Synthesis and characterization of metals doped on fibrous silica zeolites for benzene alkylation with methanol by Abdul Rahman, Anis Farhana

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Synthesis and structural studies of some metal complexes of tetraaza macrocyclic ligands by Baillie, Philip John

“…A series of dibenzo macrocyclic tetraamine ligands with 14-, 15-, 16-, 17- and 19-membered inner great lings (L14 to L15) has been synthesized to investigate the effect of ring size variation on their complexation behaviour with the metal-ions, Ni(Il), Zn(ll) and Cd(II).…”
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Submission of evidence to the Cabinet Office enquiry on the biological security strategy by Hobson, Tom, Sundaram, Lalitha S., Aldridge, David, Christie, Alec, Edwards, Brett, Dando, Malcolm, Petrovan, Silviu, Shang, Lijun, Sutherland, William, Ó hÉigeartaigh, Seán, Smith, Rebecca

“…In this submission we draw upon our collected expertise in technology and innovation governance, horizon scanning, expert elicitation, foresight methods and biosecurity education, in addition to our knowledge of present and historical challenges and opportunities of biosecurity.…”
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Three dimensional surface reconstruction of lower limb prosthetic model using infrared sensor array by Daud, Siti Asmah

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Preparative and N.M.R. studies of polyphosphorus ligands and their complexes by Singh Nandha, Balbir

“…When all three phosphorus atoms are coordinated to the same metal atom this leads to considerable ring strain, but nonetheless such complexes are stable, but show interesting variations in their n.m.r. properties. …”
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Innovative UWB phase shifters using groove gap-waveguide technology inspired by metasurfaces for beamforming networks operating at 100 GHz by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Zidour, Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Kouhalvandi, Lida, Shahid, Saleem, See, Chan Hwang, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The metasurface features a "bed-of-nails" structure, where metal pins are connected to a bottom layer and spaced <λ/4 from a top plate. …”
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Metamaterial based ultra-wideband antennas for portable wireless applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Various approaches have been reported to reduce the physical size of RF antennas including using high permittivity substrates, shorting pins, reactive components, and more recently, metamaterials (MTM) based on composite right-/left-handed transmission-lines (CRLH-TLs). …”
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Informing decisions to influence change: the changing role of the in-house practioner in the Ministry of Defence by Elliott-Mabey, Nicola L.

“…The Critical Literature Review presents an evaluation of environmental scanning and its relationship with occupational psychology; arguing that environmental scanning is a vital higher order skill for psychology practitioners to understand external contexts. …”
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Synthesis and characterisation of novel α-functionalised phosphoryl derivatives by Sanganee, Mahesh Jayantilal

“…A novel N-functionalised macrocycle ring that includes four pendant methylenephosphonates with embedded pyridine has been successfully prepared. …”
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2 - Epi-3,6-dithio-2,5-diketopiperazines (ETPs): an overview of synthetic approaches to the ETP core by Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Hilton, Stephen T.

“…Herein, we describe different examples and synthetic approaches attempted to obtain the ETP core structure, characterised by a diketopiperazine ring bridged by two (or more) sulfur atoms at the three and six positions.…”

Excitation processes in the positive column of electrical discharges in inert gases by Zendehnam, A.

“…Measurements of emission line profiles have been made using a pressure scanned Fabry-Perot interfermometer. High resolution absorption measurements have been made to give data on tha population densities of the lower excited states, and their variation with pressure and current, to assist in interpreting the intensity-current (I-i) results.…”
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A Qucs/QucsStudio swept parameter technique for statistical circuit simulation by Brinson, Mike

“…Qucs and QucsStudio open source circuit simulators have a wealth of built in swept data features, including facilities for linear and logarithmic scans of simulation variables and for setting component values and device parameters. …”
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Effect of multiple extrusions and influence of PP contamination on the thermal characteristics of bottle grade recycled PET by Itim, Bachir, Philip, Mathew

“…The thermal characteristics of bottle grade recycled PET pellets contaminated with 5% PP prepared by multiple extrusions were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) at constant heating rate of 10 degrees C/min for various extrusion cycles. …”
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On the puncture strength of rubber by Ab-Malek, Kamarudin

“…It has been observed that a ring crack forms on the rubber surface before puncture occurs. …”
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A technique to suppress mutual coupling in densely packed antenna arrays using metamaterial supersubstrate by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Limiti, Ernesto, Virdee, Bal Singh, Shafai, Lotfollah

“…The proposed technique is easily realizable and can be used effectively in beam scanning applications.…”
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Planar antennas with enhanced bandwidth and radiation characteristics by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…In this chapter, novel wideband and ultra-wideband (UWB) antennas that are based on loading the background plane of a monopole radiator with concentric split-ring resonators are presented. It is shown that this modification improves the fractional bandwidth of the antenna from 41 to 87%; in particular, the operational bandwidth of the proposed antennas is double that of a conventional monopole antenna of the same size.…”
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Frequency Beam Steering Antenna for Millimeter Wave Checkpoint Scanners by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Andújar, Aurora, Anguera, Jaume, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The antenna is compact in size and capable of frequency scanning over an angle of -50 o to 15o. It operates across FCC’s frequency range of 24.25 GHz to 30 GHz for full-body airport scanners. …”
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Crystal Structure of gamma-Oxapentamidine complexed with d(CGCGAATTCGCG)2. the effects of drug structural change on DNA minor-groove recognition by Nunn, Christine M., Jenkins, Terence C., Neidle, Stephen

“…The amidinium groups of the ligand do not hydrogen bond to bases, but are in close contact with 04' sugar ring atoms. This in part explains the reduced DNA binding affinity of this ligand compared to pentamidine.…”

The inter-comparison of AATSR aerosol optical depth retrievals from various algorithms by Che, Yahui, Xue, Yong, Xu, Hui, Mikusauskas, Romas, Lu, She

“…The project aerosol-CCI as part of European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) has provided three aerosol retrieval algorithms for the Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) aboard on ENVISAT. For the purpose of estimating different performance of these three algorithms in Asia, in this paper we compared the Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) of L2 data (10km×10km) including FMI AATSR Dual-view ADV algorithm, the Oxford RAL Aerosol and Cloud retrieval (ORAC) algorithm and the Swansea University AATSR retrieval (SU) algorithm with the AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) and the China Aerosol Remote Sensing Network (CARSNET) data separately. …”
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Mutual coupling reduction in dielectric resonator antennas using metasurface shield for 60 GHz MIMO systems by Dadgarpour, Abdolmehdi, Zarghooni, Behnam, Virdee, Bal Singh, Denidni, Tayeb A., Kishk, Ahmed A.

“…The metasurface comprises an array of unique split-ring resonator (SRR) cells that are integrated along the E-plane. …”
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