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Some Published Papers

 

In this section we collect some of the more generally useful scientific published references to particular areas of Winnats expertise, organised by category.

 
Biomaterials Surfaces 

32. 

Surface Properties of Biomaterials
Ed. R. West, G. Batts; Proc. Int. Conf. 1992 Pub. Butterworths (1994)

33. Determination of Molecular Diffusion through Biopolymers by Spatially Resolved Electron Spectroscopy
West & Hibbert; Surf. Prop. Biomaterials (Ed. R.West, G.Batts) Proc. Int. Conf. 1992 Pub. Butterworths (1994)

35. Towards an Understanding of the Biocompatibility of Phosphorylcholine Based Polymeric Coatings
Freeman, O'Byrne, Leeming, West & Wiles; Proc. 11th Eur. Conf. Biomaterials, Pisa 128 Pub. Eur. Soc. Biomaterials (1994)

37. Surface Analysis of Biomedical Devices
West & Swift; Medical Device Technology 26 Oct. (1995)

38. Correlation of the Surface Chemistries of Polymer Bioactive Coatings with their Biological Performances
West, Paul & Hibbert; J. Mat. Sci.; Mat. In Medicine 6 63 (1995)

39. Surface Analysis in the Development and Manufacture of Biomedical Devices
West & Swift; Proc. Medical Design & Manufacture 247 Pub. Advanstar (1995)

43. Characterisation of Ti alloy Implant Surfaces with Improved Dissolution Resistance
Browne, Gregson & West; J. Mat. Sci.: Materials in Medicine 7 323 (1996)

44. Modern Instrumental Techniques for the Characterisation of Biomedical Surfaces
West.; PIMS '96, Proc. Polymers in Med. Conf. Glasgow (IOM) (1996)

45. Blood interactions with Plasticised Poly (Vinyl Chloride): Relevance of Plasticiser Selection and Surface Modification
Yin, Courtney, Gaylor, Blass, West, Shmidt & Lowe; PIMS '96, Proc. Polymers in Med. Conf. Glasgow (IOM) (1996)

48. Physicochemical & Biological Studies of Corona-Treated Artificial Membranes for Pancreatic Islets Encapsulation: Mechanism of Diffusion & Interface Modification
Kessler, Legeay, West, Belcourt & Pinget; J. Biomed. Mat. Res. 34 235 (1997)

50. Blood Interactions with Plasticised Poly(Vinyl-Chloride): Relevance of Plasticiser Selection
Yin, Zhao, Courtney, Blass, West & Lowe; J. Mat. Sci: Mat. Med. 10 527 (1999)

51. Characterising the Medical Polymer Supply Chain by Surface Analysis
West; Proc. Polymers for the Med. Industry Conf. London Pub. RAPRA Technology Paper 18, (1999)

61. Identifying and mapping the distribution of biomaterials on polymeric and other substrates
Robinson, West & Carrick; Polymer Preprints, Vol. 34, No. 2, p. 82-83 (1993)

 
Packaging for Biomedicals, Pharmaceuticals and Food 
 
34.Surface Analysis of Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging Materials
West; Proc. Eur. Conf. Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging '94 12.1-12.3 Pub. SPE Scandinavia (1994)

40, 41.Surface Analysis of Packaging Materials Parts I & II
West; Medical Device Technology April, May (1996)

42.Surface Analysis of Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging
West & Swift; Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging 6 6.1 (1996)

46.Surface and Interface Analysis in the Characterisation of Inks, Coatings and Adhesives
Swift & West; Proc. 17th Int. Conf. Coatings, Inks & Adhesives, Milan, Paint Research Association (1997)

47.Surface & Interface Analysis for Investigating Coatings
West; Proc. CORI Conf. Paris (1997)

49.Detecting Sterilisation Effects on Packaging
West; Med. Dev. Tech. 24-25 May (1998)

52.Surface Characterisation Techniques for Coatings and Packaging Materials
West; Colour Science 4 215 Leeds University (1999)

56.Characterising Paper and Coatings Using Surface Analysis
West & Stevenson; Proc. 2001 PITA Coatings Conf., Edinburgh; 143 (2001)

60.Pigment Effects on Ink-Polymer Bonding
West; Surf. & Interf. Anal. 33 842 (2002)

 
Food Contact Surfaces 
 
54. Surface Characterization of Glass and Poly(methyl methacrylate) Soiled with a Mixture of Fat, Oil and Starch
Boyd, Cole, Rowe, Verran, Coultas, Paul, West & Goddard; J. Adh. Sci. 14 1195 (2000)

55. The Cleanability of Stainless Steel as Determined by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Boyd, Verran, Hall, Underhill, Hibbert & West; Appl. Surf. Sci. 172 135 (2001)

57. Cleanability of Soiled Stainless Steel as Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy & Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Boyd, Cole, Rowe, Verran, Paul & West; J. Food Protection; 64 87 (2001)

58.Microbiological & Chemical Analyses of Stainless Steel & Ceramics Subjected to Repeated Soiling & Cleaning Treatments
Verran, Boyd, Hall & West; J. Food Protection; 64 1377 (2001)

59.The Detection of Microorganisms and Organic Meterial on Stainless Steel Food Contact Surfaces
Verran, Boyd, Hall & West; Biofouling; 18 167 (2002)

 
Heritage & Conservation 
 
19.A Study of Metal Phthalocyanines by XPS, ToF SIMS & SEM
Bishop, Humphrey, Jones, Paul, Scrivener, Vickerman & West; 5th Quantitaltive Surf. Anal. Conf. London (1988)

53.Dosimetry of Paintings
Odlyha, Cohen, Foster & West; Thermochimica Acta 53 365 (2000)

B.Monitoring the Environmental degradation of Paint Dosimeters used to Assess the Risk for Fine Art Paintings on Display by X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
West, Odlyha, Pratt, Roberts & Hutton; Surf. & Interface Anal. 36, 862 (2004)

 
Polymers, Elastomers & Diffusion 
 
23.Characterisation of Fluorocarbon Elastomers by Small Spot XPS: Quantitative Surface Analysis
Delargy, Nehme, Smith & West; Proc. 6th Int. Conf. Quantitative Surface Analysis, NPL (1990)

25.Monitoring the Diffusion of Molecules in Polymers
West & Paul; Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. 'Diffusion in Polymers', York. Plastics & Rubber Institute, London (1991)

26.Modification of Polybithiophene by Electrical Cycling, Studied by XPS & ToF SIMS
Morea, Sabbatini, Zambonin, Swift, West & Vickerman; Macromolecules 24 3630 (1991)

28. Monitoring the Diffusion of Molecules in Elastomer by Combined Taper-Sectioning & Small-Spot XPS
West; Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. 'Diffusion in Polymers' York Plastics & Rubber Institute, London (1991)

29.Surface Characterisation (XPS & SIMS) of Emersed Polybithiophene Electrodes
Morea, Sabbatini, West & Vickerman; Surf. & Interf. Anal. 18 421 (1992)

36.Surface Studies of Oil-Seal Degradation
Smith, Park, Titchener, Davies & West; Appl. Surf. Sci. 90 357 (1995)

A.Mechanisms of Colour Changes in PVC-U
West & West; Proc 9th Int. PVC Conf. IoM3 (2005)

 
Catalysis & Surface Chemistry 
 
3.Comments on Peak Assignments in the Photoelectric Spectrum of Alumina
Castle & West; J. Catal. 57 522 (1979)

22.The Preparation & Characterisation of a Model Supported Ruthenium Catalyst
Aas, Sakakini, West & Vickerman; Surf. & Interf. Anal. 16 359 (1990)

27.The Thermal Decomposition of Cu(II)-Hexafluoroacetylacetonate under MOCVD Conditions
Armitage, Dunhill, West & Williams; J. Crystal Growth 108 683 (1991)

 
Minerals, Glasses & Composites 
 
2.Chemical Shifts in Al-Si Compounds by Zr Lα Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Castle, Hazell & West J. Elec. Spec. Rel. Phen. 16 97 (1979)

5.Bremsstrahlung-Induced Auger Peaks
Castle & West; J. Elec. Spec. Rel. Phen. 18 355 (1980)

8.The Correlation of the Auger Parameter with Refractive Index: An XPS Study of Silicates Using Zr Lα Radiation
West & Castle; Surf. & Interf. Anal. 4 68 (1982)

9.Surface Characterisation of Silane Treated Glass & Carbon Fibres by High Energy XPS and AES
West, Anderson & Yates; Proc. Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry & Appl. Spectr. Paper 398  (1982)

10.Monochromatised Ag Lα X-Rays as a Source for XPS
Yates & West; Surf. & Interf. Anal. 5 133 (1983)

13. Applications of Small Area XPS to Mineral Samples
West & Yates; Proc. Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry & Appl. Spectr. Paper 752  (1983)

14.Small Area XPS Analysis of the Silane Polymer Sheath Interface on Glass Fibre Optics
West, Wells and Wolstenholme; 5th Biennial Carl S. Marvel Conf. Tucson Ariz (1983)

 
Corrosion, Oxidation & Metallurgy 
 
17.Small Area XPS of Corrosion & Impurity Surface Features
West & Yates; Proc. Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry & Appl. Spectr. Paper 799  (1984)

18.Characterisation of Sb Segregation in the Temper Embrittlement of low Alloy Steels by TEM, SEM, SAM & SIMS
Wirth & West; 20th Ann. MAS Meeting USA (1984)

21.SSIMS, XPS & Microstructural Studies of ac-Phosphoric Acid Anodic Films on Aluminium
West et al.; Surf. & Interf. Anal. 15 269 (1990)

24.Chemical State Analysis of Metal & Oxide Surface Layers using the Auger Parameter from XPS
West & Vickerman; Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London Ser. A 333 1628 (1990)

31.Surface Chemical Studies of Anodically Oxidised Aluminium Membranes
Treverton, West, Johnson & Thornton; Appl. Surf. Sci.  72 349 (1993)

C.Microstructural Studies of ac-Phosphoric Acid Anodic Films on Aluminium Surfaces
Treverton, Ball, Johnson, Vickerman, & West; Surf. & Interf. Anal.  15 369 (1990)

 
Tribology 
 
30.Analysis of Slip-Ring Fluids on Gold, Neyoro-G, Gold-Nickel & Gold-Cobalt Substrates by XPS
West; Proc. 2nd Slip-Ring & Sliding Contact Lubr. Workshop Pub. U.S. Navy & C.S. Draper (1992)

 
Surface Instrumentation & Developments 
 
1.He(I) Spectra of 1,2-Ethanediol in Liquid & Gas Phases
Ballard, Barker, Gunnell, Hagan, Pearce, Saunders & West; J. Elec. Spec. Rel. Phen.14 331 (1978)

4.The Utility of Bremsstrahlung-Induced Auger Peaks
Castle & West; J. Elec. Spec. Rel. Phen. 16 195 (1979)

6.Sensitivity Factors, Cross Section & Resolution Data for Use with the Si Kα X-Ray Source
Castle & West;  J. Elec. Spec. Rel. Phen. 19 409 (1980)

7.Channeltron Condition and Renovation
West; UK ESCA Users' Newsletter 1 (1980)

11.Small Area X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Yates & West; Surf. & Interf. Anal. 5 217 (1983)

12.Reproducibility of Electron Spectroscopy Data with Different Analysers
LeGressus, Lee-Deacon, Yates & West; Scanning Electron Microsc. 1983 77 (1983)

15.The ESCALAB Mk.II Operator's Handbook
West; V.G. Scientific Ltd. (1983)

16. X-Ray Monochromatisation in XPS
West; Technical Document TD8603; V.G. Scientific Ltd. (1983)

20. Setting New Standards in Surface Analysis
Swift & West; Spectroscopy World 2 1 (1990)

D. Monochromatised Zr La X-Rays as a Source for High Energy X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
West & Yates; American Vacuum Society Symposium, Atlanta (Nov. 1981)

 
 

 

 
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