Amanda Ellis

Survival of the fittest: Prokaryotic communities within a SWRO desalination plant

Tamar Jamieson, Sergio Balzano, Charlotte Le Lan, Tim Kildea, Amanda V Ellis, Melissa H Brown, Sophie C Leterme

Journal article  |  2021  |  DESALINATION

Water scarcity is known to affect 40% of the global population. By 2030, it is estimated that 700 million people will potentially ..

Probing Contact Electrification: A Cohesively Sticky Problem.

Peter C Sherrell, Andris Sutka, Nick A Shepelin, Linards Lapcinskis, Osvalds Verners, Liva Germane, Martin Timusk, Renzo A Fenati, Kaspars Malnieks, Amanda V Ellis

Journal article  |  2021  |  ACS Appl Mater Interfaces

Contact electrification and the triboelectric effect are complex processes for mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion, particu..

Direct ink writing of dehydrofluorinated Poly(Vinylidene Difluoride) for microfiltration membrane fabrication

Beenish Imtiaz, Nick A Shepelin, Peter C Sherrell, Sandra E Kentish, Amanda V Ellis

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Here, a hybrid process for the fabrication of dehydrofluorinated PVDF (dPVDF) microfiltration (MF) membranes is presented. dPVDF w..

Poly(dimethylsiloxane) for Triboelectricity: From Mechanisms to Practical Strategies

Jingyi Li, Nick A Shepelin, Peter C Sherrell, Amanda V Ellis

Journal article  |  2021  |  Chemistry of Materials

The triboelectric effect (TE), simply described as the generation of electricity from tribology or friction, has been known for ov..

Interfacial piezoelectric polarization locking in printable Ti3C2Tx MXene-fluoropolymer composites

Nick A Shepelin, Peter C Sherrell, Emmanuel N Skountzos, Eirini Goudeli, Jizhen Zhang, Vanessa C Lussini, Beenish Imtiaz, Ken Aldren S Usman, Greg W Dicinoski, Joseph G Shapter, Joselito M Razal, Amanda Ellis

Journal article  |  2021  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Piezoelectric fluoropolymers convert mechanical energy to electricity and are ideal for sustainably providing power to electronic ..

Spatially isolated redox processes enabled by ambipolar charge transport in multi-walled carbon nanotube mats

Renzo A Fenati, Peter C Sherrell, Dmitriy A Khodakov, Joseph G Shapter, Amanda Ellis

Journal article  |  2021  |  MATERIALS HORIZONS

This work demonstrates a simple dual-well device which enables spatially isolated solutions to undergo complementary redox reactio..

Personalized, Mechanically Strong, and Biodegradable Coronary Artery Stents via Melt Electrowriting

Katarzyna Somszor, Onur Bas, Fatemeh Karimi, Tara Shabab, Navid T Saidy, Andrea J O'Connor, Amanda Ellis, Dietmar Hutmacher, Daniel E Heath

Journal article  |  2020  |  ACS MACRO LETTERS

Biodegradable coronary artery stents are sought-after alternatives to permanent stents. These devices are designed to degrade afte..

Grapevine waste in sustainable hybrid particleboard production

Marcus C Wong, Simone IS Hendrikse, Peter C Sherrell, Amanda V Ellis

Journal article  |  2020  |  Waste Management

Grapevine prunings are an ideal sustainable additive to wood-based composites, providing a powerful resource stream, reducing the ..

Advances in graphene-based supercapacitor electrodes

SW Bokhari, AH Siddique, PC Sherrell, X Yue, KM Karumbaiah, S Wei, AV Ellis, W Gao

Journal article  |  2020  |  Energy Reports

Graphene-based materials are widely explored as the active electrode materials for energy storage and conversion devices, especial..

Surface treatment of Basalt fiber for use in automotive composites

KV Balaji, K Shirvanimoghaddam, GS Rajan, Amanda V Ellis, M Naebe

Journal article  |  2020  |  Materials Today Chemistry

Balancing the performance, durability and safety requirements of automotive systems with the regulatory landscape in an environmen..