The Cardboard Box Garden (CBG) originated from a shared dissatisfaction with current computer technology as it is presented to children. This paper shall briefly review the process involved in the creation of this ...

                           Biochar production, from pyrolysis of lignocellulosic feedstocks, agricultural residues, and animal and poultry manures are emerging globally as novel industrial and commercial products. It is ...

My window, in the house where I have been living for the past eleven months, looks across to a much larger house full of retired missionary priests. Sitting at my desk every day, I see the same navy jumper and head of ...

Efficient synthetic protocols for stable oxide materials as Li-ion battery electrodes are important not only for improving long-term battery performance but also for tackling potential material abundance issues and ...

This thesis describes the development of high-capacity, next generation Li-ion battery electrodes based on germanium and silicon nanostructures grown directly from stainless steel current collectors. The core chapters ...

The accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) triggers a cascade of toxic events in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The KLVFF peptide can interfere with Aβ aggregation. However, the peptide suffers from poor bioavailability and the inability ...

A lactate/O2 enzymatic biofuel cell (EBFC) was prepared as a potential power source for wearable micro-electronic devices. Mechanically stable and flexible nanoporous gold (NPG) electrodes were prepared using an electrochemical ...

Nanoporous Gold (NPG) is a material of emerging interest for immobilization of biomolecules and especially enzymes. NPG materials provide a high surface area onto which biomolecules can either be directly physisorbed, ...

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 ...

This thesis describes the development of high-capacity, next generation Li-ion battery (LIB) electrodes based on nanostructured Li-alloying materials, silicon and germanium. The results chapters are arranged as research ...