By Professor Bronwyn Fox

Journal articles

Huson MG; Church JS; Kafi AA; Woodhead AL; Khoo J; Kiran MSRN; Bradby JE; Fox BL, 2014, 'Heterogeneity of carbon fibre', Carbon, 68, pp. 240 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.10.084

Naghashian S; Fox BL; Barnett MR, 2014, 'Actuation curvature limits for a composite beam with embedded shape memory alloy wires', Smart Materials and Structures, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/23/6/065002

Li Q; Church JS; Kafi A; Naebe M; Fox BL, 2014, 'An improved understanding of the dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in non-aqueous solvents', Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11051-014-2513-0

Bafekrpour E; Salehi M; Sonbolestan E; Fox B, 2014, 'Effects of micro-structural parameters on mechanical properties of carbon nanotube polymer nanocomposites', Scientia Iranica, 21, pp. 403 - 413

Chen Z; Dai XJ; Magniez K; Lamb PR; Fox BL; Wang X, 2014, 'Improving the mechanical properties of multiwalled carbon nanotube/epoxy nanocomposites using polymerization in a stirring plasma system', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 56, pp. 172 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2013.10.009

BAFEKRPOUR E; YANG C; SIMON GP; ABVABI A; KHOSHMANESH K; FOX BL, 2014, 'A STUDY ON MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF FUNCTIONALLY-GRADED CARBON NANOTUBE-REINFORCED NANOCOMPOSITES', International Journal of Computational Methods, 11, pp. 1344003 - 1344003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219876213440039

Chen Z; Dai XJ; Lamb PR; Du Plessis J; De Celis Leal DR; Magniez K; Fox BL; Wang X, 2013, 'Coating and functionalization of carbon fibres using a three-step plasma treatment', Plasma Processes and Polymers, 10, pp. 1100 - 1109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201300069

Hameed N; Church JS; Salim NV; Hanley TL; Amini A; Fox BL, 2013, 'Dispersing single-walled carbon nanotubes in ionic liquids: A quantitative analysis', RSC Advances, 3, pp. 20034 - 20039, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ra42488j

De Souza ML; Mardel JI; Fox BL, 2013, 'Effect of manufacturing method and aging environment on painted automotive carbon fibre composite surfaces', Applied Composite Materials, 20, pp. 747 - 759, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10443-012-9299-y

Nuhiji B; Attard D; Thorogood G; Hanley T; Magniez K; Bungur J; Fox B, 2013, 'The effect of a rapid heating rate, mechanical vibration and surfactant chemistry on the structure-property relationships of epoxy/clay nanocomposites', Materials, 6, pp. 3624 - 3640, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma6083624

Awaja F; Gilbert M; Naebe M; Kelly G; Fox B; Brynolf R; Pigram PJ, 2013, 'Ageing of surface treated thermoplastic polyolefins', Polymer Degradation and Stability, 98, pp. 1699 - 1704, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2013.06.005

Bafekrpour E; Yang C; Natali M; Fox B, 2013, 'Functionally graded carbon nanofiber/phenolic nanocomposites and their mechanical properties', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 54, pp. 124 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2013.07.009

Hameed N; Salim NV; Hanley TL; Sona M; Fox BL; Guo Q, 2013, 'Individual dispersion of carbon nanotubes in epoxy via a novel dispersion-curing approach using ionic liquids', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15, pp. 11696 - 11703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3cp00064h

Bafekrpour E; Simon GP; Yang C; Chipara M; Habsuda J; Fox B, 2013, 'Functionally graded carbon nanofiber-phenolic nanocomposites for sudden temperature change applications', Polymer, 54, pp. 3940 - 3948, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2013.05.052

Henderson LC; Thornton MT; Byrne N; Fox BL; Waugh KD; Squire JS; Servinis L; Delaney JP; Brozinski HL; Andrighetto LM; Altimari JM, 2013, 'Protic ionic liquids as recyclable solvents for the acid catalysed synthesis of diphenylmethyl thioethers', Comptes Rendus Chimie, 16, pp. 634 - 639, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crci.2013.04.002

Bafekrpour E; Simon GP; Naebe M; Habsuda J; Yang C; Fox B, 2013, 'Preparation and properties of composition-controlled carbon nanofiber/phenolic nanocomposites', Composites Part B: Engineering, 52, pp. 120 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2013.03.007

Agius SL; Magniez KJC; Fox BL, 2013, 'Cure behaviour and void development within rapidly cured out-of-autoclave composites', Composites Part B: Engineering, 47, pp. 230 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.11.020

Servinis L; Henderson LC; Gengenbach TR; Kafi AA; Huson MG; Fox BL, 2013, 'Surface functionalization of unsized carbon fiber using nitrenes derived from organic azides', Carbon, 54, pp. 378 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2012.11.051

De Souza ML; Mardel JI; Fox BL, 2013, 'Hygrothermal effects on painted carbon fibre composite surfaces', Journal of Composite Materials, 47, pp. 539 - 547, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021998312442555

Chen Z; Dai XJ; Magniez K; Lamb PR; Rubin De Celis Leal D; Fox BL; Wang X, 2013, 'Improving the mechanical properties of epoxy using multiwalled carbon nanotubes functionalized by a novel plasma treatment', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 45, pp. 145 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.09.005

Naebe M; Sandlin J; Crouch I; Fox B, 2013, 'Novel polymer-ceramic composites for protection against ballistic fragments', Polymer Composites, 34, pp. 180 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pc.22397

Magniez K; Voda AS; Kafi AA; Fichini A; Guo Q; Fox BL, 2013, 'Overcoming interfacial affinity issues in natural fiber reinforced polylactide biocomposites by surface adsorption of amphiphilic block copolymers', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 5, pp. 276 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/am302013p

Bafekrpour E; Simon GP; Yang C; Chipara M; Habsuda J; Fox B, 2013, 'A novel carbon nanofibre/phenolic nanocomposite coated polymer system for tailoring thermal behaviour', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 46, pp. 80 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.10.005

Garschke C; Parlevliet PP; Weimer C; Fox BL, 2013, 'Cure kinetics and viscosity modelling of a high-performance epoxy resin film', Polymer Testing, 32, pp. 150 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2012.09.011

Servinis L; Fox BL; Healy PC; Henderson LC, 2012, 'Methyl 3-[4-(4-nitrobenzyloxy)phenyl]propanoate', Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812024701

Chen Z; Dai XJ; Lamb PR; De Celis Leal DR; Fox BL; Chen Y; Du Plessis J; Field M; Wang X, 2012, 'Practical amine functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes for effective interfacial bonding', Plasma Processes and Polymers, 9, pp. 733 - 741, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201100203

Garschke C; Weimer C; Parlevliet PP; Fox BL, 2012, 'Out-of-autoclave cure cycle study of a resin film infusion process using in situ process monitoring', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 43, pp. 935 - 944, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.01.003

Bafekrpour E; Simon GP; Habsuda J; Naebe M; Yang C; Fox B, 2012, 'Fabrication and characterization of functionally graded synthetic graphite/phenolic nanocomposites', Materials Science and Engineering: A, 545, pp. 123 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2012.02.097

Altimari JM; Delaney JP; Servinis L; Squire JS; Thornton MT; Khosa SK; Long BM; Johnstone MD; Fleming CL; Pfeffer FM; Hickey SM; Wride MP; Ashton TD; Fox BL; Byrne N; Henderson LC, 2012, 'Rapid formation of diphenylmethyl ethers and thioethers using microwave irradiation and protic ionic liquids', Tetrahedron Letters, 53, pp. 2035 - 2039, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.02.011

Kafi AA; Chen Z; Dai XJ; Fox BL; Lamb PR; Wang X, 2012, 'Understanding wettability changes from practical plasma functionalization of carbon nanotubes', Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 4, pp. 344 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/nnl.2012.1315

Kafi AA; Magniez K; Cinquemani C; Fox BL, 2012, 'Influence of atmospheric helium plasma on the surface energy of jute fibres and the performance of resulting composites', Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 26, pp. 151 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/016942411X569363

Kafi AA; Magniez K; Fox BL, 2012, 'Measuring the adhesion force on natural fibre surface using scanning probe microscopy', Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 26, pp. 175 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/016942411X569381

Magniez K; Fox BL; Looney MG, 2012, 'Nanocomposites of poly(m-xylene diamide) with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, montmorillonite, and their combination: Structure and properties', Polymer Engineering and Science, 52, pp. 1402 - 1412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.23075

Chen Z; Dai XJ; Lamb PR; de Celis Leal DR; Fox BL; Chen Y; du Plessis J; Field M; Wang X, 2012, 'Plasma Process. Polym. 7/2012', Plasma Processes and Polymers, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201290019

Magniez K; Chaffraix T; Fox B, 2011, 'Toughening of a carbon-fibre composite using electrospun poly(hydroxyether of bisphenol A) nanofibrous membranes through inverse phase separation and inter-domain etherification', Materials, 4, pp. 1967 - 1984, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma4111967

Kafi AA; Magniez K; Fox BL, 2011, 'A surface-property relationship of atmospheric plasma treated jute composites', Composites Science and Technology, 71, pp. 1692 - 1698, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.07.011

Nuhiji B; Attard D; Thorogood G; Hanley T; Magniez K; Fox B, 2011, 'The effect of alternate heating rates during cure on the structure-property relationships of epoxy/MMT clay nanocomposites', Composites Science and Technology, 71, pp. 1761 - 1768, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.08.011

Kafi AA; Magniez K; Fox BL, 2011, 'Effect of manufacturing process on the flexural, fracture toughness, and thermo-mechanical properties of bio-composites', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 42, pp. 993 - 999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.04.002

Herring ML; Fox BL, 2011, 'The effect of a rapid curing process on the surface finish of a carbon fibre epoxy composite', Composites Part B: Engineering, 42, pp. 1035 - 1043, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.03.014

Gilbert MJ; Awaja F; Kelly GL; Fox BL; Brynolf R; Pigram PJ, 2011, 'Tailoring the surface chemistry of carbon fiber and E-glass composites for improved adhesion', Surface and Interface Analysis, 43, pp. 856 - 864, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sia.3645

Francis PS; Hindson CM; Terry JM; Smith ZM; Slezak T; Adcock JL; Fox BL; Barnett NW, 2011, 'Enhanced permanganate chemiluminescence', Analyst, 136, pp. 64 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c0an00588f

Magniez K; Fox BL; Lonney MG, 2011, 'Effect of drawing on the molecular orientation, polymorphism, and properties of melt-spun nanocomposite fibers based on nylon 6 with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, montmorillonite, and their combination', Polymer Composites, 32, pp. 604 - 614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pc.21074

Adamson BP; Fox BL, 2010, 'An evaluation of the performance of advanced melded composite joints', Composite Structures, 92, pp. 2071 - 2076, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.10.025

Agius SL; Magniez KJC; Fox BL, 2010, 'Fracture behaviour of a rapidly cured polyethersulfone toughened carbon fibre/epoxy composite', Composite Structures, 92, pp. 2119 - 2127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.09.045

Zhang J; Guo Q; Huson M; Slota I; Fox B, 2010, 'Interphase study of thermoplastic modified epoxy matrix composites: Phase behaviour around a single fibre influenced by heating rate and surface treatment', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 41, pp. 787 - 794, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.02.016

Awaja F; Gilbert M; Kelly G; Fox B; Brynolf R; Pigram PJ, 2010, 'Exploring molecular changes at the surface of polypropylene after accelerated thermomolecular adhesion treatments', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2, pp. 1505 - 1513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/am1001376

Herring ML; Mardel JI; Fox BL, 2010, 'The effect of material selection and manufacturing process on the surface finish of carbon fibre composites', Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 210, pp. 926 - 940, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2010.02.005

Zhang J; Guo Q; Fox B, 2010, 'Thermal and mechanical properties of a dendritic hydroxyl-functional hyperbranched polymer and tetrafunctional epoxy resin blends', Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 48, pp. 417 - 424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.21902

Magniez K; De Lavigne C; Fox BL, 2010, 'The effects of molecular weight and polymorphism on the fracture and thermo-mechanical properties of a carbon-fibre composite modified by electrospun poly (vinylidene fluoride) membranes', Polymer, 51, pp. 2585 - 2596, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2010.04.021

Kafi AA; Hurren CJ; Huson MG; Fox BL, 2009, 'Analysis of the effects of atmospheric helium plasma treatment on the surface structure of jute fibres and resulting composite properties', Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 23, pp. 2109 - 2120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/016942409X12526743388006

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