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Effect of Knee, Ankle and Hip Joint Replacements on Vitamin E Infused Highly Crosslinked UHMWPE Wear Particles Size, Shape and Morphologies Using a New Modified Base Digestion Method (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Lal, S., & Wu, J. (2015). Effect of Knee, Ankle and Hip Joint Replacements on Vitamin E Infused Highly Crosslinked UHMWPE Wear Particles Size, Shape and Morphologies Using a New Modified Base Digestion Method. In Proceedings of the 7th International UHMWPE Meeting. Philadelphia, PA, USA. October 22 and 23, 2015

Design and performance of a micro-rectenna focal plane array for thermal energy harvesting. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Balocco, C., Pan, Y., Rosamond, M., & Linfield, E. (2015). Design and performance of a micro-rectenna focal plane array for thermal energy harvesting. In 2015 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC 2015) Proceedings of a meeting held 16-24 May 2015, Gran Canaria, Spain (1-1). https://doi.org/10.1109/ursi-at-rasc.2015.7302974

In this paper, we present the design and experimental implementation of a thermal energy harvesting device. Each energy-harvesting unit cell functions as an individual micro-rectenna and, collectively, as a focal plane array (FPA). The FPA is fabrica... Read More about Design and performance of a micro-rectenna focal plane array for thermal energy harvesting..

Novel low-cost ultra-high-speed diodes for electromagnetic energy harvesting (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Etor, D., Dodd, L., Wood, D., & Balocco, C. (2015). Novel low-cost ultra-high-speed diodes for electromagnetic energy harvesting. In 2015 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC 2015) Proceedings of a meeting held 16-24 May 2015, Gran Canaria, Spain (1-1). https://doi.org/10.1109/ursi-at-rasc.2015.7302973

This work presents the fabrication of novel high-frequency low-cost metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes with the dielectric (insulating) layer formed using a chemical approach at low temperature, rather than using the more aggressive techniques typica... Read More about Novel low-cost ultra-high-speed diodes for electromagnetic energy harvesting.

3D polymer structures with variable permittivity at terahertz frequencies (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Hammler, J., Pan, Y., Gallant, A., & Balocco, C. (2015). 3D polymer structures with variable permittivity at terahertz frequencies. In 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 23-28 August 2015, Hong Kong (1-2). https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz.2015.7327458

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) powder has been blended with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to manufacture a composite polymer with variable permittivity. Vector network analyser measurements taken between 0.75-1.1 THz quantify the relationship between TiO2 con... Read More about 3D polymer structures with variable permittivity at terahertz frequencies.

Simple de-embedding and simulation technique to find permittivity with a THz vector network analyser (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Hammler, J., Gallant, A., & Balocco, C. (2015). Simple de-embedding and simulation technique to find permittivity with a THz vector network analyser. In 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 23-28 August 2015, Hong Kong (1-2). https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz.2015.7327822

A simple and fast method for measuring the dielectric constant with a THz vector network analyser (VNA) has been developed. A numeric de-embedding technique removes free-space propagation effects, then simulation of Maxwell's equations simultaneously... Read More about Simple de-embedding and simulation technique to find permittivity with a THz vector network analyser.

Free standing metal aperture array acting as a variable bandpass filter in the THz region (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Hill, C., Balocco, C., Wood, D., & Gallant, A. (2015). Free standing metal aperture array acting as a variable bandpass filter in the THz region. In 2015 1st URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC 2015) Proceedings of a meeting held 16-24 May 2015, Gran Canaria, Spain (1-1). https://doi.org/10.1109/ursi-at-rasc.2015.7302883

This work reports on the extraordinary THz transmission properties of shape optimized metallic subwavelength aperture arrays, and its dependence upon incident beam angle. The resonant frequency of the aperture array has been shown to vary between 0.8... Read More about Free standing metal aperture array acting as a variable bandpass filter in the THz region.

A mathematical model of the eye lens epithelium of mammals that predicts cell density profiles in the ageing lens. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Quinlan, R., Wu, J., Wu, W., Saunter, C., & Girkin, J. (2015). A mathematical model of the eye lens epithelium of mammals that predicts cell density profiles in the ageing lens.

Purpose: To develop a mathematical model of the mammalian eye lens epithelium that is independent of the lens size and that accounts for the change in cell density from the anterior pole to the meridional rows at the lens equator. The model aims to p... Read More about A mathematical model of the eye lens epithelium of mammals that predicts cell density profiles in the ageing lens..

Alignment of liquid crystal/carbon nanotube dispersions for application in unconventional computing (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Massey, M., Volpati, D., Qaiser, F., Kotsialos, A., Pearson, C., Zeze, D., & Petty, M. (2015). Alignment of liquid crystal/carbon nanotube dispersions for application in unconventional computing. . https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4912538

We demonstrate the manipulation of single-walled carbon nanotube/liquid crystal composites using in-plane electric fields. The conductivity of the materials is shown to be dependant on the application of a DC bias across the electrodes. When the mate... Read More about Alignment of liquid crystal/carbon nanotube dispersions for application in unconventional computing.

THz Imaging with Broadband Thermal Sources (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Balocco, C., Pan, Y., Kasjoo, S., Alimi, Y., Zhang, L., & Song, A. (2014). THz Imaging with Broadband Thermal Sources. In 2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 14-19 September 2014, Tucson, Arizona, USA ; proceedings (53-54). https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz.2014.6956043

We developed a THz imaging system based on a broadband thermal source (at 500°C) and an asymmetric semiconductor nanochannel, the self-switching nanodiode (SSD), as a room-temperature detector. The maximum resolution was better than 0.5 mm full width... Read More about THz Imaging with Broadband Thermal Sources.

Rectennas for Thermal-Energy Conversion (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Pan, Y., Powell, C., & Balocco, C. (2014). Rectennas for Thermal-Energy Conversion. In 2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2014). Proceedings of a meeting held 14-19 September 2014, Tucson, Arizona, USA (1-2). https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz.2014.6956198

We demonstrated the conversion of thermal energy in the form of far- and mid-infrared using a micro rectenna, consisting of a spiral antenna coupled to an ultra-fast nanodiode, the so-called self-switching device (SSD). A maximum efficiency of 0.02 %... Read More about Rectennas for Thermal-Energy Conversion.

Evolution-in-materio: solving function optimization problems using materials (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Mohid, M., Miller, J., Harding, S., Tufte, G., Lykkebo, O., Massey, M., & Petty, M. (2014). Evolution-in-materio: solving function optimization problems using materials. In Computational Intelligence (UKCI) : 2014 14th UK Workshop on, 8-10 September 2014, Bradford, UK ; proceedings (1-8). https://doi.org/10.1109/ukci.2014.6930152

Evolution-in-materio (EIM) is a method that uses artificial evolution to exploit properties of materials to solve computational problems without requiring a detailed understanding of such properties. In this paper, we show that using a purpose-built... Read More about Evolution-in-materio: solving function optimization problems using materials.

Prosim Simulator Wear Study of 60mm Diameter Zirconia Toughened Alumina Composite Hip Bearings: The Effect of High Cup Inclination Angle and Microseparation (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Giddings, D., Wu, J., Mak, S., & Khan, I. (2011). Prosim Simulator Wear Study of 60mm Diameter Zirconia Toughened Alumina Composite Hip Bearings: The Effect of High Cup Inclination Angle and Microseparation. In P. Cann, & D. Dini (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on BioTribology ICoBT 2011, Imperial College London

Numerical Prediction on Mechanical Contacts Vanguard Knee Joint replacements Tested in the Displacement-Controlled Prosim Simulator (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Wang, Q., & Wu, J. (2009). Numerical Prediction on Mechanical Contacts Vanguard Knee Joint replacements Tested in the Displacement-Controlled Prosim Simulator. In Proceedings of IMeChE Knee Arthroplasty: From Early Intervention to Revision, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, 30 April 2009 - 02 May 2009 (289-292)

Exploring the mechanical environments in total knee replacements (TKR) has been indentified to be useful to understand the early failure of the prostheses. The severe damages observed on the retrieved polyethylene tibial component implicate that the... Read More about Numerical Prediction on Mechanical Contacts Vanguard Knee Joint replacements Tested in the Displacement-Controlled Prosim Simulator.