Search Results - "Patrick A. Fairclough, J."
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Interplay between Gelation and Phase Separation in Aqueous Solutions of Methylcellulose and Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
Published in Langmuir (17-07-2012)“…Thermally induced gelation in aqueous solutions of methylcellulose (MC) and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) has been studied by rheological, optical…”
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Study of Salting Effect of Inorganic Salts on Nano- and Giant Polymersomes
Published in Macromolecular research (01-09-2022)“…The salting effect, of kosmotropic and chaotropic salts, on nanoscale and giant-poly(ethylene oxide) 16 -block-poly(butylene oxide) 22 polymersomes was…”
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Structural Variation and Chemical PerformanceA Study of the Effects of Chemical Structure upon Epoxy Network Chemical Performance
Published in ACS applied polymer materials (09-07-2021)“…Epoxy resins are used widely as protective coatings, in a wide range of harsh chemical environments. This work explores the influence of subtle structural…”
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Time-Resolved Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Studies of Polymer−Silica Nanocomposite Particles: Initial Formation and Subsequent Silica Redistribution
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (02-02-2011)“…Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is a powerful characterization technique for the analysis of polymer−silica nanocomposite particles due to their relatively…”
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Controlling the Motion and Placement of Micrometer-Sized Metal Particles Using Patterned Polymer Brush Surfaces
Published in Langmuir (04-10-2011)“…In this paper, we show that silicon surfaces patterned with poly(methacrylic acid) brushes are able to control the Brownian motion of 2–3 μm iron particles,…”
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Control of Structural Morphology in Shear-Induced Crystallization of Polymers
Published in Macromolecules (09-03-2010)“…Critical examination finds that the longest chains play a catalytic role in the formation of shish kebabs recruiting other chains into the formation of this…”
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Coupling pH-Responsive Polymer Brushes to Electricity: Switching Thickness and Creating Waves of Swelling or Collapse
Published in Langmuir (19-03-2013)“…Electrolysis of water is proposed as a method to couple the pH-responsive behavior of polymer brushes to an electrical stimulus. It is shown that an electrode…”
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Wing scale ultrastructure underlying convergent and divergent iridescent colours in mimetic Heliconius butterflies
Published in Journal of the Royal Society interface (01-04-2018)“…Iridescence is an optical phenomenon whereby colour changes with the illumination and viewing angle. It can be produced by thin film interference or…”
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Development of a Novel Friction Model for Machining Simulations in Unidirectional Composite Materials
Published in Polymers (22-02-2022)“…Constant coefficients of friction (COFs) are currently used in the literature to describe the contact mechanics between tool and workpiece for finite element…”
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Molecular Model for Astringency Produced by Polyphenol/Protein Interactions
Published in Biomacromolecules (01-05-2004)“…Polyphenols are responsible for the astringency of many beverages and foods. This is thought to be caused by the interaction of polyphenols with basic salivary…”
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Control of the Porous Structure of Polystyrene Particles Obtained by Nonsolvent Induced Phase Separation
Published in Langmuir (21-11-2017)“…Porous polystyrene microspheres were produced by a process of nonsolvent induced phase separation (NIPS) from ternary polymer–solvent–nonsolvent…”
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Spatially modulated structural colour in bird feathers
Published in Scientific reports (21-12-2015)“…Eurasian Jay ( Garrulus glandarius ) feathers display periodic variations in the reflected colour from white through light blue, dark blue and black. We find…”
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Direct Imaging of the Orientational Dynamics of Block Copolymer Lamellar Phase Subjected to Shear Flow
Published in Macromolecules (26-06-2012)“…An imaging torsional parallel-plate shear cell, producing a well-defined range of shear rates, was used to probe the dynamics of shear-induced structural…”
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Characterization of Polymer-Silica Nanocomposite Particles with Core–Shell Morphologies using Monte Carlo Simulations and Small Angle X-ray Scattering
Published in Langmuir (05-07-2011)“…A two-population model based on standard small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) equations is verified for the analysis of core–shell structures comprising…”
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Noncovalent Cross-Linking of Casein by Epigallocatechin Gallate Characterized by Single Molecule Force Microscopy
Published in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry (14-06-2006)“…Interaction of the tea polyphenol epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) with β-casein in milk affects the taste of tea and also affects the stability of the tea and…”
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Electrical curing of carbon fibre composites with conductive epoxy resins
Published in Composites. Part A, Applied science and manufacturing (01-10-2024)“…Direct electric cure (DEC) was used to cure carbon fibre-reinforced polymers (CFRPs). We show that the energy consumption for curing is significantly reduced,…”
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The Effect of High-Intensity Ultraviolet Light to Elicit Microalgal Cell Lysis and Enhance Lipid Extraction
Published in Metabolites (15-10-2018)“…Currently, the energy required to produce biofuel from algae is 1.38 times the energy available from the fuel. Current methods do not deliver scalable,…”
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Unexpected Facile Redistribution of Adsorbed Silica Nanoparticles Between Latexes
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (24-02-2010)“…Addition of excess sterically stabilized P2VP latex to a colloidal dispersion of P2VP-silica nanocomposite particles (with silica shells at full monolayer…”
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X-ray nano-tomography of complete scales from the ultra-white beetles Lepidiota stigma and Cyphochilus
Published in Scientific data (29-05-2020)“…High resolution X-ray nano-tomography experiments are often limited to a few tens of micrometer size volumes due to detector size. It is possible, through the…”
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Creaming in Black Tea
Published in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry (05-10-2005)“…Tea cream is the precipitate formed as tea cools. Its formation has been studied by X-ray scattering, and it is shown that a higher tea concentration leads to…”
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