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Direct Evidence of the Exfoliation Efficiency and Graphene Dispersibility of Green Solvents toward Sustainable Graphene Production (2022)
Journal Article
Ng, K. L., Maciejewska, B. M., Qin, L., Johnston, C., Barrio, J., Titirici, M. M., Tzanakis, I., Eskin, D. G., Porfyrakis, K., Mi, J., & Grobert, N. (2023). Direct Evidence of the Exfoliation Efficiency and Graphene Dispersibility of Green Solvents toward Sustainable Graphene Production. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 11(1), 58-66. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03594

Achieving a sustainable production of pristine high-quality graphene and other layered materials at a low cost is one of the bottlenecks that needs to be overcome for reaching 2D material applications at a large scale. Liquid phase exfoliation in con... Read More about Direct Evidence of the Exfoliation Efficiency and Graphene Dispersibility of Green Solvents toward Sustainable Graphene Production.

What China’s Environmental Policy Means for PV Solar, Electric Vehicles, and Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies (2022)
Journal Article
Pouran, H. M., Karimi, S. M., Padilha Campos Lopes, M., & Sheng, Y. (2022). What China’s Environmental Policy Means for PV Solar, Electric Vehicles, and Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies. Energies, 15(23), Article 9037. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15239037

This perspective paper elaborates on how the burden of environmental issues on public health and the economy led China’s government to declare its revised environmental policies or “war on pollution”. It explains the importance of photovoltaic solar... Read More about What China’s Environmental Policy Means for PV Solar, Electric Vehicles, and Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies.

Process design and life cycle assessment of furfural and glucose co-production derived from palm oil empty fruit bunches (2022)
Journal Article
Ng, Z. W., Gan, H. X., Putranto, A., Akbar Rhamdhani, M., Zein, S. H., George, O. A., Giwangkara, J., & Butar, I. (2022). Process design and life cycle assessment of furfural and glucose co-production derived from palm oil empty fruit bunches. Environment, Development and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02633-8

In light of environmental issues, lignocellulosic empty fruit bunch (EFB) biomass is promoted as a carbon–neutral, environmentally friendly, and renewable alternative feedstock. A comprehensive environmental assessment of EFB biorefineries is critica... Read More about Process design and life cycle assessment of furfural and glucose co-production derived from palm oil empty fruit bunches.

Competition or Authorization—Manufacturers’ Choice of Remanufacturing Strategies (2022)
Journal Article
Wu, Y., & Li, Y. (2022). Competition or Authorization—Manufacturers’ Choice of Remanufacturing Strategies. Sustainability, 14(19), Article 12632. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912632

In the face of the cannibalization of remanufactured products produced by independent remanufacturers (IRs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can produce remanufactured products themselves to compete with independent remanufacturers (IRs), or... Read More about Competition or Authorization—Manufacturers’ Choice of Remanufacturing Strategies.

The role of ‘living laboratories’ in accelerating the energy system decarbonization (2022)
Journal Article
Fan, Z., Cao, J., Jamal, T., Fogwill, C., Samende, C., Robinson, Z., Polack, F., Ormerod, M., George, S., Peacock, A., & Healey, D. (2022). The role of ‘living laboratories’ in accelerating the energy system decarbonization. Energy Reports, 8, 11858-11864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.09.046

To decarbonize the energy system by the year 2050, it is crucial that innovations are trialled in a ‘real world’ setting for the purpose of increasing public adoption and support, and for providing insights to decision-makers to ensure their decision... Read More about The role of ‘living laboratories’ in accelerating the energy system decarbonization.

Design of newly effective grain refiner for aluminum based on medium-entropy metal diboride (2022)
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Xiao, F., Wu, M., Wang, Y., Wang, S., Shu, D., Wang, D., Zhu, G., Mi, J., & Sun, B. (2022). Design of newly effective grain refiner for aluminum based on medium-entropy metal diboride. Vacuum, 205, Article 111462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2022.111462

In this paper, medium-entropy metal diboride (Ti1/3Cr1/3V1/3)B2 with a hexagonal TiB2-type crystal structure were synthesized via molten salt reaction, and its effect on refining pure aluminum grains was investigated. Compared with TiB2, the minimum... Read More about Design of newly effective grain refiner for aluminum based on medium-entropy metal diboride.

Techno-Economic Analysis and Feasibility of Industrial-Scale Activated Carbon Production from Agricultural Pea Waste Using Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis: A Circular Economy Approach (2022)
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Zein, S. H., & Antony, A. (2022). Techno-Economic Analysis and Feasibility of Industrial-Scale Activated Carbon Production from Agricultural Pea Waste Using Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis: A Circular Economy Approach. Processes, 10(9), Article 1702. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10091702

This paper examines a novel approach to activated carbon (AC) production that uses pea waste (PW) and to what extent it is economically competitive with current production methods. Additionally, the outcome is to provide a detailed economic analysis... Read More about Techno-Economic Analysis and Feasibility of Industrial-Scale Activated Carbon Production from Agricultural Pea Waste Using Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis: A Circular Economy Approach.

Why do small businesses have difficulty in accessing bank financing? (2022)
Journal Article
Harrison, R., Li, Y., Vigne, S. A., & Wu, Y. (2022). Why do small businesses have difficulty in accessing bank financing?. International review of financial analysis, 84, Article 102352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102352

This study investigates bank financing to small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and evaluates whether the difficulties of SMEs in accessing bank financing during a period of financial crisis are due to a reduction in the supply of credit, or to a... Read More about Why do small businesses have difficulty in accessing bank financing?.

Industry 4.0 and circular economy in an era of global value chains: What have we learned and what is still to be explored? (2022)
Journal Article
Awan, U., Gölgeci, I., Makhmadshoev, D., & Mishra, N. (2022). Industry 4.0 and circular economy in an era of global value chains: What have we learned and what is still to be explored?. Journal of cleaner production, 371, Article 133621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133621

This article reviews the industry 4.0 (I4.0) and circular economy (CE) literature from a global value chain (GVC) perspective. More specifically, it (1) summarizes the empirical findings on the applications of I4.0 and CE practices; (2) explores the... Read More about Industry 4.0 and circular economy in an era of global value chains: What have we learned and what is still to be explored?.

Toward a decade of ocean science for sustainable development through acoustic animal tracking (2022)
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Alós, J., Aarestrup, K., Abecasis, D., Afonso, P., Alonso‐Fernandez, A., Aspillaga, E., Barcelo‐Serra, M., Bolland, J., Cabanellas-Reboredo, M., Lennox, R., McGill, R., Özgül, A., Reubens, J., & Villegas-Ríos, D. (in press). Toward a decade of ocean science for sustainable development through acoustic animal tracking. Global change biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16343

The ocean is a key component of the Earth's dynamics, providing a great variety of ecosystem services to humans. Yet, human activities are globally changing its structure and major components, including marine biodiversity. In this context, the Unite... Read More about Toward a decade of ocean science for sustainable development through acoustic animal tracking.

Double scaffold networks regulate edible Pickering emulsion gel for designing thermally actuated 4D printing (2022)
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Jiang, Q., Binks, B. P., & Meng, Z. (2022). Double scaffold networks regulate edible Pickering emulsion gel for designing thermally actuated 4D printing. Food Hydrocolloids, 133, Article 107969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2022.107969

3D and 4D printing of emulsion gels can be achieved by controlling the continuous phase and the interface. Edible high internal phase water-in-oil Pickering emulsion gels (PEGs) with a tunable double scaffold network structure are designed and prepar... Read More about Double scaffold networks regulate edible Pickering emulsion gel for designing thermally actuated 4D printing.

Preliminary study of CO2 frost formation during cryogenic carbon capture using tomography analysis (2022)
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Chen, Y., Cann, D., Jia, J., & Font Palma, C. (2022). Preliminary study of CO2 frost formation during cryogenic carbon capture using tomography analysis. Fuel, 328, Article 125271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.125271

Cryogenic carbon capture (CCC) is a potential technological solution to reduce CO2 emissions and achieve the needed environmental targets. CCC provides a relatively compact solution to industries where more mature technologies would have difficulty s... Read More about Preliminary study of CO2 frost formation during cryogenic carbon capture using tomography analysis.

Perspectives of Adolescents, Parents, Service Providers, and Teachers on Mobile Phone Use for Sexual Reproductive Health Education (2022)
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Ochieng, B. M., Smith, L., Orton, B., Hayter, M., Kaseje, M., Wafula, C. O., Ocholla, P., Onukwugha, F., & Kaseje, D. C. O. (2022). Perspectives of Adolescents, Parents, Service Providers, and Teachers on Mobile Phone Use for Sexual Reproductive Health Education. Social Sciences, 11(5), Article 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11050196

Mobile health (mHealth) programs offer opportunities to improve the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of adolescents by providing information. This paper reports the findings of a study carried out in Homabay County, Kenya, to assess stakeholders’... Read More about Perspectives of Adolescents, Parents, Service Providers, and Teachers on Mobile Phone Use for Sexual Reproductive Health Education.

Consensus Adversarial Defense Method Based on Augmented Examples (2022)
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Ding, X., Cheng, Y., Luo, Y., Li, Q., & Gope, P. (2022). Consensus Adversarial Defense Method Based on Augmented Examples. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2022.3169973

Deep learning has been used in many computer-vision-based industrial Internet of Things applications. However, deep neural networks are vulnerable to adversarial examples that have been crafted specifically to fool a system while being imperceptible... Read More about Consensus Adversarial Defense Method Based on Augmented Examples.

A survey of Circular Economy initiatives in Portuguese central public sector organisations: National outlook for implementation (2022)
Journal Article
Klein, N., Deutz, P., & Ramos, T. B. (2022). A survey of Circular Economy initiatives in Portuguese central public sector organisations: National outlook for implementation. Journal of environmental management, 314, Article 114982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114982

The Circular Economy (CE) is generally understood as an opportunity to transform the current unsustainable linear economic system by redesigning the way organisations provide goods and services rethinking how society consumes and uses those resources... Read More about A survey of Circular Economy initiatives in Portuguese central public sector organisations: National outlook for implementation.

Latest Advances in Waste Plastic Pyrolytic Catalysis (2022)
Journal Article
Yansaneh, O. Y., & Zein, S. H. (2022). Latest Advances in Waste Plastic Pyrolytic Catalysis. Processes, 10(4), Article 683. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10040683

With the increase in demand for plastic use, waste plastic (WP) management remains a challenge in the contemporary world due to the lack of sustainable efforts to tackle it. The increment in WPs is proportional to man’s demand and use of plastics, an... Read More about Latest Advances in Waste Plastic Pyrolytic Catalysis.

Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity (2022)
Journal Article
McLean, D. L., Ferreira, L. C., Benthuysen, J. A., Miller, K. J., Schläppy, M. L., Ajemian, M. J., Berry, O., Birchenough, S. N., Bond, T., Boschetti, F., Bull, A. S., Claisse, J. T., Condie, S. A., Consoli, P., Coolen, J. W., Elliott, M., Fortune, I. S., Fowler, A. M., Gillanders, B. M., Harrison, H. B., …Thums, M. (2022). Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity. Global change biology, 28(11), 3515-3536. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16134

Offshore platforms, subsea pipelines, wells and related fixed structures supporting the oil and gas (O&G) industry are prevalent in oceans across the globe, with many approaching the end of their operational life and requiring decommissioning. Althou... Read More about Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity.

Public-Private Partnerships in Denver, CO: Analysis of the Role of PPPs in the Financing and Construction of Transportation Infrastructure in the USA (2022)
Book Chapter
Brady, S. A., Goetz, A. R., & Jonas, A. E. (2022). Public-Private Partnerships in Denver, CO: Analysis of the Role of PPPs in the Financing and Construction of Transportation Infrastructure in the USA. In S. Hakim, R. M. Clark, & E. A. Blackstone (Eds.), Handbook on Public Private Partnerships in Transportation, Vol. 1 : Airports, Water Ports, Rail, Buses, Taxis, and Finance (195-222). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83484-5_11

This chapter examines the expanding role of public-private partnerships (PPPs or P3s) in metro transportation projects in the USA through the innovative funding and financing of transit and highway infrastructure. The chapter draws on research undert... Read More about Public-Private Partnerships in Denver, CO: Analysis of the Role of PPPs in the Financing and Construction of Transportation Infrastructure in the USA.

Overview of biomass conversion to biofuels (2021)
Book Chapter
Cheah, K. W., Taylor, M. J., Evans, G., Samson, A., & Skoulou, V. (2022). Overview of biomass conversion to biofuels. In S. Yusup, & N. A. Rashidi (Eds.), Value chain of Biofuels (1-48). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824388-6.00007-5

This chapter introduces the main biomass conversion routes to biofuels currently available in industry. It begins with a general comparison between first- and second-generation lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks, and the lessons learned by utilizing... Read More about Overview of biomass conversion to biofuels.

A systems perspective on systemic innovation (2021)
Journal Article
Midgley, G., & Lindhult, E. (2021). A systems perspective on systemic innovation. Systems research and behavioral science, 38(5), 635–670. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2819

The term ‘systemic innovation’ is increasing in use, but there is no consensus on its meaning: five understandings of the term can be identified, each based on a different view of what the word ‘systemic’ should refer to. The first understanding focu... Read More about A systems perspective on systemic innovation.