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Magnetic array-templated method for fabrication of polymer nanoporous films (2020)
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Ng, J. K. G., Rybchenko, S. I., & Lukaschuk, S. (2020). Magnetic array-templated method for fabrication of polymer nanoporous films. Nano Express, 1(1), 010044. https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-959X/ab970b

This paper describes the development of a novel method of producing nanoporous polymeric membranes in a cost-effective and reproducible manner. The novelty of the technique hinges on the exploitation of a new type of sacrificial material & structures... Read More about Magnetic array-templated method for fabrication of polymer nanoporous films.

Optimization of pH as a strategy to improve enzymatic saccharification of wheat straw for enhancing bioethanol production (2020)
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Abdulsattar, M., Abdulsattar, J., Greenway, G., Welham, K., & Zein, S. H. (2020). Optimization of pH as a strategy to improve enzymatic saccharification of wheat straw for enhancing bioethanol production. Journal of Analytical Science and Technology, 11(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40543-020-00217-7

In this work, wheat straw (WS) was used as a lignocellulosic substrate to investigate the influence of pH on enzymatic saccharification. The optimum enzymatic hydrolysis occurred at pH range 5.8 – 6.0, instead of 4.8 - 5.0 as has been widely reported... Read More about Optimization of pH as a strategy to improve enzymatic saccharification of wheat straw for enhancing bioethanol production.

Big problem, little answer: overcoming bed agglomeration and reactor slagging during the gasification of barley straw under continuous operation (2020)
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Aladbrabalameer, H., Taylor, M. J., Kauppinen, J., Soini, T., Pikkarainen, T., & Skoulou, V. (2020). Big problem, little answer: overcoming bed agglomeration and reactor slagging during the gasification of barley straw under continuous operation. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 4(7), 3764-3772. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0se00155d

Defluidisation as a result of reactor bed agglomeration is a global challenge associated with the gasification of lignocellulosic biomass waste, specifically its high inorganic content. The use of conventional water leaching has been scrutanised for... Read More about Big problem, little answer: overcoming bed agglomeration and reactor slagging during the gasification of barley straw under continuous operation.

Bi2WO6/C-dots/TiO2: A novel z-scheme photocatalyst for the degradation of fluoroquinolone levofloxacin from aqueous medium (2020)
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Elumalai, S., Sharma, S., Ibhadon, A. O., Grazia Francesconi, M., Mehta, S. K., Kansal, S. K., …Baskoutas, S. (2020). Bi2WO6/C-dots/TiO2: A novel z-scheme photocatalyst for the degradation of fluoroquinolone levofloxacin from aqueous medium. Nanomaterials, 10(5), Article 910. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10050910

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Photocatalytic materials and semiconductors of appropriate structural and morphological architectures as well as energy band gaps are materials needed for mitigating current environmental prob... Read More about Bi2WO6/C-dots/TiO2: A novel z-scheme photocatalyst for the degradation of fluoroquinolone levofloxacin from aqueous medium.

Numerical study of cuttings transport of nanoparticle-based drilling fluid (2020)
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Al-Yasiri, M., Al-Gailani, A., & Wen, D. (2020). Numerical study of cuttings transport of nanoparticle-based drilling fluid. Engineering Reports, 2(5), Article e12154. https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.12154

Cuttings transportation from the drill bit, through the annulus, to the surface is one of the most important functions performed by drilling fluid. The prediction of drilling fluid's performance to transport cuttings in the annulus is very complex ta... Read More about Numerical study of cuttings transport of nanoparticle-based drilling fluid.

Probing synergies between lignin-rich and cellulose compounds for gasification (2020)
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Taylor, M. J., Michopoulos, A. K., Zabaniotou, A. A., & Skoulou, V. (2020). Probing synergies between lignin-rich and cellulose compounds for gasification. Energies, 13(10), Article 2590. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13102590

The fixed bed gasification of lignin rich and deficient mixtures was carried out to probe the synergistic effects between two model compounds, Lignin Pink (LP) rich in Na and Cellulose Microcrystalline (CM). Reaction conditions utilized the most comm... Read More about Probing synergies between lignin-rich and cellulose compounds for gasification.

The effect of metal precursor on copper phase dispersion and nanoparticle formation for the catalytic transformations of furfural (2020)
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Islam, M. J., Granollers Mesa, M., Osatiashtiani, A., Taylor, M. J., Manayil, J. C., Parlett, C. M., …Kyriakou, G. (2020). The effect of metal precursor on copper phase dispersion and nanoparticle formation for the catalytic transformations of furfural. Applied catalysis. B, Environmental, 273, Article 119062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119062

The formation of copper-based catalysts ranging from nanoparticles to isolated and dimeric Cu species supported on nanophased alumina is reported and utilised for the catalytic liquid-phase hydrogenation of furfural. The materials were synthesised vi... Read More about The effect of metal precursor on copper phase dispersion and nanoparticle formation for the catalytic transformations of furfural.

Regular Solution Theory for Polymer Permeation Transients: A Toolkit for Understanding Experimental Waveshapes (2020)
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Wadhawan, J., Craster, B. ;., Lawrence, N., & Kelly, S. M. (2020). Regular Solution Theory for Polymer Permeation Transients: A Toolkit for Understanding Experimental Waveshapes. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 36(18), 5003-5020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00589

The accurate measurement of permeation is important at the product design stage for a variety of industries as diverse as conveyance methods for oil and gas produced fluids, such as mixtures of carbon dioxide, methane, hydrogen sulfide, water, and hy... Read More about Regular Solution Theory for Polymer Permeation Transients: A Toolkit for Understanding Experimental Waveshapes.

Augmented Leaching Pretreatments for Forest Wood Waste and Their Effect on Ash Composition and the Lignocellulosic Network (2020)
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Taylor, M. J., Alabdrabalameer, H. A., Michopoulos, A. K., Volpe, R., & Skoulou, V. (2020). Augmented Leaching Pretreatments for Forest Wood Waste and Their Effect on Ash Composition and the Lignocellulosic Network. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8(14), 5674-5682. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00351

© 2020 American Chemical Society. By augmenting conventional leaching technologies for the removal of ash constituents from lignocellulosic waste residues, a cleaner and energy efficient solution can be provided for critical industrial problems such... Read More about Augmented Leaching Pretreatments for Forest Wood Waste and Their Effect on Ash Composition and the Lignocellulosic Network.

Gram-scale synthesis of alkoxide-derived nitrogen-doped carbon foam as a support for Fe-N-C electrocatalysts (2020)
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Mufundirwa, A., Harrington, G. F., Ismail, M. S., Šmid, B., Cunning, B. V., Shundo, Y., …Lyth, S. M. (2020). Gram-scale synthesis of alkoxide-derived nitrogen-doped carbon foam as a support for Fe-N-C electrocatalysts. Nanotechnology, 31(22), Article 225401. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab76ed

Non-platinum group metal (non-PGM) catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are set to reduce the cost of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEFCs) by replacing platinum at the cathode. We previously developed unique nitrogen-doped car... Read More about Gram-scale synthesis of alkoxide-derived nitrogen-doped carbon foam as a support for Fe-N-C electrocatalysts.

Electrochemical immunoassay for the detection of stress biomarkers (2020)
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Abdulsattar, J. O., Greenway, G. M., & Wadhawan, J. D. (2020). Electrochemical immunoassay for the detection of stress biomarkers. Heliyon, 6(3), Article e03558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03558

A rapid electrochemical immunoassay method was developed to detect and measure stress biomarkers (cortisol and cortisone) in two biological samples (Zebrafish whole-body and artificial saliva). This methodology utilizes an immunoassay approach taking... Read More about Electrochemical immunoassay for the detection of stress biomarkers.

Biomethane production using an integrated anaerobic digestion, gasification and CO2 biomethanation process in a real waste water treatment plant: A techno-economic assessment (2020)
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Michailos, S., Walker, M., Moody, A., Poggio, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2020). Biomethane production using an integrated anaerobic digestion, gasification and CO2 biomethanation process in a real waste water treatment plant: A techno-economic assessment. Energy Conversion and Management, 209, Article 112663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.112663

The biomethanation of CO2 from anaerobic digestion within the power to gas concept has recently emerged as a promising technology to upgrade biogas, to decarbonise the domestic and industrial heat sector, provide long term energy storage and deliver... Read More about Biomethane production using an integrated anaerobic digestion, gasification and CO2 biomethanation process in a real waste water treatment plant: A techno-economic assessment.

Flexible operation of large-scale coal-fired power plant integrated with solvent-based post-combustion CO2 capture based on neural network inverse control (2020)
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Liao, P., Li, Y., Wu, X., Wang, M., & Oko, E. (2020). Flexible operation of large-scale coal-fired power plant integrated with solvent-based post-combustion CO2 capture based on neural network inverse control. International journal of greenhouse gas control, 95, Article 102985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2020.102985

Post-combustion carbon capture (PCC) with chemical absorption has strong interactions with coal-fired power plant (CFPP). It is necessary to investigate dynamic characteristics of the integrated CFPP-PCC system to gain knowledge for flexible operatio... Read More about Flexible operation of large-scale coal-fired power plant integrated with solvent-based post-combustion CO2 capture based on neural network inverse control.

Dehydroacetic acid Derived Schiff base as Selective and Sensitive Colorimetric Chemosensor for the Detection of Cu(II) ions in Aqueous Medium (2020)
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Vashisht, D., Sharma, S., Kumar, R., Saini, V., Saini, V., Ibhadon, A., …Kataria, R. (2020). Dehydroacetic acid Derived Schiff base as Selective and Sensitive Colorimetric Chemosensor for the Detection of Cu(II) ions in Aqueous Medium. Microchemical journal, 155, Article 104705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2020.104705

14 The deficiency, as well as overconsumption of essential metal ions, has serious health 15 implications. Hence, the design and synthesis of sensors for accurate detection of such ionic 16 species are of great significance. We report the synthesis a... Read More about Dehydroacetic acid Derived Schiff base as Selective and Sensitive Colorimetric Chemosensor for the Detection of Cu(II) ions in Aqueous Medium.

An overview of Cu-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction (2020)
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Zhao, J., Xue, S., Barber, J., Zhou, Y., Meng, J., & Ke, X. (2020). An overview of Cu-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(9), 4700-4734. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta11778d

The electrochemical (EC) reduction of CO2 is a promising approach for value-added fuel or chemical production. Cu-based electrodes have been extensively used as a ‘star’ material for CO2 reduction to hydrocarbons. This review mainly focuses on the re... Read More about An overview of Cu-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction.

Techno-Economic Assessment Guidelines for CO<inf>2</inf> Utilization (2020)
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Zimmermann, A. W., Wunderlich, J., Müller, L., Buchner, G. A., Marxen, A., Michailos, S., …Schomäcker, R. (2020). Techno-Economic Assessment Guidelines for CO2 Utilization. Frontiers in Energy Research, 8, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2020.00005

Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) is an emerging technology field that can replace fossil carbon value chains, and that has a significant potential to achieve emissions mitigation or even “negative emissions”—however in many cases with challenging... Read More about Techno-Economic Assessment Guidelines for CO<inf>2</inf> Utilization.

Experimental study and exergy analysis of photovoltaic-thermoelectric with flat plate micro-channel heat pipe (2020)
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Shittu, S., Li, G., Zhao, X., Zhou, J., Ma, X., & Akhlaghi, Y. G. (2020). Experimental study and exergy analysis of photovoltaic-thermoelectric with flat plate micro-channel heat pipe. Energy Conversion and Management, 207, Article 112515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.112515

Effective cooling of the photovoltaic can enhance electrical conversion efficiency of a photovoltaic system. The combination of photovoltaic and thermoelectric generator provides unique advantages because of their complementary characteristics. In ad... Read More about Experimental study and exergy analysis of photovoltaic-thermoelectric with flat plate micro-channel heat pipe.

A new non-ideal second order thermal model with additional loss effects for simulating beta Stirling engines (2020)
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Udeh, G. T., Michailos, S., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2020). A new non-ideal second order thermal model with additional loss effects for simulating beta Stirling engines. Energy Conversion and Management, 206, Article 112493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.112493

In this paper, comprehensive governing differential equations of Stirling engines have been developed by coupling the effect of gas leakage through the displacer gap, gas leakage into the crank case and the shuttle heat loss into the traditional mode... Read More about A new non-ideal second order thermal model with additional loss effects for simulating beta Stirling engines.

Multiphase Methods in Organic Electrosynthesis (2019)
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Marken, F., & Wadhawan, J. D. (2019). Multiphase Methods in Organic Electrosynthesis. Accounts of chemical research, 52(12), 3325-3338. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00480

© 2019 American Chemical Society. ConspectusWith water providing a highly favored solution environment for industrial processes (and in biological processes), it is interesting to develop water-based electrolysis processes for the synthesis and conve... Read More about Multiphase Methods in Organic Electrosynthesis.

Vertical upward and downward churn flow: Similarities and differences (2019)
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Bouyahiaoui, H., Azzi, A., Zeghloul, A., Hasan, A. H., Al-Sarkhi, A., & Parsi, M. (2020). Vertical upward and downward churn flow: Similarities and differences. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 73, Article 103080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2019.103080

Investigation of downward two-phase flows received less attention compared to the vertical upward flows. Downward flows are found in many industries and facilities including; oil/gas production, nuclear industry and petroleum refinery/production faci... Read More about Vertical upward and downward churn flow: Similarities and differences.