• An enhanced curvature-constrained design method for manufacturable variable stiffness composite laminates 

  Hong, Zhi; Peeters, Daniël; Turteltaub, Sergio (Elsevier, 2020)

  In this paper, design strategies are developed to explore better approaches of enforcing local layer-wise curvature constraints in the optimization of variable stiffness laminates in order to ensure the manufacturability ...
• Mapping public health responses with attitude networks: the emergence of opinion-based groups in the UK’s early COVID-19 response phase 

  Maher, Paul J.; MacCarron, Pádraig; Quayle, Michael (Wiley, 2020)

  Partisan patterns of compliance with public health measures are a feature of early COVID-19responses. In many cases, these differences in behaviour relate to pre-existing group identities. However, in times of rapid ...
• Facile, one-pot biosynthesis and characterization of iron, copper and silver nanoparticles using syzygium cumini leaf extract: As an effective antimicrobial and aflatoxin B1 adsorption agents 

  Asghar, Muhammad Asif; Zahir, Erum; Asghar, Muhammad Arif; Iqbal, Javed; Rehman, Ahad Abdul (Public Library of Science, 2020)

  In this study, a facile, ecological and economical green method is described for the fabrication of iron (Fe), copper (Cu) and silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) from the extract of Syzygium cumini leaves. The obtained metal ...
• Computational fluid dynamic modeling and simulation of hydrocracking of vacuum gas oil in a fixed-bed reactor 

  Faraji, Davood; Zabihi, Samyar; Ghadiri, Mahdi; Sadighi, Sepehr; Nakhjiri, Ali Taghvaie; Shirazian, Saeed (American Chemical Society, 2020)

  A four-lump computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model was proposed for the investigation of vacuum gas oil hydrocracking in a trickle-bed reactor. The experiment was conducted at 360−390 °C and 146 bar in the reactor at ...
• Ultramicropore engineering by dehydration to enable molecular sieving of H2 by calcium trimesate 

  Mukherjee, Soumya; Chen, Shoushun; Bezrukov, Andrey A.; Mostrom, Matthew; Terskikh, Victor V.; Franz, Douglas M.; Wang, Shi-Qiang; Kumar, Amrit; Chen, Mansheng; Space, Brian; Huang, Yining; Zaworotko, Michael J. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020)

  The high energy footprint of commodity gas purification and ever-increasing demand for gases require new approaches to gas separation. Kinetic separation of gas mixtures through molecular sieving can enable “ideal” separation ...
• Plasmons in MoS2 studied via experimental and theoretical correlation of energy loss spectra 

  Moynihan, Eoin; Rost, Stephan; O'Connell, Eoghan; Ramasse, Quentin M.; Friedrich, Christoph; Bangert, Ursel (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020)

  This paper takes a fundamental view of the electron energy loss spectra of monolayer and few layer MoS2. The dielectric function of monolayer MoS2 is compared to the experimental spectra to give clear criteria for the ...
• Modification of the zeta potential of montmorillonite to achieve high active pharmaceutical ingredient nanoparticle loading and stabilization with optimum dissolution properties 

  Kumar, Ajay; Hodnett, Benjamin K.; Hudson, Sarah P.; Davern, Peter (Elsevier, 2020)

  Nanoparticles (NPs) of three poorly water-soluble BCS class II active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) (clozapine (CLO), curcumin (CUR) and carbamazepine (CBMZ) with zeta potentials –28.5 ± 2.5, –33 ± 1.5 and –13 ± 1.5 mV ...
• Nanoscale topography, surface charge variation and defect correlation in 2–8 nm thick functional alumina films 

  Guinane, Luke; Gautam, Devendraprakash; Kubik, Jan; Stenson, Bernard; Geary, Shane; Lebedev, Vasily; Laffir, Fathima; Beloshapkin, Sergey; Ul-Haqa, Ehtsham; Tofail, Syed A.M (Elsevier, 2020)

  In the nanometric regime, alumina films are often deposited by ALD methods yet in industrial applications, sputtered films thinner than 40 nm are used and research into those is sparse. Here, we investigated the nanoscale ...
• A multi-parameter regression model for interval censored survival data 

  Peng, Defen; MacKenzie, Gilbert; Burke, Kevin (Wiley and Sons Ltd.,, 2020)

  We develop flexible multiparameter regression (MPR) survival models for interval‐censored survival data arising in longitudinal prospective studies and longitudinal randomised controlled clinical trials. A multiparameter ...
• Biosensors—recent advances and future challenges in electrode materials 

  Otero, Fernando; Magner, Edmond (MDPI, 2020)

  Electrochemical biosensors benefit from the simplicity, sensitivity, and rapid response of electroanalytical devices coupled with the selectivity of biorecognition molecules. The implementation of electrochemical biosensors ...
• Mass transfer limitations in binderless ZSM-5 zeolite granules during adsorption of flavour compounds from aqueous streams 

  Gernat, D.C.; Rozenbroek, R.; Brouwer, Eric; van der Wielen, Luuk A.M.; Ottens, Marcel (Wiley and Sons Ltd.,, 2020)

  BACKGROUND: Recently, a new process concept has been proposed to selectively adsorb wort offflavours, i.e. aldehydes, from alcohol-free beers with hydrophobic zeolites. RESULTS: In this work, we investigated the uptake of ...
• A generalization of the classical Kelly betting formula to the case of temporal correlation 

  O'Brien, Joseph D.; Burke, Kevin; Burke, Mark E.; Barmish, Ross B. (IEEE Computer Society, 2020)

  For sequential betting games, Kelly’s theory, aimed at maximization of the logarithmic growth of one’s account value, involves optimization of the so-called betting fraction K. In this Letter, we extend the classical ...
• Dynamics impose limits to detectability of network structure 

  Asllani, Malbor; daCunha, Bruno Requião; Estrada, Ernesto; Gleeson, James P. (IOP Publishing, 2020)

  Networks are universally considered as complex structures of interactions of large multi-component systems. To determine the role that each node has inside a complex network, several centrality measures have been developed. ...
• Cocrystal polymorphs and solvates of the anti-Trypanosoma cruzi drug benznidazole with improved dissolution performance 

  Bezerra, Beatriz Pinheiro; Pogoda, Dorota; Perry, Miranda L.; Vidal, Laura M. T.; Zaworotko, Michael J.; Ayala, Alejandro P. (American Chemical Society, 2020)

  Benznidazole, the primary drug used in Chagas’ disease treatment, has known side effects, which may limit its widespread use. Its low solubility could negatively interfere in the bioavailability, even accentuating the toxic ...
• Calorimetric determination of cocrystal thermodynamic stability: sulfamethazine−salicylic acid case study 

  Svärd, Michael; Ahuja, Dipali; Rasmuson, Åke C. (American Chemical Society, 2020)

  This work demonstrates how the thermodynamics of cocrystal formation from the pure, solid coformers can be directly determined from experimentally obtained calorimetric data, without involving solubility data or approximations ...
• Diphenylalanine-derivative peptide assemblies with increased aromaticity exhibit metal-like rigidity and high piezoelectricity 

  Basavalingappa, Vasantha; Bera, Santu; Xue, Bin; O'Donnell, Joseph; Guerin, Sarah; Cazade, Pierre-André; Yuan,, Hui; Ul Haq, Ehtsham; Silien, Christophe; Tao, Kai; Shimon, Linda J. W.; Tofail, Syed A.M.; Thompson, Damien; Kolusheva, Sofiya; Yang, Rusen; Cao, Yi; Gazit, Ehud (American Chemical Society, 2020)

  Diphenylalanine (FF) represents the simplest peptide building block that selfassembles into ordered nanostructures with interesting physical properties. Among self-assembled peptide structures, FF nanotubes display notable ...
• Enzymatic biofuel cells for self-powered, controlled drug release. 

  Xiao, Xinxin; McGourty, Kieran Denis; Magner, Edmond (American Chemical Society, 2020)

  Self-powered drug delivery systems based on conductive polymers (CPs) that eliminate the need for external power sources, are of significant interest for use in clinical applications. Osmium redox polymer mediated glucose/O2 ...
• Quantifying uncertainty in a predictive model for popularity dynamics 

  O'Brien, Joseph D.; Aleta, Alberto; Moreno, Yamir; Gleeson, James P. (American Physical Society, 2020)

  The Hawkes process has garnered attention in recent years for its suitability to describe the behavior of online information cascades. Here we present a fully tractable approach to analytically describe the distribution ...
• Labile crosslinked hyaluronic acid via urethane formation using bis(β- isocyanatoethyl) disulphide with tuneable physicochemical and immunomodulatory properties 

  Zamboni, Fernanda; Ryan, Elizabeth J.; Culebras, Mario; Collins, Maurice N. (Elsevier, 2020)

  Here, we synthesise a new isocyanate-based crosslinker with the aim of obtaining novel tailored gels. The newly crosslinked hyaluronic acid (HA) gels were analysed in terms of rheological properties, chemical structure, ...
• Comparing nanoparticles for drug delivery: the effect of physiological dispersion media on nanoparticle properties 

  Ross, Aisling M.; Kennedy, Tadhg; McNulty, David; Leahy, Ciara I.; Walsh, Darragh R.; Murray, Paul; Grabrucker, Andreas M.; Mulvihill, John J.E. (Elsevier, 2020)

  Delivering therapeutics to disease sites is a challenge facing modern medicine. Nanoparticle delivery systems are of considerable interest to overcome this challenge, but these systems suffer from poor clinical translation. ...

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