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.

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..

Cross-Conjugated Systems Based On An (E)-Hexa-3-en-1,5-diyne-3,4-diyl Skeleton: Spectroscopic and Spectroelectrochemical Investigations (2015)
Journal Article
Gluyas, J., Manici, V., Gückel, S., Vincent, K., Yufit, D., Howard, J., …Low, P. (2015). Cross-Conjugated Systems Based On An (E)-Hexa-3-en-1,5-diyne-3,4-diyl Skeleton: Spectroscopic and Spectroelectrochemical Investigations. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 80(22), 11501-11512. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5b02240

A series of cross-conjugated compounds based on an (E)-4,4′-(hexa-3-en-1,5-diyne-3,4-diyl)bis(N,N-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)aniline) skeleton (1–6) have been synthesized. The linear optical absorption properties can be tuned by modification of the substitu... Read More about Cross-Conjugated Systems Based On An (E)-Hexa-3-en-1,5-diyne-3,4-diyl Skeleton: Spectroscopic and Spectroelectrochemical Investigations.

High brightness deep blue/violet fluorescent polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) (2015)
Journal Article
Cook, J. H., Santos, J., Al-Attar, H. A., Bryce, M. R., & Monkman, A. P. (2015). High brightness deep blue/violet fluorescent polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs). Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 3(37), 9664-9669. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5tc02162f

Two new deep blue/violet emitting alternating co-polymers, comprising readily-available carbazole (C) and fluorene (F) monomer units, have been synthesised and shown to produce extremely bright solution-processed polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs)... Read More about High brightness deep blue/violet fluorescent polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs).

On the electron vortex beam wavefunction within a crystal (2015)
Journal Article
Mendis, B. (2015). On the electron vortex beam wavefunction within a crystal. Ultramicroscopy, 157, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.05.004

Electron vortex beams are distorted by scattering within a crystal, so that the wavefunction can effectively be decomposed into many vortex components. Using a Bloch wave approach equations are derived for vortex beam decomposition at any given depth... Read More about On the electron vortex beam wavefunction within a crystal.

Hybrid Area-Emitting Transistors: Solution Processable and with High Aperture Ratios. (2015)
Journal Article
Muhieddine, K., Ullah, M., Maasoumi, F., Burn, P. L., & Namdas, E. B. (2015). Hybrid Area-Emitting Transistors: Solution Processable and with High Aperture Ratios. Advanced Materials, 27(42), 6677-6682. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201502554

Area emission is realized in all-solution-processed hybrid light-emitting transistors (HLETs). A new HLET design is presented with increased aperture ratio, and optical and electrical characteristics are shown.

Design and Synthesis of Nonequilibrium Systems (2015)
Journal Article
Cheng, C., McGonigal, P., Stoddart, J., & Astumian, R. (2015). Design and Synthesis of Nonequilibrium Systems. ACS Nano, 9(9), 8672-8688. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b03809

The active transport of ions and molecules across cell membranes is essential to creating the concentration gradients that sustain life in all living organisms, be they bacteria, fungi, plants, animals or Homo sapiens. Nature uses active transport ev... Read More about Design and Synthesis of Nonequilibrium Systems.

Chiral probe development for circularly polarised luminescence: comparative study of structural factors determining the degree of induced CPL with four heptacoordinate europium(III) complexes (2015)
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Neil, E., Fox, M., Pal, R., Pålsson, L., O'Sullivan, B., & Parker, D. (2015). Chiral probe development for circularly polarised luminescence: comparative study of structural factors determining the degree of induced CPL with four heptacoordinate europium(III) complexes. Dalton Transactions, 44(33), 14937-14951. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5dt02358k

A series of bright, europium(III) complexes has been prepared based on an achiral heptadentate triazacyclononane ligand bearing two strongly absorbing, coordinated aralkynyl pyridyl moieties. The binding of chiral carboxylates, including α-hydroxy ac... Read More about Chiral probe development for circularly polarised luminescence: comparative study of structural factors determining the degree of induced CPL with four heptacoordinate europium(III) complexes.

The Geometry of Catastrophic Fracture during High Temperature Processing of Silicon (2015)
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Tanner, B., Garagorri, J., Gorostegui-Colinas, E., Elizalde, M., Bytheway, R., McNally, P., & Danilewsky, A. (2015). The Geometry of Catastrophic Fracture during High Temperature Processing of Silicon. International Journal of Fracture, 195(1-2), 79-85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-015-0050-1

The geometry of fracture associated with the propagation of cracks originating at the edges of (001) oriented, 200 mm diameter silicon wafers has been investigated under two regimes of high temperature processing. Under spike annealing, fracture did... Read More about The Geometry of Catastrophic Fracture during High Temperature Processing of Silicon.

Generation of terahertz radiation by AlGaAs nanowires (2015)
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Trukhin, V., Buyskih, A., Bouravlev, A., Mustafa, I., Samsonenko, Y. B., Trukhin, A., …Gallant, A. (2015). Generation of terahertz radiation by AlGaAs nanowires. JETP Letters, 102(5), 316-320. https://doi.org/10.1134/s0021364015170129

Terahertz emission by AlGaAs nanowires grown on a GaAs substrate under excitation by femtosecond optical pulses has been observed. It is demonstrated that THz emission occurs via excitation of photocurrent in the nanowires. The dynamics of photoinduc... Read More about Generation of terahertz radiation by AlGaAs nanowires.

The anti-biofouling properties of thin-film composite nanofiltration membranes grafted with biogenic silver nanoparticles (2015)
Journal Article
Liu, S., Fang, F., Wu, J., & Zhang, K. (2015). The anti-biofouling properties of thin-film composite nanofiltration membranes grafted with biogenic silver nanoparticles. Desalination, 375, 121-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2015.08.007

Biofouling is still one of the most challenging issues of nanofiltration. One of the practical strategies to reduce biofouling is to develop novel anti-biofouling membranes. Herein, biogenic silver nanoparticles (BioAg0-6) with the averaged diameter... Read More about The anti-biofouling properties of thin-film composite nanofiltration membranes grafted with biogenic silver nanoparticles.

The Potato Nucleotide-Binding Leucine-Rich Repeat (NLR) Immune Receptor Rx1 is a Pathogen Dependent DNA-Deforming Protein (2015)
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Fenyk, S., Townsend, P. D., Dixon, C. H., Spies, G. B., de San Eustaquio Campillo, A., Slootweg, E. J., …Cann, M. J. (2015). The Potato Nucleotide-Binding Leucine-Rich Repeat (NLR) Immune Receptor Rx1 is a Pathogen Dependent DNA-Deforming Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290(41), 24945-24960. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m115.672121

Plant NLR proteins enable cells to respond to pathogen attack. Several NLRs act in the nucleus, however, conserved nuclear targets that support their role in immunity are unknown. Previously we noted a structural homology between the NB domain of NLR... Read More about The Potato Nucleotide-Binding Leucine-Rich Repeat (NLR) Immune Receptor Rx1 is a Pathogen Dependent DNA-Deforming Protein.

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.

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.

Electrochemically addressable trisradical rotaxanes organized within a metal–organic framework (2015)
Journal Article
McGonigal, P., Deria, P., Hod, I., Moghadam, P., Avestro, A., Horwitz, N., …Stoddart, J. (2015). Electrochemically addressable trisradical rotaxanes organized within a metal–organic framework. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(36), 11161-11168. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514485112

The organization of trisradical rotaxanes within the channels of a Zr6-based metal–organic framework (NU-1000) has been achieved postsynthetically by solvent-assisted ligand incorporation. Robust ZrIV–carboxylate bonds are forged between the Zr clust... Read More about Electrochemically addressable trisradical rotaxanes organized within a metal–organic framework.

Arylsilanes and siloxanes as optoelectronic materials for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) (2015)
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Sun, D., Ren, Z., Bryce, M. R., & Yan, S. (2015). Arylsilanes and siloxanes as optoelectronic materials for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 3(37), 9496-9508. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5tc01638j

Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) are currently receiving much attention for applications in new generation full-colour flat-panel and flexible displays and as sources for low energy solid-state lighting. Arylsilanes and siloxanes have been exten... Read More about Arylsilanes and siloxanes as optoelectronic materials for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).

Potential barrier height at the grain boundaries of a poly-silicon nanowire (2015)
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Shamir, A., Amit, I., Englander, D., Horvitz, D., & Rosenwaks, Y. (2015). Potential barrier height at the grain boundaries of a poly-silicon nanowire. Nanotechnology, 26(35), Article 355201. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/26/35/355201

We present measurements of the potential barrier height and its dependence on grain size in poly-silicon nanowire (P-SiNW) arrays. Measurements conducted using Kelvin probe force microscopy coupled with electrostatic simulations, enabled us also to e... Read More about Potential barrier height at the grain boundaries of a poly-silicon nanowire.

Controlled intracellular generation of reactive oxygen species in human mesenchymal stem cells using porphyrin conjugated nanoparticles (2015)
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Lavado, A., Chauhan, V., Zen, A., Giuntini, F., Jones, D., Boyle, R., …Aylott, J. (2015). Controlled intracellular generation of reactive oxygen species in human mesenchymal stem cells using porphyrin conjugated nanoparticles. Nanoscale, 7(34), 14525-14531. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr00795j

Nanoparticles capable of generating controlled amounts of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), that advance the study of oxidative stress and cellular communication, were synthesized by functionalizing polyacrylamide nanoparticles with zinc(I... Read More about Controlled intracellular generation of reactive oxygen species in human mesenchymal stem cells using porphyrin conjugated nanoparticles.

A dimensionless ordered pull-through model of the mammalian lens epithelium evidences scaling across species and explains the age-dependent changes in cell density in the human lens (2015)
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Wu, J., Wu, W., Tholozan, F., Saunter, C., Girkin, J., & Quinlan, R. (2015). A dimensionless ordered pull-through model of the mammalian lens epithelium evidences scaling across species and explains the age-dependent changes in cell density in the human lens. Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, 12(108), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0391

We present a mathematical (ordered pull-through; OPT) model of the cell-density profile for the mammalian lens epithelium together with new experimental data. The model is based upon dimensionless parameters, an important criterion for inter-species... Read More about A dimensionless ordered pull-through model of the mammalian lens epithelium evidences scaling across species and explains the age-dependent changes in cell density in the human lens.

A comparative study of microstructural stability and sulphur diffusion in CdS/CdTe photovoltaic devices (2015)
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Taylor, A., Major, J., Kartopu, G., Lamb, D., Duenow, J., Dhere, R., …Mendis, B. (2015). A comparative study of microstructural stability and sulphur diffusion in CdS/CdTe photovoltaic devices. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 141, 341-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2015.06.010

The role of CdCl2 activation in the production of high quality CdTe-based photovoltaic devices remains a subject of much debate. In this study, CdTe-based cells produced in three independent laboratories using different device fabrication technologie... Read More about A comparative study of microstructural stability and sulphur diffusion in CdS/CdTe photovoltaic devices.