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Kissing bonds in adhesive joints: a holistic approach for surface chemistry and joint mechanics
(2011)
Kissing bonds (KBs) refer to the situation where two surfaces are only partially
bonded or are debonded but touching or in very close proximity. This may be the
consequence of poor adhesion, environmental degradation or ...
Processing organic semiconductors
(2010)
In recent years, there has been a considerable interest in organic semiconducting materials due to their potential to enable, amongst other things, low-cost flexible opto-electronic applications, such as large-area integrated ...
Surface properties of electrospun polymer nanofibres
(2010)
Fibrous materials are used in a variety of applications due to their relatively high
surface area to volume ratio as well as anisotropic behaviour. Electrospinning is a
popular fabrication technique which produces polymer ...
Optically addressable, integrative composite polymer microcapsules
(2009)
The development of remotely addressable tools to encapsulate, store and deliver active materials to
living cells is a particularly challenging topic of material science. As drug delivery agents,
microcontainers not only ...
Micro-extrusion of fine ceramic latticework
(2008)
Microextrusion freeforming of ceramic lattices from high solids ceramic pastes is a
method for forming complex multi-scale hierarchical porous structures. It has the
advantages of low shrinkage stress, high sintered ...
Self assembly for surface functionalization to improve biocompatibilities in Ti-based implants and enzyme immobilization in biofuel cells
(2010)
Self-assembly is an effective biomimetic technique for surface functionalization and
nanostructural synthesis. 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) is a popular
molecule that can assemble over substrates to modify surface ...
Influence of coatings on ion release from large diameter metal-on-metal hip bearings
(2012)
The reduction of wear debris and metal ions from metal-on-metal (MoM) cobalt
chromium molybdenum (CoCrMo) hip replacements is needed to help reduce the
incidence of adverse tissue responses that cause the high clinical ...
Development of dirt resistant polymer coatings
(2005)
In the construction industry, prepainted metal strip is a widely used material for fagade
and roofs of building intended for commercial used. The physical properties of modem
coatings are outstanding, however one big ...
Continuous Hydrothermal Flow Synthesis and Characterisation of Nano-Bioceramics and their Rapid Consolidation Using Spark Plasma Sintering
(2008)
Accidents, surgery and disease often result in the use of biomimetic materials that can
replace human hard tissue and calcium phosphate bioceramics are ideally suited for this
purpose. Indeed, biological apatite is a ...