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Temperature-stable Y2.95Dy0.05MgAl3SiO12 garnet-type 5G millimeter-wave dielectric ceramic resonator antenna (2022)
Journal Article
Jiang, Y., Liu, H., Xiu, Z., Wu, G., Mao, M., Luo, X., …Song, K. (2022). Temperature-stable Y2.95Dy0.05MgAl3SiO12 garnet-type 5G millimeter-wave dielectric ceramic resonator antenna. Ceramics International, 48(23), 35085-35091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j

Temperature stability is a crucial property of microwave electronic components, as well as a pivotal aspect of assessing the performance of microwave dielectric ceramics. In this article, the temperature coefficient of high-Q × f garnet-type Y2.95Dy0... Read More about Temperature-stable Y2.95Dy0.05MgAl3SiO12 garnet-type 5G millimeter-wave dielectric ceramic resonator antenna.

Development of hybrid aluminum-air battery fuel-cell system (2022)
Journal Article
Tan, W. C., Saw, L. H., Yew, M. C., Pei-Yu, K., Khor, Z. Y., & Sun, D. (2022). Development of hybrid aluminum-air battery fuel-cell system. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1074(1), Article 012034. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/

Industrial 4.0 accelerates the need to introduce clean energy to accommodate the increase in electricity demand globally without causing environmental issues. Metal-air battery is a new type of energy storage system in which the metal anode is consum... Read More about Development of hybrid aluminum-air battery fuel-cell system.

Processing and characterisation of water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres-based aluminium-ion battery separators (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beg, M., Sun, D., Popescu, C., Alcock, K. M., Onyianta, A. J., O'Rourke, D., …Yu, H. (2021). Processing and characterisation of water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres-based aluminium-ion battery separators. In 2021 26th International Conference on Automat

Water hyacinth is an invasive plant that can be converted to high value cellulose nanofibers. This study presents battery separators prepared from water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres (WHCNF) via a freeze-thawing crosslinking method, using polyethylen... Read More about Processing and characterisation of water hyacinth cellulose nanofibres-based aluminium-ion battery separators.

Analysis of the Polypropylene-Based Aluminium-Air Battery (2021)
Journal Article
Tan, W. C., Saw, L. H., Yew, M. C., Sun, D., Cai, Z., Chong, W. T., & Kuo, P. (2021). Analysis of the Polypropylene-Based Aluminium-Air Battery. Frontiers in Energy Research, 9, Article 599846. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2021.599846

Global energy demand is rising due to the rapid development and adoption of new technologies in every sector. Hence, there is a need to introduce a clean energy source that does not cause damage to the environment. Aluminium-air battery with its high... Read More about Analysis of the Polypropylene-Based Aluminium-Air Battery.

High aspect ratio cellulose nanofibrils from macroalgae Laminaria hyperborea cellulose extract via a zero-waste low energy process (2020)
Journal Article
Onyianta, A. J., O’Rourke, D., Sun, D., Popescu, C., & Dorris, M. (2020). High aspect ratio cellulose nanofibrils from macroalgae Laminaria hyperborea cellulose extract via a zero-waste low energy process. Cellulose, 27(14), 7997-8010. https://doi.org/

Homogeneous high aspect ratio cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) were prepared from Laminaria hyperborea (LH) seaweed cellulose without any initial mechanical, biological or chemical pre-treatments. Fourier-transform infrared spectrophotometry revealed tha... Read More about High aspect ratio cellulose nanofibrils from macroalgae Laminaria hyperborea cellulose extract via a zero-waste low energy process.

A process for deriving high quality cellulose nanofibrils from Water hyacinth invasive species (2020)
Journal Article
Sun, D., Onyianta, A. J., O’Rourke, D., Perrin, G., Popescu, C., Saw, L. H., …Dorris, M. (2020). A process for deriving high quality cellulose nanofibrils from Water hyacinth invasive species. Cellulose, 27, 3727-3740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-0

In this study, surface chemistry, the morphological properties, water retention values, linear viscoelastic properties, crystallinity index, tensile strength and thermal properties of water hyacinth (WH) cellulose were correlated with the degree of m... Read More about A process for deriving high quality cellulose nanofibrils from Water hyacinth invasive species.

Structural and sorption properties of bio-nanocomposite films based on κ-carrageenan and cellulose nanocrystals (2019)
Journal Article
Popescu, M., Dogaru, B., Sun, D., Stoleru, E., & Simionescu, B. C. (2019). Structural and sorption properties of bio-nanocomposite films based on κ-carrageenan and cellulose nanocrystals. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 135, 462-471.

There is an increased interest on changing the synthetic based materials to biodegradable ones, especially with natural polymers, polysaccharides or proteins. In this research we prepared bio-nanocomposite formulations with different component concen... Read More about Structural and sorption properties of bio-nanocomposite films based on κ-carrageenan and cellulose nanocrystals.

High-shear rate rheometry of micro-nanofibrillated cellulose (CMF/CNF) suspensions using rotational rheometer (2018)
Journal Article
Vadodaria, S. S., Onyianta, A. J., & Sun, D. (2018). High-shear rate rheometry of micro-nanofibrillated cellulose (CMF/CNF) suspensions using rotational rheometer. Cellulose, 25(10), 5535-5552. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-018-1963-4

Suspensions of cellulose micro- and nanofibrils are widely used in coatings, fibre spinning, 3D printing and as rheology modifiers where they are frequently exposed to shear rates > 104 s−1, often within small confinements. High-shear rate rheologica... Read More about High-shear rate rheometry of micro-nanofibrillated cellulose (CMF/CNF) suspensions using rotational rheometer.

The water vapor sorption behavior of a galactomannan cellulose nanocomposite film analyzed using parallel exponential kinetics and the Kelvin-Voigt viscoelastic model. (2013)
Journal Article
Keating, B. A., Hill, C. A. S., Sun, D., English, R., Davies, P., & McCue, C. (2013). The water vapor sorption behavior of a galactomannan cellulose nanocomposite film analyzed using parallel exponential kinetics and the Kelvin-Voigt viscoelastic model. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 129, 2352-2359. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.39132

Nanocomposite films have been developed where a galactomannan (guar) matrix was reinforced with cellulose nanowhiskers and plasticized using sorbitol. The properties of these films were compared with films made from guar only. The films were examined... Read More about The water vapor sorption behavior of a galactomannan cellulose nanocomposite film analyzed using parallel exponential kinetics and the Kelvin-Voigt viscoelastic model..