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  1. Low-temperature microwave-assisted pyrolysis of waste office paper and the application of bio-oil as an Al adhesive

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  2. New insights into the curing of epoxidized linseed oil with dicarboxylic acids

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  3. Current and future trends in food waste valorization for the production of chemicals, materials and fuels: a global perspective

    Article • Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining, July 2014, Wiley

    Professor Avtar S Matharu, Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor

  4. From mushroom alcohol to liquid crystals: a useful platform molecule

    Article • Liquid Crystals, May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  5. Bio-based thermoset composites from epoxidised linseed oil and expanded starch

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  6. Chemical modification of starch and the application of expanded starch and its esters in hot melt adhesive

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  7. From waste to wealth using green chemistry

    Article • Pure and Applied Chemistry, March 2013, De Gruyter

    Dr James R Sherwood, Professor Avtar S Matharu

  8. CHAPTER 8. WEEE Waste Recovery

    Article • January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  9. Waste to Wealth using Green Chemistry

    Article • January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  10. Azo containing thiophene based prop-2-enoates for photoalignment of a nematic liquid crystal

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu, Professor Gurumurthy Hegde

  11. Green Chemistry, Biofuels, and Biorefinery

    Article • Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, July 2012, Annual Reviews

    Rafael Luque Alvarez de Sotomayor, Professor Avtar S Matharu

  12. Polysaccharide‐Based Porous Materials

    Article • March 2012, Wiley

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  13. Sustainability in LCD Manufacturing, Recycling and Reuse

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  14. Thermosetting resin based on epoxidised linseed oil and bio-derived crosslinker

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  15. The significance of D-amino acids in soil, fate and utilization by microbes and plants: review and identification of knowledge gaps

    Article • Plant and Soil, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Avtar S Matharu, Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  16. The chemical value of wheat straw combustion residues

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  17. Expanding the potential for waste polyvinyl-alcohol

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  18. ChemInform Abstract: Liquid Crystals for Holographic Optical Data Storage

    Article • ChemInform, February 2008, Wiley

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  19. Liquid Crystal Displays: from Devices to Recycling

    Article • January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  20. Holographic recording in thiophene-based polyester

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  21. An efficient direct method for the azo-coupling of methoxythiophenes

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  22. Liquid crystals for holographic optical data storage

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  23. Synthesis and optical storage properties of a thiophene-based holographic recording medium

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  24. Electrically commanded surfaces for nematic liquid crystal displays

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, January 2005, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  25. Photoinduced anisotropy in a family of amorphous azobenzene polyesters for optical storage

    Article • Applied Optics, October 2003, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  26. Optic, electrooptic and dielectric properties of novel antiferroelectric liquid crystal compounds

    Article • Ferroelectrics, May 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  27. Ferro-, ferri- and antiferro-electric behaviour in a bent-shaped mesogen

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  28. Novel Bi- and Ter-Thiophenes Exhibiting Ferri- and Antiferro-Electric Behaviour

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, August 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  29. The synthesis and characterisation of a novel thiophene-based liquid crystal exhibiting ferro-, ferri- and antiferro-electric phase types

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 1996, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  30. X-ray diffraction studies of the liquid crystal phases of certain 4-n-alkoxyphenyl 4-(5-n-alkyl-2-thienyl)benzoates

    Article • Liquid Crystals, November 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  31. Properties of the liquid crystals formed by certain 4′-n-alkylbiphenyl-4-yl 5-n-alkylthiophene-2-carboxylates

    Article • Liquid Crystals, September 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  32. The Synthesis and Liquid Crystal Properties of Certain 5,5″-Disubstituted 2,2′:5′,2″-Terthiophenes

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, June 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Avtar S Matharu

  33. Photochromic Polymers for Optical Data Storage: Azobenzenes and Photodimers

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Avtar S Matharu