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A robust and reproducible human pluripotent stem cell derived model of neurite outgrowth in a three-dimensional culture system and its application to study neurite inhibition (2016)
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Clarke, K., Tams, D., Henderson, A., Roger, M., Whiting, A., & Przyborski, S. (2016). A robust and reproducible human pluripotent stem cell derived model of neurite outgrowth in a three-dimensional culture system and its application to study neurite inhibition. Neurochemistry International, 106, 74-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuint.2016.12.009

The inability of neurites to grow and restore neural connections is common to many neurological disorders, including trauma to the central nervous system and neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, there is need for a robust and reproducible model of... Read More about A robust and reproducible human pluripotent stem cell derived model of neurite outgrowth in a three-dimensional culture system and its application to study neurite inhibition.

epsilon-pseudoclassical model for quantum resonances in a cold dilute atomic gas periodically driven by finite-duration standing-wave laser pulses (2016)
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Beswick, B., Hughes, I., Gardiner, S., Astier, H., Andersen, M., & Daszuta, B. (2016). epsilon-pseudoclassical model for quantum resonances in a cold dilute atomic gas periodically driven by finite-duration standing-wave laser pulses. Physical Review A, 94(6), Article 063604. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.94.063604

Atom interferometers are a useful tool for precision measurements of fundamental physical phenomena, ranging from the local gravitational-field strength to the atomic fine-structure constant. In such experiments, it is desirable to implement a high-m... Read More about epsilon-pseudoclassical model for quantum resonances in a cold dilute atomic gas periodically driven by finite-duration standing-wave laser pulses.

A Linear Programming Approach for Battery Degradation Analysis and Optimization in Offgrid Power Systems with Solar Energy Integration (2016)
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Bordin, C., Anuta, H., Crossland, A., Lascurain Gutierrez, I., Dent, C., & Vigo, D. (2016). A Linear Programming Approach for Battery Degradation Analysis and Optimization in Offgrid Power Systems with Solar Energy Integration. Renewable Energy, 101, 417-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.08.066

Storage technologies and storage integration are currently key topics of research in energy systems, due to the resulting possibilities for reducing the costs of renewables integration. Off-grid power systems in particular have received wide attentio... Read More about A Linear Programming Approach for Battery Degradation Analysis and Optimization in Offgrid Power Systems with Solar Energy Integration.

High-performance rectifiers fabricated on a flexible substrate (2016)
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Etor, D., Dodd, L., Wood, D., & Balocco, C. (2016). High-performance rectifiers fabricated on a flexible substrate. Applied Physics Letters, 109(19), Article 193110. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4967190

We report on the fabrication and testing of metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes on a flexible substrate where the thin insulating layer self-assembles as a monolayer sandwiched between the two metal electrodes. The current-voltage characteristic has a... Read More about High-performance rectifiers fabricated on a flexible substrate.

Cooperative eigenmodes and scattering in one-dimensional atomic arrays (2016)
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Bettles, R. J., Gardiner, S. A., & Adams, C. S. (2016). Cooperative eigenmodes and scattering in one-dimensional atomic arrays. Physical Review A, 94(4), Article 043844. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.94.043844

Collective coupling between dipoles can dramatically modify the optical response of a medium. Such effects depend strongly on the geometry of the medium and the polarization of the light. Using a classical coupled dipole model, here we investigate th... Read More about Cooperative eigenmodes and scattering in one-dimensional atomic arrays.

Enhanced Lifetime of organic photovoltaic diodes utilizing a ternary blend including an insulating polymer (2016)
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AL-Busaidi, Z., Pearson, C., Groves, C., & Petty, M. (2016). Enhanced Lifetime of organic photovoltaic diodes utilizing a ternary blend including an insulating polymer. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 160, 101-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.10.018

We report on the lifetime of unencapsulated organic photovoltaic diodes (OPVs) based on a ternary blend of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) and a soft insulating polymer, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as c... Read More about Enhanced Lifetime of organic photovoltaic diodes utilizing a ternary blend including an insulating polymer.

Tying a Molecular Overhand Knot of Single Handedness and Asymmetric Catalysis with the Corresponding Pseudo-D-3-Symmetric Trefoil Knot (2016)
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Gil-Ramirez, G., Hoekman, S., Kitching, M. O., Leigh, D. A., Vitorica-Yrezabal, I. J., & Zhang, G. (2016). Tying a Molecular Overhand Knot of Single Handedness and Asymmetric Catalysis with the Corresponding Pseudo-D-3-Symmetric Trefoil Knot. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(40), 13159-13162. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b08421

We report the stereoselective synthesis of a left-handed trefoil knot from a tris(2,6-pyridinedicarboxamide) oligomer with six chiral centers using a lanthanide(III) ion template. The oligomer folds around the lanthanide ion to form an overhand knot... Read More about Tying a Molecular Overhand Knot of Single Handedness and Asymmetric Catalysis with the Corresponding Pseudo-D-3-Symmetric Trefoil Knot.

Monitoring Wind Turbine Loading Using Power Converter Signals (2016)
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Rieg, C., Smith, C., & Crabtree, C. (2016). Monitoring Wind Turbine Loading Using Power Converter Signals. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 749(1), Article 012018. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/749/1/012018

The ability to detect faults and predict loads on a wind turbine drivetrain's mechanical components cost-effectively is critical to making the cost of wind energy competitive. In order to investigate whether this is possible using the readily availab... Read More about Monitoring Wind Turbine Loading Using Power Converter Signals.

Single-Walled Carbon-Nanotubes-Based Organic Memory Structures (2016)
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Fakher, S., Nejm, R., Ayesh, A., AL-Ghaferi, A., Zeze, D., & Mabrook, M. (2016). Single-Walled Carbon-Nanotubes-Based Organic Memory Structures. Molecules, 21(9), Article 1166. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules21091166

The electrical behaviour of organic memory structures, based on single-walled carbon-nanotubes (SWCNTs), metal–insulator–semiconductor (MIS) and thin film transistor (TFT) structures, using poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as the gate dielectric, are... Read More about Single-Walled Carbon-Nanotubes-Based Organic Memory Structures.

Investigating the flood responsiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises using agent-based modelling and simulation (2016)
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Coates, G., Li, C., Wright, N., & Ahilan, S. (2016). Investigating the flood responsiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises using agent-based modelling and simulation. International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering, 6(3), 627-635. https://doi.org/10.2495/safe-v6-n3-627-635

In recent years, flooding has caused major damage and disruption to businesses in the United Kingdom (UK) resulting in significant losses to the economy. The effect of flooding on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is of particular importance given... Read More about Investigating the flood responsiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises using agent-based modelling and simulation.

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.

Low friction droplet transportation on a substrate with a selective Leidenfrost effect (2016)
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Dodd, L. E., Geraldi, N. R., Xu, B. B., McHale, G., Wells, G. G., Stuart-Cole, S., …Wood, D. (2016). Low friction droplet transportation on a substrate with a selective Leidenfrost effect. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8(34), 22658-22663. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b06738

An energy saving Leidenfrost levitation method is introduced to transport micro-droplets with virtually frictionless contact between the liquid and solid substrate. By micro-engineering the heating units, selective areas of the whole substrate can be... Read More about Low friction droplet transportation on a substrate with a selective Leidenfrost effect.

Finite element simulation of a gradient elastic half-space subjected to thermal shock on the boundary (2016)
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Papathanasiou, T., Gourgiotis, P., & Dal Corso, F. (2016). Finite element simulation of a gradient elastic half-space subjected to thermal shock on the boundary. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40(23-24), 10181-10198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2016.07.023

The influence of the microstructure on the macroscopical behavior of complex materials is disclosed under thermal shock conditions. The thermal shock response of an elastic half-space subjected to convective heat transfer at its free surface from a f... Read More about Finite element simulation of a gradient elastic half-space subjected to thermal shock on the boundary.

An extended boundary element method formulation for the direct calculation of the stress intensity factors in fully anisotropic materials (2016)
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Hattori, G., Alatawi, I., & Trevelyan, J. (2017). An extended boundary element method formulation for the direct calculation of the stress intensity factors in fully anisotropic materials. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 109(7), 965-981. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5311

We propose a formulation for linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) in which the stress intensity factors (SIF) are found directly from the solution vector of an extended boundary element method (XBEM) formulation. The enrichment is embedded in the... Read More about An extended boundary element method formulation for the direct calculation of the stress intensity factors in fully anisotropic materials.

Research on Common-Mode and Dependent (CMD) Outage Events in Power Systems: A Review (2016)
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Dent, C. (2016). Research on Common-Mode and Dependent (CMD) Outage Events in Power Systems: A Review. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 32(2), 1528-1536. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpwrs.2016.2588881

The purpose of this paper is to present a review of some fundamental concepts and practical applications in the area of common-mode and dependent (CMD) outage events in power systems. The paper is a result of ongoing activity carried out by the Proba... Read More about Research on Common-Mode and Dependent (CMD) Outage Events in Power Systems: A Review.

Reevaluating Reconstruction Filters for Path-Searching Tasks in 3D (2016)
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Roberts, D., & Ivrissimtzis, I. (2017). Reevaluating Reconstruction Filters for Path-Searching Tasks in 3D. Computer Graphics Forum, 36(6), 291-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12939

In this paper, we present an experiment on stereoscopic direct volume rendering, aiming at understanding the relationship between the choice of reconstruction filter and participant performance on tasks requiring spatial understanding such as 3D path... Read More about Reevaluating Reconstruction Filters for Path-Searching Tasks in 3D.

An ultrathin organic insulator for metal-insulator-metal diodes (2016)
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Etor, D., Dodd, L., Wood, D., & Balocco, C. (2016). An ultrathin organic insulator for metal-insulator-metal diodes. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 63(7), 2887-2891. https://doi.org/10.1109/ted.2016.2568279

The design and fabrication metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes using an ultrathin organic insulator are presented. The insulating layer was found to be compact, highly conformal, and uniform, effectively overcoming the main design challenge in MIM dio... Read More about An ultrathin organic insulator for metal-insulator-metal diodes.

Excitation of knotted vortex lines in matter waves (2016)
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Maucher, F., Gardiner, S., & Hughes, I. (2016). Excitation of knotted vortex lines in matter waves. New Journal of Physics, 18(6), Article 063016. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/6/063016

We study the creation of knotted ultracold matter waves in Bose–Einstein condensates via coherent two-photon Raman transitions with a Λ level configuration. The Raman transition allows an indirect transfer of atoms from the internal state $| a\rangle... Read More about Excitation of knotted vortex lines in matter waves.