The Influence of Particles’ Aspect Ratio on the Shear Behaviour of Granular Materials (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Xie, Y. H., Yang, Z. X., & Barreto, D. (2016, August). The Influence of Particles’ Aspect Ratio on the Shear Behaviour of Granular Materials. Presented at 7th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods, Dalian, China

The mechanical response of granular material depends both on the material properties (e.g. stiffness, anisotropy, permeability, etc.) and particle geometry (shape, roughness, etc.). This paper presents a study of the effect of particle shape (i.e. as... Read More about The Influence of Particles’ Aspect Ratio on the Shear Behaviour of Granular Materials.

Disastrous performance of NanoCote/Aqua Based antimicrobial paint in a hospital setting (2016)
Journal Article
Ramsden, J., Reid, M., Whatley, V., & Dancer, S. (2016). Disastrous performance of NanoCote/Aqua Based antimicrobial paint in a hospital setting. Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry, 16(3), 131-136. https://doi.org/10.4024/16ra16a.jbpc.16.03

Attempts are being made to incorporate copper into clear varnish in order to coat environmental surfaces in hospitals with the long-term goal of reducing healthcare-acquired infections (HAI). The performance of a nanocopper-containing polyacrylic emu... Read More about Disastrous performance of NanoCote/Aqua Based antimicrobial paint in a hospital setting.

A New Ab Initio Approach to the Development of High Temperature Superconducting Materials (2016)
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Nottale, L. (2016). A New Ab Initio Approach to the Development of High Temperature Superconducting Materials. Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 29(12), 3113-3118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-016-3756-z

We review recent theoretical developments, which suggest that a set of shared principles underpin macroscopic quantum phenomena observed in high temperature superconducting materials, room temperature coherence in photosynthetic processes and the eme... Read More about A New Ab Initio Approach to the Development of High Temperature Superconducting Materials.