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A critical review of structural supercapacitors and outlook on future research challenges (2023)
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Greenhalgh, E. S., Nguyen, S., Valkova, M., Shirshova, N., Shaffer, M. S., & Kucernak, A. (2023). A critical review of structural supercapacitors and outlook on future research challenges. Composites Science and Technology, 235, Article 109968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2023.109968

Structural composites and electrochemical energy storage underpin electrification of transportation, but advances in electric vehicles are shackled by parasitic battery mass. The emergence of structural power composites, multifunctional materials tha... Read More about A critical review of structural supercapacitors and outlook on future research challenges.

Coapplication of water treatment residual and compost for increased phosphorus availability in arable sandy soils (2023)
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Gwandu, T., Lukashe, N., Rurinda, J., Stone, W., Chivasa, S., Clarke, C., …Johnson, K. (2023). Coapplication of water treatment residual and compost for increased phosphorus availability in arable sandy soils. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 2(1), 68-81. https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12039

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Soil degradation coupled with poor access to organic nutrient resources remains a major constraint in increased crop productivity in sub-Saharan Africa, thus hindering the continent's efforts in achieving the United Nations' Sustainable... Read More about Coapplication of water treatment residual and compost for increased phosphorus availability in arable sandy soils.

Techno-economic assessment of offshore wind-to-hydrogen scenarios: A UK case study (2023)
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Giampieri, A., Ling-Chin, J., & Roskilly, A. P. (2024). Techno-economic assessment of offshore wind-to-hydrogen scenarios: A UK case study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 52(Part B), 589-617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.01.346

The installed capacity, electricity generation from wind, and the curtailment of wind power in the UK between 2011 and 2021 showed that penetration levels of wind energy and the amount of energy that is curtailed in future would continue to rise wher... Read More about Techno-economic assessment of offshore wind-to-hydrogen scenarios: A UK case study.

Dynamic Modelling and Experimental Validation of a Pneumatic Radial Piston Motor (2023)
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Grimaldi, K., Najjaran, A., Ma, Z., Bao, H., & Roskilly, T. (2023). Dynamic Modelling and Experimental Validation of a Pneumatic Radial Piston Motor. Energies, 16(4), Article 1954. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16041954

A pneumatic radial piston motor is studied in this paper in order to establish a dynamic modelling and simulation method. As a result of using geometric parameters, the piston cylinder volume change was calculated, and the heat transfer equation, the... Read More about Dynamic Modelling and Experimental Validation of a Pneumatic Radial Piston Motor.

Capsule Endoscopic MIMO Antenna With Radiation Pattern and Polarization Diversity (2023)
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Iqbal, A., Al-Hasan, M., Mabrouk, I. B., & Denidni, T. A. (2023). Capsule Endoscopic MIMO Antenna With Radiation Pattern and Polarization Diversity. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 71(4), 3146-3154. https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.2023.3244035

This article presents a novel compact dual-element capsule endoscopic multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna at a 915 MHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band. Both radiating elements of the MIMO antenna system are circularly polariz... Read More about Capsule Endoscopic MIMO Antenna With Radiation Pattern and Polarization Diversity.

An isogeometric boundary element formulation for stress concentration problems in couple stress elasticity (2023)
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Hattori, G., Trevelyan, J., & Gourgiotis, P. (2023). An isogeometric boundary element formulation for stress concentration problems in couple stress elasticity. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 407, Article 115932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2023.115932

An isogeometric boundary element method (IGABEM) is developed for the analysis of two-dimensional linear and isotropic elastic bodies governed by the couple stress theory. This theory is the simplest generalised continuum theory that can eectively mo... Read More about An isogeometric boundary element formulation for stress concentration problems in couple stress elasticity.

A survey of sag monitoring methods for power grid transmission lines (2023)
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Chen, Y., & Ding, X. (2023). A survey of sag monitoring methods for power grid transmission lines. IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, 17(7), 1419-1441. https://doi.org/10.1049/gtd2.12778

The transmission line is a fundamental asset in the power grid. The sag condition of the transmission line between two support towers requires accurate real-time monitoring in order to avoid any health and safety hazards or power failure. In this pap... Read More about A survey of sag monitoring methods for power grid transmission lines.

Utilizing Attitude Information for Efficient Multi-User Millimeter-Wave Communications (2023)
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Li, M., Qin, X., Chen, Y., Wang, W., & Chen, L. (2023). Utilizing Attitude Information for Efficient Multi-User Millimeter-Wave Communications. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 7(2), 800-813. https://doi.org/10.1109/tgcn.2023.3241932

Sensing has played an important role in the 5G wireless network. It is well recognized that the energy efficiency of mobile devices can be further improved with the assistance of sensing. As an important sensing resource, attitude information is high... Read More about Utilizing Attitude Information for Efficient Multi-User Millimeter-Wave Communications.

Modelling the effect of dipole ordering on charge-carrier mobility in organic semiconductors (2023)
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Pope, T., Giret, Y., Fsadni, M., Docampo, P., Groves, C., & Penfold, T. J. (2023). Modelling the effect of dipole ordering on charge-carrier mobility in organic semiconductors. Organic Electronics, 115, Article 106760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2023.106760

The hopping mobility in organic semiconductors is strongly influenced by the correlated on-site noise — i.e. the dipole–dipole interaction between neighbouring molecules. In this paper, we use Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) to study the effect of dipole m... Read More about Modelling the effect of dipole ordering on charge-carrier mobility in organic semiconductors.

Boosting soil literacy in schools can help improve understanding of soil/human health linkages in Generation Z (2023)
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Johnson, K. L., Stone, W., Dominelli, L., Chivasa, S., Clarke, C. E., Gwandu, T., & Appleby, J. (2023). Boosting soil literacy in schools can help improve understanding of soil/human health linkages in Generation Z. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1028839

Soil health underpins ecosystem services like food security and therefore underpins human health. Poor soil health is a global problem which is hindering attempts to deliver the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. We focus on goals 3 (human health),... Read More about Boosting soil literacy in schools can help improve understanding of soil/human health linkages in Generation Z.