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Optical fibre thermometry using ratiometric green emission of an upconverting nanoparticle- polydimethylsiloxane composite (2020)
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Kumar, R., Binetti, L., Nguyen, .. H., Alwis, L. S., Sun, T., & Grattan, K. T. (2020). Optical fibre thermometry using ratiometric green emission of an upconverting nanoparticle- polydimethylsiloxane composite. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 312, Article 112083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2020.112083

The thermally coupled green band emission from excited Er 3+ ions has been used in the past to create optical thermometers, by doping the material in various types of media, particularly glasses. Glasses are known to be excellent hosts for Er 3+ ions... Read More about Optical fibre thermometry using ratiometric green emission of an upconverting nanoparticle- polydimethylsiloxane composite.

A linearized consistent mixed displacement-pressure formulation for hyperelasticity (2020)
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Kadapa, C., & Hossain, M. (2022). A linearized consistent mixed displacement-pressure formulation for hyperelasticity. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 29(2), 267-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2020.1762952

We propose a novel mixed displacement-pressure formulation based on an energy functional that takes into account the relation between the pressure and the volumetric energy function. We demonstrate that the proposed two-field mixed displacement-press... Read More about A linearized consistent mixed displacement-pressure formulation for hyperelasticity.

SPR biosensor based on polymer multi-mode optical waveguide and nanoparticle signal enhancement (2020)
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Gabriela Walter, J., Eilers, A., Alwis, L., Wilhelm Roth, B., & Bremer, K. (2020). SPR biosensor based on polymer multi-mode optical waveguide and nanoparticle signal enhancement. Sensors, 20(10), Article 2889. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20102889

We present a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor that is based on a planar-optical multi-mode (MM) polymer waveguide structure applied for the detection of biomolecules in the lower nano-molar (nM) range. The basic sensor shows a sensitivity of... Read More about SPR biosensor based on polymer multi-mode optical waveguide and nanoparticle signal enhancement.

Efficient Routines for Obtaining Radiation View-Factor for Non-Uniform Horizons (2020)
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Muneer, T., & Ivanova, S. (2020). Efficient Routines for Obtaining Radiation View-Factor for Non-Uniform Horizons. Energies, 13(10), Article 2551. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13102551

There are a large number of engineering applications wherein estimation of radiation exchange between surfaces is required. One important part of the latter procedure is to obtain the so-called ‘view factor’ of the emitter–receiver combination. The p... Read More about Efficient Routines for Obtaining Radiation View-Factor for Non-Uniform Horizons.

Solution Blow Spinning of High-Performance Submicron Polyvinylidene Fluoride Fibres: Computational Fluid Mechanics Modelling and Experimental Results (2020)
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Atif, R., Combrinck, M., Khaliq, J., Hassanin, A. H., Shehata, N., Elnabawy, E., & Shyha, I. (2020). Solution Blow Spinning of High-Performance Submicron Polyvinylidene Fluoride Fibres: Computational Fluid Mechanics Modelling and Experimental Results. Polymers, 12(5), Article 1140. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12051140

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was used to investigate characteristics of high-speed air as it is expelled from a solution blow spinning (SBS) nozzle using a k-ε turbulence model. Air velocity, pressure, temperature, turbulent kinetic energy and... Read More about Solution Blow Spinning of High-Performance Submicron Polyvinylidene Fluoride Fibres: Computational Fluid Mechanics Modelling and Experimental Results.

Load‐modulation technique without using quarter‐wavelength transmission line (2020)
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Abdulkhaleq, A. M., Yahya, M. A., Parchin, N. O., Al‐Yasir, Y., Sajedin, M., Elfergani, I., McEwan, N. J., Abd‐Alhameed, R. A., Rayit, A., & Rodriguez, J. (2020). Load‐modulation technique without using quarter‐wavelength transmission line. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 14(11), 1209-1215. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2019.0957

A proposed method for achieving active load-modulation technique without using a quarter-wavelength transmission line is discussed and evaluated. The theoretical analysis shows that the active load-modulation can be achieved without using a quarter-w... Read More about Load‐modulation technique without using quarter‐wavelength transmission line.

Fatigue resistant lead-free multilayer ceramic capacitors with ultrahigh energy density (2020)
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Wang, G., Lu, Z., Yang, H., Ji, H., Mostaed, A., Li, L., Wei, Y., Feteira, A., Sun, S., Sinclair, D. C., Wang, D., & Reaney, I. M. (2020). Fatigue resistant lead-free multilayer ceramic capacitors with ultrahigh energy density. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(22), 11414-11423. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ta00216j

The critical role of electrical homogeneity in optimising electric-field breakdown strength (BDS) and energy storage in high energy density (0.7 − x)BiFeO3–0.3BaTiO3–xBi(Li0.5Nb0.5)O3 (BF–BT–xBLN) lead-free capacitors is demonstrated. The high BDS fo... Read More about Fatigue resistant lead-free multilayer ceramic capacitors with ultrahigh energy density.

A Wearable Supercapacitor Based on Conductive PEDOT:PSS‐Coated Cloth and a Sweat Electrolyte (2020)
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Manjakkal, L., Pullanchiyodan, A., Yogeswaran, N., Hosseini, E. S., & Dahiya, R. (2020). A Wearable Supercapacitor Based on Conductive PEDOT:PSS‐Coated Cloth and a Sweat Electrolyte. Advanced materials, 32(24), Article 1907254. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201907254

A sweat-based flexible supercapacitor (SC) for self-powered smart textiles and wearable systems is presented. The developed SC uses sweat as the electrolyte and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) as the active electro... Read More about A Wearable Supercapacitor Based on Conductive PEDOT:PSS‐Coated Cloth and a Sweat Electrolyte.

An Expandable, Contextualized and Data-Driven Indoor Thermal Comfort Model (2020)
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Sajjadian, S. M., Jafari, M., & Pekaslan, D. (2020). An Expandable, Contextualized and Data-Driven Indoor Thermal Comfort Model. Energy and Built Environment, 1(4), 385-392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbenv.2020.04.005

Continuous discrepancies in building performance predictions creates an ongoing inclination to link contextualized, real-time inputs and users’ feedback for not only building control systems but also for simulation tools. It is now seeming necessary... Read More about An Expandable, Contextualized and Data-Driven Indoor Thermal Comfort Model.

The influence of acclimatization, age and gender-related differences on thermal perception in university buildings: Case studies in Scotland and England (2020)
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Jowkar, M., Rijal, H. B., Montazami, A., Brusey, J., & Temeljotov-Salaj, A. (2020). The influence of acclimatization, age and gender-related differences on thermal perception in university buildings: Case studies in Scotland and England. Building and Environment, 179, Article 106933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106933

The higher education sector in the UK is responsible for large amount of the country's energy consumption. Space heating, which is the largest and most expensive part of the energy used in the UK educational buildings is a potential target for improv... Read More about The influence of acclimatization, age and gender-related differences on thermal perception in university buildings: Case studies in Scotland and England.