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Creep curve measurement to support wear and adhesion modelling, using a continuously variable creep twin disc machine by Fletcher, D.I., Lewis, S.

“…Predictive modelling of wear and adhesion at rolling–sliding contacts such as a railway rail and wheel depends on understanding the relationship between slip…”
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Modelling and full-scale trials to investigate fluid pressurisation of rolling contact fatigue cracks by Fletcher, D.I., Hyde, P., Kapoor, A.

“…Fluid penetration of cracks has been regarded as an important mechanism of crack growth for inclined surface breaking cracks under contact loading since the…”
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Controlled Silanization of Silica Nanoparticles to Stabilize Foams, Climbing Films, and Liquid Marbles by Fletcher, Paul D. I, Holt, Ben L

“…We describe a method for the synthesis of multigram amounts of silica nanoparticles which are controllably hydrophobized to different extents using a room…”
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High Internal Phase Emulsions: Catastrophic Phase Inversion, Stability, and Triggered Destabilization by Dunstan, Timothy S, Fletcher, Paul D. I, Mashinchi, Saeed

“…We have investigated the formation, drop sizes, and stability of emulsions prepared by hand shaking in a closed vessel in which the emulsion is in contact with…”
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Selective Retardation of Perfume Oil Evaporation from Oil-in-Water Emulsions Stabilized by Either Surfactant or Nanoparticles by Binks, Bernard P, Fletcher, Paul D. I, Holt, Benjamin L, Beaussoubre, Pascal, Wong, Kenneth

“…We have used dynamic headspace analysis to investigate the evaporation rates of perfume oils from stirred oil-in-water emulsions into a flowing gas stream. We…”
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Scaling up of continuous-flow, microwave-assisted, organic reactions by varying the size of Pd-functionalized catalytic monoliths by He, Ping, Haswell, Stephen J, Fletcher, Paul D I, Kelly, Stephen M, Mansfield, Andrew

“…A product-scalable, catalytically mediated flow system has been developed to perform Suzuki-Miyaura reactions under a microwave heating regime, in which the…”
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Assessment of laser cladding as an option for repairing/enhancing rails by Lewis, S.R., Lewis, R., Fletcher, D.I.

“…This paper presents results of testing carried out to assess the wear and RCF performance of laser clad rail. Stronger and harder materials can be laser clad…”
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Rail rolling contact fatigue dependence on friction, predicted using fracture mechanics with a three-dimensional boundary element model by Fletcher, D.I., Smith, L., Kapoor, A.

“…Rolling contact fatigue crack growth continues to affect many railways worldwide. It is most often controlled through rail grinding in a preventive maintenance…”
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Modelling rail steel microstructure and its effect on crack initiation by Franklin, F.J., Garnham, J.E., Fletcher, D.I., Davis, C.L., Kapoor, A.

“…The quality of rail steel has improved greatly in recent years and the material is more resistant to wear, plastic deformation and crack initiation; but track…”
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Particles Adsorbed at the Oil−Water Interface:  A Theoretical Comparison between Spheres of Uniform Wettability and “Janus” Particles by Binks, B. P, Fletcher, P. D. I

“…We consider the adsorption at an oil−water interface of spherical particles of two types. The first type has a homogeneous surface of uniform wettability. The…”
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Water-in-Water Emulsions Based on Incompatible Polymers and Stabilized by Triblock Copolymers–Templated Polymersomes by Buzza, D. Martin A, Fletcher, Paul D. I, Georgiou, Theoni K, Ghasdian, Negar

“…Aqueous solutions containing a mixture of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and dextran homopolymers form an aqueous two-phase system which can be emulsified to give a…”
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Model Study of Enhanced Oil Recovery by Flooding with Aqueous Surfactant Solution and Comparison with Theory by Fletcher, Paul D. I, Savory, Luke D, Woods, Freya, Clarke, Andrew, Howe, Andrew M

“…With the aim of elucidating the details of enhanced oil recovery by surfactant solution flooding, we have determined the detailed behavior of model systems…”
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Evaporation Rates of Water from Concentrated Oil-in-Water Emulsions by Aranberri, I, Binks, B. P, Clint, J. H, Fletcher, P. D. I

“…We have investigated the rate of water evaporation from concentrated oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions containing an involatile oil. Evaporation of the water…”
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How membrane permeation is affected by donor delivery solvent by Binks, Bernard P, Fletcher, Paul D I, Johnson, Andrew J, Elliott, Russell P

“…We investigate theoretically and experimentally how the rate and extent of membrane permeation is affected by switching the donor delivery solvent from water…”
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Effect of added diols (glycols) on the emulsion properties of oil, water and surfactant mixtures by Binks, Bernard P., Fletcher, Paul D.I., Thompson, Michael A., Elliott, Russell P.

“…Diol addition causes phase inversion of the emulsions from water-in-oil (w/o) to oil-in-water (o/w). [Display omitted] ► Diol addition causes emulsion phase…”
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Laser cladding of rail; the effects of depositing material on lower rail grades by Lu, P., Lewis, S.R., Fretwell-Smith, S., Engelberg, D.L., Fletcher, D.I., Lewis, R.

“…This paper presents a study comparing the wear performance of laser clad rails. A grade of martensitic stainless steel (MSS) was deposited on two substrate…”
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Growth of Gold Nanoparticle Films Driven by the Coalescence of Particle-Stabilized Emulsion Drops by Binks, B. P, Clint, J. H, Fletcher, P. D. I, Lees, T. J. G, Taylor, P

“…We have investigated the mechanism of the spontaneous growth of a gold nanoparticle film on a container wall when an aqueous dispersion of gold nanoparticles…”
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Measurement of long-range repulsive forces between charged particles at an oil-water interface by Aveyard, R, Binks, B P, Clint, J H, Fletcher, P D I, Horozov, T S, Neumann, B, Paunov, V N, Annesley, J, Botchway, S W, Nees, D, Parker, A W, Ward, A D, Burgess, A N

“…Using a laser tweezers method, we have determined the long-range repulsive force as a function of separation between two charged, spherical polystyrene…”
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Three-dimensional modelling of rail steel microstructure and crack growth by Franklin, F.J., Gahlot, A., Fletcher, D.I., Garnham, J.E., Davis, C.

“…▶ Study of the statistics of 3D microstructures generated using the Voronoi method. ▶ Scaling of generated microstructure using grain size measurements from…”
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Influence of Propylene Glycol on Aqueous Silica Dispersions and Particle-Stabilized Emulsions by Binks, Bernard P, Fletcher, Paul D. I, Thompson, Michael A, Elliott, Russell P

“…We have studied the influence of adding propylene glycol to both aqueous dispersions of fumed silica nanoparticles and emulsions of paraffin liquid and water…”
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