Publications – EPSRC CDT in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoDTC)

Our students have been involved in new and exciting interdisciplinary research and have published in leading high impact journals including Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, JACS, Angewandte Chemie, Applied Physics Letters, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, Nature Protocols, PloS one, and many others.

A full list of the work published by our NanoDTC Students, Associates and others, acknowledging the NanoDTC grants EP/G037221, EP/L015978 and EP/S022953/1 is below. If you want to view the papers on google scholar, see here.

Some papers published by our students are also featured below with some additional contextual information.

Last updated: Mar 2021

Looking inside lithium-ion batteries

Spectroscopy and Electrocatalysis for a Sustainable Future

From waste to fuel: quantifying sustainability

Novel spin states discovered in silicon-based artificial atoms

A step forward in efficient artificial photosynthesis

Self-assembling hydrogels on microfluidic droplets that respond to light or chemical stimuli by disassembling

622 entries « ‹ 32 of 32 › »

2011
2.		CJ Kerr Yan Yan Shery Huang, JE Marshall ; Terentjev, Eugene M Effect of filament aspect ratio on the dielectric response of multiwalled carbon nanotube composites Journal Article Journal of Applied Physics, 109 (9), pp. 094109, 2011. Abstract \| Links @article{kerr2011effect, title = {Effect of filament aspect ratio on the dielectric response of multiwalled carbon nanotube composites}, author = {CJ Kerr, Yan Yan Shery Huang, JE Marshall and Eugene M Terentjev}, url = {https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.3569596}, year = {2011}, date = {2011-01-01}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics}, volume = {109}, number = {9}, pages = {094109}, publisher = {American Institute of Physics}, abstract = {Subpercolated composites consisting of highly polar fillers in an insulating matrix have long been predicted to exhibit a large dielectric constant. In this study, we examine the feasibility of experimentally reproducing such an effect based on a multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs)-polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composite system. MWNTs of different diameters were subjected to high-power ultrasound. The sonication-induced scission of nanotubes shows saturation at a final length dependent on the tube diameter, in agreement with a theoretical model. Sonication allows us to produce MWNTs with a prescribed mean aspect ratio between 10 and 55. Composites were formed from these MWNTs with PDMS elastomer at a fixed 1 wt% doping level, using a common solution-processing method. Results from AC impedance spectroscopy indicate that the tube length minimally affects the dielectric response of these composites when the doping level is below the percolation threshold.}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Close Subpercolated composites consisting of highly polar fillers in an insulating matrix have long been predicted to exhibit a large dielectric constant. In this study, we examine the feasibility of experimentally reproducing such an effect based on a multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs)-polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composite system. MWNTs of different diameters were subjected to high-power ultrasound. The sonication-induced scission of nanotubes shows saturation at a final length dependent on the tube diameter, in agreement with a theoretical model. Sonication allows us to produce MWNTs with a prescribed mean aspect ratio between 10 and 55. Composites were formed from these MWNTs with PDMS elastomer at a fixed 1 wt% doping level, using a common solution-processing method. Results from AC impedance spectroscopy indicate that the tube length minimally affects the dielectric response of these composites when the doping level is below the percolation threshold. Close https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.3569596 Close
2010
1.		Beldon, Patrick J; Fábián, László; Stein, Robin S; Thirumurugan, A; Cheetham, Anthony K; 'c, Tomislav Friš{č}i Rapid room-temperature synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks by using mechanochemistry Journal Article Angewandte Chemie, 122 (50), pp. 9834–9837, 2010. Links @article{beldon2010rapid, title = {Rapid room-temperature synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks by using mechanochemistry}, author = {Patrick J Beldon and László Fábián and Robin S Stein and A Thirumurugan and Anthony K Cheetham and Tomislav Friš{č}i{'c}}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ange.201005547}, year = {2010}, date = {2010-01-01}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie}, volume = {122}, number = {50}, pages = {9834--9837}, publisher = {WILEY-VCH Verlag Weinheim}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Close https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ange.201005547 Close