Prof Milo Shaffer

Fogden S, Verdejo R, Cottam B, Shaffer Met al., 2008, Purification of single walled carbon nanotubes: The problem with oxidation debris, CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, Vol: 460, Pages: 162-167, ISSN: 0009-2614

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Pommet M, Juntaro J, Heng JYY, Mantalaris A, Lee AF, Wilson K, Kalinka G, Shaffer MSP, Bismarck Aet al., 2008, Surface modification of natural fibers using bacteria: Depositing bacterial cellulose onto natural fibers to create hierarchical fiber reinforced nanocomposites, BIOMACROMOLECULES, Vol: 9, Pages: 1643-1651, ISSN: 1525-7797

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• Citations: 186

Tran MQ, Ho KKC, Kalinka G, Shaffer MSP, Bismarck Aet al., 2008, Carbon fibre reinforced poly(vinylidene fluoride): Impact of matrix modification on fibre/polymer adhesion, COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Vol: 68, Pages: 1766-1776, ISSN: 0266-3538

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• Citations: 76

Mahajan SV, Hasan SA, Cho J, Shaffer MSP, Boccaccini AR, Dickerson JHet al., 2008, Carbon nanotube-nanocrystal heterostructures fabricated by electrophoretic deposition, NANOTECHNOLOGY, Vol: 19, ISSN: 0957-4484

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• Citations: 40

Whitby M, Shaffer M, 2008, NANOSTRUCTURES, WO2008044050

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Tran MQ, Shaffer MSP, Bismarck A, 2008, Manufacturing carbon nanotube/PVDF nanocomposite powders, MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING, Vol: 293, Pages: 188-193, ISSN: 1438-7492

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Qian H, Bismarck A, Greenhalgh ES, Kalinka G, Shaffer MSPet al., 2008, Hierarchical composites reinforced with carbon nanotube grafted fibers: The potential assessed at the single fiber level, CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, Vol: 20, Pages: 1862-1869, ISSN: 0897-4756

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• Citations: 279

Boucle J, Chyla S, Shaffer MSP, Durrant JR, Bradley DDC, Nelson Jet al., 2008, Hybrid solar cells from a blend of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and ligand-capped TiO₂ nanorods, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Vol: 18, Pages: 622-633, ISSN: 1616-301X

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Bangarusampath DS, Altstädt V, Ruckdäschel H, Sandler JKW, Shaffer MSPet al., 2008, Dispersion of carbon nanotubes in poly(ether ether ketone) and its effects on rheological and electrical properties, Zeitschrift Kunststofftechnik/Journal of Plastics Technology, ISSN: 1864-2217

A range of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) reinforced high temperature semi-crystalline poly (ether ether ketone) (PEEK) were prepared by melt compounding process. The composites with high degree of nanotube dispersion show nearly five orders of magnitude increase in storage modulus and an abrupt increase of ten orders magnitude in electrical conductivity by adding only 2 wt% of nanotubes. Additionally, both the melt strength and the elongational viscosity can significantly increase by incorporating nanotubes. However, this increment effect strongly depends on the degree of dispersion of nanotubes in the polymer matrix. © Carl Hanser Verlag.

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Boucle J, Chyla S, Shaffer MSP, Durrant JR, Bradley DDC, Nelson Jet al., 2008, Hybrid bulk heterojunction solar cells based on blends of TiO₂ nanorods and P3HT, COMPTES RENDUS PHYSIQUE, Vol: 9, Pages: 110-118, ISSN: 1631-0705

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• Citations: 30

Pearce RE, Andersson M, Belmonte J, Gracia I, Stevens MM, Buchholt K, Shaw J, Shaffer MSP, Lloyd Spetz Aet al., 2008, A comparison of the gas sensing properties of purified and platinum decorated chemical vapour deposition grown multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Smart Sensors and Sensing Technology, Editors: Mukhopadhyay, Gupta, Berlin, Germany, Publisher: Springer-Verlag

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Vukicevic U, Ziemian SC, Bismarck A, Shaffer MSPet al., 2008, Self-cleaning anatase nanorods: photocatalytic removal of structure directing agents and subsequent surface modification, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, Vol: 18, Pages: 3448-3453, ISSN: 0959-9428

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• Citations: 12

Jell G, Verdejo R, Safinia L, Shaffer MSP, Stevens MM, Bismarck Aet al., 2008, Carbon nanotube-enhanced polyurethane scaffolds fabricated by thermally induced phase separation, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, Vol: 18, Pages: 1865-1872, ISSN: 0959-9428

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• Citations: 83

Stämpfli R, Brühwiler P, Mourad S, Verdejo R, Shaffer Met al., 2007, Development and characterisation of carbon nanotube-reinforced polyurethane foams, EMPA Activities, ISSN: 1660-1394

Flexible polyurethane (PU) foamswith loading fractions of up to 0.2 wt% multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT)were synthesized. Electronmicroscopy (SEM) revealed an open cellular structure and homogeneous dispersion of the MWCNT. The incorporation of MWCNT affected the foam cellular structure, as observed by image analysis. The compressive response of the foams shows an improvement ofmore than 40%at low loading fractions (<0.1 wt%).

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Juntaro J, Pommet M, Mantalaris A, Shaffer M, Bismarck Aet al., 2007, Bacterial cellulose "grafting" - A boost to plant fibre-polymer matrix adhesion in green composites, ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials

Natural fibres have poor compatibility with polymers, which poses a problem when using them as reinforcement in green composites. We have successfully overcome this problem by attaching nano-size bacterial cellulose to the fibre surface using a strain of cellulose-producing bacteria, Gluconacetobacter xylinus. Natural fibre surfaces can be well covered by network of bacterial cellulose with our technique, which has changed the nature of the fibre surface and leads to an improvement in the interfacial shear strength (IFSS) between the fibres and the polymer. The potential of this novel technique in green composite fabrication was further investigated by incorporating the modified fibres into cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) and poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) matrices. Composites were manufactured and tested for tensile properties. The tensile strengths of the composites were found to increase significantly. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) also confirmed the improved interaction between the fibre and the polymer matrix.

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Tran MQ, Tridech C, Alfrey A, Bismarck A, Shaffer MSPet al., 2007, Thermal oxidative cutting of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, CARBON, Vol: 45, Pages: 2341-2350, ISSN: 0008-6223

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• Citations: 68

Menner A, Shaffer MSP, Bismarck A, 2007, No soap required! Particle-stabilized emulsion templates for reinforced highly porous polymer foams, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol: 234, ISSN: 0065-7727

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Kinloch IA, Eder D, Prehn K, Schulte K, Motta M, Moisala A, Li Y-L, Zhang S, Roberts S, Geng J, Johnson B, Singh C, Shaffer M, White A, Emohare O, Brooks R, Best S, Walter D, Walker G, Scotchford C, Brown D, Stone V, Windle AHet al., 2007, Carbon nanotubes: From synthesis to biomaterial applications, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol: 233, ISSN: 0065-7727

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Menner A, Verdejo R, Shaffer M, Bismarck Aet al., 2007, Particle-stabilized surfactant-free medium internal phase emulsions as templates for porous nanocomposite materials: Poly-pickering-foams, LANGMUIR, Vol: 23, Pages: 2398-2403, ISSN: 0743-7463

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• Citations: 156

Juntaro J, Pommet M, Mantalaris A, Shaffer M, Bismarck Aet al., 2007, Nanocellulose enhanced interfaces in truly green unidirectional fibre reinforced composites, COMPOSITE INTERFACES, Vol: 14, Pages: 753-762, ISSN: 0927-6440

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• Citations: 70

Cottam BF, Shaffer MSP, 2007, Synthesis of oriented arrays of TiO₂ nanorods via a high temperature conversion of carbon nanotubes, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, Pages: 4378-4380, ISSN: 1359-7345

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Shaffer M, Sandler J, 2007, Carbon nanotube and nanofibre reinforced polymer fibres, Editors: Brown, Stevens, Cambridge, Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, ISBN: 9781845691059

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Mwenifumbo S, Shaffer MS, Stevens MM, 2007, Exploring cellular behaviour with multi-walled carbon nanotube constructs, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, Vol: 17, Pages: 1894-1902, ISSN: 0959-9428

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Cottam BF, Krishnadasan S, deMello AJ, deMello JC, Shaffer MSPet al., 2007, Accelerated synthesis of titanium oxide nanostructures using microfluidic chips, LAB ON A CHIP, Vol: 7, Pages: 167-169, ISSN: 1473-0197

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Menner A, Ikem V, Salgueiro M, Shaffer MSP, Bismarck Aet al., 2007, High internal phase emulsion templates solely stabilised by functionalised titania nanoparticles, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, Pages: 4274-4276, ISSN: 1359-7345

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• Citations: 207

McSharry C, Faulkner R, Rivers S, Shaffer MSP, Welton Tet al., 2007, The Chemistry of East Asian lacquer: A Review of the Technical Literature, Reviews in Conservation, Vol: 8, Pages: 29-40

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McSharry C, Faulkner R, Rivers R, Shaffer M, Welton Tet al., 2007, The chemistry of East Asian lacquer: A review of the scientific literature, Reviews in Conservation, Vol: 9, Pages: 29-40

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Verdejo R, Lamoriniere S, Cottam B, Bismarck A, Shaffer Met al., 2007, Removal of oxidation debris from multi-walled carbon nanotubes, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, Pages: 513-515, ISSN: 1359-7345

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Menzel R, Peiro AM, Durrant JR, Shaffer MSPet al., 2006, Impact of hydrothermal processing conditions on high aspect ratio titanate nanostructures, CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, Vol: 18, Pages: 6059-6068, ISSN: 0897-4756

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M Shaffer, J Sandler, 2006, Carbon Nanotube/Nanofibre Polymer Composites, PROCESSING AND PROPERTIES OF NANOCOMPOSITES, Editors: Advani, Publisher: World Scientifc, Pages: 1-59, ISBN: 978-981-270-390-3

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