Publications
Journal publications
'Continuous synthesis of dispersant-coated hydroxyapatite plates’ M. Gimeno-Fabra, F. Hild, P. W. Dunne, K. Walton, D. M. Grant, Derek J. Irvine, E. H. Lester, CrystEngComm, 2015, Vol. 17, pgs 6175-6182, DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00628G
'A method for the determination and correction of the effect of thermal degradation on the viscoelastic properties of degradable polymers' G.Y.H. Choong, D.S.A. De Focatiis, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2016, Vol. 130, pgs 182-188, doi:10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2016.06.018
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Conference publications
'Selective synthesis of 1,4-sorbitan, isosorbide and isosorbide esters from D-sorbitol dehydration under acidic catalytic conditions using conventional heating (CH) and microwave heating (MWH)’ Hild, F.; Irvine, D.J., Sustainability Research Symposium April 23, 2014, Nottingham, UK.
'Rheological Techniques for Determining Degradation of Polylactic Acid in Bioresorbable Medical Polymer Systems' Choong, G.Y.H.; Parsons, A.J.; Grant, D.M.; De Focatiis, D.S.A., 30th Annual Conference of the Polymer processing society, June 8-12, 2014, Cleveland, Ohio
'Extrusion and compounding of degradable polymer nanocomposites' Tomczynska, M.M.; Parsons, A.J.; Grant, D.M.; De Focatiis, D.S.A, The Rheology Workshop, Anton Paar, July 9-10, 2014, Sutton Bonington, UK
'Continuous hydrothermal synthesis of functional-hydroxyapatite rods and plates for biomedical applications' Gimeno-Fabra, M.; Tang, S.V.; Lester, E.H.; Grant, D.M., 22nd International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (ICCE-22), July 13-19, 2014, Malta
'Elongational and shear rheological behaviour of polylactides: comparison of phenomenological (Giesekus) and molecularly-based (Rolie-Poly) models' Stepien, M.; Choong, G.Y.H.; De Focatiis, D.S.A.; Figiel, L., 6th International Conference on Polymer Behaviour, September 22-26, 2014, Vienna, Austria.
'Continuous, Single Stage Synthesis of Dispersant Included Nanoparticles' Hild, F.; Walton, K.; Gimeno-Fabra, M.; Lester, E.H.; Irvine, D.J., NanoBioTech-Montreux, November 17-19, 2014, Montreux, Switzerland
'Bioresorbable Engineering Nanocomposites for Health-Care (BENcH)' Parsons, A.J.; De Focatiis, D.S.A.; Irvine, D.J.; Grant, D.M.; Lester, E.H.; Rudd, C.D.; Emerging Nanomaterials for Healthcare, November 28, University of Warwick, UK
'Processability and mechanical response of melt processable medical polylactides for resorbable nanocomposite implants', Choong, G.Y.H.; Ward, M.; Tomczynska, M.M.; Parsons, A.J.; Grant, D.M.; De Focatiis, D.S.A., Emerging Nanomaterials for Healthcare, November 28, University of Warwick, UK
'Mechanical response and structure evolution of degrading medical polylactides for resorbable medical implants', Ward, M.; Brisse, A.-L.; Choong, G.Y.H.; Parsons, A.J.; Grant, D.M.; De Focatiis, D.S.A., 16th International Conference on Deformation, Yield and Fracture of Polymers, March 29 - April 2, 2015, Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade, Netherlands
Rheological Techniques for Determining Degradation of Polylactic Acid in Bioresorbable Medical Polymer Systems, Choong, Gabriel Y.H.; Parsons, Andrew J.; Grant, David M. and De Focatiis, Davide S.A., Polymer Processing Society Conference, 21st-25th September, 2015, Graz, Austria
‘Compounding and rheometry of PLA nanocomposites with coated and raw hydroxyapatite nanoplatelets’, Magdalena T. Tomczynska, Gabriel Y.H. Choong, Davide S.A. De Focatiis, David T. Grant, Andrew J. Parsons, Polymer Processing Society Conference, 21st-25th September, 2015, Graz, Austria
‘Processibility and mechanical response of melt processable medical polylactides for resorbable nanocomposite implants’, Gabriel Y.H. Choong, Malaysia-Singapore Research Conference, 9th April, 2016, Cambridge, UK
'A rheometric method to separate thermal degradation effects from the temperature dependence of relaxation time in poly(lactic acid)', G.Y.H. Choong and D.S.A. De Focatiis, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, May 17th-20th 2016, Paris, France
'Integrated molecular design of melt-processable Bioresorbable Engineering Nanocomposites for Healthcare (BENcH)', A.J. Parsons, K. Walton, F. Hild, A. Ilchev, M. Gimeno-Fabra, M.M. Tomczynska, M. Ward, A. Canciani, G.Y.H. Choong, D.S.A. De Focatiis, E.H. Lester, D.M. Grant, D.J. Irvine, 10th World Biomaterials Congress, 17th-22nd May, 2016, Montreal, Canada
'Integrated Molecular Continuous Synthesis of Dispersant Coated Nanoparticles for use in Healthcare Applications', K. Walton, L. Knight, J. Titman, M. Gimeno-Fabra, E. Lester, D.J. Irvine, Warwick Polymer Conference 2016, 11th-14th July, 2016, Warwick, UK
'Processing and properties of PLA-HA nanocomposites: the effect of particle morphology and dispersants', M.M. Tomczynska, M. Ward, G.Y.H. Choong, K. Walton, D.S.A. De Focatiis, D.M. Grant, D.J. Irvine AND A.J. Parsons, Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society, July 25-29, Lyon, France
'A method for the determination and correction of the effect of thermal degradation on the viscoelastic properties of degradable polymers', G.Y.H. Choong and D.S.A. De Focatiis, The XVIIth International Congress on Rheology, Aug 8-13 2016, Kyoto, Japan
'Application of a thermal degradation model for polylactides to polymers of different molar mass and end group structure', D.S.A. De Focatiis and G.Y.H. Choong,The XVIIth International Congress on Rheology, Aug 8-13 2016, Kyoto, Japan
'The influence of process conditions on the structure and properties of melt processed poly (lactic acid) nanohydroxyapatite composites', M. Ward, M.M. Tomczynska, D.M. Grant, A.J. Parsons and D.S.A. De Focatiis, The 3rd International Conference on Bio-based Polymers and Composites, Aug 28-Sep 1 2016, Szeged, Hungary
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Other publications
Press release July 2012
Medtechinsider blog post 24 July 2012 (external link)
Article in the ENGINEER 23 July 2012 (external link)
BBC World Service clip from the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition (external link)
Plastics Inside Us: how polymers and biopolymers can be used in medical contexts, D.S.A. De Focatiis, Medical Plastics News, May-June 2016, pp30-31
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