• A chemical kinetic interpretation of the octane appetite of modern gasoline engines 

  Somers, Kieran P.; Cracknell, Roger F.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2018-06-29)

  Fuel anti-knock quality is a critical property with respect to the effective design of next-generation spark-ignition engines which aim to have increased efficiency, and lower emissions. Increasing evidence in the literature ...

• Developing detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms for fuel combustion 

  Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2018-07-01)

  This paper discusses a brief history of chemical kinetic modeling, with some emphasis on the development of chemical kinetic mechanisms describing fuel oxidation. At high temperatures, the important reactions tend to be ...

• Small ester combustion chemistry: Computational kinetics and experimental study of methyl acetate and ethyl acetate 

  Ahmed, Ahfaz; Pitz, William J.; Cavallotti, Carlo; Mehl, Marco; Lokachari, Nitin; Nilsson, Elna J. K.; Wang, Jui-Yang; Konnov, Alexander A.; Wagnon, Scott W.; Chen, Bingjie; Wang, Zhandong; Kim, Seonah; Curran, Henry J.; Klippenstein, Stephen J.; Roberts, William L.; Sarathy, S. Mani (Elsevier, 2018-07-17)

  Small esters represent an important class of high octane biofuels for advanced spark ignition engines. They qualify for stringent fuel screening standards and could be synthesized through various pathways. In this work, ...

• New experimental insights into acetylene oxidation through novel ignition delay times, laminar burning velocities and chemical kinetic modelling 

  Lokachari, Nitin; Burke, Ultan; Ramalingam, Ajoy; Turner, Mattias; Hesse, Raik; Somers, Kieran P.; Beeckmann, Joachim; Heufer, Karl A.; Petersen, Eric L.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2018-08-03)

  The oxidation of acetylene is central to the oxidation of virtually all hydrocarbon fuels. It is also important for commercial industry, due to its wide range of applications such as flame photometry, atomic absorption, ...

• Genus two partition and correlation functions for fermionic vertex operator superalgebras II 

  Tuite, Michael P.; Zuevsky, Alexander (2018-10-18)

  We define and compute the continuous orbifold partition function and a generating function for all n-point correlation functions for the rank two free fermion vertex operator superalgebra on a genus two Riemann surface ...

• Genus two zhu theory for vertex operator algebras 

  Tuite, Michael P.; Gilroy, Thomas (2016-10-27)

  We consider correlation functions for a vertex operator algebra on a genus two Riemann surface formed by sewing two tori together. We describe a generalisation of genus one Zhu recursion where we express an arbitrary genus ...

• N=2 and N=4 subalgebras of super vertex operator algebras 

  Tuite, Michael P.; Mason, Geoffrey; Yamskulna, Gaywalee (IOP Publishing, 2018-01-10)

  We develop criteria to decide if an N=2 or N=4 super conformal algebra is a subalgebra of a super vertex operator algebra in general, and of a super lattice theory in particular. We give some specific examples.

• Zhu reduction for Jacobi n-point functions and applications 

  Tuite, Michael P.; Krauel, Matthew; Bringmann, Kathrin (2017-06-23)

  We establish precise Zhu reduction formulas for Jacobi n-point functions which show the absence of any possible poles arising in these formulas. We then exploit this to produce results concerning the structure of strongly ...

• Genus two virasoro correlation functions for vertex operator algebras 

  Tuite, Michael P.; Gilroy, Thomas (2016-12-06)

  We consider all genus two correlation functions for the Virasoro vacuum descendants of a vertex operator algebra. These are described in terms of explicit generating functions that can be combinatorially expressed in terms ...

• On exceptional vertex operator (Super) algebras 

  Tuite, Michael P.; Van, Hoang Dinh (Springer, 2014-10-01)

  We consider exceptional vertex operator algebras and vertex operator superalgebras with the property that particular Casimir vectors constructed from the primary vectors of lowest conformal weight are Virasoro descendents ...

• Vertex algebras according to Isaac Newton 

  Tuite, Michael P. (IOP Publishing, 2017-09-08)

  We give an introduction to vertex algebras using elementary forward difference methods originally due to Isaac Newton.

• An experimental, theoretical, and modeling study of the ignition behavior of cyclopentanone 

  Zhang, Kuiwen; Lokachari, Nitin; Ninnemann, Erik; Khanniche, Sarah; Green, William H.; Curran, Henry J.; Vasu, Subith S.; Pitz, William J. (Elsevier, 2018-07-05)

  The ignition delay times of cyclopentanone in air were measured using a high pressure shock tube (HPST) and a rapid compression machine (RCM) over the temperature range of 794-1368 K at P = 15 and 30 bar and at equivalence ...

• Comparison of performance of an earthen plate and nafion as membrane separators in dual chamber microbial fuel cells 

  Jana, Partha Sarathi; Ghangrekar, Makarand Madhao; Leech, Dónal (Universitatea Tehnica "Gheorghe Asachi" Iasi. Editura Politehnium, Romania, 2018-02)

  The performance of microbial fuel cells (MFC) employing an earthen plate as a membrane separator is compared to that using Nafion 117 in an identical up-flow dual-chambered cylindrical cell configuration. The MFC configuration ...

• Bioelectrochemical Haber-Bosch process: An ammonia-producing H-2/N-2 fuel cell 

  Milton, Ross D.; Cai, Rong; Abdellaoui, Sofiene; Leech, Dónal; De Lacey, Antonio L.; Pita, Marcos; Minteer, Shelley D. (Wiley, 2017-02-03)

  Nitrogenases are the only enzymes known to reduce molecular nitrogen (N-2) to ammonia (NH3). By using methyl viologen (N, N'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium) to shuttle electrons to nitrogenase, N-2 reduction to NH3 can be ...

• Extracellular electron transfer by the gram-positive bacterium enterococcus faecalis 

  Pankratova, Galina; Leech, Dónal; Gorton, Lo; Hederstedt, Lars (American Chemical Society, 2018-07-10)

  Extracellular electron transfer (EET) in microbial cells is essential for certain biotechnological applications and contributes to the biogeochemical cycling of elements and syntrophic microbial metabolism in complex natural ...

• The in vivo potential-regulated protective protein of nitrogenase in azotobacter vinelandii supports aerobic bioelectrochemical dinitrogen reduction in vitro 

  Milton, Ross D.; Cai, Rong; Sahin, Selmihan; Abdellaoui, Sofiene; Alkotaini, Bassam; Leech, Dónal; Minteer, Shelley D. (American Chemical Society, 2017-06-08)

  Nitrogenase, the only enzyme known to be able to reduce dinitrogen (N-2) to ammonia (NH3), is irreversibly damaged upon exposure to molecular oxygen (O-2). Several microbes, however, are able to grow aerobically and ...

• Amperometric flow injection analysis of glucose and galactose based on engineered pyranose 2-oxidases and osmium polymers for biosensor applications 

  Kurbanoglu, Sevinc; Zafar, Muhammed Nadeem; Tasca, Federico; Aslam, Iqra; Spadiut, Oliver; Leech, Dónal; Haltrich, Dietmar; Gorton, Lo (Wiley, 2018-04-25)

  In the present study, wild type and three mutants of pyranose 2-oxidase (PyOx-WT, PyOx-MT1, PyOx-MT2, PyOx-MT3), which showed improved properties for D-galactose oxidation, were investigated for their oxidising ability ...

• Multiplexed electrochemical cancer diagnostics with automated microfluidics 

  Mercer, Conan; Jones, Abby; Rusling, James F.; Leech, Dónal (Wiley, 2018-11-27)

  Microfluidic platforms can lead to miniaturisation, increased throughput and reduced reagent consumption, particularly when the processes are automated. Here, a programmable microcontroller is used for automation of a ...

• Species measurements of the particulate matter reducing additive tri–propylene glycol monomethyl ether 

  Burke, Ultan; Shahla, Roya; Dagaut, Phillippe; Dayma, Guillaume; Togbé, Casimir; Somers, Kieran P.; Curran, Henry J. (Elsevier, 2018-07-23)

  Reducing particulate matter formation and emissions by using fuel additives is a topic of interest for the petrochemical and automotive engineering industries. A compound which has been shown to be effective in this regard ...

• Entertaining physics education: using an astronomy board game to enhance student learning and motivation 

  Cardinot, Adriana; Fairfield, Jessamyn A. (GIREP-MPTL 2018, 2018-07-09)

  This study examines the effects of a novel Astronomy Board Game on students science performance, their attitudes towards learning Science through games and their perception of scientists. Post-primary students in Ireland ...

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