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Organic matter provenance and depositional environment of marine-to-continental mudstones and coals in eastern Ordos Basin, China—Evidence from molecular geochemistry and petrology (2019)
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Qi, Y., Ju, Y., Tan, J., Bowen, L., Cai, C., Yu, K., …Zhang, W. (2020). Organic matter provenance and depositional environment of marine-to-continental mudstones and coals in eastern Ordos Basin, China—Evidence from molecular geochemistry and petrology. International Journal of Coal Geology, 217, Article 103345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2019.103345

Cyclothems, composed of interbedded mudstone, coal and sandstone layers, make up the Taiyuan and Shanxi Formations in the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian in North China under a marine-to-continental depositional environment. The cyclothems act as... Read More about Organic matter provenance and depositional environment of marine-to-continental mudstones and coals in eastern Ordos Basin, China—Evidence from molecular geochemistry and petrology.

Hierarchical rose-petal surfaces delay the early-stage bacterial biofilm growth (2019)
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Cao, Y., Jana, S., Bowen, L., Tan, X., Liu, H., Rostami, N., …Chen, J. (2019). Hierarchical rose-petal surfaces delay the early-stage bacterial biofilm growth. Langmuir, 35(45), 14670-14680. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02367

A variety of natural surfaces exhibit antibacterial properties; as a result significant efforts in the past decade have been dedicated towards fabrication of biomimetic surfaces that can help control biofilm growth. Examples of such surfaces include... Read More about Hierarchical rose-petal surfaces delay the early-stage bacterial biofilm growth.

Mineralogical evidence for multiple dust sources in an early Triassic loessite (2019)
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Wilson, M., Hurst, A., Wilkins, A., Wilson, L., & Bowen, L. (2020). Mineralogical evidence for multiple dust sources in an early Triassic loessite. Sedimentology, 67(1), 239-260. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12641

Loessite present in a borehole into the Smith Bank Formation (early Triassic age, Central North Sea) differentiates five coeval source terranes for aerosol dust, three long distance sources and two local sources. All were active immediately following... Read More about Mineralogical evidence for multiple dust sources in an early Triassic loessite.

Coseismic ultramylonites: An investigation of nanoscale viscous flow and fault weakening during seismic slip (2019)
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Pozzi, G., De Paola, N., Holdsworth, R. E., Bowen, L., Nielsen, S. B., & Dempsey, E. D. (2019). Coseismic ultramylonites: An investigation of nanoscale viscous flow and fault weakening during seismic slip. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 516, 164-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.042

Faults weaken during the propagation of earthquakes due to the onset of thermally-activated mechanisms, which vary depending on the rock type. Recent experimental work suggests that carbonate-hosted faults are lubricated by viscous flow in nano-granu... Read More about Coseismic ultramylonites: An investigation of nanoscale viscous flow and fault weakening during seismic slip.

Current Enhancement via a TiO2 Window Layer for CSS Sb2Se3 Solar Cells: Performance Limits and High Voc (2018)
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Phillips, L. J., Savory, C. N., Hutter, O. S., Yates, P. J., Shiel, H., Mariotti, S., …Major, J. D. (2019). Current Enhancement via a TiO2 Window Layer for CSS Sb2Se3 Solar Cells: Performance Limits and High Voc. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9(2), 544-551. https://doi.org/10.1109/jphotov.2018.2885836

Antimony selenide (Sb 2 Se 3 ) is an emerging chalcogenide photovoltaic absorber material that has been the subject of increasing interest in recent years, demonstrating rapid efficiency increases with a material that is simple, abundant, and stable.... Read More about Current Enhancement via a TiO2 Window Layer for CSS Sb2Se3 Solar Cells: Performance Limits and High Voc.

A new interpretation for the nature and significance of mirror-like surfaces in experimental carbonate-hosted seismic faults (2018)
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Pozzi, G., De Paola, N., Nielsen, S., Holdsworth, R., & Bowen, L. (2018). A new interpretation for the nature and significance of mirror-like surfaces in experimental carbonate-hosted seismic faults. Geology, 46(7), 583-586. https://doi.org/10.1130/g40197.1

Highly reflective, continuous smooth surfaces, known as "mirror-like surfaces" (MSs), have been observed in experimental carbonate-hosted faults, which were sheared at both seismic and aseismic velocities. MSs produced during high-velocity friction e... Read More about A new interpretation for the nature and significance of mirror-like surfaces in experimental carbonate-hosted seismic faults.

Diagenetic and geochemical studies of the Buchan Formation (Upper Devonian) in the Central North Sea (2018)
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Tang, L., Gluyas, J., Jones, S., & Bowen, L. (2018). Diagenetic and geochemical studies of the Buchan Formation (Upper Devonian) in the Central North Sea. Petroleum Science, 15(2), 211-229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-018-0232-3

The Upper Devonian Buchan Formation reservoirs in the UK Central North Sea are litharenite/sublitharenite and were deposited in fluvial–aeolian settings. The grain-coating clays in the aeolian sandstones have effectively inhibited quartz overgrowth.... Read More about Diagenetic and geochemical studies of the Buchan Formation (Upper Devonian) in the Central North Sea.

Self-Catalyzed CdTe Wires (2018)
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Baines, T., Papageorgiou, G., Hutter, O., Bowen, L., Durose, K., & Major, J. (2018). Self-Catalyzed CdTe Wires. Nanomaterials, 8(5), Article 274. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8050274

CdTe wires have been fabricated via a catalyst free method using the industrially scalable physical vapor deposition technique close space sublimation. Wire growth was shown to be highly dependent on surface roughness and deposition pressure, with on... Read More about Self-Catalyzed CdTe Wires.

Influence of OLA and FA ligands on the optical and electronic properties of Cu 2 ZnSn(S, Se) 4 thin films and solar cells prepared from nanoparticle inks (2018)
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Campbell, S., Qu, Y., Bowen, L., Chapon, P., Barrioz, V., Beattie, N., & Zoppi, G. (2018). Influence of OLA and FA ligands on the optical and electronic properties of Cu 2 ZnSn(S, Se) 4 thin films and solar cells prepared from nanoparticle inks. Solar Energy, 175, 101-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.065

The use of formamide (FA) as an alternative capping ligand to oleylamine (OLA) during the preparation of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanoparticle inks was investigated. Photoluminescence properties of the selenised CZTS absorber layers revealed quasi-donor acce... Read More about Influence of OLA and FA ligands on the optical and electronic properties of Cu 2 ZnSn(S, Se) 4 thin films and solar cells prepared from nanoparticle inks.

Incorporation of CdSe layers into CdTe thin film solar cells (2018)
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Baines, T., Zoppi, G., Bowen, L., Shalvey, T. P., Mariotti, S., Durose, K., & Major, J. D. (2018). Incorporation of CdSe layers into CdTe thin film solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 180, 196-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.03.010

Incorporation of CdSe layers into CdTe thin film solar cells has recently emerged as a route to improve cell performance. It has been suggested that the formation of lower band gap CdTe(1-x)Se(x) phases following Se diffusion induces bandgap grading... Read More about Incorporation of CdSe layers into CdTe thin film solar cells.

Nanostructured titanium surfaces exhibit recalcitrance towards Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation (2018)
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Cao, Y., Su, B., Chinnaraj, S., Jana, S., Bowen, L., Charlton, S., …Chen, J. (2018). Nanostructured titanium surfaces exhibit recalcitrance towards Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 1071. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19484-x

Titanium-based implants are ubiquitous in the healthcare industries and often suffer from bacterial attachment which results in infections. An innovative method of reducing bacterial growth is to employ nanostructures on implant materials that cause... Read More about Nanostructured titanium surfaces exhibit recalcitrance towards Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation.

Reservoir quality of fluvial sandstone reservoirs in salt-walled mini-basins: an example from the Seagull field, Central Graben, North Sea, UK (2018)
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Stricker, S., Jones, S. J., Meadows, N., & Bowen, L. (2018). Reservoir quality of fluvial sandstone reservoirs in salt-walled mini-basins: an example from the Seagull field, Central Graben, North Sea, UK. Petroleum Science, 15(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-017-0206-x

The Triassic fluvial sandstones of the Skagerrak Formation were deposited in a series of salt-walled mini-basins and act as important hydrocarbon reservoirs for several high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) fields in the Central Graben, North Sea. T... Read More about Reservoir quality of fluvial sandstone reservoirs in salt-walled mini-basins: an example from the Seagull field, Central Graben, North Sea, UK.

Photovoltaic performance of CdS/CdTe junctions on ZnO nanorod arrays (2017)
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Kartopu, G., Turkay, D., Ozcan, C., Hadibrata, W., Aurang, P., Yerci, S., …Irvine, S. (2018). Photovoltaic performance of CdS/CdTe junctions on ZnO nanorod arrays. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 176, 100-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.11.036

One-dimensional nanostructures, such as nanorod (NR) arrays, are expected to improve the photovoltaic (PV) response of solar cells with an ultrathin absorber due to an increased areal (junction) density and light trapping. We report on the deposition... Read More about Photovoltaic performance of CdS/CdTe junctions on ZnO nanorod arrays.

Carbonate and silicate biomineralization in a hypersaline microbial mat (Mesaieed sabkha, Qatar): Roles of bacteria, extracellular polymeric substances and viruses (2017)
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Perri, E., Tucker, M. E., Słowakiewicz, M., Whitaker, F., Bowen, L., & Perrotta, I. D. (2018). Carbonate and silicate biomineralization in a hypersaline microbial mat (Mesaieed sabkha, Qatar): Roles of bacteria, extracellular polymeric substances and viruses. Sedimentology, 65(4), 1213-1245. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12419

In a modern peritidal microbial mat from Qatar, both biomediated carbonates and Mg‐rich clay minerals (palygorskite) were identified. The mat, ca 5 cm thick, shows a clear lamination reflecting different microbial communities. The initial precipitate... Read More about Carbonate and silicate biomineralization in a hypersaline microbial mat (Mesaieed sabkha, Qatar): Roles of bacteria, extracellular polymeric substances and viruses.

P3HT as a pinhole blocking back contact for CdTe thin film solar cells (2017)
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Major, J., Phillips, L., Al Turkestani, M., Bowen, L., Whittles, T., Dhanak, V., & Durose, K. (2017). P3HT as a pinhole blocking back contact for CdTe thin film solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 172, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.07.005

A new approach to back contacting CdTe solar cells that uses an organic poly(3-hexythiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) back contact layer is reported. The most striking benefit of P3HT was demonstrated to be through a “pinhole blocking” effect, significantly... Read More about P3HT as a pinhole blocking back contact for CdTe thin film solar cells.

Development of ZnO nanowire based CdTe thin film solar cells (2016)
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Major, J. D., Tena-Zaera, R., Azaceta, E., Bowen, L., & Durose, K. (2017). Development of ZnO nanowire based CdTe thin film solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 160, 107-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.10.024

This work reports on the development of CdTe thin film solar cells grown on ZnO nanowire arrays. The focus was placed on utilising ZnO nanowire arrays as a replacement to the conventional ZnO thin film buffer layer, thereby requiring minimal alterati... Read More about Development of ZnO nanowire based CdTe thin film solar cells.

In-depth analysis of chloride treatments for thin-film CdTe solar cells (2016)
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Major, J., Al Turkestani, M., Bowen, L., Brossard, M., Li, C., Lagoudakis, P., …Durose, K. (2016). In-depth analysis of chloride treatments for thin-film CdTe solar cells. Nature Communications, 7, Article 13231. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13231

CdTe thin-film solar cells are now the main industrially established alternative to silicon-based photovoltaics. These cells remain reliant on the so-called chloride activation step in order to achieve high conversion efficiencies. Here, by compariso... Read More about In-depth analysis of chloride treatments for thin-film CdTe solar cells.

Evolution of Electronic Circuits using Carbon Nanotube Composites (2016)
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Massey, M., Kotsialos, A., Volpati, D., Vissol-Gaudin, E., Pearson, C., Bowen, L., …Petty, M. (2016). Evolution of Electronic Circuits using Carbon Nanotube Composites. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 32197. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep32197

Evolution-in-materio concerns the computer controlled manipulation of material systems using external stimuli to train or evolve the material to perform a useful function. In this paper we demonstrate the evolution of a disordered composite material,... Read More about Evolution of Electronic Circuits using Carbon Nanotube Composites.

Evolution of porosity and pore types in organic-rich, calcareous, Lower Toarcian Posidonia Shale (2016)
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Mathia, E., Bowen, L., Thomas, K., & Aplin, A. (2016). Evolution of porosity and pore types in organic-rich, calcareous, Lower Toarcian Posidonia Shale. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 75, 117-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.04.009

Low and high resolution petrographic studies have been combined with mineralogical, TOC, RockEval and porosity data to investigate controls on the evolution of porosity in stratigraphically equivalent immature, oil-window and gas-window samples from... Read More about Evolution of porosity and pore types in organic-rich, calcareous, Lower Toarcian Posidonia Shale.