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Nikil Kapur

University of Leeds
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[HTML][HTML] Making electrochemistry easily accessible to the synthetic chemist

C Schotten, TP Nicholls, RA Bourne, N Kapur… - Green chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A significantly renewed interest in synthetic electrochemistry is apparent in the increasing
number of publications over the last few years. Electrochemical synthesis offers a mild …

Determining Phase Separation Dynamics with an Automated Image Processing Algorithm

J Daglish, AJ Blacker, G de Boer… - … Process Research & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The problems of extracting products efficiently from reaction workups are often overlooked.
Issues such as emulsions and rag layer formation can cause long separation times and slow …

Computational fluid dynamic investigation of liquid rack cooling in data centres

A Almoli, A Thompson, N Kapur, J Summers… - Applied energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Relying on thermal air management in a data centre is becoming less effective as heat
densities from the Information Technology (IT) equipment continue to rise. Direct liquid …

[HTML][HTML] Automated self-optimisation of multi-step reaction and separation processes using machine learning

AD Clayton, AM Schweidtmann, G Clemens… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
There has been an increasing interest in the use of automated self-optimising continuous
flow platforms for the development and manufacture in synthesis in recent years. Such …

Electrochemical Generation of N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes for Use in Synthesis and Catalysis

C Schotten, RA Bourne, N Kapur… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical generation of N‐heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) offers a mild and
selective alternative to traditional synthetic methods that usually rely on strong bases and air …

Bayesian Self‐Optimization for Telescoped Continuous Flow Synthesis

AD Clayton, EO Pyzer‐Knapp, M Purdie… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The optimization of multistep chemical syntheses is critical for the rapid development of new
pharmaceuticals. However, concatenating individually optimized reactions can lead to …

A case study and critical assessment in calculating power usage effectiveness for a data centre

GA Brady, N Kapur, JL Summers… - Energy Conversion and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Metrics commonly used to assess the energy efficiency of data centres are analysed through
performing and critiquing a case study calculation of energy efficiency. Specifically, the …

Inducing protein aggregation by extensional flow

J Dobson, A Kumar, LF Willis, R Tuma… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Relative to other extrinsic factors, the effects of hydrodynamic flow fields on protein stability
and conformation remain poorly understood. Flow-induced protein remodeling and/or …

Morphology and dynamics of droplet coalescence on a surface

N Kapur, PH Gaskell - Physical Review E, 2007 - APS
The coalescence of a pair of droplets on a surface is investigated experimentally with
images from detailed flow visualisations revealing the morphology of the process. It is found …

An experimental and numerical investigation of the use of liquid flow in serpentine microchannels for microelectronics cooling

AF Al-Neama, N Kapur, J Summers… - Applied Thermal …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents a combined experimental and numerical investigation of single-phase
water flow and heat transfer in serpentine rectangular microchannels embedded in a heated …