Browsing by Author "Theocharis, Charis R."
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Adsorption of nitrogen and water vapour by activated Kevlar® chars
Freeman, J. J.; Tomlinson, J. B.; Sing, K. S. W.; Theocharis, Charis R. (1993)Fibrous activated carbons were prepared from Kevlar® (i.e. poly (p-phenylene terephthalamide), in the form of a commercially available woven textile. The cloth was carbonised in nitrogen and activated in either steam or ...
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Adsorption of nitrogen and water vapour by activated Nomex® chars
Freeman, J. J.; Tomlinson, J. B.; Sing, K. S. W.; Theocharis, Charis R. (1995)Fibrous activated carbons were prepared from Nomex® poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide), in the form of a commercially available woven textile. After carbonisation in nitrogen and activation in either carbon dioxide or steam ...
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The adsorption of water vapour by microporous solids
Carrott, P. J. M.; Kenny, M. B.; Roberts, R. A.; Sing, K. S. W.; Theocharis, Charis R. (1991)The adsorption of water vapour has been studied with a range of microporous carbons, zeolites and aluminophosphates in order to elucidate the relative influence of surface chemistry, pore size and pore shape upon the form ...
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The adsorption of water vapour by VPI-5, a large pore molecular sieve
Kenny, M. B.; Sing, K. S. W.; Theocharis, Charis R. (1991)The framework of VPI-5, the first molecular sieve having uniform pores larger than 1 nm diameter, is modified during removal of the zeolitic water
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Adsorptive properties and stability of VPI-5, a large-pore molecular sieve
Kenny, M. B.; Sing, K. S. W.; Theocharis, Charis R. (1992)The unusual adsorptive properties and the reported instability of VPI-5 have been investigated in some detail. The VPI-5 framework was found to undergo an irreversible but incomplete phase transformation to AlPO4-8 during ...
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Adsorptive Properties of Microporous Zro2 Gels
Ragai, J.; Selim, S.; Sing, K. S. W.; Theocharis, Charis R. (1993)Nitrogen adsorption studies were carried out on zirconia gels prepared through the agency of ammonium carbonate to zirconyl chloride solutions. The effect of heat treatment and cation uptake on the textural characteristics ...
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Conference Object
An AFM Study of the Synthesis of Modified Porous Titania and Ceria
Papatryfonos, C.A.; Theocharis, Charis R. (2018)
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The anomalous sorptive behaviour of Zsm-5 and silicalite-I: Observation of low-pressure hysteresis in nitrogen adsorption
Kyriakou, Georgia; Theocharis, Charis R. (2002)A first stage of a systematic study of the nature of the low-pressure hysteresis loop observed in the nitrogen adsorption isotherms of some MFI zeolites is presented. It was shown that the pressure at which occurrence of ...
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Authenticity of cypriot sweet wine commandaria using FT-IR and chemometrics
Ioannou-Papayianni, Elena; Kokkinofta, Rebecca I.; Theocharis, Charis R. (2011)FT-IR spectra of 65 sweet wines produced in Cyprus and other countries were determined, in order to study the authenticity and uniqueness of the Cypriot traditional wine "Commandaria" that is produced from sun-dried grapes. ...
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Authenticity of the traditional Cypriot spirit "zivania" on the basis of 1H NMR spectroscopy diagnostic parameters and statistical analysis
Petrakis, Panos V.; Touris, Ioannis; Liouni, Maria; Zervou, Maria; Kyrikou, Ioanna; Kokkinofta, Rebecca I.; Theocharis, Charis R.; Mavromoustakos, Thomas M. (2005)A previous publication (Kokkinofta et al. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2003, 51, 6233-6239) discussed the use of inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy to differentiate between the traditional Cypriot alcoholic beverage zivania ...
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Authenticity of the traditional Cypriot spirit "zivania" on the basis of metal content using a combination of coupled plasma spectroscopy and statistical analysis
Kokkinofta, Rebecca I.; Petrakis, Panos V.; Mavromoustakos, Thomas M.; Theocharis, Charis R. (2003)Sixty-eight alcoholic beverages ranging in alcoholic degree between 40 and 55 from different countries were analyzed for their 16 most abundant metal elements using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectroscopy. The results ...
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Changes in the surface properties of calcium hydroxide upon ageing A spectroscopic and gas sorption study
Theocharis, Charis R.; Yeates, D. (1991)The surface chemistry of commercial grade calcium hydroxide was studied by sorption methods, thermal analysis and spectroscopy. In this paper, the effect of exposure to the atmosphere (moisture and carbon dioxide) upon the ...
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Characterization of microporous zirconia gels
Ragai, J.; Selim, S.; Sing, K. S. W.; Theocharis, Charis R. (1994)Microporous zirconia gels were prepared from zirconyl chloride by the reaction in aqueous solutions with either ammonium carbonate or bircarbonate. Under conditions of low pH the ammonium bicarbonate precipitated gels ...
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Characterization of the traditional Cypriot spirit Zivania by means of Counterpropagation Artificial Neural Networks
Ballabio, D.; Kokkinofta, Rebecca I.; Todeschini, R.; Theocharis, Charis R. (2007)Multivariate chemometric techniques, such as Principal Component Analysis and Discriminant Analysis, were previously used to determine the authenticity of the Cypriot traditional spirit Zivania, but these techniques revealed ...
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Chemometric characterization of the cypriot spirit "Zivania"
Kokkinofta, Rebecca I.; Theocharis, Charis R. (2005)In 42 alcoholic beverages produced in Cyprus and other countries, 26 chemical and physical-chemical variables were determined by HPLC and GC chromatography, 1H NMR and ICP spectroscopy, and other techniques. Data were ...
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Co-ordination polymers based on 2,5-dibenzylidenecyclopentanone, which are photochemically cross-linkable
Theocharis, Charis R. (1987)2,5-Bis(2,3-dihydroxybenzylidene)cyclopentanone is topochemically photodimerisable, and i.r. spectroscopic evidence suggests that its packing mode on co-ordination to various metal ions is modified
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Control of the morphology of crystalline calcium hydroxide
Theocharis, Charis R.; Pashalidis, Ioannis; Jordan, Stephanie L.; Gray, A. C.; Yeates, D. (2001)The reaction of solid calcium hydroxide with liquid or gaseous methanol, ethanol and toluene, and the effect this has on the surface properties of the solid was examined, as well as the modification of crystal habit by the ...
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Crystal and molecular structure of 1,3-dibenzylcyclobutane-2,4-bis(2′-spiro-(5′-p-chloro)-benzylcyclopentanone): Product of a single-crystal→single-crystal reaction
Jones, W.; Theocharis, Charis R. (1984)The title compound is the product of the photo-induced solid-state reaction of 2-(p-chloro)-benzyl-5-benzylidenecyclopentanone, a reaction which is shown to occur in a single-crystal to single-crystal fashion. The cell ...
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Crystal and molecular structures of 2-(p-methylbenzyl)- and 2-(p-chlorobenzyl)-5-(p-bromobenzylidene)cyclopentanone. Influence of chloro and methyl substitution on solid-state reactivity
Theocharis, Charis R.; Jones, W.; Motevalli, M.; Hursthouse, M. B. (1982)The crystal structures of the title compounds have been determined as part of an investigation into the factors which may influence the solid-state reactivity of benzylidene cyclopentanones. The p-methyl derivative, which ...
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Crystal engineering of photodimerizable cyclopentanones. Comparison of chloro and methyl substitution as solid-state steering groups
Jones, W.; Ramdas, Subramaniam; Theocharis, Charis R.; Thomas, John M.; Thomas, N. W. (1981)The interchangability of chloro and methyl groups, insofar as solid-state structure and photoreactivity are concerned, is examined in a family of three pairs of closely related molecules derived from the same parent, ...