Items where Research Institute, Centre or Group is "Polymers, Composites and Spectroscopy Group"

RIBEIRO CARROTT, M.M.L., CANSADO, I.P.P., CARROTT, P.J.M., RUSSO, P.A., CASTILHO, P., FERNANDES, C., CATRINESCU, C. and BREEN, Christopher (2016). Porosity in ion-exchanged and acid activated clays evaluated using n-nonane pre-adsorption. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 232, 238-247. [Article]

AZIM, Zubair Al, OSTLER, Thomas, XU, Chudong and ROY, Kaushik (2019). Optical receiver with helicity-dependent magnetization eversal. IEEE transactions on magnetics, 55 (1). [Article]

BERRY, Keith, LIU, Max, CHAKRABORTY, Khirud, PULLAN, Nikki, WEST, Andrew, SAMMON, Chris and TOPHAM, Paul D. (2015). Mechanism for cross-linking polychloroprene with ethylene thiourea and zinc oxide. Rubber Chemistry and Technology, 88 (1), 80-97. [Article]

CASSIDY, Simon J., ORLANDI, Fabio, MANUEL, Pascal, HADERMANN, Joke, SCRIMSHIRE, Alex, BINGHAM, Paul and CLARKE, Simon J. (2018). Complex magnetic ordering in the oxide selenide Sr2Fe3Se2O3. Inorganic Chemistry, 57 (16), 10312-10322. [Article]

CATRINESCU, C., FERNANDES, C., CASTILHO, P. and BREEN, C. (2015). Selective methoxylation of α-pinene to α-terpinyl methyl ether over Al3+ ion-exchanged clays. Applied Catalysis A: General, 489, 171-179. [Article]

CHRISTOPOULOU, Georgia, MODARRESIFAR, Farid, ALLSOPP, Benjamin, JONES, Hywel and BINGHAM, Paul (2019). Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics and stability of leucite and kalsilite from K2O-Al2O3-SiO2 glasses. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 102 (1), 508-523. [Article]

CLEGG, Francis, BREEN, Christopher and KHAIRUDDIN, . (2014). Synergistic and competitive aspects of the adsorption of Poly(ethylene glycol) and Poly(vinyl alcohol) onto Na-Bentonite. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118 (46), 13268-13278. [Article]

DOSH, Rasha, ESSA, A, JORDAN-MAHY, Nikki, SAMMON, Chris and LE MAITRE, Christine (2017). Use of hydrogel scaffolds to develop an in vitro 3D culture model of human intestinal epithelium. Acta biomaterialia. [Article]

EMANUEL, Kaj S, MADER, Kerstin T, PEETERS, Mirte, KINGMA, Idsart, RUSTENBURG, Christine M E, VERGROESEN, Pieter-Paul A, SAMMON, Christopher and SMIT, Theodoor H (2018). Early changes in the extracellular matrix of the degenerating intervertebral disc, assessed by Fourier transform infrared imaging. Osteoarthritis and cartilage. [Article]

GALLARDO, A., NAVARRO, R., REINECKE, H. and SPELLS, S. J. (2006). Correction of diffraction effects in confocal raman microspectroscopy. Optics express, 14 (19), 8706-8715. [Article]

JOHANSSON, Caisa and CLEGG, Francis (2015). Effect of clay type on dispersion and barrier properties of hydrophobically modified poly(vinyl alcohol)-bentonite nanocomposites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132 (28), -n/a. [Article]

JOHANSSON, Caisa and CLEGG, Francis (2015). Hydrophobically modified poly(vinyl alcohol) and bentonite nanocomposites thereof: Barrier, mechanical, and aesthetic properties. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132 (13), p. 41737. [Article]

KELES, Hakan, NAYLOR, Andrew, CLEGG, Francis and SAMMON, Chris (2015). Investigation of factors influencing the hydrolytic degradation of single PLGA microparticles. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 119, 228-241. [Article]

KELES, Hakan, NAYLOR, Andrew, CLEGG, Francis and SAMMON, Chris (2014). Studying the release of hGH from gamma-irradiated PLGA microparticles using ATR-FTIR imaging. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 71, 76-84. [Article]

KELES, Hakan, NAYLOR, Andrew, CLEGG, Francis and SAMMON, Chris (2014). The application of non-linear curve fitting routines to the analysis of mid-infrared images obtained from single polymeric microparticles. Analyst, 139 (10), p. 2355. [Article]

LI, Zhen, LANG, Gernot, CHEN, Xu, SACKS, Hagit, MANTZUR, Carmit, TROPP, Udi, MADER, Kerstin T., SMALLWOOD, Thomas C., SAMMON, Chris, RICHARDS, R. Geoff, ALINI, Mauro and GRAD, Sibylle (2016). Polyurethane scaffold with in situ swelling capacity for nucleus pulposus replacement. Biomaterials, 84, 196 - 209. [Article]

LUONG, L., DUCKLES, H., SCHENKEL, Torsten, MAHMOUD, M., TREMOLEDA, J. L., WYLEZINSKA-ARRIDGE, M., ALI, M., BOWDEN, N. P., VILLA-URIOL, M.-C., VAN DER HEIDEN, K., XING, R., GIJSEN, F. J., WENTZEL, J., LAWRIE, A., FENG, S., ARNOLD, N., GSELL, W., LUNGU, A., HOSE, R., SPENCER, Timothy, HALLIDAY, Ian, RIDGER, V. and EVANS, P. C. (2016). Heart rate reduction with ivabradine promotes shear stress-dependent anti-inflammatory mechanisms in arteries. Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 116 (1), 181-190. [Article]

MADER, Kerstin, PEETERS, Mirte, DETIGER, Suzanne E. L., HELDER, Marco N., SMIT, Theo H., LE MAITRE, Christine and SAMMON, Chris (2016). Investigation of intervertebral disc degeneration using multivariate FTIR spectroscopic imaging. Faraday Discussions, 187, 393-414. [Article]

PAGE, Jacob, TOPPING, Craig, SCRIMSHIRE, Alex, BINGHAM, Paul, BLUNDELL, Stephen and HAYWARD, Michael (2018). Doped Sr2FeIrO6 – phase separation and a Jeff ≠ 0 state for Ir5+. Inorganic Chemistry, 57 (16), 10303-10311. [Article]

PORTER, Christopher P., BEZZINA, James P., CLEGG, Francis and OGDEN, Mark D. (2018). Polymeric seal degradation in nuclear power plants: Determination of physical and mechanical properties. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 135 (7), p. 45814. [Article]

QUILES-CARRILLO, Luis J, MONTANES, Nestor, SAMMON, Chris, BALART, Rafael and TORRES-GINER, Sergio (2017). Compatibilization of highly sustainable polylactide/almond shell flour composites by reactive extrusion with maleinized linseed oil. Industrial Crops and Products, 111, 878-888. [Article]

RIMMER, Stephen, JOHNSON, Claire, ZHAO, Bojun, COLLIER, Joyleen, GILMORE, Louisa, SABNIS, Subodh, WYMAN, Paul, SAMMON, Chris, FULLWOOD, Nigel J. and MACNEIL, Sheila (2007). Epithelialization of hydrogels achieved by amine functionalization and co-culture with stromal cells. Biomaterials, 28 (35), 5319 - 5331. [Article]

STACEY, Peter, MADER, Kerstin and SAMMON, Chris (2017). Feasibility of the quantification of respirable crystalline silica by mass on aerosol sampling filters using Raman microscopy. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 48 (5), 720-725. [Article]

THORPE, Abbey, BINCH, Abbie, CREMERS, Laura, SAMMON, Chris and LE MAITRE, Christine (2015). Nucleus pulposus phenotypic markers to determine stem cell differentiation : fact or fiction? Oncotarget, 7 (3), 2189-2200. [Article]

BAJWA, G. S., HOEBLER, K., SAMMON, C., TIMMINS, P. and MELIA, C. D. (2006). Microstructural imaging of early gel layer formation in HPMC matrices. Journal of pharmaceutical sciences. B, 95 (10), 2145-2157. [Article]

BAJWA, G. S., SAMMON, C., TIMMINS, P. and MELIA, C. D. (2009). Molecular and mechanical properties of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose solutions during the sol:gel transition. Polymer, 50 (19), 4571-4576. [Article]

BAJWA, G. S., SAMMON, C., TIMMINS, P. and MELIA, C. D. (2005). Relationship between the mechanical and molecular properties of HPMC solutions during the thermally modified sol : gel transition. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 57, S2-S3. [Article]

BAKUN-CZUBAROW, N., MILCZARSKI, J., GALAZKA-FRIEDMAN, J., SZLACHTA, K. and FORDER, Sue (2011). Mossbauer studies of Volhyian basalts. Acta Physica Polonica A, 119 (1), 7-9. [Article]

BANKS, S. R., SAMMON, C., MELIA, C. D. and TIMMINS, P. (2005). Monitoring the thermal gelation of cellulose ethers in situ using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy, 59 (4), 452-459. [Article]

BARRON, C. and SPELLS, S. J. (1993). Reversed hexagonal phase-structure in lithium phenylstearate. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 97 (25), 6737-6744. [Article]

BELL, N. A., BRANSTON, T. N., CLEGG, W., PARKER, L., RAPER, E. S., SAMMON, C. and CONSTABLE, C. P. (2001). Complexes of heterocyclic thiones and group 12 metals Part four. Preparation and characterisation of 1 : 1 complexes of mercury(II) halides with 1,3-thiazolidine-2-thione and 1,3-benzothiazoline-2-thione. Crystal structure of the discrete trans dimer (mu-dibromo)bis(trans{(bromo)-(1,3-thiazolidine-2-thione)}mercury(II)). Inorganica Chimica Acta, 319 (1-2), 130-136. [Article]

BELL, N. A., CLEGG, W., COLES, S. J., CONSTABLE, C. P., HARRINGTON, R. W., HURSTHOUSE, M. B., LIGHT, M. E., RAPER, E. S., SAMMON, C. and WALKER, M. R. (2004). Complexes of heterocyclic thiones and group 12 metals: Part VI. Preparation and characterisation of complexes of cadmium(II) halides with 1-methylimidazoline-2(3H)-thione, 1,3-thiazolidine-2-thione and 1,3-benzothiazoline-2-thione. Crystal structures of polymeric (1,3-thiazolidine-2-thione)cadmium(II) chloride, bis(1,3-thiazolidine-2-thione)cadmium(II) iodide and monomeric bis(1-methylimidazoline-2(3H)-thione)cadmium(II) bromide. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 357 (7), 2091-2099. [Article]

BELL, N. A., COLES, S. J., CONSTABLE, C. P., HIBBS, D. E., HURSTHOUSE, M. B., MANSOR, R., RAPER, E. S. and SAMMON, C. (2001). Complexes of heterocyclic thiones and Group 12 metals Part 5. Reactions of 1,3-thiazolidine-2-thione and benzo-1,3-thiazoline-2-thione with mercury(II) halides in a 2 : 1 ratio. Crystal structures of bis(1,3-thiazolidine-2-thione) mercury(II) bromide and bis(benzo-1,3-thiazolinato)mercury(II). Inorganica Chimica Acta, 323 (1-2), 69-77. [Article]

BELVER, C., BREEN, C., CLEGG, F., FERNANDES, C. E. and VICENTE, M. A. (2004). A variable-temperature diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy study of the binding of water and pyridine to the surface of acid-activated metakaolin. Langmuir, 21 (6), 2129-2136. [Article]

BILLINGHAM, J., BREEN, C., RAWSON, J. O., YARWOOD, J. and MANN, B. E. (1997). Adsorption of polycations on clays: A comparative in situ study using Cs-133 and Na-23 solution phase NMR. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 193 (2), 183-189. [Article]

BILLINGHAM, J., BREEN, C. and YARWOOD, J. (1997). Adsorption of polyamine, polyacrylic acid and polyethylene glycol on montmorillonite: An in situ study using ATR-FTIR. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 14 (1), 19-34. [Article]

BILLINGHAM, J., BREEN, C. and YARWOOD, J. (1996). In situ determination of Bronsted/Lewis acidity on cation-exchanged clay mineral surfaces by ATR-IR. Clay Minerals, 31 (4), 513-522. [Article]

BINGHAM, Paul, HAND, R.J., HANNANT, O.M., FORDER, Sue and KILCOYNE, S.H. (2009). Effects of modifier additions on the thermal properties, chemical durability, oxidation state and structure of iron phosphate glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 355 (28-30), 1526-1538. [Article]

BLACK, L., BREEN, C., YARWOOD, J., DENG, C. S., PHIPPS, J. and MAITLAND, G. (2006). Hydration of tricalcium aluminate (C(3)A) in the presence and absence of gypsum - studied by Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 16 (13), 1263-1272. [Article]

BLACK, L., BREEN, C., YARWOOD, J., GARBEV, K., STEMMERMANN, P. and GASHAROVA, B. (2007). Structural features of C-S-H(I) and its carbonation in air - A Raman spectroscopic study. Part II: Carbonated phases. Journal of the American Ceramics Society, 90 (3), 908-917. [Article]

BLACK, L., BREEN, C., YARWOOD, J., PHIPPS, J. and MAITLAND, G. (2006). In situ Raman analysis of hydrating C(3)A and C(4)AF pastes in presence and absence of sulphate. Advances in Applied Ceramics: Structural, Functional and Bioceramics Journal - Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 105 (4), 209-216. [Article]

BREEN, Alastair F., BREEN, Christopher, CLEGG, Francis, DÖPPERS, Leena-Marie, KHAIRUDDIN, ?, LABET, Marianne, SAMMON, Chris and YARWOOD, Jack (2012). FTIR-ATR studies of the sorption and diffusion of acetone:water mixtures in poly(vinyl alcohol)-clay nanocomposites. Polymer, 53 (20), 4420-4428. [Article]

BREEN, C. (1994). Thermogravimetric, infrared and mass spectroscopic analysis of the desorption of tetrahydropyran, tetrahydrofuran and 1,4-dioxan from montmorillonite. Clay Minerals, 29 (1), 115-121. [Article]

BREEN, C. (1999). The characterisation and use of polycation-exchanged bentonites. Applied Clay Science, 15 (1-2), 187-219. [Article]

BREEN, C., AKID, R., HABESCH, S. and SAMMON, C. (2000). How clean is clean? Materials World, 8 (4), 15-17. [Article]

BREEN, C., BEJARANO-BRAVO, C. M., MADRID, L., THOMPSON, G. and MANN, B. E. (1999). Na/Pb, Na/Cd and Pb/Cd exchange on a low iron Texas bentonite in the presence of competing H+ ion. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 155 (2-3), 211-219. [Article]

BREEN, C., BROOKS, J. S., FORDER, S. D. and HAMER, J. C. E. (1996). Organometallic cation-exchanged phyllosilicates: Variable-temperature Fe-57 Mossbauer spectroscopic and related studies of the adsorption of dimethylaminomethylferrocene on clays and pillared clays. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 6 (5), 849-859. [Article]

BREEN, C., BROOKS, J. S., FORDER, S. D., MAGGS, A. A., MARSHALL, G. and STEPHENSON, G. R. (1995). Organometallic cation-exchanged phyllosilicates - Fe-57 Mossbauer spectroscopic study of organoiron complexes on a low-iron montmorillonite. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 5 (1), 97-104. [Article]

BREEN, C., CLEGG, F., HERRON, M. M., HILD, G. P., HILLIER, S., HUGHES, T. L., JONES, T. G. J., MATTESON, A. and YARWOOD, J. (2008). Bulk mineralogical characterisation of oilfield reservoir rocks and sandstones using Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy and Partial Least Squares analysis. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 60 (1), 1-17. [Article]

BREEN, C., CLEGG, F., HUGHES, T. and YARWOOD, J. (2001). Distinguishing interlayer cations in montmorillonite by thermal analysis of demethylformamide-saturated samples. Journal of physical chemistry. B, 105 (21), 4872-4878. [Article]

BREEN, C., CLEGG, F., HUGHES, T. L. and YARWOOD, J. (2000). Thermal and spectroscopic characterization of N-methylformamide/Ca-, Mg-, and Na-exchanged montmorillonite intercalates. Langmuir, 16 (16), 6648-6656. [Article]

BREEN, C., D'MELLO, N. and YARWOOD, J. (2002). The thermal stability of mixed phenylphosphonic acid/water intercalates of kaolin and halloysite. A TG-EGA and VT-DRIFTS study. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 12 (2), 273-278. [Article]

BREEN, C., FORSYTH, J., YARWOOD, J. and HUGHES, T. (2000). Thermal desorption-degradation of cyclohexylamine over Ni2+- and Al3+-exchanged bentonite studied using evolved gas analysis (TG-EGA) and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRIFTS). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2 (17), 3887-3892. [Article]

BREEN, C. and HAY, J. (2003). HybridNet - the new network on organic-inorganic hybrid materials. Materials World, 11 (1), 30-32. [Article]

BREEN, C., ILLES, J., YARWOOD, J. and SKUSE, D. R. (2007). Variable temperature diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopic investigation of the effect of ball milling on the water sorbed to kaolin. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 43 (2), 366-379. [Article]

BREEN, C., ILLES, J., YARWOOD, J. and SKUSE, D. R. (2002). The nature of adsorption sites on unrefined and ball milled kaolin. A diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopic study. In: SKUSE, D. R., (ed.) Speciality Chemicals in Mineral Processing. Royal Society of Chemistry Special Publications, 282 (282). Cambridge, Royal Society of Chemistry, 81-89. [Book Section]

BREEN, C. and LAST, P. M. (1999). Catalytic transformation of the gases evolved during the thermal decomposition of HDPE using acid-activated and pillared clays. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 9 (3), 813-818. [Article]

BREEN, C., LAST, P. M., TAYLOR, S. and KOMADEL, P. (2000). Synergic chemical analysis - the coupling of TG with FTIR, MS and GC-MS 2. Catalytic transformation of the gases evolved during the thermal decomposition of HDPE using acid-activated clays. Thermochimica Acta, 363 (1-2), 93-104. [Article]

BREEN, C. and LOUGHLIN, H. (1994). The competitive adsorption of methylene-blue on to Na-montmorillonite from binary-solution with N-alkylytrimethylammonium surfactants. Clay Minerals, 29 (5), 775-783. [Article]

BREEN, C., MADEJOVA, J. and KOMADEL, P. (1995). Characterization of moderately acid-treated, size-fractionated montmorillonites using IR and MAS NMR-spectroscopy and thermal-analysis. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 5 (3), 469-474. [Article]

BREEN, C., MADEJOVA, J. and KOMADEL, P. (1995). Correlation of catalytic activity with infrared, Si-29 MAS NMR and acidity data for HCL-treated fine fractions of montmorillonites. Applied Clay Science, 10 (3), 219-230. [Article]

BREEN, C. and MORONTA, A. (2000). Characterization and catalytic activity of aluminum- and aluminum/tetramethylammonium-exchanged bentonites. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 104 (12), 2702-2708. [Article]

BREEN, C. and MORONTA, A. (1999). Influence of layer charge on the catalytic activity of mildly acid-activated tetramethylammonium-exchanged bentonites. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 103 (27), 5675-5680. [Article]

BREEN, C. and MORONTA, A. J. (2001). Influence of exchange cation and layer charge on the isomerization of alpha-pinene over SWy-2, SAz-1 and Sap-Ca. Clay Minerals, 36 (4), 467-472. [Article]

BREEN, C., RAWSON, J. O. and MANN, B. E. (1996). Adsorption of polycations on clays: An in situ study using Cs-133 solution-phase NMR. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 6 (2), 253-260. [Article]

BREEN, C., RAWSON, J. O., MANN, B. E. and ASTON, M. (1998). In situ Cs-133 and H-1 solution-phase NMR, thermoanalytical and X-ray diffraction studies of the adsorption of polyalkyleneglycol on Texas bentonite. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 132 (1), 17-30. [Article]

BREEN, C. and ROCK, B. (1994). The competitive adsorption of methylene-blue on to montmorillonite from binary-solution with thioflavin-t, proflavine and acridine yellow - steady-state and dynamic studies. Clay Minerals, 29 (2), 179-189. [Article]

BREEN, C., TAYLOR, S., BURGUIN, E. and CENTENO, M. (2002). Preparation and characterization of dealuminated metakaolin and its use in the transformation of waste plastics to aromatic hydrocarbons. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 247 (1), 246-250. [Article]

BREEN, C., THOMPSON, G. and WEBB, M. (1999). Preparation, thermal stability and decomposition routes of clay/Triton-X100 composites. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 9 (12), 3159-3165. [Article]

BREEN, C. and WATSON, R. (1998). Acid-activated organoclays: preparation, characterisation and catalytic activity of polycation-treated bentonites. Applied Clay Science, 12 (6), 479-494. [Article]

BREEN, C. and WATSON, R. (1998). Polycation-exchanged clays as sorbents for organic pollutants: Influence of layer charge on pollutant sorption capacity. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 208 (2), 422-429. [Article]

BREEN, C., WATSON, R. C., MADEJOVA, J., KOMADEL, P. and KLAPYTA, Z. (1997). Acid-activated organoclays: Preparation, characterization and catalytic activity of acid-treated tetraalkylammonium-exchanged smectites. Langmuir, 13 (24), 6473-6479. [Article]

BREEN, C., ZAHOOR, F. D., MADEJOVA, J. and KOMADEL, P. (1997). Characterization and catalytic activity of acid-treated, size-fractionated smectites. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 101 (27), 5324-5331. [Article]

CAPAN, R., HASSAN, A., NABOK, A. V., RAY, A. K., RICHARDSON, T. H., SIMMONDS, M. C. and SAMMON, C. (2003). Formation of nanocomposite Langmuir-Blodgett alternate multilayers. IEE Proceedings : Circuits, Devices and Systems, 150 (4), 367-371. [Article]

CATRINESCU, C., FERNANDES, C., CASTILHO, P. and BREEN, C. (2006). Influence of exchange cations on the catalytic conversion of limonene over Serra de Dentro (SD) and SAz-1 clays - Correlations between acidity and catalytic activity/selectivity. Applied Catalysis A General, 311, 172-184. [Article]

CATRINESCU, C., FERNANDES, C., CASTILHO, P., BREEN, Christopher, CARROTT, M.M.L. Ribeiro and CANSADO, I.P.P. (2013). Selective methoxylation of limonene over ion-exchanged and acid-activated clays. Applied Catalysis A: General, 467, 38-46. [Article]

CAVA, D., SAMMON, C. and LAGARON, J. M. (2007). Sorption-induced release of antimicrobial isopropanol in EVOH copolymers as determined by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 103 (5), 3431-3437. [Article]

CAVA, D., SAMMON, C. and LAGARON, J. M. (2006). Water diffusion and sorption-induced swelling as a function of temperature and ethylene content in ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers as determined by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy, 60 (12), 1392-1398. [Article]

CLEGG, Francis and BREEN, Christopher (2013). Mixed modifier clays and their dispersion in solvent cast polycaprolactone nanocomposites. Applied Clay Science, 85, 80-87. [Article]

CLEGG, Francis, BREEN, Christopher, CARTER, Margaret A., INCE, Ceren, SAVAGE, Shaun D., WILSON, Moira A. and LEE, W. (2011). Dehydroxylation and Rehydroxylation Mechanisms in Fired Clay Ceramic: A TG-MS and DRIFTS Investigation. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 95 (1), 416-422. [Article]

CLEGG, Francis, BREEN, Christopher, JOHANSSON, C, BRAS, J, MONDRAGON, I, NECHITA, P, PLACKETT, D, ŠIMON, P, SVETEC, DG, VIRTANEN, S, BASCHETTI, MG and AUCEJO, S (2012). Renewable fibers and bio-based materials for packaging applications - A review of recent developments. BioResources, 7 (2), 2506-2552. [Article]

CLEGG, Francis, BREEN, Christopher, TATHDIL, Ilknur, SOKMEN, Munevver, BURUK, Celal Kurtulus and BACAKSIZ, Emin (2011). Degradation of Candida albicans on TiO2 and Ag-TiO2 thin films prepared by sol–gel and nanosuspensions. Jounal of Sol-gel Science and Technology, 60 (1), 23-32. [Article]

CONSTABLE, C., LUO, Q., YARWOOD, J., MUNZ, W. D. and BREEN, C. (2002). Up close - a new tool for understanding wear processes. Materials World, 10 (3), 10-12. [Article]

COUPE, R. C. and SPELLS, S. (2009). Towards a methodology for comparing the effectiveness of different alpine ski waxes. Sports Engineering, 12 (2), p. 55. [Article]

COUTRY, S. and SPELLS, S. (2002). The effect of short chain branching on local chain organisation in isotopically labelled blends of polyethylene. Polymer, 43 (18), 4957-4965. [Article]

COUTRY, S. and SPELLS, S. J. (2006). Molecular changes on drawing isotopic blends of polyethylene and ethylene copolymers. Part 2. MCIRS studies. Polymer, 47 (10), 3410-3425. [Article]

COUTRY, S. and SPELLS, S. J. (2003). Molecular changes on drawing isotopic blends of polyethylene and ethylene copolymers: 1. Static and time-resolved sans studies. Polymer, 44 (6), 1949-1956. [Article]

DE SILVA, D. S. M., GORCE, J. P., WICKRAMARACHCHI, P. A. S. R. and SPELLS, S. (2002). FTIR studies of molecular disorder in long chain n-alkanes: Chain tilt and chain end disorder. Macromolecular symposia, 184. [Article]

DE SILVA, D. S. M., ZENG, X. B., UNGAR, G. and SPELLS, S. J. (2002). Chain tilt and surface disorder in lamellar crystals. A FTIR and SAXS study of labeled long alkanes. Macromolecules, 35 (20), 7730-7741. [Article]

DE SILVA, D. S. M., ZENG, X. B., UNGAR, G. and SPELLS, S. J. (2002). On perpendicular and tilted chains in lamellar crystals. Journal of macromolecular science-physics,, B42 (3-4), 915-927. [Article]

DENG, C. S., BREEN, C., YARWOOD, J., HABESCH, S., PHIPPS, J., CRASTER, B. and MAITLAND, G. (2002). Ageing of oilfield cement at high humidity: a combined FEG-ESEM and raman microscopic investigation. Journal of materials chemistry, 12 (10), 3105-3112. [Article]

DENG, C. S., SAMMON, C. and YARWOOD, J. (2003). Sorption and perturbation of water at polyelectrolyte interfaces. Paper 5 - effects of water isotopic dilution. Polymer, 44 (7), 2057-2065. [Article]

DOPPERS, L. M., BREEN, C. and SAMMON, C. (2004). Diffusion of water and acetone into poly(vinyl alcohol)-clay nanocomposites using ATR-FTIR. Vibrational Spectroscopy, 35 (1-2), 27-32. [Article]

DOPPERS, L. M., SAMMON, C., BREEN, C. and YARWOOD, J. (2006). FTIR-ATR studies of the sorption and diffusion of acetone/water mixtures in poly(vinyl alcohol). Polymer, 47 (8), 2714-2722. [Article]

DOWNIE, Lewis J., GOFF, Richard J., KOCKELMANN, Winfried, FORDER, Sue, PARKER, Julia E., MORRISON, Finlay D. and LIGHTFOOT, Philip (2012). Structural, magnetic and electrical properties of the hexagonal ferrites MFeO3 (M=Y, Yb, In). Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 190, 52-60. [Article]

ELLIS, R. A., FORDER, S. D., ENGLISH, T. H. and BREEN, C. (2002). Fe-57 conversion electron Mossbauer spectroscopy of factors influencing Fe-Sn intermetallic phase formation in tinplated steel. Hyperfine Interactions, 141 (1-4), 447-451. [Article]

FERNANDES, C., CATRINESCU, C., CASTILHO, P., RUSSO, P. A., CARROTT, M. R. and BREEN, C. (2007). Catalytic conversion of limonene over acid activated Serra de Dentro (SD) bentonite. Applied Catalysis A General, 318, 108-120. [Article]

FORDER, Sue, BINGHAM, Paul, MCGANN, O., STENNETT, M. and HYATT, N.C. (2013). Mossbauer studies of materials used to immobilise waste. Hyperfine Interactions, 217 (1-3), 83-90. [Article]

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GALLARDO, A., SPELLS, S., RODRIGO, N. and REINECKE, H. (2006). Confocal raman microspectroscopy: calculation of corrected depth profiles of wet-chemically modified polymer films. Macromolecular rapid communications, 27 (7), 529-536. [Article]

GALLARDO, A., SPELLS, S. J., NAVARRO, R. and REINECKE, H. (2007). Confocal Raman microscopy: how to correct depth profiles considering diffraction and refraction effects. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38 (7), 880-884. [Article]

GARBEV, K., STEMMERMANN, P., BLACK, L., BREEN, C., YARWOOD, J. and GASHAROVA, B. (2007). Structural features of C-S-H(I) and its carbonation in air - A Raman spectroscopic study. Part I: Fresh phases. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 90 (3), 900-907. [Article]

GOODACRE, Royston, SERGO, Valter, BARR, Hugh, SAMMON, Chris, SCHULTZ, Zachary D., BAKER, Matthew J., GRAHAM, Duncan, MARQUES, Maria Paula, SULÉ-SUSO, Josep, LIVERMORE, James, FAULDS, Karen, SINJAB, Faris, MATOUSEK, Pavel, CAMPBELL, Colin J., DLUHY, Richard, GARDNER, Peter, PHILLIPS, Christopher, DIEM, Max, WOOD, Bayden, APOLONSKIY, Alexander, KAZARIAN, Sergei, FULLWOOD, Leanne, GOUGH, Kathleen, PETRICH, Wolfgang, LLOYD, Gavin, IBRAHIM, Ola, CINQUE, Gianfelice, SOCKALINGUM, Ganesh Dhruvananda, STONE, Nick, KENDALL, Catherine, MCAUGHTRIE, Sarah, PEREZ-GUAITA, David, CLARK, Louise, GERWERT, Klaus, BONIFACIO, Alois, NOTINGHER, Ioan, LASCH, Peter, BHARGAVA, Rohit, LEPERT, Guillaume, MADER, Kerstin and PATERSON, Carl (2016). Clinical spectroscopy: general discussion. Faraday Discuss., 187, 429-460. [Article]

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GORCE, J. P. and SPELLS, S. (2002). Structural information from progression bands in the FTIR spectra of long chain n-alkanes. Polymer, 43 (14), 4043-4046. [Article]

GORCE, J. P. and SPELLS, S. J. (2004). FTIR studies of conformational disorder: crystal perfecting in long chain n-alkanes. Polymer, 45 (10), 3297-3303. [Article]

GORCE, J. P., SPELLS, S. J., ZENG, X. and UNGAR, G. (2003). Infrared active methyl group vibrations in tetratetracontane: a probe for chain end organization and crystal structure. Journal of physical chemistry B, 108 (10), 3130-3139. [Article]

HAJATDOOST, S., SAMMON, C. and YARWOOD, J. (2002). FTIR-ATR studies of diffusion and perturbation of water in polyelectrolyte thin films. Part 4. Diffusion, perturbation and swelling processes for ionic solutions in SPEES/PES membranes. Polymer, 43 (6), 1821-1827. [Article]

HANNANT, O. M., BINGHAM, Paul, HAND, R. J. and FORDER, Sue (2008). The structural properties of vitrified toxic waste ashes. Glass technology, 49 (1), 27-32. [Article]

HEATON, T., SAMMON, Chris, AULT, J., BLACK, L. and FORTH, J.P. (2014). Masonry units bound with waste vegetable oil – Chemical analysis and evaluation of engineering properties. Construction and Building Materials, 64, 460-472. [Article]

KIRBY, A. and SPELLS, S. (2006). Spatial characterisation of natural and third-generation artificial turf football pitches. Sports Engineering, 9 (1), p. 59. [Article]

KOMADEL, P., JANEK, M., MADEJOVA, J., WEEKES, A. and BREEN, C. (1997). Acidity and catalytic activity of mildly acid-treated Mg-rich montmorillonite and hectorite. Journal of the Chemical Society - Faraday Transactions, 93 (23), 4207-4210. [Article]

LI, Zhen, LANG, Gernot, KARFELD-SULZER, Lindsay S., MADER, Kerstin, RICHARDS, R. Geoff, WEBER, Franz E., SAMMON, Chris, SACKS, Hagit, YAYON, Avner, ALINI, Mauro and GRAD, Sibylle (2017). Heterodimeric BMP-2/7 for nucleus pulposus regeneration-In vitro and ex vivo studies. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 35 (1), 51-60. [Article]

LIU, X. H. and BREEN, C. (2005). High-temperature crystalline phases in nylon 6/clay nanocomposites. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 26 (13), 1081-1086. [Article]

MORONTA, A., TAYLOR, S. and BREEN, C. (2002). Adsorption of olefins on aluminum- and aluminum/tetramethyl-ammonium-exchanged bentonites. Clays and Clay Minerals, 50 (2), 265-271. [Article]

MOYSES, S., SONNTAG, P. and SPELLS, S. J. (1997). Neutron scattering studies of syndiotactic polystyrene crystals. Macromolecular Symposia, 114, 145-150. [Article]

MOYSES, S., SONNTAG, P., SPELLS, S. J. and LAVEIX, O. (1998). Structural and morphological features of the syndiotactic polystyrene/ethylbenzene complex. Polymer, 39 (15), 3537-3544. [Article]

MOYSES, S. and SPELLS, S. J. (1999). Conformationally sensitive infrared vibrations of the syndiotactic polystyrene/ethylbenzene complex. Macromolecules, 32 (8), 2684-2689. [Article]

MOYSES, S. and SPELLS, S. J. (1999). Molecular dimensions in the delta and gamma phases of syndiotactic polystyrene, using small angle neutron scattering. Polymer, 40 (12), 3269-3274. [Article]

MOYSES, S. and SPELLS, S. J. (1998). Neutron scattering studies of syndiotactic polystyrene/ethylbenzene. Polymer, 39 (16), 3665-3674. [Article]

OKOROAFOR, E. U. and SPELLS, S. J. (1994). The application of mixed-crystal IR spectroscopy to molecular deformation in polyethylene by rolling. Polymer, 35 (21), 4578-4589. [Article]

PHILIPPE, L., LYON, S. B., SAMMON, C. and YARWOOD, J. (2003). In situ study of phosphate diffusion in epoxy coatings using attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy. Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, 38 (2), 153-156. [Article]

PHILIPPE, L., SAMMON, C., LYON, S. B. and YARWOOD, J. (2004). An FTIR/ATR in situ study of sorption and transport in corrosion protective organic coatings - 1. Water sorption and the role of inhibitor anions. Progress in Organic Coatings, 49 (4), 302-314. [Article]

PHILIPPE, L., SAMMON, C., LYON, S. B. and YARWOOD, J. (2004). An FTIR/ATR in situ study of sorption and transport in corrosion protective organic coatings - Paper 2. The effects of temperature and isotopic dilution. Progress in Organic Coatings, 49 (4), 315-323. [Article]

PHILIPPE, L. V. S., LYON, S. B., SAMMON, C. and YARWOOD, J. (2008). Validation of electrochemical impedance measurements for water sorption into epoxy coatings using gravimetry and infra-red spectroscopy. Corrosion Science, 50 (3), 887-896. [Article]

PYGALL, S. R., MELIA, C. D., SAMMON, C. and TIMMINS, P. (2008). Interactive effects of drugs and diluents on early gel-layer formation in hydroxypropyl methylcellulose hydrophilic matrices. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 60, A1-A2. [Article]

PYGALL, S. R., TIMMINS, P., SAMMON, C. and MELIA, C. D. (2007). Confocal laser scanning microscopy as a methodology to explore the effects of a model drug series on HPMC hydrophilic matrices. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 59, A41-A42. [Article]

REINECKE, H., SPELLS, S. J., SACRISTAN, J., YARWOOD, J. and MIJANGOS, C. (2001). Confocal Raman depth profiling of surface-modified polymer films: effects of sample refractive index. Applied spectroscopy, 55 (12), 1660-1664. [Article]

SACRISTAN, J., MIJANGOS, C., REINECKE, H., SPELLS, S. J. and YARWOOD, J. (2000). Depth profiling of modified PVC surfaces using confocal Raman microspectroscopy. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 21 (13), 894-896. [Article]

SACRISTAN, J., MIJANGOS, C., REINECKE, H., SPELLS, S. J. and YARWOOD, J. (2000). Selective surface modification of PVC films as revealed by confocal Raman microspectroscopy. Macromolecules, 33 (16), 6134-6139. [Article]

SACRISTAN, J., REINECKE, H., MIJANGOS, C., SPELLS, S. J. and YARWOOD, J. (2002). Surface modification of polystyrene films. depth profiling and mapping by raman microscopy. Macromolecular chemistry and physics, 203 (4), 678-685. [Article]

SAMMON, C., BOUSSETTA, S. and MELIA, C. (2002). Mapping the distribution of components in formulated polymeric membranes using FTIR-ATR microscopy. Macromolecular Symposia, 184, 357-370. [Article]

SAMMON, C., DENG, C. S., MURA, C. and YARWOOD, J. (2002). Vibrational spectroscopic studies of the dynamics and perturbation of water in polymeric films. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 101 (1-3), 35-54. [Article]

SAMMON, C., DENG, C. S. and YARWOOD, J. (2003). Polymer-water interactions. Origin of perturbed infrared intensities of water in polymeric systems. Polymer, 44 (9), 2669-2677. [Article]

SAMMON, C., EATON, P., MURA, C. and YARWOOD, J. (2000). Confocal Raman microscopy for the depth profiling of polymer/polymer and polymer/glass interfaces. In: NGUYEN, C., (ed.) Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications II. Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 4129 . SPIE, 260-271. [Book Section]

SAMMON, C., EVERALL, N. and YARWOOD, J. (1997). The diffusion of water into PET followed in-situ using FT-IR ATR. Macromolecular Symposia, 119, 189-196. [Article]

SAMMON, C., HAJATDOOST, S., EATON, P., MURA, C. and YARWOOD, J. (1999). Materials analysis using confocal Raman microscopy. Macromolecular Symposia, 141, 247-262. [Article]

SAMMON, C., LI, C., ARMES, S. P. and LEWIS, A. L. (2006). ATR-FTIR studies of a thermo-responsive ABA triblock copolymer gelator in aquaeous solution. Polymer, 47. [Article]

SAMMON, C., MURA, C., EATON, P. and YARWOOD, J. (2000). Raman microscopic studies of polymer surfaces and interfaces. Analusis, 28 (1), 30-34. [Article]

SAMMON, C., MURA, C., HAJATDOOST, S. and YARWOOD, J. (2002). ATR-FTIR study of the diffusion and interaction of water and electrolyte solutions in polymeric membranes. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 96-7, 305-315. [Article]

SAMMON, C., MURA, C., YARWOOD, J., EVERALL, N., SWART, R. and HODGE, D. (1998). FTIR-ATR studies of the structure and dynamics of water molecules in polymeric matrixes. A comparison of PET and PVC. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 102 (18), 3402-3411. [Article]

SAMMON, C., YARWOOD, J. and EVERALL, N. (2000). An FT-IR study of the effect of hydrolytic degradation on the structure of thin PET films. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 67 (1), 149-158. [Article]

SAMMON, C., YARWOOD, J. and EVERALL, N. (2000). A FTIR-ATR study of liquid diffusion processes in PET films: comparison of water with simple alcohols. Polymer, 41 (7), 2521-2534. [Article]

SAMMON, Chris, BAJWA, G., TIMMINS, P. and MELIA, C. D. (2005). The application of attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to monitor the concentration and state of wate in solutions of a thermally responsive cellulose ether during gelation. Polymer, 47. [Article]

SONNTAG, P., CARE, C. M., SPELLS, S. J. and HALLIDAY, I. (1995). Neutron-scattering from solution-grown polymer crystals - a statistical model. Journal of the Chemical Society - Faraday Transactions, 91 (16), 2593-2599. [Article]

SPELLS, S. (2008). The morphology of electronic polymers: characterisation by vibrational spectroscopy. Ceylon journal of science. Physical sciences, 14, p. 117. [Article]

SPELLS, S. J. (1997). Syndiotactic polystyrene/ethylbenzene complex: Chain conformations and phase behaviour. Macromolecular Symposia, 114, 63-72. [Article]

SPELLS, S. J. and BARRON, C. (1994). The low-frequency Raman-spectrum of lithium phenyl stearate and its relevance to polystyrene. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 167 (1-2), 205-210. [Article]

SPELLS, S. J. and COUTRY, S. (2007). Mixed crystal infrared spectroscopy of uniaxially drawn polyethylene films. Applied spectroscopy, 61 (3), 276-282. [Article]

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SPELLS, S. J., REINECKE, H., SACRISTAN, J., YARWOOD, J. and MIJANGOS, C. (2003). Depth profiling of polymer films by confocal raman spectroscopy. Macromolecular symposia, 203. [Article]

SURANGA, P. A., WICKRAMARACHCHI, P. A. S. R., SPELLS, S. and DE SILVA, D. S. M. (2007). Study of disorder in different phases of tetratriacontane and a binary alkane mixture using vibrational spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111 (7), 1604-1609. [Article]

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TOPHAM, P D, BERRY, K, LUI, M, CHAKRABORTY, K, PULLAN, N, WEST, A and SAMMON, Chris (2016). Mechanism for crosslinking polychloroprene with ethylene thiourea and zinc oxide. Gummi, Fasern, Kunststoffe, 69 (5), 290-300. [Article]

UNGAR, G., ZENG, X. B. and SPELLS, S. J. (2000). Non-integer and mixed integer forms in long n-alkanes observed by real-time LAM spectroscopy and SAXS. Polymer, 41 (25), 8775-8780. [Article]

WEBB, M., LAST, P. M. and BREEN, C. (1999). Synergic chemical analysis - the coupling of TG with FTIR, MS and GC-MS - 1. The determination of the gases released during the thermal oxidation of a printed circuit board. Thermochimica Acta, 326 (1-2), 151-158. [Article]

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ZENG, X. B., UNGAR, G., SPELLS, S. J., BROOKE, G. M., FARREN, C. and HARDEN, A. (2002). Crystal-amorphous polymer interface studies by neutron and X-ray scattering on labeled binary ultralong alkanes. Physical review letters, 90 (15), 155508-1. [Article]

ZENG, X. B., UNGAR, G., SPELLS, S. J. and KING, S. M. (2005). Real-time neutron scattering study of transient phases in polymer crystallization. Macromolecules, 38 (17), 7201-7204. [Article]