Publications by authors named "Chris Batchelor"
This work implements computational chemistry as a screening tool to aid in the coating and resin formulation process. Conceptual Density Functional theory (DFT) reactivity descriptors like the global chemical hardness and the dual descriptor Fukui function identify the tendency of polyester-melamine coatings to undergo electrophilic and nucleophilic attack during weathering exposure. Coatings were subjected to natural and accelerated weathering tests, with periodic infrared spectroscopy, colour, and gloss measurements to assess for the degree of changes brought about through photodegradation.
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- Organically coated steels are important for outdoor applications due to their need for strong corrosion resistance, typically enhanced by fossil fuel-derived clearcoats.
- A study explored using tetraethoxysilane (TEOS)-based sol-gel coatings on polyurethane-coated steels, varying TEOS concentration to assess effectiveness.
- The 10% TEOS concentration produced dense, uniform coatings with significantly better corrosion resistance, while the 2.5% concentration resulted in poor coating quality, indicating the need for optimal TEOS levels in future sol-gel research.
Objective: This study was aimed at correlating the salivary and serum free concentrations of anti-epileptic drugs (carbamazepine, phenytoin and sodium valproate) in a population of neurological patients in a routine clinical setting.
Method: Twenty-seven paired serum/saliva specimens from 22 patients: 10 for carbamazepine, 8 for phenytoin and 9 for sodium valproate were obtained to study these correlations. Salivary and serum free concentrations of anti-epileptic drugs, anti-epileptic drug dosing history, and associated information were collected prospectively.