault largely consists of five flat bones that are joined together along their edges by soft fibrous tissues called sutures. Premature closure of the cranial sutures, craniosynostosis, can lead to serious clinical pathology unle... Read More about Mechanical properties of calvarial bones in a mouse model for craniosynostosis.

In situ synchrotron x-ray study of ultrasound cavitation and its effect on solidification microstructures (2014)
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Mi, J., Tan, D., & Lee, T. L. (2015). In situ synchrotron x-ray study of ultrasound cavitation and its effect on solidification microstructures. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 46(4), 1615-1619. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-014-0256-z

Considerable progress has been made in studying the mechanism and effectiveness of using ultrasound waves to manipulate the solidification microstructures of metallic alloys. However, uncertainties remain in both the underlying physics of how microst... Read More about In situ synchrotron x-ray study of ultrasound cavitation and its effect on solidification microstructures.

Experimental study, dynamic modelling, validation and analysis of hydrogen production from biomass pyrolysis/gasification of biomass in a two-stage fixed bed reaction system (2014)
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Olaleye, A. K., Adedayo, K. J., Wu, C., Nahil, M. A., Wang, M., & Williams, P. T. (2014). Experimental study, dynamic modelling, validation and analysis of hydrogen production from biomass pyrolysis/gasification of biomass in a two-stage fixed bed reaction system. Fuel, 137, 364-374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2014.07.076

There is great interest in producing hydrogen from renewable sources such as biomass rather than from fossil fuels. This paper presents new experimental results at different pyrolysis temperature and development of a dynamic model for a biomass pyrol... Read More about Experimental study, dynamic modelling, validation and analysis of hydrogen production from biomass pyrolysis/gasification of biomass in a two-stage fixed bed reaction system.