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Journal articles
2019, 'Synergism of binary carbon nanofibres and graphene nanoplates in improving sensitivity and stability of stretchable strain sensors', Composites Science and Technology, 172, pp. 7 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2018.12.031
,2019, 'Synergistic mode II delamination toughening of composites using multi-scale carbon-based reinforcements', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 117, pp. 103 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2018.11.011
,2018, 'A cohesive network approach for modelling fibre and matrix damage in composite laminates', Composite Structures, 206, pp. 658 - 667, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.08.087
,2018, 'Filling natural microtubules with triphenyl phosphate for flame-retarding polymer composites', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 115, pp. 247 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2018.09.030
,2018, 'Thermal Degradation and Fire Properties of Fungal Mycelium and Mycelium - Biomass Composite Materials', Scientific Reports, 8, pp. 17583, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36032-9
,2018, 'Crashworthiness of bionic fractal hierarchical structures', Materials and Design, 158, pp. 147 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.08.028
,2018, 'A novel indirect-drive regenerative shock absorber for energy harvesting and comparison with a conventional direct-drive regenerative shock absorber', Applied Energy, 229, pp. 111 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.07.096
,2018, 'Fracture and fatigue behaviour of epoxy nanocomposites containing 1-D and 2-D nanoscale carbon fillers', Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 203, pp. 102 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2018.04.033
,2018, 'Waste-derived low-cost mycelium composite construction materials with improved fire safety', Fire and Materials, 42, pp. 816 - 825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fam.2637
,2018, 'Ultrasensitive and Stretchable Strain Sensors Based on Mazelike Vertical Graphene Network', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10, pp. 36312 - 36322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b15848
,2018, 'Multi-scale toughening of epoxy composites via electric field alignment of carbon nanofibres and short carbon fibres', Composites Science and Technology, 167, pp. 115 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2018.07.034
,2018, 'Rational Design of Ultrasensitive Pressure Sensors by Tailoring Microscopic Features', Advanced Materials Interfaces, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.201800403
,2018, 'The effect of dual-scale carbon fibre network on sensitivity and stretchability of wearable sensors', Composites Science and Technology, 165, pp. 131 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2018.06.019
,2018, 'Stretchable strain sensors based on PDMS composites with cellulose sponges containing one- and two-dimensional nanocarbons', Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, 279, pp. 90 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2018.06.002
,2018, 'Increasing the fatigue resistance of epoxy nanocomposites by aligning graphene nanoplatelets', International Journal of Fatigue, 113, pp. 88 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2018.04.001
,2018, 'Delamination toughening and healing performance of woven composites with hybrid z-fibre reinforcement', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 110, pp. 258 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2018.04.028
,2018, 'Crashworthiness design of novel hierarchical hexagonal columns', Composite Structures, 194, pp. 36 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.03.099
,2018, 'Development of flame-retarding elastomeric composites with high mechanical performance', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 109, pp. 257 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2018.03.012
,2018, 'Multifunctional polymer nanocomposites reinforced by aligned carbon nanomaterials', Polymers, 10, pp. 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym10050542
,2018, 'Crushing analysis for novel bio-inspired hierarchical circular structures subjected to axial load', International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 140, pp. 407 - 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2018.03.015
,2018, 'Crashworthiness behavior of Koch fractal structures', Materials and Design, 144, pp. 229 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.02.035
,2018, 'Biotechnologies toward Mitigating, Curing, and Ultimately Preventing Edema through Compression Therapy', Trends in Biotechnology, 36, pp. 537 - 548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.02.013
,2018, 'Time reversal invariance for a nonlinear scatterer exhibiting contact acoustic nonlinearity', Journal of Sound and Vibration, 417, pp. 413 - 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2017.12.019
,2018, 'The electric field alignment of short carbon fibres to enhance the toughness of epoxy composites', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 106, pp. 11 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.12.006
,2018, '3D Printing: Rational Design of Ultrasensitive Pressure Sensors by Tailoring Microscopic Features (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 18/2018)', Advanced Materials Interfaces, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.201870088
,2017, 'On the utilisation of nonlinear plasticity models in military aircraft fatigue estimation: A preliminary comparison', Aerospace Science and Technology, 71, pp. 25 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2017.09.004
,2017, 'Ultrasonic detection and sizing of compressed cracks in glass- and carbon-fibre reinforced plastic composites', NDT and E International, 92, pp. 111 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2017.08.004
,2017, 'Aligning carbon nanofibres in glass-fibre/epoxy composites to improve interlaminar toughness and crack-detection capability', Composites Science and Technology, 152, pp. 46 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2017.09.007
,2017, 'Effect of residual stress on the matrix fatigue cracking of rapidly cured epoxy/anhydride composites', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 101, pp. 521 - 528, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.07.007
,2017, 'Enhancing fatigue resistance and damage characterisation in adhesively-bonded composite joints by carbon nanofibres', Composites Science and Technology, 149, pp. 116 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2017.06.018
,2017, 'Higher harmonic generation of guided waves at delaminations in laminated composite beams', Structural Health Monitoring, 16, pp. 400 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1475921716673021
,2017, 'Time reversal invariance for a one-dimensional model of contact acoustic nonlinearity', Journal of Sound and Vibration, 394, pp. 515 - 526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2017.01.050
,2017, 'Novel Electrically Conductive Porous PDMS/Carbon Nanofiber Composites for Deformable Strain Sensors and Conductors', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9, pp. 14207 - 14215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b00847
,2017, 'Sensitivity and optimisation of the Chaboche plasticity model parameters in strain-life fatigue predictions', Materials and Design, 118, pp. 107 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.01.027
,2017, 'Aluminum alloy 7075 ratcheting and plastic shakedown evaluation with the multiplicative armstrong-frederick model', AIAA Journal, 55, pp. 2461 - 2470, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J055833
,2017, 'Quantitative fractography and modelling of fatigue crack propagation in high strength AerMet®100 steel repaired with a laser cladding process', International Journal of Fatigue, 94, pp. 288 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2016.06.031
,2017, 'Using Carbon Nanofibre Sensors for In-situ Detection and Monitoring of Disbonds in Bonded Composite Joints', Procedia Engineering, 188, pp. 362 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.496
,2016, 'A review of toroidal composite pressure vessel optimisation and damage tolerant design for high pressure gaseous fuel storage', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41, pp. 22067 - 22089, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.10.039
,2016, 'A comparison and extensions of algorithms for quantitative imaging of laminar damage in plates. II. Non-monopole scattering and noise tolerance', Wave Motion, 66, pp. 220 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2016.04.004
,2016, 'Closed crack imaging using time reversal method based on fundamental and second harmonic scattering', Wave Motion, 66, pp. 156 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2016.06.010
,2016, 'Rapidly cured epoxy/anhydride composites: Effect of residual stress on laminate shear strength', Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 90, pp. 125 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.06.013
,2016, 'The answer is blowing in the wind: Free-flying honeybees can integrate visual and mechano-sensory inputs for making complex foraging decisions', Journal of Experimental Biology, 219, pp. 3465 - 3472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.142679
,2016, 'Bumblebees minimize control challenges by combining active and passive modes in unsteady winds', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 35043, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35043
,2016, 'Aerogels based on carbon nanomaterials', Journal of Materials Science, 51, pp. 9157 - 9189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0141-z
,2016, 'Strain Sensors with Adjustable Sensitivity by Tailoring the Microstructure of Graphene Aerogel/PDMS Nanocomposites', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, pp. 24853 - 24861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b06012
,2016, 'A novel route for tethering graphene with iron oxide and its magnetic field alignment in polymer nanocomposites', Polymer, 97, pp. 273 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2016.05.024
,2016, 'Multi-scale toughening of fibre composites using carbon nanofibres and z-pins', Composites Science and Technology, 131, pp. 98 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2016.06.005
,2016, 'The gust-mitigating potential of flapping wings', Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/11/4/046010
,2016, 'Ply-overlap hybrid technique for joining dissimilar composite materials', Materials and Design, 100, pp. 157 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2016.03.112
,2016, 'Out-of-plane crashworthiness of bio-inspired self-similar regular hierarchical honeycombs', Composite Structures, 144, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.02.014
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