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Insulating MgO–Al2O3–LDPE nanocomposites for offshore medium-voltage DC cables. (2020)
Journal Article
GUPTA, R., SMITH, L., NJUGUNA, J., DEIGHTON, A. and PANCHOLI, K. 2020. Insulating MgO–Al2O3–LDPE nanocomposites for offshore medium-voltage DC cables. ACS applied electronic materials [online], 2(7), pages 1880-1891. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00052

A polymer–metal oxide nanocomposite is a key in developing a high-temperature insulation material for power electronics and high-voltage direct current (HVDC) and medium-voltage direct current (MVDC) subsea cables having the capability of transmittin... Read More about Insulating MgO–Al2O3–LDPE nanocomposites for offshore medium-voltage DC cables..

The influence of graphene oxide on nanoparticle emissions during drilling of graphene/epoxy carbon-fiber reinforced engineered nanomaterials. (2020)
Journal Article
STAROST, K. and NJUGUNA, J. 2020. The influence of graphene oxide on nanoparticle emissions during drilling of graphene/epoxy carbon-fiber reinforced engineered nanomaterials. Atmosphere [online], 11(6), article number 573. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11060573

Graphene oxide (GO) nanoparticles are increasingly being used to tailor industrial composites. However, despite the advantages, GO has shown conceivable health risks and toxicity to humans and the environment if released. This study investigates the... Read More about The influence of graphene oxide on nanoparticle emissions during drilling of graphene/epoxy carbon-fiber reinforced engineered nanomaterials..

Proppant transport in dynamically propagating hydraulic fractures using CFD-XFEM approach. (2020)
Journal Article
SURI, Y., ISLAM, S.Z. and HOSSAIN, M. 2020. Proppant transport in dynamically propagating hydraulic fractures using CFD-XFEM approach. International journal of rock mechanics and mining sciences [online], 131, article ID 104356. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2020.104356

Numerically modelling the fluid flow with proppant transport and fracture propagation together are one of the significant technical challenges in hydraulic fracturing of unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs. The existing models either model the prop... Read More about Proppant transport in dynamically propagating hydraulic fractures using CFD-XFEM approach..

Renewable energy performance of the green buildings: key-enabler on useful consumption yield. (2020)
Journal Article
AMRAN, M.E., MUHTAZARUDDIN, M.N., KAMARUDDIN, S.A., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., ABU-BAKAR, S.H., AYUB, A.S., BANI, N.A., SAUDI, A.S.M. and ARDILA-REY, J.A. 2020. Renewable energy performance of the green buildings: key-enabler on useful consumption yield. IEEE access [online], 8, pages 95747- 95767. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2996573

Malaysia’s Eleventh Plan started to encourage green building developments and green industries to stimulate green growth. Eventually, the Malaysian government had launched a new commitment to accelerate the green and efficient energy sector and revis... Read More about Renewable energy performance of the green buildings: key-enabler on useful consumption yield..

Proppant transport in dynamically propagating hydraulic fractures using CFD-XFEM approach. [Dataset] (2020)
Dataset
ISLAM, S., HOSSAIN, M. and SURI, Y. 2020. Proppant transport in dynamically propagating hydraulic fractures using CFD-XFEM approach. [Dataset]. Hosted on Mendeley Data [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17632/sdzxzd9krm.1

The aim of this research was to find a dynamic and integrated numerical model that uses computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique to model the fluid flow with proppant transport and Extended finite element method (XFEM) to model the fracture propa... Read More about Proppant transport in dynamically propagating hydraulic fractures using CFD-XFEM approach. [Dataset].

Microwave irradiation synthesis and characterization of reduced-(graphene oxide-(polystyrene-polymethyl methacrylate))/silver nanoparticle nanocomposites and their anti-microbial activity. (2020)
Journal Article
ALDOASRI, M.A., ALSAUD, K.B.B., OTHMAN, A., AL-HINDAWI, M., FAISAL, N.H., AHMED, R., MICHAEL, F.M., KRISHNAN, M.R. and ALSHARAEH, E. 2020. Microwave irradiation synthesis and characterization of reduced-(graphene oxide-(polystyrene-polymethyl methacrylate))/silver nanoparticle nanocomposites and their anti-microbial activity. Polymers [online], 12(5), article ID 1155. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12051155

Herein, we report a facile process for the preparation of styrene and methyl-methacrylate copolymer nanocomposites containing reduced graphene oxide and silver nanoparticles ((R-(GO-(PS-PMMA))/AgNPs)) by using (i) microwave irradiation (MWI) to obtai... Read More about Microwave irradiation synthesis and characterization of reduced-(graphene oxide-(polystyrene-polymethyl methacrylate))/silver nanoparticle nanocomposites and their anti-microbial activity..

MUCO-DIS: a new AFM-based nanoscale dissolution technique. (2020)
Journal Article
GHORI, M.U., NIRWAN, J.S., ASIM, T., CHAHID, Y., FARHAJ, S., KHIZER, Z., TIMMINS, P. and CONWAY, B.R. 2020. MUCO-DIS: a new AFM-based nanoscale dissolution technique. AAPS PharmSciTech [online], 21(5), article ID 142. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1208/s12249-020-01697-x

Mucoadhesion-based drug delivery systems have recently gained interest because of their bio-adhesion capability, which results in enhanced residence time leading to prolonged duration of action with the mucosal surface, potentially improving complian... Read More about MUCO-DIS: a new AFM-based nanoscale dissolution technique..

Incorporating Intelligence in Fish Feeding System for Dispensing Feed Based on Fish Feeding Intensity (2020)
Journal Article
ADEGBOYE, M.A., AIBINU, A.M., KOLO, J.G., ALIYU, I., FOLORUNSO, T.A. and LEE, S.-H. 2020. Incorporating intelligence in fish feeding system for dispensing feed based on fish feeding intensity. IEEE access [online], 8, pages 91948-91960. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2994442

The amount of feed dispense to match fish appetite plays a significant role in increasing fish cultivation. However, measuring the quantity of fish feed intake remains a critical challenge. To addressed this problem, this paper proposed an intelligen... Read More about Incorporating Intelligence in Fish Feeding System for Dispensing Feed Based on Fish Feeding Intensity.

Air quality changes during the COVID-19 lockdown over the Yangtze River Delta Region: an insight into the impact of human activity pattern changes on air pollution variation. [Dataset] (2020)
Dataset
LI, L., LI, Q., HUANG, L., WANG, Q., ZHU, A., XU, J., LIU, Z., LI, H., SHI, L., LI, R., AZARI, M., WANG, Y., ZHANG, X., LIU, Z., ZHU, Y., ZHANG, K., XUE, S., OOI, M.C.G., ZHANG, D. and CHAN, A. 2020. Air quality changes during the COVID-19 lockdown over the Yangtze River Delta region: an insight into the impact of human activity pattern changes on air pollution variation. [Dataset]. Science of the total environment [online], 732, article 139282. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139282

At the end of the year 2019, the tragic coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic occurred (Tian et al., 2020; Wang et al., 2020a) which has caused over 2.95 million global infections and 1931,000 deaths as of this writing (28th April 2020). Moreover the... Read More about Air quality changes during the COVID-19 lockdown over the Yangtze River Delta Region: an insight into the impact of human activity pattern changes on air pollution variation. [Dataset].

Toolpath algorithm for free form irregular contoured walls / surfaces with internal deflecting connections. (2020)
Journal Article
ARIVAZHAGAN, A. 2020. Toolpath algorithm for free form irregular contoured walls/surfaces with internal deflecting connections. Materials today: proceedings [online], 22(4): proceedings of 2nd International materials, manufacturing and modelling conference 2019 (ICMMM 2019), 29-31 March 2019, Vellore, India, pages 3037-3047. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.03.439

This paper presents a toolpath generation method to efficiently machine free form irregular contoured walls / surfaces (FIWS) containing internal deflecting connections (IDC’s). The toolpath generation method is based on a series of identifications a... Read More about Toolpath algorithm for free form irregular contoured walls / surfaces with internal deflecting connections..