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Starchirals–A novel class of auxetic hierarchal structures by Attard, D, Farrugia, P S, Gatt, R, Grima, J N

“…•A novel class of chiral structures is presented.•Two deformation mechanisms potentially leading to auxetic behaviour can act.•The hexastarchiral structure is…”
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Elastic constants of 3-, 4- and 6-connected chiral and anti-chiral honeycombs subject to uniaxial in-plane loading by Alderson, A., Alderson, K.L., Attard, D., Evans, K.E., Gatt, R., Grima, J.N., Miller, W., Ravirala, N., Smith, C.W., Zied, K.

“…Finite element models are developed for the in-plane linear elastic constants of a family of honeycombs comprising arrays of cylinders connected by ligaments…”
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Toxicological aspects of cannabinoid, pesticide and metal levels detected in light Cannabis inflorescences grown in Italy by Amendola, G., Bocca, B., Picardo, V., Pelosi, P., Battistini, B., Ruggieri, F., Attard Barbini, D., De Vita, D., Madia, V.N., Messore, A., Di Santo, R., Costi, R.

“…Recently, the cultivation of light Cannabis, with a total THC content less than 0.6%, has been encouraged due to its industrial and therapeutic potential. This…”
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A retroperitoneal ectopic adrenocortical carcinoma in a patient with Cushing's syndrome by Attard, Carol D Cardona, Craus, Sarah, Scicluna, Warren, Fava, Stephen

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Exposure to preindustrial, current and future atmospheric CO₂ and temperature differentially affects growth and photosynthesis in Eucalyptus by GHANNOUM, OULA, PHILLIPS, NATHAN G, CONROY, JANN P, SMITH, RENEE A, ATTARD, RENEE D, WOODFIELD, ROSLYN, LOGAN, BARRY A, LEWIS, JAMES D, TISSUE, DAVID T

“…To investigate if Eucalyptus species have responded to industrial-age climate change, and how they may respond to a future climate, we measured growth and…”
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Maximizing negative thermal expansion via rigid unit modes: a geometry-based approach by Grima, J. N., Bajada, M., Scerri, S., Attard, D., Dudek, K. K., Gatt, R.

“…Existent rigid unit mode (RUM) models based on rotating squares, which may explain the phenomenon of negative thermal expansion (NTE), are generalized so as to…”
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Transmission electron microscopy studies of atomic layer deposition TiO2 films grown on silicon by MITCHELL, D. R. G, ATTARD, D. J, TRIANI, G

“…Transmission electron microscopy techniques have been used to characterise atomic layer deposition TiO2 films grown on silicon substrates after RCA and HF…”
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Effects of SiC nanoparticles with and without Ni on the hydrogen storage properties of MgH2 by Ranjbar, A., Guo, Z.P., Yu, X.B., Attard, D., Calka, A., Liu, H.K.

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Global rotation of mechanical metamaterials induced by their internal deformation by Dudek, K. K., Gatt, R., Mizzi, L., Dudek, M. R., Attard, D., Grima, J. N.

“…In this work, we propose the concept that a device based on mechanical metamaterials can be used to induce and control its own rotational motion as a result of…”
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Estimation of the validation parameters for a fast analysis of herbicide residues by LC-MS/MS by Santilio, A, Girolimetti, S, Barbini, D. Attard

“…Due to strict regulatory requirements for pesticide residue analysis, only the results of residue analysis with acceptable quality should be reported. As a…”
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Impact of variable [CO2] and temperature on water transport structure–function relationships in Eucalyptus by Phillips, Nathan G, Attard, Renee D, Ghannoum, Oula, Lewis, James D, Logan, Barry A, Tissue, David T

“…Nearly 30 years ago, Whitehead and Jarvis and Whitehead et al. postulated an elegant mechanistic explanation for the observed relationship between tree…”
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TEM and ellipsometry studies of nanolaminate oxide films prepared using atomic layer deposition by Mitchell, D.R.G., Attard, D.J., Finnie, K.S., Triani, G., Barbé, C.J., Depagne, C., Bartlett, J.R.

“…Nanolaminate oxide layers consisting of TiO 2 and Al 2O 3 have been deposited on silicon using atomic layer deposition (ALD). Characterisation of these films…”
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Anodic titania films as anode materials for lithium ion batteries by Lindsay, M.J., Blackford, M.G., Attard, D.J., Luca, V., Skyllas-Kazacos, M., Griffith, C.S.

“…Titania thin films were prepared through the anodisation of titanium metal in a 1.0 M sulphuric acid solution at 80 °C utilising a series of pulsed dc constant…”
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Spray-dried microspheres as a route to clay/polymer nanocomposites by Yun, S.I, Attard, D, Lo, V, Davis, J, Li, H, Latella, B, Tsvetkov, F, Noorman, H, Moricca, S, Knott, R, Hanley, H, Morcom, M, Simon, G.P, Gadd, G.E

“…A new strategy for the preparation of well-dispersed clays in a polymer matrix by a spray-drying method is presented. Scanning electron microscopy and…”
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Characterisation of epitaxial TiO2 thin films grown on MgO(001) using atomic layer deposition by MITCHELL, D. R. G, ATTARD, D. J, TRIANI, G

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Enhancing Properties of High‐Temperature Superconducting Step‐Edge Josephson Junctions by Nano‐Multilayers with a Small Mismatch by Pan, A. V., Shcherbakova, O. V., Fedoseev, S. A., Golovchanskiy, I. A., Attard, D., Lam, S. K. H., Du, J., Foley, C. P., Rubanov, S., Suvorova, A.

“…A new technology for high temperature superconducting Josephson tunnelling junctions is developed to enhance their properties for applications on‐a‐chip,…”
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Determination of Toxaphene Residues in Fish Foodstuff by GC-MS by Attard Barbini, D, Stefanelli, P, Girolimetti, S, Di Muccio, A, Dommarco, R

“…A method for the determination of toxaphene residues in fish and fish-based baby foods has been developed. The cleanup of the fatty matrices was performed…”
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Oncocytic adrenocortical tumour presenting as an incidentaloma: a diagnostic challenge by Cardona Attard, Carol D, Gauci, Zachary, Gatt, Noel, Scicluna, Warren, Cachia, Mario J

“…Oncocytic adrenocortical neoplasms are a rare histopathological subtype of adrenal tumours which are usually benign and, if malignant, are less likely to…”
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Influence of Si(1 0 0) surface pretreatment on the morphology of TiO2 films grown by atomic layer deposition by FINNIE, K. S, TRIANI, G, SHORT, K. T, MITCHELL, D. R. G, ATTARD, D. J, BARTLETT, J. R, BARBE, C. J

“…The effect of water plasma treatment of both hydrophobic and hydrophilic Si(100) surfaces has been studied using infrared spectroscopy to monitor the various…”
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FIRST REPORT OF PEAR BLISTER CANKER VIROID IN MALTA by Attard, D., Afechtal, M., Agius, M., Matic, S., Gatt, M., Myrta, A., Di Serio, F.

“…In 2006, a tissue-printing hybridisation (TPH) method was used for investigating the presence and spread in Malta of Pear blister canker viroid (PBCVd)…”
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