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  • Interactions of single and multi-layer graphene oxides with water, methane, organic solvents and HCl studied by 1H NMR 
    Gun’ko, Vladimir M.; Turov, Vladimir V.; Whitby, Raymond L.D.; Prykhod’ko, Gennadiy P.; Turov, Alexander V.; Mikhalovsky, Sergey V. (Carbon, 2013-06-01)
    Abstract Contemporary characterisation techniques for graphenes are often performed for samples in a dried state or vacuum, which can lead to significant structural changes and difficulty in assessing the actual physical ...
  • Electricity and heating system in Kazakhstan: Exploring energy efficiency improvement paths 
    Sarbassov, Yerbol; Kerimray, Aiymgul; Tokmurzin, Diyar; Tosato, GianCarlo; De Miglio, Rocco (Energy Policy, 2013-09-01)
    Abstract The Kazakh energy system is less efficient than most other national energy systems. The electricity and heat sub-systems account for about one half of the difference between the primary energy supply and the final ...
  • Ship-Hull Shape Optimization with a T-spline based BEM-Isogeometric Solver 
    Kostas, Konstantinos; Ginnis, A.I.; Politis, C.G.; Kaklis, P.D. (Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2014)
    In this work, we present a ship-hull optimization process combining a T-spline based parametric ship-hull model and an Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) hydrodynamic solver for the calculation of ship wave resistance. The surface ...
  • Small-molecule-hosting nanocomposite films with multiple bacteria-triggered responses 
    Pavlukhina, Svetlana; Zhuk, Iryna; Mentbayeva, Almagul; Rautenberg, Emily; Chang, Wei; Yu, Xiaojun; Van de Belt-Gritter, Betsy; Busscher, Henk J; Van der Mei, Henny C; Sukhishvili, Svetlana A (NPG Asia Materials, 2014)
    We report pH/bacteria-responsive nanocomposite coatings with multiple mechanisms of antibacterial protection that include the permanent retention of antimicrobials, bacteria-triggered release of antibiotics and bacteria-induced ...
  • Synthesis of the polymerizable room temperature ionic liquid AMPS – TEA and superabsorbency for organic liquids of its copolymeric gels with acrylamide 
    Weng, Tingting; Guo, Jianwei; Li, Xinming; Cui, Yingde; Yang, Xuejiao; Zhang, Kun; Zhang, Buning; Yin, Guoqiang; Mikhalovsky, Sergey V.; Mikhalovska, Lyuba I.; Savina, Irina N.; Howel, Carol A.; Sandeman, Susan R. (Designed Monomers and Polymers, 2014)
    A polymerizable room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL), 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propane sulfonic acid (AMPS) – triethylamine (TEA), was synthesized by neutralization of AMPS with TEA in acetone followed by evaporation of the ...
  • Discriminative histogram taxonomy features for snake species identification 
    Mathews, Bincy; Sugathan, Sherin; Raveendran, Dileep Kumar; James, Alex Pappachen (Human-Centric Computing and Information Sciences, 2014)
    Background: Incorrect snake identification from the observable visual traits is a major reason for death resulting from snake bites in tropics. So far no automatic classification method has been proposed to distinguish ...
  • Buffer-Aided Link Selection for Incremental Relaying Systems 
    Darabi, Mostafa; Maham, Behrouz; Zhang, Yan (2014 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), 2014)
    In this paper, we consider a three-node wireless network comprising of a source and two users. Both users need to decode the transmitted data correctly. User 1 has better position to the source than user 2 most of time ...
  • Isogeometric Boundary-Element Analysis for the Wave-Resistance Problem using T-splines 
    Ginnis, A.I.; Kostas, Konstantinos; Politis, C.G.; Kaklis, P.D.; Belibassakis, K.A.; Gerostathis, Th.P.; Scott, M.A.; Hughes, T.J.R (Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. Elsevier, 2014)
    In this paper we couple collocated Boundary Element Methods (BEM) with unstructured analysis suitable T-spline surfaces for solving a linear Boundary Integral Equation (BIE) arising in the context of a ship-hydrodynamic ...
  • The use of composite ferrocyanide materials for treatment of high salinity liquid radioactive wastes rich in cesium isotopes 
    Toropov, Andrey S.; Satayeva, Aliya R.; Mikhalovsky, S. V.; Cundy, Andrew B. (Radiochim. Acta, 2014)
    The use of composite materials based on metal ferrocyanides combined with natural mineral sorbents for treatment of high salinity Cs-containing liquid radioactive waste (LRW) was investigated. The study indicated that ...
  • A novel lithium/sulfur battery based on sulfur/graphene nanosheet composite cathode and gel polymer electrolyte 
    Zhang, Yongguang; Zhao, Yan; Bakenov, Zhumabay (Nanoscale Research Letters., http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/9/1/137, 2014)
    A novel sulfur/graphene nanosheet (S/GNS) composite was prepared via a simple ball milling of sulfur with commercial multi-layer graphene nanosheet, followed by a heat treatment. High-resolution transmission and scanning ...
  • Investigation of using sulfur-containing gases in low-temperature fuel cell at sulfuric acid production site 
    Duysebaev, B.; Abramov, A.; Berstenev, S.; Ryspanov, N.; Sokolov, A.Y.; Shkolnik, V.; Umirov, N.; Bakenov, Zhumabay (Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal 16., http://ect-journal.kz/index.php/ect01/article/view/10, 2014)
    The possibility and effectiveness of using sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide as the fuel in lowtemperature fuel cells at the sulfuric acid production site has been investigated. A fuel cell has been designed and ...
  • Memristive Operational Amplifiers 
    Ibrayev, Timur; Fedorova, Irina; Maan, Akshay Kumar; James, Alex Pappachen (Procedia Computer Science, 2014-01-01)
    Abstract The neuronal algorithms process the information coming from the natural environment in analog domain at sensory processing level and convert the signals to digital domain before performing cognitive processing. ...
  • 13 Smart polymers for bioseparation and other biotechnological applications 
    Savina, I.N.; Galaev, I. Yu.; Mikhalovsky, S.V. (Smart Polymers and their Applications, 2014-01-01)
    Abstract: The progress in development of a number of novel products using recombinant DNA technology and cell culturing, plus the demands for high product yield whilst preserving biological activity, require novel approaches ...
  • Memristive Threshold Logic Face Recognition 
    Maan, Akshay Kumar; Kumar, Dinesh S.; James, Alex Pappachen (Procedia Computer Science, 2014-01-01)
    Abstract This paper presents a face recognition method implemented using reconfigurable network of memristive threshold logic cells that can be practically realised in a secondary plane to the pixel arrays. Among the most ...
  • The in vitro characterization of a gelatin scaffold, prepared by cryogelation and assessed in vivo as a dermal replacement in wound repair 
    Shevchenko, Rostislav V.; Eeman, Marc; Rowshanravan, Behzad; Allan, Iain U.; Savina, Irina N.; Illsley, Matt; Salmon, Michel; James, Stuart L.; Mikhalovsky, Sergey V.; James, S. Elizabeth (Acta Biomaterialia, 2014-07-01)
    Abstract A sheet gelatin scaffold with attached silicone pseudoepidermal layer for wound repair purposes was produced by a cryogelation technique. The resulting scaffold possessed an interconnected macroporous structure ...
  • The performance of Fly ash and Metakaolin concrete at elevated temperatures 
    Nadeem, Abid; Memon, Shazim Ali; Lo, Tommy Yiu (Construction and Building Materials, 2014-07-15)
    Abstract Ordinary concrete is generally considered to have satisfactory fire resistance but when it comes to high strength concrete it shows extensive damage or even catastrophic failure at elevated temperatures. This ...
  • New technology based on combination of cryogel and nanoparticles for wound management 
    Saliev, Timur; Kulsharova, Gulsim; Akhmetova, Alma; Nurgozhin, Talgat; Whitby, Ray D.L.; Mikhalovsky, S. V. (26th European Conference on Biomaterials, Liverpool, 2014-08)
    The anti-microbial properties of noble metals have been known since ancient times. The new technology allows obtaining metal particles with programmed size and shape. Gold and silver nanoparticles have been employed ...
  • Special issue on medical image computing and systems 
    James, Alex Pappachen; Thiruvenkadam, Sheshadri; Paul, Joseph Suresh; Braun, Michael (Information Fusion, 2014-09-01)
  • Medical image fusion: A survey of the state of the art 
    James, Alex Pappachen; Dasarathy, Belur V. (Information Fusion, 2014-09-01)
    Abstract Medical image fusion is the process of registering and combining multiple images from single or multiple imaging modalities to improve the imaging quality and reduce randomness and redundancy in order to increase ...
  • Phenolic carbon tailored for the removal of polar organic contaminants from water: A solution to the metaldehyde problem? 
    Busquets, Rosa; Kozynchenko, Oleksandr P.; Whitby, Raymond L.D.; Tennison, Stephen R.; Cundy, Andrew B. (Water Research, 2014-09-15)
    Abstract Current water treatment technologies are inefficient at treating water contaminated with metaldehyde, an 8-member cyclic tetramer of acetaldehyde widely used as a molluscicide in large-scale agriculture and in ...