On the use of silver nanoparticles for direct micropatterning on polyimide substrates by Jack H.-G. Ng, David E.G. Watson, Joachim Sigwarth, Aongus McCarthy, Kevin A. Prior, Duncan P. Hand, Weixing Yu, Robert Kay, Changqing Liu, Marc P.Y. Desmulliez

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Modelling silver thin film growth on zinc oxide by Adam Lloyd

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Silver(I) complexes of 9-anthracenecarboxylic acid and imidazoles: synthesis, structure and antimicrobial activity by Malachy McCann, Robert Curran, Marcia Ben-Shoshan, Vickie McKee, Asif A. Tahir, Michael Devereux, Kevin Kavanagh, Bernadette S. Creaven, Andrew Kellett

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Growth of silver on zinc oxide via lattice and off-lattice adaptive kinetic Monte Carlo by Adam Lloyd, Roger Smith, Steven Kenny

“…The first layer of silver grows as a series of connected regions rather than forming well-defined centro-symmetric islands.…”
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Polycarbene-bearing membrane surface containing silver species for size and charge selective molecular separation by Nagaraj Naik, Prajwal Sherugar, KA Vishnumurthy, Arthanareeswaran Gangasalam, Diganta Das, Mahesh Padaki

“…A highly selective molecular separation process can be achieved from hydrophilic membranes with well-defined pores. Herein, we report a blend membrane surface modified with polycarbene stabilized silver species for molecular separation. …”
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Monodispersed biodegradable microparticles with wrinkled surface coated with silver nanoparticles for catalytic degradation of organic toxins by Minjun Chen, Guido Bolognesi, Robina Begum, Zahoor H. Farooqi, Goran Vladisavljevic

“…In this work, monodisperse polyethylene glycol diacrylate [P(EGDA)] microgel particles were fabricated using a CNC-milled microfluidic device with Lego-inspired interlocking mechanism. …”
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Additively manufactured ultra-low sintering temperature, low loss Ag₂Mo₂O₇ ceramic substrates by Athanasios Goulas, George Chi-Tangyie, Dawei Wang, Shiyu Zhang, Annapoorani Ketharam, Vaidhy Vaidhyanathan, Ian M Reaney, Darren Cadman, William Whittow, J. C. Vardaxoglou, Daniel Engstrom

“…Ultra-low sintering temperature silver molybdenum oxide (Ag2Mo2O7) ceramics have been printed using direct ink writing (a material extrusion additive manufacturing process) for the first time. …”
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Supplementary information files for: Polycarbene-bearing membrane surface containing silver species for size and charge selective molecular separation by Nagaraj Naik, Prajwal Sherugar, KA Vishnumurthy, Arthanareeswaran Gangasalam, Diganta Das, Mahesh Padaki

“…A highly selective molecular separation process can be achieved from hydrophilic membranes with well-defined pores. Herein, we report a blend membrane surface modified with polycarbene stabilized silver species for molecular separation. …”
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Printed electrodes for flexible, light-weight solid-state supercapacitors - a feasibility study by Jagdeep Sagu, Nicola York, Darren Southee, Upul Wijayantha-Kahagala-Gamage

“…Originality/value – This paper provides insight into the use of printed silver/carbon electrodes within supercapacitor structures and compares the performance of devices fabricated using inks for offset lithographic printing presses and those made using commercially available inks for flexographic printing. …”
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The adaptability of the ion binding site by the Ag(I)/Cu(I) periplasmic chaperone SilF. by Ryan M Lithgo, Marko Hanževački, Gemma Harris, Jos JAG Kamps, Ellie Holden, Tiberiu-Marius Gianga, Justin LP Benesch, Christof M Jäger, Anna Croft, Rohannah Hussain, Jon L Hobman, Allen M Orville, Andrew Quigley, Stephen B Carr, David J Scott

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Supplementary information files for The adaptability of the ion binding site by the Ag(I)/Cu(I) periplasmic chaperone SilF. by Ryan M Lithgo, Marko Hanževački, Gemma Harris, Jos JAG Kamps, Ellie Holden, Tiberiu-Marius Gianga, Justin LP Benesch, Christof M Jäger, Anna Croft, Rohannah Hussain, Jon L Hobman, Allen M Orville, Andrew Quigley, Stephen B Carr, David J Scott

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Statistical effects of pore features on mechanical properties and fracture behaviors of heterogeneous random porous materials by phase-field modeling by Yutai Su, Jiaqi Zhu, Xu Long, Liguo Zhao, Chuantong Chen, Changqing Liu

“…Our research is dedicated to a computational framework for generating isotropic/anisotropic random porous materials using Gaussian random fields with stochastic pore size and shape factor and addressing the mechanical properties and behavior of brittle fractures using a fracture phase-field model with a preferred degradation function. Sintered silver nanoparticles with typical randomly distributed pores, as representative porous materials, are chosen for their promising applications in emerging fields such as power electronics and wearable devices. …”
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Extraordinary magnetoresistance in hybrid semiconductor-metal systems by Thomas H. Hewett

“…Such a linear EMR device has been modelled with the EMR mechanism clearly observed. …”
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Ethanol electro-oxidation at M/Pd/GC, Pd/PANI/GC and Pd/PANI fibrous electrodes in alkaline medium for direct ethanol fuel cells by Alexandros Symillidis

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Biomineralization of Pd nanoparticles using Phanerochaete chrysosporium as a sustainable approach to turn platinum group metals (PGMs) wastes into catalysts by Sophie Tarver, Daniel Gray, Konstantin Loponov, Diganta Das, Tao Sun, Maria Sotenko

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The influence of commercial and customer orientation on utility efficiency: empirical evidence from NWSC, Uganda by Silver Mugisha, Sanford V. Berg, Gaddi N. Katashaya

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Versatile reconfigurable glass capillary microfluidic devices with Lego® inspired blocks for drop generation and micromixing by Monalie V. Bandulasena, Goran Vladisavljevic, Brahim Benyahia

“…Silver nanoparticles with tailored size (40–90 nm) were prepared in the three-phase device by merging silver nitrate and tannic acid/citrate streams inside droplets. …”
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Fully memristive neural networks for pattern classification with unsupervised learning by Zhongrui Wang, Saumil Joshi, Sergey Saveliev, Wenhao Song, Rivu Midya, Yunning Li, Mingyi Rao, Peng Yan, Shiva Asapu, Ye Zhuo, Hao Jiang, Peng Lin, Can Li, Jung Ho Yoon, Navnidhi K. Upadhyay, Jiaming Zhang, Miao Hu, John Paul Strachan, Mark Barnell, Qing Wu, Huaqiang Wu, R.S. Williams, Qiangfei Xia, J. Joshua Yang

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Microwave assisted processing of metal loaded inks and pastes for electronic interconnect applications by Siyuan Qi

“…The treated Cu powderswerecombined with one of two different adhesive resins to form ICAs that were stencil printed onto glass substrates before curing. …”
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Materials, processes and ink formulation towards viable, manufacturable passive- and active-printed electronics components by Ryan Middlemiss

“…Currently, the available market and usage of conductive inks is dominated by carbon and silver for conductive tracks and electrodes which limits both the choices available to product designers, and the electronic components possible. …”
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Matrilineal performance-to-camera: exploring maternal aesthetics and the frame by Myfanwyn E. Ryan

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Scattering by core-shell semiconductor microinclusions for plasmonically enhanced near-IR applications by Fahime Seyedheydari, Kevin Conley, Tapio Ala-Nissila

“…The large scattering crosssections of microinclusions are exploited to design devices and spectrally sensitive coatings for sensors, high temperature insulators, and solar applications. …”
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Testing microtubular SOFCs in unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) by Antony D. Meadowcroft, Simon R. Howroyd, Kevin Kendall, Michaela Kendall

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Thermoplasmonic response of semiconductor nanoparticles: A comparison with metals by Vaibhav Thakore, Janika Tang, Kevin Conley, Tapio Ala-Nissila, Mikko Karttunen

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Electromagnetic response of nanoparticles with a metallic core and a semiconductor shell by Fahime Seyedheydari, Kevin M Conley, Vaibhav Thakore, Mikko Karttunen, Ari Sihvola, Tapio Ala-Nissila

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Gamma radiation-induced nanodefects in diffusive memristors and artificial neurons by Debi Prasad Pattnaik, Carl Andrews, Michael Cropper, Alex Gabbitas, Alexander Balanov, Sergey Saveliev, Pavel Borisov

“…Gamma photons of the average energy of 1.25 MeV are well-known to generate large amounts of defects in semiconductor electronic devices. Here we investigate the novel effect of gamma radiation on diffusive memristors based on metallic silver nanoparticles dispersed in dielectric matrix of silica. …”
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Identifying a suitable method for studying thermal comfort in people’s homes by Vireen Limbachiya, Keyur Vadodaria, Dennis Loveday, Victoria Haines

“…The findings suggest that the less-intrusive method devised and tested in this study provides reliable data for thermal comfort evaluations in homes. …”
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Emulsion droplets as reactors for assembling nanoparticles by Suchanuch Sachdev

“…Here, emulsion droplets were produced using a microfluidic device which allowed for the creation of uniform droplets. …”
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Dry reagent delivery system for field monitors and chemical sensors by John M. Lee

“…The species of environmental interest investigated are aluminium, silver, molybdenum, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. …”
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Dry reagent delivery system for field monitors and chemical sensors by John M. Lee

“…The species of environmental interest investigated are aluminium, silver, molybdenum, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. …”
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Temperature control of diffusive memristor hysteresis and artificial neuron spiking by Debi Pattnaik, Yury Ushakov, Zhaoxia Zhou, Pavel Borisov, Michael Cropper, Upul Wijayantha-Kahagala-Gamage, Alexander Balanov, Sergey Saveliev

“…For diffusive memristors, resistive switching occurs because of the sequential formation and rupture of conduction filaments between device electrodes due to drift and diffusion of silver nanoparticles in the dielectric matrix. …”
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Supplementary information files for Temperature control of diffusive memristor hysteresis and artificial neuron spiking by Debi Pattnaik

“…For diffusive memristors, resistive switching occurs because of the sequential formation and rupture of conduction filaments between device electrodes due to drift and diffusion of silver nanoparticles in the dielectric matrix. …”
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Novel approach to utilise highly conductive but electrochemically unstable current collector materials in textile supercapacitor electrodes by Paulo Serobaba-Soares-Luis, Darren Southee, George Weaver, Upul Wijayantha

“…Metal-based materials, such as silver or copper, are highly desired as current collector materials for flexible energy storage due to their excellent electrical properties but lack the long-term operational electrochemical stability. …”
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Mapping Impermanence: Roberta Bernabei by Roberta Bernabei

“…The relationship between object, its means and location of adornment was also considered through photo-etched silver brooches displayed on T-shirts with identical motifs to those etched. …”
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Digitally driven microfabrication of 3D multilayer embedded electronic systems by Thomas J. Wasley

“…Packaging of components as small as 0603 surface mount devices (SMDs) was demonstrated via this process. …”
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The effect of conductive network on positive temperature coefficient behaviour in conductive polymer composites by Yi Liu, Eric Asare, Harshit Porwal, Ettore Barbieri, Stergios Goutianos, Jamie Evans, Mark Newton, James J.C. Busfield, Ton Peijs, Han Zhang, Emiliano Bilotti

“…Flexible and controllable self-regulating heating devices with positive temperature coefficient (PTC) behaviour are potentially excellent candidates in applications like healthcare, soft robotics, artificial skin and wearable electronics. …”
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The role of self-assembled monolayers in the surface modification and interfacial contact of copper fillers in electrically conductive adhesives by Shanda Wang, Zhaoxia Zhou, Athanasios Goulas, Gary Critchlow, David Whalley, David Hutt

“…Printing of electrical circuits and interconnects using isotropic conductive adhesives (ICAs) is of great interest due to their low-temperature processing and compatibility with substrates for applications in sensors, healthcare, and flexible devices. As a lower cost alternative to silver (Ag), copper (Cu)-filled ICAs are desirable but limited by the formation of high-resistivity Cu surface oxides. …”
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Metallisation and structuring of low temperature Co-fired ceramic for micro and millimetre wave applications by Dilshani Rathnayake-Arachchige

“…The recent developments in Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) as a substrate material enable it to be used in the micro and millimetre wave range providing low dissipation factors at high frequencies, good dielectric properties and a high degree of integration for further miniaturised devices. The most common metallisation method used in LTCC technology is screen printing with high cost noble metals such as silver and gold that are compatible with the high sintering temperatures (8500C). …”
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Laser assisted material extrusion for multi-material metamaterials with radio frequency and microwave applications by Reza Gheisari

“…Low temperature cofired ceramics (LTCCs) that exhibit suitable electromagnetic (EM) properties (e.g. high permittivity, low loss) could be 3D printed with conductive materials concurrently using this technique and can effectively reduce the size and improve the EM performance of RF/microwave devices. Although laser AM of ceramics has been investigated for years, yet fabrication of functional parts using this technique has been rarely reported.The research provided in this thesis combines laser and robocasting together to generate 3D multimaterial structures made of electroceramics and conductive materials such as silver that corresponds to the design requirements in terms of part resolution and EM properties. …”
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