Centre for Sustainable Engineering

Publications

  • A review on energy-efficient manufacturing for high-performance fibre-reinforced composites
    Wang Y, Thorn TDS, Liu Y, Advani SG, Papageorgiou DG, Bilotti E and Zhang H
    Composites Part a Applied Science and Manufacturing, Elsevier vol. 192 
    01-05-2025
  • Photogalvanic effects in non-centrosymmetric halide perovskites
    Briscoe J and Shi J
    Nature Reviews Physics, Springer Nature, 1-10.  
    25-04-2025
  • Purifying the Air with Photocatalysis: Developing Bismuth Oxybromide/ Copper Phthalocyanine Composite Photocatalyst Filters with Enhanced Activity for NOx Removal
    Olaifa O, Alimard P, Itskou I, Eisner F, Petit C, Díez‐González S and Kafizas A
    Chemphotochem, Wiley 
    10-04-2025
  • Decoupling Membrane Electrode Assembly Materials Complexity from Fuel Cell Performance through Image‐Based Multiphase and Multiphysics Modelling
    Chen J, Du W, Guo Z, Lu X, Tudball MP, Yang X, Zhou Z, Zhou S, Rack A, Lukic B, Shearing PR, Haigh SJ, Holmes SM and Miller TS
    Advanced Energy Materials, Wiley 
    10-04-2025
  • Performance enhancement mechanisms and optimization of multi-pass parallel flow condensers with liquid-vapor separation
    Pu JH, Hua N, Jian X, Chen Y, Li Y, Yang T and Wang HS
    Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Elsevier 
    01-04-2025
  • Optimisation of the thermodynamic and environmental performances of a flat plate solar collector with multiple turbulators: An integrated experimental, numerical, and machine learning investigation
    Zaboli M, Karimi N, Ajarostaghi SSM and Saedodin S
    Renewable Energy, Elsevier vol. 242 
    01-04-2025
  • Impact of vibration on Li-ion battery cooling: A system dynamics analysis and physical characterisation
    Saeed A, Karimi N and Paul MC
    International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Elsevier vol. 210 
    01-04-2025
  • Frictional anisotropy of ant legs and related inspired 3D-printed textured surfaces with self-locomotion on ultrasound vibrating substrates
    Kashyap V, Di Novo NG and Pugno NM
    Tribology International, Elsevier vol. 204 
    01-04-2025
  • Efficient and stable high-entropy organic photovoltaics
    Zhang M, Zhu L, Yan J, Xue X, Wang Z, Eisner F, Zhou G, Zeng R, Kan L, Wu L, Zhong W, Zhang A, Han F, Song J, Hartmann N, Zhou Z, Jing H, Zhu H, Xu S, Nelson J, Zhang Y and Liu F
    Joule, Elsevier vol. 9 (4) 
    01-04-2025
  • Effect of boron nitride on the pyroresistive properties of smart conductive polymer composites: eliminating the negative temperature coefficient effect
    Wang Y, Das B, Thorn TDS, Liu Y, Papageorgiou DG, Bilotti E and Zhang H
    Composites Science and Technology, Elsevier 
    01-04-2025
  • Closed-form solutions for wave propagation in hexagonal diatomic non-local lattices
    Ongaro F, Beoletto PH, Bosia F, Miniaci M and Pugno NM
    International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Elsevier vol. 291 
    01-04-2025
  • A parametric non-linear non-intrusive reduce-order model using deep transfer learning
    Fu R, Xiao D, Buchan AG, Lin X, Feng Y and Dong G
    Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Elsevier vol. 438 
    01-04-2025
  • Preparation of Thermally and Photochemically Immobilized N‐type Conjugated Polymer Films via Quantitative Backbone Editing
    Rapley C, Marsh AV, Gutierrez‐Fernandez E, Nugraha MI, Eisner F, Rimmele M, Martín J, Anthopoulos TD and Heeney M
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Wiley 
    27-03-2025
  • Enhanced Solar Water Oxidation and Unassisted Water Splitting Using Graphite Protected Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photoactive Layers
    Dabozci M, Eisner F, Luke J, Yuan SW, Al Lawati N, Zhi M, Yang M, Müller J, Stewart K, Kim J-S, Nelson J and Eslava S
    Nature Energy, Nature Research 
    18-03-2025
  • Exploring the impact of thermal fluctuations on continuous models of adhesion
    Binetti C, Cannizzo A, Florio G, Pugno NM, Puglisi G and Giordano S
    International Journal of Engineering Science, Elsevier vol. 208 
    01-03-2025
  • Development of Machine Learning-Aided Rapid CFD Prediction for Optimal Urban Wind Environment Design
    Baitureyeva A, Yang T and Wang HS
    Sustainable Cities and Society, Elsevier vol. 121 
    01-03-2025
  • Bioinspired Physico‐Chemical Surface Modifications for the Development of Advanced Retentive Systems (Adv. Mater. Technol. 5/2025)
    Dzinovic E, Clark L, Keyhani N, Al Morhiby N, Byford P, Wang S, Gamea S, Chu K, Wnuk E, Liu Y, Rosik N, Giuliani F, Pugno NM, Zhang ZJ, Addison O and Elsharkawy S
    Advanced Materials Technologies, Wiley vol. 10 (5) 
    01-03-2025
  • Discerning Blend Microstructure and Charge Recombination for Stable Biorenewable‐Based Organic Photovoltaics
    Mazzolini E, Qiao Z, Muller J, Furlan F, Sanviti M, Nodari D, Rimmele M, Collauto A, Deibel C, Heeney M, Martin J, Eisner F, Nelson J, Gasparini N and Panidi J
    Advanced Energy Materials, Wiley 
    27-02-2025
  • Intermediate-range solvent templating and counterion behaviour at charged carbon nanotube surfaces
    Di Mino C, Headen TF, Basma NS, Buckley DJ, Cullen PL, Wilding MC, Shaffer MSP, Skipper NT, Clancy AJ and Howard CA
    Nature Nanotechnology, Springer Nature, 1-7.  
    21-02-2025
  • Aerosol-Assisted Crystallization Lowers Intrinsic Quantum Confinement and Improves Optoelectronic Performance in FAPbI3 Films
    Kaur G, Hameed M, Lee JE, Elmestekawy KA, Johnston MB, Briscoe J and Herz LM
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 16 (9), 2212-2222.  
    21-02-2025
  • Chameleon-Inspired Photoelectric-Driven Multifunctional Memristors Based on Polyoxometalate for an Adaptive–Recognition–Tuning System
    Li W, Ren Y, Yang W, Ba J, Wang Y, Li Z, Li Y, Wang Z, Shen L, Zhang J and Zhang L
    Nano Letters, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 25 (10), 4068-4077.  
    20-02-2025
  • Phase transformation in lead titanate based relaxor ferroelectrics with ultra-high strain
    Zhang H, Li Z, Wang Y, Fortes AD, Saunders TG, Hao Y, Abrahams I, Yan H and Su L
    Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 16 (1) 
    18-02-2025
  • Biomimetic Structure and Phase Change Materials for Multifunctional Personal Thermal Management
    Su Q, Sheng G, Li Y, Lu X, Wang C, Xin C, Wang H and Jiang H
    Journal of Bionic Engineering, Springer Nature vol. 22 (2), 513-561.  
    06-02-2025
  • Modeling spider silk supercontraction as a hydration-driven solid–solid phase transition
    Fazio V, Florio G, Pugno NM and Puglisi G
    Journal of The Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Elsevier vol. 195 
    01-02-2025
  • Charge Regulation in Liquid Films Stabilized by Ionic Surfactants: Change in Adsorption with Film Thickness and Phase Transitions
    Dimitrova IM and Slavchov RI
    Molecules, Mdpi vol. 30 (3) 
    01-02-2025
  • An innovative hierarchical design of hybrid meta-structures for longitudinal waveguides
    Heshmati M, Jalali SK and Pugno NM
    International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Elsevier vol. 287 
    01-02-2025
  • A platinum-coated staggered reactor to intensify lean hydrogen/air combustion: A large eddy simulation study
    Mondal NA, Karimi N, Jackson SD and Paul MC
    Fuel, Elsevier vol. 381 
    01-02-2025
  • Hydrogen Induced Phase Transition in TiZrNbHfV1–x Ta x High Entropy Alloys
    Greaves F, Bouzidi A, Perrière L, Vaughan G, Nassif V, Laversenne L, Borgschulte A, Martins ML, Cheng Y, Ramirez-Cuesta AJ, Szilágyi PA, Cullen P and Zlotea C
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 129 (6), 2904-2912.  
    31-01-2025
  • The Design of Intrinsically Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks for Thermoelectric Materials
    Mcvea M, Nielsen C, Fenwick O and Szilagyi P
    Small Science, Wiley 
    27-01-2025
  • Hierarchical Natural Fibre Composites Based on Cellulose Nanocrystal-Modified Luffa Structures for Binderless Acoustic Panels
    Ekbatani S, Rattanawongkun P, Klayya S, Papageorgiou DG, Soykeabkaew N and Zhang H
    Polymers, Mdpi vol. 17 (3) 
    22-01-2025
  • Slip length and drag reduction of superhydrophobic surfaces in shear-thinning fluid flows
    Zhang L, Zhou W, Crick CR, Ng HC-H and Poole RJ
    Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Elsevier vol. 685, 468-475.  
    20-01-2025
  • The Fabrication of Fluorine‐Free Stretchable Superhydrophobic Films Using Inverse Vulcanization Sulfur Polymer
    Diniz V, Pugno NM, Rath S and Crick CR
    Advanced Materials Interfaces, Wiley 
    16-01-2025
  • Chemisorption and physisorption of alcohols on iron(III) oxide-terminated surfaces from nonpolar solvents
    Salama IE, Slavchov RI, Filip SV and Clarke SM
    Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Elsevier vol. 685, 15-28.  
    16-01-2025
  • Oxygen Vacancy-Mediated Microflower-like Bi5O7I for Reactive Oxygen Species Generation through Piezo-Photocoupling Effect
    Cui Y, Liu W, Chang L, Wang C, Pal S, Briscoe J and Wang Z
    Inorganic Chemistry, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 64 (3), 1498-1510.  
    15-01-2025
  • Methane emissions from the Nord Stream subsea pipeline leaks
    Harris SJ, Schwietzke S, France JL, Velandia Salinas N, Meixus Fernandez T, Randles C, Guanter L, Irakulis-Loitxate I, Calcan A, Aben I, Abrahamsson K, Balcombe P, Berchet A, Biddle LC, Bittig HC, Böttcher C, Bouvard T, Broström G, Bruch V, Cassiani M, Chipperfield MP, Ciais P, Damm E, Dammers E, Denier van der Gon H, Dogniaux M, Dowd E, Dupouy F, Eckhardt S and Evangeliou N
    Nature, Springer Nature vol. 637 (8048), 1124-1130.  
    15-01-2025
  • Narrowband Detection via Charge Collection Narrowing Organic Photodetector Enabled by Low Bandgap Random Terpolymer for Biometric Sensing
    Brunetta M, Qiao Z, Zamhuri A, Furlan F, Rimmele M, Gilhooly‐Finn PA, Cowen LM, Aniés F, Sukpoonprom P, Cazaly S, Panidi J, Eisner F, Heeney M, Schroeder BC and Gasparini N
    Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley 
    10-01-2025
  • Biochar filtration of drug-resistant bacteria and active pharmaceutical ingredients to combat antimicrobial resistance
    Fady P-E, Richardson AK, Barron LP, Mason AJ, Volpe R and Barr MR
    Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 15 (1) 
    08-01-2025
  • Super‐Tough Silk: The Potential of Knots in Evolved Spiders
    Pugno NM
    Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley vol. 35 (15) 
    07-01-2025
  • Reduced Thermal Conductivity and Improved Stability by B-Site Doping in Tin Halide Perovskites
    TANG W, Zhang S, Liu T, Jung C, Kim S-H, Scheu C, Yue S and Fenwick O
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 
    06-01-2025
  • Recyclable PVA/starch/Ti3C2Tx MXene nanocomposite films with superior mechanical and barrier properties
    Dong M, Bilotti E, Zhang H and Papageorgiou DG
    International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Elsevier vol. 295 
    06-01-2025
  • Optimizing Superhydrophobic Coatings: The Role of Catalysts, Additives, and Composition on UV and Thermal Stability of Inverse Vulcanization Polymers
    Diniz V, Rath S and Crick CR
    Acs Applied Polymer Materials, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 7 (2), 567-572.  
    06-01-2025
  • Welcome to Engineering in Medicine 2025
    Tanner E
    Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Sage Publications vol. 239 (1), 3-4.  
    01-01-2025
  • Tough and recyclable hydrogel electrolytes with continuous ion migration pathways for dendrite-free zinc-ion batteries under harsh conditions
    Cao M, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Yu M, Zhao Q, Briscoe J, Lu Y and Yao J
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) 
    01-01-2025
  • Thermal conductivity of WC: Microstructural design driven by first-principles simulations
    Humphry-Baker SA, Mellan TA, Finnis M, Polcik P, Lee WE, Reece M and Grasso S
    Acta Materialia, Elsevier vol. 283 
    01-01-2025
  • Separation of an azeotropic mixture through the use of organic solvent nanofiltration
    Cook M, Peeva LG and Livingston AG
    Separation and Purification Technology, Elsevier vol. 353 
    01-01-2025
  • Open and FAIR data for nanofiltration in organic media: A unified approach
    Van Buggenhout S, Ignacz G, Caspers S, Dhondt R, Lenaerts M, Lenaerts N, Hosseinabadi SR, Nulens I, Koeckelberghs G, Ren Y, Lively RP, Rabiller-Baudry M, Lim KM, Ghazali N, Coronas J, Abel M, Wessling M, Skiborowski M, Oxley A, Han SJ, Livingston A, Yi Z, Gao C, Guan K, Gonzales RR, Matsuyama H, Bettahalli SN, McCutcheon JR, Radmanesh F and Benes NE
    Journal of Membrane Science, Elsevier vol. 713 
    01-01-2025
  • Non-volatile voltage-controlled magnetization in single-phase multiferroic ceramics at room temperature
    Hu Z, Stenning GBG, Zhang H, Shi Y, Koval V, Hu W, Zhou Z, Jia C, Abrahams I and Yan H
    Journal of Materiomics, Elsevier vol. 11 (1) 
    01-01-2025
  • Membrane fouling during the harvesting of microalgae using static microfiltration
    Wu J, Meeten GH, Jones TGJ, Cagney N and Boek ES
    Separation and Purification Technology, Elsevier vol. 353 
    01-01-2025
  • Mechanically and photoelectrochemically stable WO 3 |BiVO 4 |NiFeOOH photoanodes synthesised by a scalable chemical vapour deposition method
    Creasey GH, McCallum TW, Ai G, Tam B, Rodriguez Acosta JW, Mohammad Yousuf A, Fearn S, Eisner F, Kafizas A and Hankin A
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 13 (16), 11585-11604.  
    01-01-2025
  • Investigation of electric field-induced phase transitions in unfilled tungsten bronze relaxor ceramics designed by the high entropy concept
    Wang B, Koval V, Viola G, Eriksson M, Wu Z, Reece MJ, Hall DA, Wang G and Yan H
    Acta Materialia, Elsevier vol. 284 
    01-01-2025
  • Intelligent manipulation of liquids through the bio-inspired structuring of materials
    Zhang C, Wang L, Crick CR and Lu Y
    Progress in Materials Science, Elsevier vol. 147 
    01-01-2025
  • High-temperature compressive behaviour and failure mechanism of high entropy carbides modified by Cr addition
    Wang Y, Cheng Z, Girman V, Sedlák R, Dusza J, Reece MJ and Zhang C
    Materials Science and Engineering A, Elsevier vol. 920 
    01-01-2025
  • Healing filler–matrix interfaces in drawn BN/UHMWPE composites by a simple thermal annealing treatment
    Yu X, Zhou Q, Zhang M, Kocabas C, Zhang H, Papageorgiou DG, Yan H, Reece MJ and Bilotti E
    Rsc Applied Polymers, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 3 (2), 361-369.  
    01-01-2025
  • Enhancing the performance of catalysts in turbulent premixed fuel-lean hydrogen/air combustion
    Mondal NA, Karimi N, Jackson SD and Paul MC
    Chemical Engineering Science, Elsevier vol. 301 
    01-01-2025
  • Beveled microneedles with channel for transdermal injection and sampling, fabricated with minimal steps and standard MEMS technology
    Bagolini A, Di Novo NG, Pedrotti S, Valt M, Collini C, Pugno NM and Lorenzelli L
    Lab On a Chip, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 25 (2), 201-211.  
    01-01-2025
  • Balancing PEDOT:PSS conductivity for optimal power output of p-n junction based ZnO piezoelectric nanogenerator
    Zhang Y, He Q, Tian G, Li X, Zeng C, Ren P, Abrahams I, Bilotti E, Dimitrov S, Sobrido AJ and Briscoe J
    Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier vol. 1010, 177086-177086.  
    01-01-2025
  • ANTi-JAM solutions for smart roads: Ant-inspired traffic flow rules under CAVs environment
    Guerrieri M and Pugno N
    Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Elsevier vol. 29 
    01-01-2025
  • A piezo-self-Fenton system based on dual co-catalyst modified Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 with accelerated Fe 3+ /Fe 2+ cycle and efficient in situ production of H 2 O 2
    Cui Y, Yuan P, Liu W, Wang Z, Pal S and Briscoe J
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 13 (5), 3922-3934.  
    01-01-2025