A multi-component nanocomposite screen-printed ink with non-linear touch sensitive electrical conductivity (2013)
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Webb, A. J., Szablewski, M., Bloor, D., Atkinson, D., Graham, A., Laughlin, P., & Lussey, D. (2013). A multi-component nanocomposite screen-printed ink with non-linear touch sensitive electrical conductivity. Nanotechnology, 24(16), Article 165501. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/24/16/165501

Printable electronics is an innovative area of technology with great commercial potential. Here, a screen-printed functional ink, comprising a combination of semiconducting acicular particles, electrically insulating nanoparticles and a base polymer... Read More about A multi-component nanocomposite screen-printed ink with non-linear touch sensitive electrical conductivity.

Guest-host interactions between dichroic dyes and anisotropic hosts. (2006)
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Palsson, L., Vaughan, H., Smith, A., Szablewski, M., Cross, G., Roberts, T., …Bloor, D. (2006). Guest-host interactions between dichroic dyes and anisotropic hosts. Journal of Luminescence, 117(1), 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2005.03.017

The guest–host interaction between dichroic dyes and anistropic hosts has been investigated by means of optical spectroscopy. Two different TCNQ adducts; 2-{4-[(2,6-dimethylmorpholin-4-yl)(4-metylpiperidin-1-yl)methylene]cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene}... Read More about Guest-host interactions between dichroic dyes and anisotropic hosts..

Metal-polymer composite with nanostructured filler particles and amplified physical properties (2006)
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Bloor, D., Graham, A., Williams, E., Laughlin, P., & Lussey, D. (2006). Metal-polymer composite with nanostructured filler particles and amplified physical properties. Applied Physics Letters, 88(10), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2183359

The limits of conductivity of a novel elastomeric matrix–nanostructured nickel powder composite are reported. The conductivity falls by a factor of 2×1014 for compression and by a similar amount in extension. Uncompressed and highly compressed compos... Read More about Metal-polymer composite with nanostructured filler particles and amplified physical properties.

Local field and aggregation dependence of the micro- and macroscopic optical non-linearity of zwitterionic molecules (2003)
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Cross, G., Hackman, N., Thomas, P., Szablewski, M., Pålsson, L., & Bloor, D. (2003). Local field and aggregation dependence of the micro- and macroscopic optical non-linearity of zwitterionic molecules. Optical Materials, 21(1-3), 29-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0925-3467%2802%2900108-8

When a dipolar-conjugated molecule can lower its energy through gaining aromaticity, there can be a quite dramatic evolution of its polarisation properties dependent on the local reaction field generated in its environment. We have studied conjugated... Read More about Local field and aggregation dependence of the micro- and macroscopic optical non-linearity of zwitterionic molecules.

Matrix dependence of light emission from TCNQ adducts (2001)
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Bloor, D., Kagawa, Y., Szablewski, M., Ravi, M., Clark, S., Cross, G., …Rumbles, G. (2001). Matrix dependence of light emission from TCNQ adducts. Journal of materials chemistry, 11(12), 3053-3062. https://doi.org/10.1039/b104992p

The reactions of primary and secondary amines with 7,7,8,8-tetracyano-p-quinodimethane(TCNQ) lead to mono- and di-substituted adducts. Fluorescence emission has been observed for several of these compounds. The luminescence property of the TCNQ adduc... Read More about Matrix dependence of light emission from TCNQ adducts.

Dissolution and spectroscopic properties of the polydiacetylene poly(10,12-docosadiyne-1,12-diol-bisethylurethane) (2001)
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Bloor, D. (2001). Dissolution and spectroscopic properties of the polydiacetylene poly(10,12-docosadiyne-1,12-diol-bisethylurethane). Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 202(8), 1410-1423. https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-3935%2820010501%29202%3A8%3C1410%3A%3Aaid-macp1410%3E3.0.co%3B2-x

The polydiacetylenes with alkyl-urethane pendent groups, { - (CH2)nOCONHX}, have been extensively studied. The nBCMU polymers (X = - CH2COO(CH2)mCH3 , m = 3) are highly soluble while the nEU (X = - (CH2)mCH3, n = 1) and nPU (X = - C6H5) are much less... Read More about Dissolution and spectroscopic properties of the polydiacetylene poly(10,12-docosadiyne-1,12-diol-bisethylurethane).