Mechanical & Manufacturing Eng (Scholarly Publications): Recent submissions
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Recapitulating bone development through engineered mesenchymal condensations and mechanical cues for tissue regeneration
(2019)Large bone defects cannot form a callus and exhibit high complication rates even with the best treatment strategies available. Tissue engineering approaches often use scaffolds designed to match the properties of mature ... -
Injectable Disc-Derived ECM Hydrogel Functionalised with Chondroitin Sulfate for Intervertebral Disc Regeneration
(2020)Low back pain resulting from intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a significant socioeconomic burden. The main effect of the degeneration process involves the alteration of the nucleus pulposus (NP) via cell-mediated ... -
Synergistic Effects of Acidic pH and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines IL-1β and TNF-α for Cell-Based Intervertebral Disc Regeneration
(2020)The intervertebral disc (IVD) relies mainly on diffusion through the cartilaginous endplates (CEP) to regulate the nutrient and metabolites exchange, thus creating a challenging microenvironment. Degeneration of the IVD ... -
Evaporating hydrophilic and superhydrophobic droplets in electric fields
(2021)Evaporating water droplets on a heated substrate are investigated in this work. Specifically, the influences of electric fields are studied in the context of the heat flux distribution beneath the droplets as well as the ... -
Local heat transfer to an evaporating superhydrophobic droplet
(2018)The heat flux distribution beneath a superhydrophobic evaporating droplet has been explored. High speed, high resolution infrared thermography was employed to measure the heat transfer characteristics of the evaporating ... -
Electrospray array heat transfer
(2018)Multiple source electrospraying enables higher droplet mass flux and greater cooling coverage area in comparison with its single source counterpart. The local convective heat flux to a multiple source electrospray array ... -
Heat transfer characteristics of single cone-jet electrosprays
(2017)Spray cooling is an attractive proposition for thermal dissipation due to its high efficiency and markedly lower power requirements compared with more conventional air cooling systems. The local convective heat flux to ... -
Analysis of a Wide Range of Commercial Exterior Wood Coatings
(MDPI AG, 2020)This study was focused on measuring the properties of twenty-three commercially available coatings formulated for exterior wood applications. The coatings were characterized by measuring their surface tension, solid content, ... -
Heat flux distribution beneath evaporating hydrophilic and superhydrophobic droplets
(Elsevier BV, 2020)An experimental investigation of the heat and mass transfer to an evaporating hydrophilic water droplet using thin-foil thermography and droplet shape analysis is reported. These results have been compared with that of a ... -
A novel ultra-large flat plate heat pipe manufactured by thermal spray
(Elsevier BV, 2020)An ultra-large flat plate copper heat pipe (180 × 180 mm2) was constructed using a thermal spray technique, and it was then thermally characterized. A porous copper wick was fabricated by using a flame spray torch to deposit ... -
SeMSA: a compact super absorber optimised for broadband, low-frequency noise attenuation
(2020)The attenuation of low-frequency broadband noise in a light, small form-factor is an intractable challenge. In this paper, a new technology is presented which employs the highly efficient visco-thermal loss mechanism of a ... -
PEDOT:PSS interfaces stabilised using a PEGylated crosslinker yield improved conductivity and biocompatibility.
(2019)The rapidly expanding fields of bioelectronics, and biological interfaces with electronic sensors and stimulators, are placing an increasing demand on candidate materials to serve as robust surfaces that are both biocompatible, ... -
Reinforcing interpenetrating network hydrogels with 3D printed polymer networks to engineer cartilage mimetic composites
(2020)Engineering constructs that mimic the complex structure, composition and biomechanics of the articular cartilage represents a promising route to joint regeneration. Such tissue engineering strategies require the development ... -
Self-healing materials: What can nature teach us?
(2017)Natural materials such as bone and insect cuticle are capable of self-repair, a facility that greatly increases their durability and safe working stress. Some engineering materials have also been designed to be self-healing, ... -
Engineering a Corneal Stromal Equivalent Using a Novel Multilayered Fabrication Assembly Technique.
(2020)To overcome the serious shortage of donor corneas for transplantation, alternatives based on tissue engineering need to be developed. Decellularized corneas are one potential alternative, but their densely packed collagen ... -
Designing Scaffolds for Corneal Regeneration
(2020)Corneal blindness is one of the most common causes of vision loss worldwide, affecting millions of people. To treat these patients, researchers have been examining different approaches to engineer corneal scaffolds suitable ... -
Effect of substrate topography on the regulation of human corneal stromal cells.
(2020)Optimal functionality of native corneal stroma depends on a well-ordered arrangement of extracellular matrix (ECM). To develop an in vitro corneal model, replication of the corneal in vivo microenvironment is needed. In ... -
Influence of micropatterned substrates on keratocyte phenotype
(2020)Substrate topographic patterning is a powerful tool that can be used to manipulate cell shape and orientation. To gain a better understanding of the relationship between surface topography and keratocyte behavior, surface ... -
Design of a Kelvin cell acoustic metamaterial
(2020)Advancements in 3D print technology now allow the printing of structured acoustic absorptive materials at appropriate microscopic scales and sample sizes. Optimisation of parameter sets associated with a Kelvin Cell structure ... -
Mechanisms of heat transfer for axisymmetric bubble impingement and rebound
(2017)Heat transfer enhancement resulting from the impingement and rebound of bubbles in confined geometries can play an important role in heat transfer applications. Limited studies exist on the impact behavior of large ellipsoidal ...
