2022
48. Chen, X., Ammu, S.K., Masania, K., Steeneken, P.G. and Alijani, F. "Diamagnetic Composites for High‐Q Levitating Resonators". Advanced Science, p.2203619 (2022). Link
47. Woigk, W., Poloni, E., Grossman, M., Bouville, F., Masania, K., and Studart. "Nacre-like Composite with Superior Damping" PNAS (2022). Link
46. Kleger, N., Simona F., Lee, S., Dénéréaz, C., Cihova, M., Paunović, N., Bao, Y., Leroux, J-C., Ferguson, S., Masania, K. and Studart, A.R. "Light‐based Printing of Leachable Salt Molds for Facile Shaping of Complex Structures." Advanced Materials (2022). Link
45. Gantenbein, S., Colucci, E., Käch, J., Trachsel, E., Coulter, F., Rühs, P.A., Masania, K., and Studart, A.R. "Three-dimensional Printing of Mycelium Hydrogels into Living Complex Materials." arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.00976 (2022). Link
44. Woigk, W., Nagel, Y., Gantenbein, S., Coutler, F.B., Masania, K. and Studart, A.R. "Flax-based natural composites hierarchically reinforced by cast or printed carbon fibres" Composites Science and Technology (2022). Link
43. Gurvits, L., Paragi, Z., Amils, R., van Bemmel, I., Boven, P., Casasola, V., Conway, J., Davelaar, J., Diez-Gonzalez, C., Falcke, H., Fender, R., Frey, S., Fromm, C.M., Gallego-Puyol, J.D., Garcia-Miro, C., Garrett, M., Giroletti, M., Godd, C., Gomez, J., Gucht, J., Guirado, J., Haiman, Z., Helmich, F., Hudson, B., Humphreys, E., Impellizzeri, V., Janssen, M., Kovalev, Y., Kramer, M., Lindqvist, M., Linz, H., Liuzzo, E., Lobanov, A., Lopez-Fernandez, I., Malo-Gomez, I., Masania, K., Mizuno, Y., Plavin, A., Rajan, R., Rezzolla, L., Roelofs, F., Ros, E., Rygl, K., Savolainen, T., Schuster, K., Venturi, T., Verkouter, H., de Vicente, P., Visser, P.N.A.M., Wiedner, M., Wielgus, M., Wiik, K., and Zensus, A. "The science case and challenges of space-borne sub-millimeter interferometry" Acta Astronautica (2022). Link
2021
42. Kleger, N., Minas, C., Bosshard, P., Masania, K., and Studart, A.R. “Hierarchical porous materials made by stereolithographic printing of light-sensitive emulsions”, Scientific Reports, 11, 22316, (2021). Link
41. Gantenbein, S., Mascolo, C., Houriet C., Zboray R., Neels A., Masania K., and Studart, A.R. "Spin-printing of Liquid Crystal Polymer into Recyclable and Strong All-Fiber Materials", Advanced Functional Materials, 2104574 (2021). Link
40. Schreck, M., Kleger, N., Matter, F., Kwon, J., Tervoort, E., Masania, K., Studart, A.R., Niederberger, M. “Three-dimensionally printed scaffolds for photocatalytic nanoparticle-based aerogels”, Small, 2104089, (2021). Link
39. Sandmeier, M., Paunović, N., Conti, R., Hofmann, L., Wang, J., Luo, Z., Masania, K., Wu, N., Kleger, N., Coulter, F.B., Studart, A.R., Grützmacher, H., Leroux, J-C., and Bao, Y. "Solvent-Free Three-Dimensional Printing of Biodegradable Elastomers Using Liquid Macrophotoinitiators" Macromolecules 54 (17), 7830-7839 (2021). Link
38. Frey, M., Schneider, L., Razi, H., Traschel, E., Faude, E., Koch, S.M., Masania, K., Fratzl, P., Keplinger, T., Burgert, I., "High-Performance All-Bio-Based Laminates Derived from Delignified Wood", ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. (2021). Link
37. Yong, A.X.H., Aktas, A., May, D., Endruweit, A., Lomov, S.V., Advani, S., Hubert, P., Abaimov, S.G., Abliz, D., Akhatov, I., Ali, M.A., Allen, T., Berg, D.C., Bickerton, S., Brauner, C., Brütsch, D., Caglar, B., Caglar, H., Causse, P., Chiminelli, A., Cohades, A., Comas-Cardona, S., Danzi, M., Dittmann, J., Dransfeld, C., Ermanni, P., Fauster, E., Geroge, A., Graupner, R., Grishaev, V., Guilloux, A., Hancioglu,M., Harizi, W., Herman, T., Huang, W., Kabachi, M.A., Keller, A., Kind, K., Laspalas, M., Lebedev, O.V., Lizaranzu, M., Long, Masania, K., Michaud, V., Middendorf, P., Salvatori, D., Schubnel, R., Sharp, N., Sozer, N., Thomas, J., Trochu, F., Umer, R., Valette, J., Wang, J.H. and Willenbacher, B., “Out-of-plane permeability measurement for reinforcement textiles: A benchmark exercise”, Composites Part A, p.106480. (2021). Link
36. Yong, A.X.H., Aktas, A., May, D., Endruweit, A., Lomov, S.V., Advani, S., Hubert, P., Abaimov, S.G., Abliz, D., Akhatov, I., Ali, M.A., Allaoui, S., Allen, T., Berg, D.C., Bickerton, S., Caglar, B., Causse, P., Chiminelli, A., Comas-Cardona, S., Danzi, M., Dittmann, J., Dransfeld, C., Ermanni, P., Fauster, E., Geroge, A., Graupner, R., Grishaev, V., Guilloux, A., Kabachi, M.A., Keller, A., Kind, K., Laspalas, M., Lebedev, O.V., Lizaranzu, M., Long, Masania, K., Michaud, V., Middendorf, P., Mitschang, P., van Oosterom, S., Schubnel, R., Sharp, Sousa, P., Trochu, F., Umer, R., Valette, J., and Wang, J.H. ., “Experimental characterisation of textile compaction response: A benchmark exercise”, Composites Part A, p.106235. (2021). Link
35. Paunović, N., Bao, Y., Coulter, F.B., Masania, K., Geks, A.K., Klein, K., Rafsanjani, A., Cadalbet, J., Kronen, P.W., Kleger, N., Karol, A., Luo, Z., Rüber, F., Brambilla, D., von Rechenberg, B., Franzen, D., Studart, A.R. and Leroux, J-C. ”Digital light 3D printing of customized bioresorbable airway stents with elastomeric properties”, Science Advances 7 (2021). Link
2020
34. Keller, A., Geissberger, R., Studer, J., Leone, F., Stefaniak, D., Pascoe, J-A., Dransfeld, C., and Masania, K. “Steel foil reinforced composites: Experimental and numerical study of strength plasticity and ply size effects”, Materials and Design, 109302, (2020). Link
33. Woigk, W., Masania, K., Stork, F., Heusi, A., Poloni, E. and Studart, A.R. “Bio-inspired platelet-reinforced polymers with enhanced stiffness and damping behaviour", ACS Applied Polymer Materials (2020). Link
32. Schadt, F., Rueppel, M., Brauner, C., Masania, K. and Dransfeld, C. “Nonlinear bending compliance of closed-section composite beam structures by local compression flange buckling”, Composite Structures 239 (2020). Link
31. Koch, J., Gantenbein, S., Masania, K., Stark, W., Erlich, Y. and Grass, R. “DNA storage enables 3D printed functional materials with embedded memory”, Nature Biotechnology, 38, 39-43 (2020). Link
30. Moore, D., Barbera, L., Masania K. and Studart, A.R. “Three-dimensional printing of multicomponent glasses using phase-separating molecular inks”, Nature Materials, 19, 212-217 (2020). Link Coverpage
2019
29. Frey, M., Schneider, L., Masania, K., Keplinger, T. and Burgert, I. “Delignified wood - polymer interpenetrating composites exceeding the rule of mixtures”, ACS Applied Material Interfaces, 11, 38, 35305-35311 (2019). Link
28. Woigk, W., Fuentes, C.A., Rion, J., Hegemann, D., Van Vuure, A.W., Kramer, E., Dransfeld, C. and Masania, K. “Fabrication of flax fibre-reinforced cellulose propionate thermoplastic composites”, Composites Science and Technology, 183 (2019). Link
27. Kleger, N., Cihova, M., Masania, K., Studart, A.R. and Loeffler, J. “3D printing salt as a template for magnesium with structured porosity” Advanced Materials, 1903783 (2019). Link Coverpage
26. Woigk, W., Fuentes, C.A., Rion, J., Hegemann, D., Dransfeld, C., Van Vuure, A.W. and Masania, K. “Interface properties on the mechanical performance of flax fibre thermoplastic composites”, Composites Part A, 122 (2019): 8-17. Link
25. Studer, J., Dransfeld, C., Cano, J.J., Keller, A., Wink, M., Masania, K. and Fiedler, B. “Effect of fabric architecture, compaction and permeability on through thickness thermoplastic melt impregnation”, Composites Part A, 122 (2019): 45-53. Link
24. Frey, M., Biffi, G., Adobes-Vidal, M., Zirkelbach, M., Wang, Y., Tu, K., Hirt, A.M., Masania, K., Burgert, I. and Keplinger, T. “Tunable wood by reversible interlocking and bioinspired mechanical gradients”, Advanced Science 1802190, (2019). Link
23. Grossman, M., Pivovarov, D., Bouville, F., Dransfeld, C. Masania, K. and Studart, A.R. “Hierarchical toughening of nacre like composites” Advanced Functional Materials 1806800 (2019). Link
2018
22. Grossman, M., Bouville, F., Masania, K. and Studart, A. R. “Quantifying the role of mineral bridges on the fracture resistance of nacre-like composites”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (2018): 1-6. Link
21. Gantenbein, S., Masania, K., Woigk, W., Sesseg, J., Tervoort, T. A. and Studart. A.R. “Three-dimensional printing of hierarchical liquid crystal polymer structures”, Nature, 561 (2018): 226-230. Link
20. Fuentes, C.A., Zhang, Y., Guo, H., Woigk, W., Masania, K., Dransfeld, C., Seveno, D. and Van Vuure, A.W. “Predicting the adhesion strength of thermoplastic/glass interfaces from wetting measurements”, Colloids and Surfaces A, 558 (2018): 280-290. Link
19. Keller, A., Dransfeld, C., and Masania, K. “Flow and heat transfer for cure optimisation of compression resin transfer moulding process with a highly reactive epoxy”, Composites Part B: Engineering, 153 (2018): 167-175. Link
18. Guild, F.J., A.J. Kinloch, K. Masania, A.C. Taylor and Sprenger, S. “The Fracture of Thermosetting Polymers containing Silica Nanoparticles”, Invitation Edition in memory of D.M.R. Taplin, Journal of Strength, Fracture and Complexity, 11 (2018): 137-148. Link
17. Leal, A.A., Neururer, O. Bian, A., Gooneie, A., Rupper, P., Masania, K., Dransfeld, C. and Hufenus, R. “Interfacial interactions in bicomponent polymer fibers”, Polymer 142 (2018): 375-386. Link
16. Studer, J., Keller, A., Leone, F. Stefaniak, D., Dransfeld, C. and Masania, K. “Local reinforcement of aerospace structures using co-curing RTM of metal foil hybrid composites”, Journal of Production Engineering, Hybrid Materials Special Issue (2018): 1-7. Link
2017
15. Keller, A., Chong, H. M., Taylor, A. C., Dransfeld, C. and Masania, K., “Core-shell rubber nanoparticle reinforcement and processing of high toughness fast-curing epoxy composites”. Composites Science and Technology, 147 (2017), 78-88. Link
14. Geissberger, R., Maldonado, J., Bahamonde, N., Keller, A., Dransfeld, C. and Masania, K. “Rheological modelling of thermoset composite processing”, Composites Part B: Engineering, 124 (2017): 182-189. Link
13. Rueppel, M., Rion, J., Dransfeld, C. Fischer, C., and Masania, K. "Damping of carbon fibre and flax fibre angle-ply composite laminates”, Composites Science and Technology 146 (2017): 1-9. Link
12. Grossman, M., Bouville, F., Erni, F., Masania, K., Libanori, R., and Studart, A. R. “Mineral nano‐interconnectivity stiffens and toughens nacre‐like composite materials”. Advanced Materials 29, 1605039 (2017). Link
2016
11. Keller A., Dransfeld, C., Taylor, A.C., Sprenger, S., Ritter, K., and Masania, K. “Cure kinetics of a fast cure epoxy with silica nanoparticles”. JEC Journal Reaction Kinetics Special Issue, (2016). Link
10. Studer, J., Dransfeld, C., and Masania. K. "An analytical model for B-stage joining and co-curing of carbon fibre epoxy composites”, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 87 (2016): 282-289. Link
9. Keller, A., Masania, K., Taylor, A.C. and Dransfeld. C. "Fast-curing epoxy polymers with silica nanoparticles: properties and rheo-kinetic modelling”, Journal of Materials Science 51, (2016): 236-251. Link
2013
8. Bray, D.J., Dittanet, P., Guild, F. J., Kinloch, A. J., Masania, K., Pearson, R. A. and Taylor, A. C., "The modelling of the toughening of epoxy polymers via silica nanoparticles: the effects of volume fraction and particle size", Polymer 54 (26), (2013): 7022-7032. Link
2011
7. Bray, D.J., Gilmour, S., Guild, F., Hsieh, T.-H., Masania, K. and Taylor, A.C. “Quantifying nanoparticle dispersion: application of the Delaunay network for objective analysis of sample micrographs”. Journal of Materials Science 46 (2011): 6437-6452. Link
6. Hsieh, T.H., Kinloch, A.J., Masania, K., Sohn Lee, J., Taylor, A.C. and Sprenger, S. “Erratum to: The toughness of epoxy polymers and fibre composites modified with rubber microparticles and silica nanoparticles”, Journal of Materials Science 45 (2011): 4092-4092. Link
2010
5. Hsieh, T.-H., Kinloch, A.J., Masania, K., Taylor, A.C. and Sprenger, S. “The mechanisms and mechanics of the toughening of epoxy polymers modified with silica nanoparticles”, Polymer 51 (2010) 6284-6294. Link
4. Masania, K. “Toughening mechanisms of silica nanoparticle-modified epoxy polymers”, PhD Thesis (2010). Link
3. Giannakopoulos, G., Masania, K. and Taylor, A.C. “Toughening of epoxy using core–shell particles”, Journal of Materials Science 46 (2010) 327-338. Link
2. Hsieh, T.-H., Kinloch, A.J., Masania, K., Sohn Lee, J., Taylor, A.C. and Sprenger, S. “The toughness of epoxy polymers and fibre composites modified with rubber microparticles and silica nanoparticles”, Journal of Materials Science 45 (2010) 1193-1210. Link
1. Kinloch, A.J., Masania, K., Taylor, A.C., Sprenger, S. and Egan, D. “The fracture of glass fibre reinforced epoxy composites using nanoparticle-modified matrices”, Journal of Materials Science 43 (2008) 1151-1154. Link
Patents
e. Filed Patent no. 0787-PTS12-FR, Rion, J., Aebsicher, R., Jerinic, M., Rytka, C., Botor, D. and Masania, K. “Fil imprégné, produit composite à paroi mince nervuré comportant un tel fil imprégné, et procédé de fabrication de ce fil et de ce produit composite / Impregnated yarn, thin-walled composite product having such an impregnated yarn, and method of manufacturing this yarn and this composite product”, (2019).
d. Filed Patent no. EP19192139.4, Jeoffroy, E., Galinski, H., Rühs, P.A., Masania, K., Zingg, A., Werder, J., Spolenak, R. and Studart, A.R. “Additive-free structural coloration of chocolate”, (2019). Spark Award Top 20 nomination, 2020.
c. PCT phase Filed Patent no. EP18191209, Moore, D., Barbera, L., Masania K. and Studart, A.R. “Additive manufacturing phase separating compositions to prepare glasses and ceramics”, (2018).
b. PCT phase Filed Patent no. EP18179376, Gantenbein, S., Masania, K., Woigk, W., Sesseg, J., Tervoort, T. A., and Studart, A.R. “Bioinspired 3D Printing of Tough Liquid Crystal Polymers”, (2018).
a. Filed Patent no. EP17156787, Schaffner, M., Rühs, P.A., Gantenbein, S., Masania, K. and Studart, A.R. “3D printing Bio-ink for bacteria-laden Multi-Material Scaffolds”, (2017).
48. Chen, X., Ammu, S.K., Masania, K., Steeneken, P.G. and Alijani, F. "Diamagnetic Composites for High‐Q Levitating Resonators". Advanced Science, p.2203619 (2022). Link
47. Woigk, W., Poloni, E., Grossman, M., Bouville, F., Masania, K., and Studart. "Nacre-like Composite with Superior Damping" PNAS (2022). Link
46. Kleger, N., Simona F., Lee, S., Dénéréaz, C., Cihova, M., Paunović, N., Bao, Y., Leroux, J-C., Ferguson, S., Masania, K. and Studart, A.R. "Light‐based Printing of Leachable Salt Molds for Facile Shaping of Complex Structures." Advanced Materials (2022). Link
45. Gantenbein, S., Colucci, E., Käch, J., Trachsel, E., Coulter, F., Rühs, P.A., Masania, K., and Studart, A.R. "Three-dimensional Printing of Mycelium Hydrogels into Living Complex Materials." arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.00976 (2022). Link
44. Woigk, W., Nagel, Y., Gantenbein, S., Coutler, F.B., Masania, K. and Studart, A.R. "Flax-based natural composites hierarchically reinforced by cast or printed carbon fibres" Composites Science and Technology (2022). Link
43. Gurvits, L., Paragi, Z., Amils, R., van Bemmel, I., Boven, P., Casasola, V., Conway, J., Davelaar, J., Diez-Gonzalez, C., Falcke, H., Fender, R., Frey, S., Fromm, C.M., Gallego-Puyol, J.D., Garcia-Miro, C., Garrett, M., Giroletti, M., Godd, C., Gomez, J., Gucht, J., Guirado, J., Haiman, Z., Helmich, F., Hudson, B., Humphreys, E., Impellizzeri, V., Janssen, M., Kovalev, Y., Kramer, M., Lindqvist, M., Linz, H., Liuzzo, E., Lobanov, A., Lopez-Fernandez, I., Malo-Gomez, I., Masania, K., Mizuno, Y., Plavin, A., Rajan, R., Rezzolla, L., Roelofs, F., Ros, E., Rygl, K., Savolainen, T., Schuster, K., Venturi, T., Verkouter, H., de Vicente, P., Visser, P.N.A.M., Wiedner, M., Wielgus, M., Wiik, K., and Zensus, A. "The science case and challenges of space-borne sub-millimeter interferometry" Acta Astronautica (2022). Link
2021
42. Kleger, N., Minas, C., Bosshard, P., Masania, K., and Studart, A.R. “Hierarchical porous materials made by stereolithographic printing of light-sensitive emulsions”, Scientific Reports, 11, 22316, (2021). Link
41. Gantenbein, S., Mascolo, C., Houriet C., Zboray R., Neels A., Masania K., and Studart, A.R. "Spin-printing of Liquid Crystal Polymer into Recyclable and Strong All-Fiber Materials", Advanced Functional Materials, 2104574 (2021). Link
40. Schreck, M., Kleger, N., Matter, F., Kwon, J., Tervoort, E., Masania, K., Studart, A.R., Niederberger, M. “Three-dimensionally printed scaffolds for photocatalytic nanoparticle-based aerogels”, Small, 2104089, (2021). Link
39. Sandmeier, M., Paunović, N., Conti, R., Hofmann, L., Wang, J., Luo, Z., Masania, K., Wu, N., Kleger, N., Coulter, F.B., Studart, A.R., Grützmacher, H., Leroux, J-C., and Bao, Y. "Solvent-Free Three-Dimensional Printing of Biodegradable Elastomers Using Liquid Macrophotoinitiators" Macromolecules 54 (17), 7830-7839 (2021). Link
38. Frey, M., Schneider, L., Razi, H., Traschel, E., Faude, E., Koch, S.M., Masania, K., Fratzl, P., Keplinger, T., Burgert, I., "High-Performance All-Bio-Based Laminates Derived from Delignified Wood", ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. (2021). Link
37. Yong, A.X.H., Aktas, A., May, D., Endruweit, A., Lomov, S.V., Advani, S., Hubert, P., Abaimov, S.G., Abliz, D., Akhatov, I., Ali, M.A., Allen, T., Berg, D.C., Bickerton, S., Brauner, C., Brütsch, D., Caglar, B., Caglar, H., Causse, P., Chiminelli, A., Cohades, A., Comas-Cardona, S., Danzi, M., Dittmann, J., Dransfeld, C., Ermanni, P., Fauster, E., Geroge, A., Graupner, R., Grishaev, V., Guilloux, A., Hancioglu,M., Harizi, W., Herman, T., Huang, W., Kabachi, M.A., Keller, A., Kind, K., Laspalas, M., Lebedev, O.V., Lizaranzu, M., Long, Masania, K., Michaud, V., Middendorf, P., Salvatori, D., Schubnel, R., Sharp, N., Sozer, N., Thomas, J., Trochu, F., Umer, R., Valette, J., Wang, J.H. and Willenbacher, B., “Out-of-plane permeability measurement for reinforcement textiles: A benchmark exercise”, Composites Part A, p.106480. (2021). Link
36. Yong, A.X.H., Aktas, A., May, D., Endruweit, A., Lomov, S.V., Advani, S., Hubert, P., Abaimov, S.G., Abliz, D., Akhatov, I., Ali, M.A., Allaoui, S., Allen, T., Berg, D.C., Bickerton, S., Caglar, B., Causse, P., Chiminelli, A., Comas-Cardona, S., Danzi, M., Dittmann, J., Dransfeld, C., Ermanni, P., Fauster, E., Geroge, A., Graupner, R., Grishaev, V., Guilloux, A., Kabachi, M.A., Keller, A., Kind, K., Laspalas, M., Lebedev, O.V., Lizaranzu, M., Long, Masania, K., Michaud, V., Middendorf, P., Mitschang, P., van Oosterom, S., Schubnel, R., Sharp, Sousa, P., Trochu, F., Umer, R., Valette, J., and Wang, J.H. ., “Experimental characterisation of textile compaction response: A benchmark exercise”, Composites Part A, p.106235. (2021). Link
35. Paunović, N., Bao, Y., Coulter, F.B., Masania, K., Geks, A.K., Klein, K., Rafsanjani, A., Cadalbet, J., Kronen, P.W., Kleger, N., Karol, A., Luo, Z., Rüber, F., Brambilla, D., von Rechenberg, B., Franzen, D., Studart, A.R. and Leroux, J-C. ”Digital light 3D printing of customized bioresorbable airway stents with elastomeric properties”, Science Advances 7 (2021). Link
2020
34. Keller, A., Geissberger, R., Studer, J., Leone, F., Stefaniak, D., Pascoe, J-A., Dransfeld, C., and Masania, K. “Steel foil reinforced composites: Experimental and numerical study of strength plasticity and ply size effects”, Materials and Design, 109302, (2020). Link
33. Woigk, W., Masania, K., Stork, F., Heusi, A., Poloni, E. and Studart, A.R. “Bio-inspired platelet-reinforced polymers with enhanced stiffness and damping behaviour", ACS Applied Polymer Materials (2020). Link
32. Schadt, F., Rueppel, M., Brauner, C., Masania, K. and Dransfeld, C. “Nonlinear bending compliance of closed-section composite beam structures by local compression flange buckling”, Composite Structures 239 (2020). Link
31. Koch, J., Gantenbein, S., Masania, K., Stark, W., Erlich, Y. and Grass, R. “DNA storage enables 3D printed functional materials with embedded memory”, Nature Biotechnology, 38, 39-43 (2020). Link
30. Moore, D., Barbera, L., Masania K. and Studart, A.R. “Three-dimensional printing of multicomponent glasses using phase-separating molecular inks”, Nature Materials, 19, 212-217 (2020). Link Coverpage
2019
29. Frey, M., Schneider, L., Masania, K., Keplinger, T. and Burgert, I. “Delignified wood - polymer interpenetrating composites exceeding the rule of mixtures”, ACS Applied Material Interfaces, 11, 38, 35305-35311 (2019). Link
28. Woigk, W., Fuentes, C.A., Rion, J., Hegemann, D., Van Vuure, A.W., Kramer, E., Dransfeld, C. and Masania, K. “Fabrication of flax fibre-reinforced cellulose propionate thermoplastic composites”, Composites Science and Technology, 183 (2019). Link
27. Kleger, N., Cihova, M., Masania, K., Studart, A.R. and Loeffler, J. “3D printing salt as a template for magnesium with structured porosity” Advanced Materials, 1903783 (2019). Link Coverpage
26. Woigk, W., Fuentes, C.A., Rion, J., Hegemann, D., Dransfeld, C., Van Vuure, A.W. and Masania, K. “Interface properties on the mechanical performance of flax fibre thermoplastic composites”, Composites Part A, 122 (2019): 8-17. Link
25. Studer, J., Dransfeld, C., Cano, J.J., Keller, A., Wink, M., Masania, K. and Fiedler, B. “Effect of fabric architecture, compaction and permeability on through thickness thermoplastic melt impregnation”, Composites Part A, 122 (2019): 45-53. Link
24. Frey, M., Biffi, G., Adobes-Vidal, M., Zirkelbach, M., Wang, Y., Tu, K., Hirt, A.M., Masania, K., Burgert, I. and Keplinger, T. “Tunable wood by reversible interlocking and bioinspired mechanical gradients”, Advanced Science 1802190, (2019). Link
23. Grossman, M., Pivovarov, D., Bouville, F., Dransfeld, C. Masania, K. and Studart, A.R. “Hierarchical toughening of nacre like composites” Advanced Functional Materials 1806800 (2019). Link
2018
22. Grossman, M., Bouville, F., Masania, K. and Studart, A. R. “Quantifying the role of mineral bridges on the fracture resistance of nacre-like composites”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (2018): 1-6. Link
21. Gantenbein, S., Masania, K., Woigk, W., Sesseg, J., Tervoort, T. A. and Studart. A.R. “Three-dimensional printing of hierarchical liquid crystal polymer structures”, Nature, 561 (2018): 226-230. Link
20. Fuentes, C.A., Zhang, Y., Guo, H., Woigk, W., Masania, K., Dransfeld, C., Seveno, D. and Van Vuure, A.W. “Predicting the adhesion strength of thermoplastic/glass interfaces from wetting measurements”, Colloids and Surfaces A, 558 (2018): 280-290. Link
19. Keller, A., Dransfeld, C., and Masania, K. “Flow and heat transfer for cure optimisation of compression resin transfer moulding process with a highly reactive epoxy”, Composites Part B: Engineering, 153 (2018): 167-175. Link
18. Guild, F.J., A.J. Kinloch, K. Masania, A.C. Taylor and Sprenger, S. “The Fracture of Thermosetting Polymers containing Silica Nanoparticles”, Invitation Edition in memory of D.M.R. Taplin, Journal of Strength, Fracture and Complexity, 11 (2018): 137-148. Link
17. Leal, A.A., Neururer, O. Bian, A., Gooneie, A., Rupper, P., Masania, K., Dransfeld, C. and Hufenus, R. “Interfacial interactions in bicomponent polymer fibers”, Polymer 142 (2018): 375-386. Link
16. Studer, J., Keller, A., Leone, F. Stefaniak, D., Dransfeld, C. and Masania, K. “Local reinforcement of aerospace structures using co-curing RTM of metal foil hybrid composites”, Journal of Production Engineering, Hybrid Materials Special Issue (2018): 1-7. Link
2017
15. Keller, A., Chong, H. M., Taylor, A. C., Dransfeld, C. and Masania, K., “Core-shell rubber nanoparticle reinforcement and processing of high toughness fast-curing epoxy composites”. Composites Science and Technology, 147 (2017), 78-88. Link
14. Geissberger, R., Maldonado, J., Bahamonde, N., Keller, A., Dransfeld, C. and Masania, K. “Rheological modelling of thermoset composite processing”, Composites Part B: Engineering, 124 (2017): 182-189. Link
13. Rueppel, M., Rion, J., Dransfeld, C. Fischer, C., and Masania, K. "Damping of carbon fibre and flax fibre angle-ply composite laminates”, Composites Science and Technology 146 (2017): 1-9. Link
12. Grossman, M., Bouville, F., Erni, F., Masania, K., Libanori, R., and Studart, A. R. “Mineral nano‐interconnectivity stiffens and toughens nacre‐like composite materials”. Advanced Materials 29, 1605039 (2017). Link
2016
11. Keller A., Dransfeld, C., Taylor, A.C., Sprenger, S., Ritter, K., and Masania, K. “Cure kinetics of a fast cure epoxy with silica nanoparticles”. JEC Journal Reaction Kinetics Special Issue, (2016). Link
10. Studer, J., Dransfeld, C., and Masania. K. "An analytical model for B-stage joining and co-curing of carbon fibre epoxy composites”, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 87 (2016): 282-289. Link
9. Keller, A., Masania, K., Taylor, A.C. and Dransfeld. C. "Fast-curing epoxy polymers with silica nanoparticles: properties and rheo-kinetic modelling”, Journal of Materials Science 51, (2016): 236-251. Link
2013
8. Bray, D.J., Dittanet, P., Guild, F. J., Kinloch, A. J., Masania, K., Pearson, R. A. and Taylor, A. C., "The modelling of the toughening of epoxy polymers via silica nanoparticles: the effects of volume fraction and particle size", Polymer 54 (26), (2013): 7022-7032. Link
2011
7. Bray, D.J., Gilmour, S., Guild, F., Hsieh, T.-H., Masania, K. and Taylor, A.C. “Quantifying nanoparticle dispersion: application of the Delaunay network for objective analysis of sample micrographs”. Journal of Materials Science 46 (2011): 6437-6452. Link
6. Hsieh, T.H., Kinloch, A.J., Masania, K., Sohn Lee, J., Taylor, A.C. and Sprenger, S. “Erratum to: The toughness of epoxy polymers and fibre composites modified with rubber microparticles and silica nanoparticles”, Journal of Materials Science 45 (2011): 4092-4092. Link
2010
5. Hsieh, T.-H., Kinloch, A.J., Masania, K., Taylor, A.C. and Sprenger, S. “The mechanisms and mechanics of the toughening of epoxy polymers modified with silica nanoparticles”, Polymer 51 (2010) 6284-6294. Link
4. Masania, K. “Toughening mechanisms of silica nanoparticle-modified epoxy polymers”, PhD Thesis (2010). Link
3. Giannakopoulos, G., Masania, K. and Taylor, A.C. “Toughening of epoxy using core–shell particles”, Journal of Materials Science 46 (2010) 327-338. Link
2. Hsieh, T.-H., Kinloch, A.J., Masania, K., Sohn Lee, J., Taylor, A.C. and Sprenger, S. “The toughness of epoxy polymers and fibre composites modified with rubber microparticles and silica nanoparticles”, Journal of Materials Science 45 (2010) 1193-1210. Link
1. Kinloch, A.J., Masania, K., Taylor, A.C., Sprenger, S. and Egan, D. “The fracture of glass fibre reinforced epoxy composites using nanoparticle-modified matrices”, Journal of Materials Science 43 (2008) 1151-1154. Link
Patents
e. Filed Patent no. 0787-PTS12-FR, Rion, J., Aebsicher, R., Jerinic, M., Rytka, C., Botor, D. and Masania, K. “Fil imprégné, produit composite à paroi mince nervuré comportant un tel fil imprégné, et procédé de fabrication de ce fil et de ce produit composite / Impregnated yarn, thin-walled composite product having such an impregnated yarn, and method of manufacturing this yarn and this composite product”, (2019).
d. Filed Patent no. EP19192139.4, Jeoffroy, E., Galinski, H., Rühs, P.A., Masania, K., Zingg, A., Werder, J., Spolenak, R. and Studart, A.R. “Additive-free structural coloration of chocolate”, (2019). Spark Award Top 20 nomination, 2020.
c. PCT phase Filed Patent no. EP18191209, Moore, D., Barbera, L., Masania K. and Studart, A.R. “Additive manufacturing phase separating compositions to prepare glasses and ceramics”, (2018).
b. PCT phase Filed Patent no. EP18179376, Gantenbein, S., Masania, K., Woigk, W., Sesseg, J., Tervoort, T. A., and Studart, A.R. “Bioinspired 3D Printing of Tough Liquid Crystal Polymers”, (2018).
a. Filed Patent no. EP17156787, Schaffner, M., Rühs, P.A., Gantenbein, S., Masania, K. and Studart, A.R. “3D printing Bio-ink for bacteria-laden Multi-Material Scaffolds”, (2017).