• Lipid cubic systems for sustained and controlled delivery of antihistamine drugs 

  Dully, Michele; Ceresnakova, Miriama; Murray, David; Soulimane, Tewfik; Hudson, Sarah P. (American Chemical Society, 2021)

  Antihistamines are capable of blocking mediator responses in allergic reactions including allergic rhinitis and dermatological reactions. By incorporating various H1 receptor antagonists into a lipid cubic phase network, ...
• Size-dependent bending modulus of fibre composite laminates comprising unidirectional plies 

  Nourmohammadi, Nastaran; O'Dowd, Noel P.; Weaver, Paul M. (Elsevier, 2021)

  Heterogeneous materials can show size-dependent behaviour in which the bending modulus depends on sample size. In fibre composite materials the interaction between fibre and matrix can lead to such a size effect. Then the ...
• Toward an understanding of the propensity for crystalline hydrate formation by molecular compounds. Part 2 

  Sanii, Rana; Patyk-Kaźmierczak, Ewa; Hua, Carol; Darwish, Shaza; Pham, Tony; Forrest, Katherine A.; Space, Brian; Zaworotko, Michael J. (American Chemical Society, 221)

  The propensity of molecular organic compounds to form stoichiometric or nonstoichiometric crystalline hydrates remains a challenging aspect of crystal engineering and is of practical relevance to fields such as pharmaceutical ...
• Energy-level alignment and orbital-selective femtosecond charge transfer dynamics of redox-active molecules on Au, Ag, and Pt metal surfaces 

  Zhang, Ziyu; Cao, Liang; Chen, Xue; Thompson, Damien; Qi, Dong-Chen; Nijhuis, Christian A. (2021)

  Charge transfer (CT) dynamics across metal−molecule interfaces has important implications for performance and function of molecular electronic devices. CT times, on the order of femtoseconds, can be precisely measured ...
• A multifunctional solution for wicked problems: value-chain wide facilitation of legumes cultivated at bioregional scales Is necessary to address the climate-biodiversity-nutrition nexus 

  Iannetta, Pietro P.M.; Hawes, Cathy; Begg, Graham S.; Maaß, Henrik; Ntatsi, Georgia; Savvas, Dimitrios; Vasconcelos, Marta; Hamann, Karen; Williams, Michael; Styles, David; Toma, Luiza; Shrestha, Shailesh; Balázs, Bálint; Kelemen, Eszter; Debeljak, Marko; Trajanov, Aneta; Vickers, R.; Rees, Robert M. (Frontiers Media, 2021)

  Well-managed legume-based food systems are uniquely positioned to curtail the existential challenge posed by climate change through the significant contribution that legumes can make toward limiting Green House Gas (GHG) ...
• Tuning the biomimetic behavior of hybrid scaffolds for bone tissue engineering through surface modifications and drug immobilization 

  Ghorbani, Farnaz; Ghalandari, Behafarid; Sahranavard, Melika; Zamanian, Ali; Collins, Maurice N. (Elsevier, 2021)

  Bone defects arising from injury and/or disease are a common and debilitating clinical lesion. While the development of tissue microenvironments utilizing biomimetic constructs is an emerging approach for bone tissue ...
• The identification of period-doubling in a nonlinear two-degree-of-freedom electromagnetic vibrational energy harvester 

  Nico, Valeria; Frizzell, Ronan; Punch, Jeff (IEEE Computer Society, 2020)

  Common vibrational energy harvesters are generally based on a linear mass-spring oscillator model, and these typically show narrow bandwidth and high resonant frequency at small scales. To overcome these problems, a ...
• Nonlinear analysis of a two-degree-of-freedom energy harvester 

  Nico, Valeria; Frizzell, Ronan; Punch, Jeff (Springer, 2017)

  In recent years the use of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) has increased rapidly, enabled by the development of small and ultra-low power electronics. The majority of these sensors are battery powered, and this can lead ...
• Two-degree-of-freedom velocity-amplified vibrational energy harvester for human motion applications 

  Nico, Valeria; Punch, Jeff (Springer, 2019)

  Conventional vibrational energy harvesters (VEHs) are gen erally based on a linear mass-spring oscillator model that features narrow bandwidth and high resonant frequencies at small scales. To overcome these limitations, ...
• Nonlinear analysis of a two-degree-of-freedom vibration energy harvester using high order spectral analysis techniques 

  Nico, Valeria; Frizzell, Ronan; Punch, Jeff (IOP Publishing, 2017)

  Conventional vibration energy harvesters are generally based on linear mass spring oscillator models. Major limitations with common designs are their narrow bandwidths and the increase of resonant frequency as the device ...
• Characterisation of organic matter and its transformation processes in on-site wastewater effluent percolating through soil using fluorescence spectroscopic methods and parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) 

  Dubber, Donata; Knappe, Jan; Gill, Laurence W. (MDPI, 2021)

  This research has used fluorescence spectroscopy and parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) in order to characterize dissolved organic matter in septic tank effluent, as it passes through the biomat/biozone, infiltrating ...
• Efficient propyne/propadiene separation by microporous crystalline physiadsorbents 

  Peng, Yun-Lei; Wang, Ting; Jin, Chaonan; Deng, Cheng-Hua; Zhao, Yanming; Liu, Wansheng; Forrest, Katherine A.; Krishna, Rajamani; Chen, Yao; Pham, Tony; Space, Brian; Cheng, Peng; Zaworotko, Michael J.; Zhang, Zhenjie (Nature Research, 2021)

  Selective separation of propyne/propadiene mixture to obtain pure propadiene (allene), an essential feedstock for organic synthesis, remains an unsolved challenge in the petrochemical industry, thanks mainly to their ...
• A state-of-the-art review on the application of various pharmaceutical nanoparticles as a promising technology in cancer treatment 

  Elveny, Marischa; Khan, Afrasyab; Nakhjiri, Ali Taghvaie; Albadarin, Ahmad B. (Elsevier, 2021)

  Recently, rapid advancement in nanomedicine has opened new horizons towards the treatment of disparate types of cancer. Nanomedicine is considered as the science of applying nanoparticles (NPs) for various diagnostic or ...
• Serological markers of SARS-CoV-2 infection; anti-nucleocapsid antibody positivity may not be the ideal marker of natural infection in vaccinated individuals 

  Allen, Niamh; Brady, Melissa; Carrion Martin, Antonio Isidro; Domegan, Lisa; Walsh, Cathal Dominic; Doherty, Lorraine; Ni Riain, Una; Bergin, Colm; Fleming, Catherine; Conlon, Niall (Elsevier, 2021)

  Dear Editor, We write in response to correspondence from Whitaker et al. in this Journal (1). The authors demonstrate increases in seropositivity for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies against the spike protein as the roll out of ...
• Silicon nitride – silicon carbide micro/nano-composites – a review 

  Hampshire, Stuart; Kennedy, Tríona (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2021)

  This paper reviews investigations of silicon nitride–silicon carbide micro–nanocomposites from the original work of Niihara, who proposed the concept of structural ceramic nanocomposites, to more recent work on strength ...
• Dissipative particle dynamics simulations of H-shaped diblock copolymer self-assembly in solvent 

  Harmat, Adam L.; Nikkhah, Sousa Javan; Sammalkorpi, Maria (Elsevier, 2021)

  We examine the self-assembly of H-shaped block-copolymers as the function of the middle block to branch length ratio and interaction between the middle and branch blocks differing in their solvophobicity. The work shows ...
• Pathway complexity in supramolecular porphyrin self-assembly at an immiscible liquid–liquid interface 

  Robayo-Molina, Iván; Molina-Osorio, Andrés; Guinane, Luke; Tofail, Syed A.M.; Scanlon, Micheál D. (American Chemical Society, 2021)

  Nanostructures that are inaccessible through spontaneous thermodynamic processes may be formed by supramolecular self-assembly under kinetic control. In the past decade, the dynamics of pathway complexity in self-assembly ...
• Removal of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) from aqueous solution using acid-modified poultry litter-derived hydrochar: adsorption, regeneration and reuse 

  Ghanim, Bashir M.A.; Leahy, James J.; O'Dwyer, Thomas F; Kwapinski, Witold; Pembroke, Tony; Murnane, John G (Wiley, 2021)

  BACKGROUND: Chromium (Cr) is widely used in industrial processes and is considered a major source of pollution when released to the environment. Of particular concern, hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) is amongst the most toxic ...
• Influence of environmental conditioning on mechanical properties of carbon dry fibre preformed thermoplastic matrix composites manufactured via automated placement-resin infusion process 

  Kadiyala, Ajay Kumar; O'Shaughnessy, Thomas; Lee, Stephen; Portela, Alexandre; Comer, Anthony J. (Elsevier, 2021)

  In the present work, dry fibre placement (DFP) of co-polyamide based carbon fibre spreadtow bindered tape for fabrication of thermoplastic acrylic resin composites was explored. The DFP followed by vacuum assisted liquid ...
• Density functional theory predictions of the mechanical properties of crystalline materials 

  Kiely, Evan; Zwane, Reabetswe; Fox, Robert; Reilly, Anthony M.; Guerin, Sarah (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021)

  The mechanical properties of crystalline materials are crucial knowledge for their screening, design, and exploitation. Density functional theory (DFT), remains one of the most effective computational tools for quantitatively ...

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