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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

Evolution of the vertebrate beaded filament protein, Bfsp2; comparing the in vitro assembly properties of a “tailed” zebrafish Bfsp2 to its “tailless” human orthologue. (2011)
Journal Article
Qu, B., Landsbury, A., Schoenthaler, H. B., Dahm, R., Liu, Y., Clark, J. I., …Quinlan, R. A. (2012). Evolution of the vertebrate beaded filament protein, Bfsp2; comparing the in vitro assembly properties of a “tailed” zebrafish Bfsp2 to its “tailless” human orthologue. Experimental Eye Research, 94(1), 192-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2011.12.001

In bony fishes, Bfsp2 orthologues are predicted to possess a C-terminal tail domain, which is absent from avian, amphibian and mammalian Bfsp2 sequences. These sequences, are however, not conserved between fish species and therefore questions whether... Read More about Evolution of the vertebrate beaded filament protein, Bfsp2; comparing the in vitro assembly properties of a “tailed” zebrafish Bfsp2 to its “tailless” human orthologue..

Multiple Sites in alpha B-Crystallin Modulate Its Interactions with Desmin Filaments Assembled In Vitro (2011)
Journal Article
Houck, S. A., Landsbury, A., Clark, J. I., & Quinlan, R. A. (2011). Multiple Sites in alpha B-Crystallin Modulate Its Interactions with Desmin Filaments Assembled In Vitro. PLoS ONE, 6(11), Article e25859. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025859

The β3- and β8-strands and C-terminal residues 155–165 of αB-crystallin were identified by pin arrays as interaction sites for various client proteins including the intermediate filament protein desmin. Here we present data using 5 well-characterised... Read More about Multiple Sites in alpha B-Crystallin Modulate Its Interactions with Desmin Filaments Assembled In Vitro.

Pericytes resident in postnatal skeletal muscle differentiate into muscle fibres and generate satellite cells (2011)
Journal Article
Dellavalle, A., Maroli, G., Covarello, D., Azzoni, E., Innocenzi, A., Perani, L., …Cossu, G. (2011). Pericytes resident in postnatal skeletal muscle differentiate into muscle fibres and generate satellite cells. Nature Communications, 2(1), Article 499. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1508

Skeletal muscle fibres form by fusion of mesoderm progenitors called myoblasts. After birth, muscle fibres do not increase in number but continue to grow in size because of fusion of satellite cells, the postnatal myogenic cells, responsible for musc... Read More about Pericytes resident in postnatal skeletal muscle differentiate into muscle fibres and generate satellite cells.

Crystallization of Mefenamic Acid from Dimethylformamide Microemulsions: Obtaining Thermodynamic Control through 3D Nanoconfinement (2011)
Journal Article
Nicholson, C., & Cooper, S. (2011). Crystallization of Mefenamic Acid from Dimethylformamide Microemulsions: Obtaining Thermodynamic Control through 3D Nanoconfinement. Crystals, 1(3), 195-205. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst1030195

Recently we showed how crystallization in microemulsions could lead directly to the most stable polymorph, thereby leapfrogging Ostwald’s rule of stages. Here we consider in more details the crystallization of mefenamic acid from dimethylformamide mi... Read More about Crystallization of Mefenamic Acid from Dimethylformamide Microemulsions: Obtaining Thermodynamic Control through 3D Nanoconfinement.

Linking Models of Polymerization and Dynamics to Predict Branched Polymer Structure and Flow (2011)
Journal Article
Read, D. J., Auhl, D., Das, C., den Doelder, J., Kapnistos, M., Vittorias, I., & McLeish, T. C. (2011). Linking Models of Polymerization and Dynamics to Predict Branched Polymer Structure and Flow. Science, 333(6051), 1871-1874. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1207060

We present a predictive scheme connecting the topological structure of highly branched entangled polymers, with industrial-level complexity, to the emergent viscoelasticity of the polymer melt. The scheme is able to calculate the linear and nonlinear... Read More about Linking Models of Polymerization and Dynamics to Predict Branched Polymer Structure and Flow.

Electrospinning Superhydrophobic Fibers Using Surface Segregating End-Functionalized Polymer Additives (2011)
Journal Article
Hardman, S., Muhamad-Sarih, N., Riggs, H., Thompson, R., Rigby, J., Bergius, W., & Hutchings, L. (2011). Electrospinning Superhydrophobic Fibers Using Surface Segregating End-Functionalized Polymer Additives. Macromolecules, 44(16), 6461-6470. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma200852z

We describe here a facile route for the in situ modification of the surface properties of fibers produced by electrospinning polystyrene containing small quantities of compatible polymer additives, end-functionalized with 1–3 fluoroalkyl groups. Such... Read More about Electrospinning Superhydrophobic Fibers Using Surface Segregating End-Functionalized Polymer Additives.

Two Different Hydrogen Bond Donor Ligands Together: A Selectivity Improvement in Organometallic {Re(CO)3} Anion Hosts (2011)
Journal Article
Ion, L., Nieto, S., Pérez, J., Riera, L., Riera, V., Díaz, J., …Steed, J. W. (2011). Two Different Hydrogen Bond Donor Ligands Together: A Selectivity Improvement in Organometallic {Re(CO)3} Anion Hosts. Inorganic Chemistry, 50(17), 8524-8531. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic201120s

Rhenium(I) compounds [Re(CO)3(Hdmpz)2(ampy)]BAr′4 and [Re(CO)3(N-MeIm)2(ampy)]BAr′4 (Hdmpz = 3,5-dimethylpyrazole, N-MeIm = N-methylimidazole, ampy = 2-aminopyridine or 3-aminopyridine) have been prepared stepwise as the sole reaction products in goo... Read More about Two Different Hydrogen Bond Donor Ligands Together: A Selectivity Improvement in Organometallic {Re(CO)3} Anion Hosts.

Droplet-induced budding transitions of membranes (2011)
Journal Article
Kusumaatmaja, H., & Lipowsky, R. (2011). Droplet-induced budding transitions of membranes. Soft Matter, 7(15), 6914-6919. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1sm05499f

Motivated by recent experiments on biomimetic membranes exposed to several aqueous phases, we theoretically study the morphology of a membrane in contact with a liquid droplet formed via aqueous phase separation. We concentrate on membranes with negl... Read More about Droplet-induced budding transitions of membranes.

Modelling allosteric signalling in protein homodimers (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Rodgers, T., Burnell, D., Wilson, M. R., Pohl, E., Cann, M., Townsend, P. D., …Toncrova, H. (2011). Modelling allosteric signalling in protein homodimers. . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00249-011-0734-z

Allostery in protein systems is a thermodynamic phenomenon. Allosteric response is driven by the free energy differences obtained in different binding events, which, in principle, contain contributions from both enthalpic and entropic changes. While... Read More about Modelling allosteric signalling in protein homodimers.

The effect of boundary curvature on the stress response of linear and branched polyethylenes in a contraction-expansion flow (2011)
Journal Article
Hassell, D. G., Lord, T., Scelsi, L., Klein, D., Auhl, D., Harlen, O., …Mackley, M. (2011). The effect of boundary curvature on the stress response of linear and branched polyethylenes in a contraction-expansion flow. Rheologica Acta, 50(7-8), 675-689. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-011-0551-4

The effect of flow-boundary curvature on the principal stress difference (PSD) profiles observed through a contraction–expansion (CE) slit flow is evaluated for three different polyethylenes exhibiting increasing levels of branching. Studies were per... Read More about The effect of boundary curvature on the stress response of linear and branched polyethylenes in a contraction-expansion flow.

Controlling the Self-Assembly of Binary Copolymer Mixtures in Solution through Molecular Architecture (2011)
Journal Article
Greenall, M. J., Schuetz, P., Furzeland, S., Atkins, D., Buzza, D. M. A., Butler, M. F., & McLeish, T. C. (2011). Controlling the Self-Assembly of Binary Copolymer Mixtures in Solution through Molecular Architecture. Macromolecules, 44(13), 5510-5519. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma2008546

We present a combined experimental and theoretical study on the role of copolymer architecture in the self-assembly of binary PEO–PCL mixtures in water–THF and show that altering the chain geometry and composition of the copolymers can control the fo... Read More about Controlling the Self-Assembly of Binary Copolymer Mixtures in Solution through Molecular Architecture.

Cross-slot extensional rheometry and the steady-state extensional response of long chain branched polymer melts (2011)
Journal Article
Auhl, D., Hoyle, D. M., Hassell, D., Lord, T., Mackley, M., Harlen, O., & McLeish, T. (2011). Cross-slot extensional rheometry and the steady-state extensional response of long chain branched polymer melts. Journal of Rheology, 55(4), 875-900. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.3589972

Stress-optical measurements at a flow stagnation point in confined geometries such as the cross-slot provide an elegant way to perform extensional testing for polymer melts. This technique is especially useful for samples which have a steady-state th... Read More about Cross-slot extensional rheometry and the steady-state extensional response of long chain branched polymer melts.