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Elaboration of properties of graphene oxide reinforced epoxy nanocomposites. (2017)
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BARI, P., KHAN, S., NJUGUNA, J. and MISHRA, S. 2017. Elaboration of properties of graphene oxide reinforced epoxy nanocomposites. International journal of plastics technology [online], 21(1), pages 194-208. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12588-017-9180-9

In this research work, properties of graphene oxide (GO) based epoxy nanocomposites, prepared via the solution blending method, are elaborated. Different loadings (0.1-0.5 wt%) of GO were added into epoxy resin, and their effects were studied on thei... Read More about Elaboration of properties of graphene oxide reinforced epoxy nanocomposites..

The 3rd international conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC2016). (2017)
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NJUGUNA, J. 2017. The 3rd international conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC2016). IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 195: proceedings of 3rd International conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC2016): Nanoscience and nanotechnologies; recent advances towards nanoproducts and applications, 12-15 September 2016, Aberdeen, UK, article 011001. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/195/1/011001

The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen hosted The NANOSTRUC 2016 in Aberdeen (Scotland, United Kingdom). The conference focused on 'Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies – Recent Advances towards Nanoproducts and Applications'. It promoted activities in v... Read More about The 3rd international conference on structural nano composites (NANOSTRUC2016)..

Numerical investigation of nanostructured silica PCFs for sensing applications. (2017)
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JOHNY, J., PRABHU, R. and FUNG, W.K. 2017. Numerical investigation of nanostructured silica PCFs for sensing applications. JOM: journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society [online], 69(11), pages 2286-2291. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-017-2366-y

Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) developed using nanostructured composite materials provide special optical properties. PCF light propagation and modal characteristics can be tailored by modifying their structural and material parameters. Structuring a... Read More about Numerical investigation of nanostructured silica PCFs for sensing applications..

Study on the structural, morphological and optical properties of RF-sputtered dysprosium-doped barium tungstate thin films. (2017)
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HRIDYA, S., KAVITHA, V.S., CHALANA, S.R., RESHMI KRISHNAN, R., SREEJA SREEDHARAN, R., SURESH, S., NAMPOORI, V.P.N., SANKARARAMAN, S., PRABHU, R. and MAHADEVAN PILLAI, V.P. 2017. Study on the structural, morphological and optical properties of RF-sputtered dysprosium-doped barium tungstate thin films. JOM: journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society [online], 69(11), pages 2272-2277. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-017-2360-4

Barium tungstate films with different Dy3+ doping concentrations, namely 0 wt.%, 1 wt.%, 3 wt.% and 5 wt.%, are deposited on cleaned quartz substrate by radio frequency magnetron sputtering technique and the prepared films are annealed at a temperatu... Read More about Study on the structural, morphological and optical properties of RF-sputtered dysprosium-doped barium tungstate thin films..

Physico‐mechanical properties of nano‐polystyrene‐decorated graphene oxide–epoxy composites. (2017)
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KHOBRAGADE, P.S., HANSORA, D.P., NAIK, J.B., NJUGUNA, J. and MISHRA, S. 2017. Physico-mechanical properties of nano polystyrene decorated graphene oxide-epoxy composites. Polymer international [online], 66(10), pages 1402-1409. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/pi.5392

In this work, nano polystyrene (nPS) decorated graphene oxide (GO) hybrid nanostructures were successfully synthesized using stepwise micro emulsion polymerization, and characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffractom... Read More about Physico‐mechanical properties of nano‐polystyrene‐decorated graphene oxide–epoxy composites..

Effect of multilayered nanostructures on the physico-mechanical properties of ethylene vinyl acetate-based hybrid nanocomposites. (2017)
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KHOBRAGADE, P.S., HANSORA, D.P., NAIK, J.B., NJUGUNA, J. and MISHRA, S. 2018. Effect of multilayered nanostructures on the physico-mechanical properties of ethylene vinyl acetate-based hybrid nanocomposites. Polymer composites [online], 39(10), pages 3519-3527. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.24371

Exfoliated graphene oxide (GO) and Mg-Al-layered double hydroxides (LDHs) nanostructures (LDHs@GO)-filled ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA)-based hybrid nanocomposites were prepared by solution reflux technique followed by injection molding. The physico-m... Read More about Effect of multilayered nanostructures on the physico-mechanical properties of ethylene vinyl acetate-based hybrid nanocomposites..

Distribution power loss minimization via distributed generation, capacitor and network reconfiguration. (2017)
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MUHTAZARUDDIN, M.N.B., BANI, N.A., MOHD ARIS, S.A., JALIL, S.Z.A., MAD KAIDI, H., ABD FATAH, A.Y., JAMIAN, J.J., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F. and ABU-BAKAR, S.H. 2017. Distribution power loss minimization via distributed generation, capacitor and network reconfiguration. Indonesian journal of electrical engineering and computer science [online], 5(3), pages 488-495. Available from: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v5.i3.pp488-495

This paper presents a solution to solve the network reconfiguration, DG coordination (location and size) and capacitor coordination (location and size), simultaneously. The proposed solution will be determined by using Artificial Bee Colony (ABC). Va... Read More about Distribution power loss minimization via distributed generation, capacitor and network reconfiguration..

Wind power potentials in Cameroon and Nigeria: lessons from South Africa. (2017)
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MAS'UD, A.A., WIRBA, A.V., ARDILA-REY, J.A., ALBARRACIN, R., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., DUQUE, A.J., BANI, N.A. and MUNIR, A.B. 2017. Wind power potentials in Cameroon and Nigeria: lessons from South Africa. Energies [online], 10(4), article ID 443. Available from: https://doi.org/1996-1073/10/4/443

Wind energy has seen a tremendous growth for electricity generation worldwide and reached 456 GW by the end of June 2016. According to the World Wind Energy Association, global wind power will reach 500 GW by the end of 2016. Africa is a continent th... Read More about Wind power potentials in Cameroon and Nigeria: lessons from South Africa..

Acoustic emission method for defect detection and identification in carbon steel welded joints. (2017)
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DROUBI, M.G., FAISAL, N.H., ORR, F., STEEL, J.A. and EL-SHAIB, M. 2017. Acoustic emission method for defect detection and identification in carbon steel welded joints. Journal of constructional steel research [online], 134, pages 28-37. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2017.03.012

Detecting welding defects in industrial equipment (welded joints and built-up structures) is a key aspect in evaluating the probability of failure in different situations. Acoustic emission (AE) is an effective non-destructive detecting technique, an... Read More about Acoustic emission method for defect detection and identification in carbon steel welded joints..

Core-double shell hybrid nanocomposites as multi-functional advanced materials. (2017)
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KHOBRAGADE, P.S., HANSORA, D.P., NAIK, J.B., NJUGUNA, J. and MISHRA, S. 2017. Core-double shell hybrid nanocomposites as multi-functional advanced materials. Polymer bulletin [online], 74(11), pages 4681-4700. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-017-1983-5

In this research work, we report circular type silane-modified CaCO3 (as core) nanoparticles (NP) encapsulated with polystyrene (PS) and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) (as double shell layers). These core-double shell [CaCO3-PS/PMMA] hybrid nanostruc... Read More about Core-double shell hybrid nanocomposites as multi-functional advanced materials..

Cyclic nanoindentation and nano-impact fatigue mechanisms of functionally graded TiN/TiNi film. (2017)
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FAISAL, N.H., PRATHURU, A.K., GOEL, S., AHMED, R., DROUBI, M.G., BEAKE, B.D. and FU, Y.Q. 2017. Cyclic nanoindentation and nano-impact fatigue mechanisms of functionally graded TiN/TiNi film. Shape memory and superelasticity [online], 3(2), pages 149-167. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40830-017-0099-y

The mechanisms of nanoscale fatigue of functionally graded TiN/TiNi films have been studied using multiple-loading cycle nanoindentation and nano-impact tests. The functionally graded films were sputter-deposited onto silicon substrates, in which the... Read More about Cyclic nanoindentation and nano-impact fatigue mechanisms of functionally graded TiN/TiNi film..

Large-eddy-simulation-based analysis of complex flow structures within the volute of a vaneless centrifugal pump. (2017)
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ASIM, T. and MISHRA, R. 2017. Large-eddy-simulation-based analysis of complex flow structures within the volute of a vaneless centrifugal pump. Sādhanā [online], 42(4), pages 505-516. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-017-0623-y

Centrifugal pumps are very common in many fluid handling industrial applications, such as petrochemicals, oil and gas, etc. Although the design practices for centrifugal pumps are well established, efforts are directed towards optimising such systems... Read More about Large-eddy-simulation-based analysis of complex flow structures within the volute of a vaneless centrifugal pump..

Ruthenium based metallopolymer grafted reduced graphene oxide as a new hybrid solar light harvester in polymer solar cells. (2017)
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VINOTH, R., GANESH BABU, S., BHARTI, V., GUPTA, V., NAVANEETHAN, M., VENKATAPRASAD BHAT, S., MUTHAMIZHCHELVAN, C., RAMAMURTHY, P.C., SHARMA, C., ASWAL, D.K., HAYAKAWA, Y. and NEPPOLIAN, B. 2017. Ruthenium based metallopolymer grafted reduced graphene oxide as a new hybrid solar light harvester in polymer solar cells. Scientific reports [online], 7, article number 43133. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43133

A new class of pyridyl benzimdazole-based Ru complex decorated polyaniline assembly (PANI-Ru) was covalently grafted onto reduced graphene oxide sheets (rGO) via a covalent functionalization approach. The covalent attachment of PANI-Ru with rGO was c... Read More about Ruthenium based metallopolymer grafted reduced graphene oxide as a new hybrid solar light harvester in polymer solar cells..

Acoustic emission method to study fracture (Mode-I, II) and residual strength characteristics in composite-to-metal and metal-to-metal adhesively bonded joints. (2017)
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DROUBI, M.G., STUART, A., MOWAT, J., NOBLE, C., PRATHURU, A.K. and FAISAL, N.H. 2017. Acoustic emission method to study fracture (Mode-I, II) and residual strength characteristics in composite-to-metal and metal-to-metal adhesively bonded joints. Journal of adhesion [online], 94(5), pages 347-386. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/00218464.2017.1278696

Failure behaviour of two types of adhesively bonded joints (composite-to-metal, metal-to-metal) has been studied under failure modes (Mode I: double cantilever beam (DCB) and Mode II: three-point end notch flexures (3-ENF)) using acoustic emission (A... Read More about Acoustic emission method to study fracture (Mode-I, II) and residual strength characteristics in composite-to-metal and metal-to-metal adhesively bonded joints..

A prototype telerobotic platform for live transmission line maintenance: review of design and development. (2017)
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BANTHIA, V., MADDAHI, Y., ZAREINIA, K., LIAO, S., OLSON, T., FUNG, W-K., BALAKRISHNAN, S. and SEPEHRI, N. 2018. A prototype telerobotic platform for live transmission line maintenance: review of design and development. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control [online], 40(11), pages 3273-3292. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0142331216687021

This paper reports technical design of a novel experimental test facility, using haptic-enabled teleoperation of robotic manipulators, for live transmission line maintenance. The goal is to study and develop appropriate techniques in repair overhead... Read More about A prototype telerobotic platform for live transmission line maintenance: review of design and development..

Comparison of the performance of artificial neural networks and fuzzy logic for recognizing different partial discharge sources. (2017)
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MAS'UD, A.A., ARDILA-REY, J.A., ALBARRACIN, R., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F. and BANI, N.A. 2017. Comparison of the performance of artificial neural networks and fuzzy logic for recognizing different partial discharge sources. Energies [online], 10(7), article number 1060. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en10071060

This paper compared the capabilities of the artificial neural network (ANN) and the fuzzy logic (FL) approaches for recognizing and discriminating partial discharge (PD) fault classes. The training and testing parameters for the ANN and FL comprise s... Read More about Comparison of the performance of artificial neural networks and fuzzy logic for recognizing different partial discharge sources..

Optimizing the rheological properties of silica nano-modified bentonite mud using overlaid contour plot and estimation of maximum or upper shear stress limit. (2017)
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AFOLABI, R.O., ORODU, O.D., EFEOVBOKHAN, V.E., ROTIMI, O.J. and ZHANG, Z. 2017. Optimizing the rheological properties of silica nano-modified bentonite mud using overlaid contour plot and estimation of maximum or upper shear stress limit. Cogent engineering [online], 4(1), article 1287248. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2017.1287248

An optimization based statistical (response surface) approach was used to evaluate the rheological properties of bentonite mud treated with silica nanoparticles. The overlaid contour plot established the feasible region for the various factor setting... Read More about Optimizing the rheological properties of silica nano-modified bentonite mud using overlaid contour plot and estimation of maximum or upper shear stress limit..

Relationship between demographic characteristics and hand grip measurement of students in UTMKL. (2017)
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HISAN, F.N.A.N., SAIFUZZMAN, A.D., MOHD YASAK, H.A., KAI, L.C., BANI, N.A., MOHD NOOR, N., MOHD ARIS, S.A., JALIL, S.Z.A., RAHAMAN, S.A.S.A., USMAN, S., ABDULLAH, H., MAD KAIDI, H., MUHTAZARUDDIN, M.N., ISHAK, R., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F. and ABU-BAKAR, S.H. 2017. Relationship between demographic characteristics and hand grip measurement of students in UTMKL. Journal of advanced research in applied mechanics [online], 29(1), pages 9-19. Available from: http://www.akademiabaru.com/doc/ARAMV29_N1_P9_19.pdf

Biomechanical motion analysis is concerned with the investigation of movement of a subject. In particular, this project is interested in the movement found in nature, in biological systems such as human pinch and human grip. The motion is to be inves... Read More about Relationship between demographic characteristics and hand grip measurement of students in UTMKL..

Malaysian tertiary level students and their understanding, knowledge and perception of nanotechnology. (2017)
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KARIM, M.E., AKHTER, S., MUNIR, A.B., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., HOQUE, K.E., YASIN, S.H.M., ABU-BAKAR, S.S., ABU-BAKAR, S.H., BANI, N.A., WIRBA, A.V. and MAS'UD, A.A. 2017. Malaysian tertiary level students and their understanding, knowledge and perception of nanotechnology. Journal of advanced research in social and behavioural sciences [online], 6(1), pages 52-67. Available from: http://www.akademiabaru.com/doc/ARSBSV6_N1_P52_67.pdf

Nanotechnology, being an emerging and enabling technology, can be utilised to exploit burgeoning opportunities in all aspects. Almost every kind of material with any feature can theoretically be developed using nanoscale technology and that is why co... Read More about Malaysian tertiary level students and their understanding, knowledge and perception of nanotechnology..

Influence of post-treatment on the microstructural and tribomechanical properties of suspension thermally sprayed WC-12 wt%Co nanocomposite coatings. (2017)
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ALI, O., AHMED, R., FAISAL, N.H., ALANAZI, N.M., BERGER, L.-M., KAISER, A., TOMA, F.-L., POLYCHRONIADIS, E.K., SALL, M., ELAKWAH, Y.O. and GOOSEN, M.F.A. 2017. Influence of post-treatment on the microstructural and tribomechanical properties of suspension thermally sprayed WC-12 wt%Co nanocomposite coatings. Tribology letters [online], 65(2), article 33. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-017-0815-y

The potential to improve the tribomechanical performance of HVOF-sprayed WC-12Co coatings was studied by using aqueous WC-12Co suspensions as feed-stock. Both as-sprayed and hot-isostatic-pressed (HIPed) coatings were studied. Mathematical models of... Read More about Influence of post-treatment on the microstructural and tribomechanical properties of suspension thermally sprayed WC-12 wt%Co nanocomposite coatings..