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Auxetic oesophageal stents: structure and mechanical properties by Ali, Murtaza Najabat, Busfield, James J. C., Rehman, Ihtesham U.

“…Oesophageal cancer is the ninth leading cause of malignant cancer death and its prognosis remains poor, ranking as the sixth most frequent cause of death in…”
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Soft robotic patterning of liquids by Sasso, Giacomo, Pugno, Nicola, Busfield, James J. C., Carpi, Federico

“…Patterning of two or more liquids, either homogeneous in each phase or mixed with particles (including biological matter, such as cells and proteins), by…”
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Evolution of the Viscoelastic Properties of Filler Reinforced Rubber under Physical Aging at Room Temperature by Vizcaíno-Vergara, María, Kari, Leif, Tunnicliffe, Lewis B, Busfield, James J C

“…Filler reinforced rubber is widely used for engineering applications; therefore, a sound characterization of the effects of physical aging is crucial for…”
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The Influence of Carbon Black Colloidal Properties on the Parameters of the Kraus Model by Rutherford, Kirsty J, Akutagawa, Keizo, Ramier, Julien L, Tunnicliffe, Lewis B, Busfield, James J C

“…The Payne Effect (also known as the Fletcher-Gent Effect) has a fundamental impact on the behavior of filled rubber composites and therefore must be considered…”
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Flocculation and Viscoelastic Behaviour in Carbon Black-Filled Natural Rubber by Tunnicliffe, Lewis B., Kadlcak, Jakub, Morris, Michael D., Shi, Ye, Thomas, Alan G., Busfield, James J. C.

“…The process of particulate flocculation in natural rubber melts and subsequently crosslinked samples is investigated using carbon blacks of varying surface…”
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Electrically Tunable Lenses: A Review by Chen, Leihao, Ghilardi, Michele, Busfield, James J. C., Carpi, Federico

“…Optical lenses with electrically controllable focal length are of growing interest, in order to reduce the complexity, size, weight, response time and power…”
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Universal Control on Pyroresistive Behavior of Flexible Self‐Regulating Heating Devices by Liu, Yi, Zhang, Han, Porwal, Harshit, Tu, Wei, Evans, Jamie, Newton, Mark, Busfield, James J. C., Peijs, Ton, Bilotti, Emiliano

“…Smart heating devices with reliable self‐regulating performances and high efficiency, combined with additional properties like mechanical flexibility, are of…”
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Electrically tuning soft membranes to both a higher and a lower transparency by Chen, Leihao, Ghilardi, Michele, Busfield, James J. C., Carpi, Federico

“…The possibility to electrically tune the optical transparency of thin membranes is of significant interest for a number of possible applications, such as…”
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Limitations of Viscoelastic Constitutive Models for Carbon-Black Reinforced Rubber in Medium Dynamic Strains and Medium Strain Rates by Carleo, Francesca, Barbieri, Ettore, Whear, Roly, Busfield, James J C

“…Modelling the viscoelastic behavior of rubber for use in component design remains a challenge. Most of the literature does not consider the typical regimes…”
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The Influence of Colloidal Properties of Carbon Black on Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Natural Rubber by Kyei-Manu, William Amoako, Herd, Charles R, Chowdhury, Mahatab, Busfield, James J C, Tunnicliffe, Lewis B

“…The influence of carbon black (CB) structure and surface area on key rubber properties such as monotonic stress-strain, cyclic stress-strain, and dynamic…”
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An Electric Self‐Sensing and Variable‐Stiffness Artificial Muscle by Liu, Chen, Busfield, James J. C., Zhang, Ketao

“…Soft robots have better flexibility than their rigid counterparts thus offering greater adaptability to changing environments. These robots made from flexible…”
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Bioreactor With Electrically Deformable Curved Membranes for Mechanical Stimulation of Cell Cultures by Costa, Joana, Ghilardi, Michele, Mamone, Virginia, Ferrari, Vincenzo, Busfield, James J C, Ahluwalia, Arti, Carpi, Federico

“…Physiologically relevant models of stretchable biological tissues, such as muscle, lung, cardiac and gastro-intestinal tissues, should mimic the mechanical…”
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Recyclable sulfur cured natural rubber with controlled disulfide metathesis by Kaur, Anureet, Fefar, Meet M., Griggs, Thomas, Akutagawa, Keizo, Chen, Biqiong, Busfield, James J. C.

“…Traditionally, sulfur-cured natural rubber compounds exhibit limited recyclability due to a significant drop in mechanical performance after reprocessing…”
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Novel Crosslinking System for Poly-Chloroprene Rubber to Enable Recyclability and Introduce Self-Healing by Kaur, Anureet, Gautrot, Julien E, Cavalli, Gabriel, Watson, Douglas, Bickley, Alan, Akutagawa, Keizo, Busfield, James J C

“…The introduction of dynamic bonds capable of mediating self-healing in a fully cross-linked polychloroprene network can only occur if the reversible moieties…”
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Pyroresistivity in conductive polymer composites: a perspective on recent advances and new applications by Liu, Yi, Zhang, Han, Porwal, Harshit, Busfield, James JC, Peijs, Ton, Bilotti, Emiliano

“…Conductive polymer composites (CPCs) with pyroresistive behaviour are of interest for a wide variety of applications such as safe batteries, resettable fuses,…”
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Characterising the friction coefficient between rubber O-rings and a rigid surface under extreme pressures by Yanes, Eduardo, Pugno, Nicola M., Ramier, Julien, Berryhill, Benjamin, Busfield, James JC

“…Previous research into the friction behaviour of elastomers has typically focused on the effects of velocity, contact pressure, counter surface and lubrication…”
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Stress relaxation, creep and set recovery of elastomers by Yamaguchi, Ken, Thomas, Alan G., Busfield, James J.C.

“…The stress relaxation, creep and recovery behaviour of a cross-linked unfilled natural rubber has been investigated at moderate stresses in tension. The aim…”
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Effects of Surface Deactivation of Carbon Black on Thermomechanical Sensitivity of Filler Networks in Rubber Compounds by Tunnicliffe, Lewis B., Thomas, Alan G., Busfield, James J. C.

“…The strain and thermal dependence of the dynamic mechanical properties of carbon black filler networks underpin the performance of many rubber components…”
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Micromechanical models of young's modulus of NR/organoclay nanocomposites by Lowe, David J., Chapman, Andrew V., Cook, Stuart, Busfield, James J. C.

“…Small strain Young's moduli of natural rubber (NR)/organoclay nanocomposites were estimated using the Guth–Gold, Halpin–Tsai (HT), and Krieger–Dougherty (KD)…”
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Electrically tunable directional light scattering from soft thin membranes by Chen, Leihao, Busfield, James J. C., Carpi, Federico

“…The possibility of electrically tuning the scattering of light from surfaces by dynamically varying their properties is desirable for controllable transparency…”
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