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Thomason, James and Carlin, Andrew and Yang, Liu (2024) Non-circular cross-section fibres for composite reinforcement—a review with a focus on flat glass fibres. Fibers, 12 (11). 98. ISSN 2079-6439

Bryce, David and Thomason, James L. and Yang, Liu (2024) Thermoset droplet curing performance in the microbond test. Composite Interfaces, 31 (10). pp. 1247-1268. ISSN 0927-6440

Thomason, James and Xypolias, Georgios (2024) Investigation of the effects of scale and cure environment on the properties of vinyl ester polymer. Polymer, 307. 127344. ISSN 0032-3861

Malone, Beth and Reynolds, Oscar and Lunn, Rebecca and Thomason, James and Minty, Ross F. (2024) Comparison study of fixed and variable blade interfacial testing systems for the characterisation of thermoset composite. In: 21st European Conference on Composite Materials, 2024-07-02 - 2024-07-05.

Bryce, David and Yang, Liu and Moradi, Ramin and Thomason, James (2024) Development of bulk moulding compounds and extrusion compounding processes using recycled glass fibres. In: 21st European Conference on Composite Materials, 2024-07-02 - 2024-07-05.

Thomason, James and Akrami, Roya and Yang, Liu (2024) A new method to prepare more representative coated glass fibres for screening and development of sizings at the laboratory scale. In: 21st European Conference on Composite Materials, 2024-07-02 - 2024-07-05.

Thomason, James and Xypolias, Georgios (2024) A study of the moisture absorption characteristics of vinyl ester polymer and unidirectional glass fibre vinyl ester laminates. Journal of Composites Science, 8 (6). 214. ISSN 2504-477X

Carlin, Andrew Thomas and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2023) Flat glass fibres : a study on flat glass fibres and their injection moulded polyamide 6,6 composites. In: The 23rd International Conference on Composite Materials, 2023-07-31 - 2023-08-04, The ICC Belfast.

Thomason, James L. (2023) Flat glass fibres : the influence of fibre cross section shape on composite micromechanics and composite strength. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 169. 107503. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, James L and Xypolias, Georgios (2023) The effect of environmental ageing on the interphase in glass fibre - vinyl ester composites. Composite Interfaces, 30 (4). pp. 377-391. ISSN 0927-6440

Thomason, James (2023) The influence of fibre cross section shape and fibre surface roughness on composite micromechanics. Micro, 3 (1). pp. 353-368. ISSN 2673-8023

Thomason, James and Xypolias, Georgios (2023) Hydrothermal ageing of glass fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites : a review. Polymers, 15 (4). 835. ISSN 2073-4360

Minty, Ross F. and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James L. (2023) The dependence of interfacial shear strength on temperature and matrix chemistry in glass fibre epoxy composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 164. 107303. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, James L. (2022) The influence of fibre cross section shape on critical fibre length and composite strength. In: Aachen Reinforced!, 2022-10-17 - 2022-10-19, RWTH Aachen University.

Thomason, James (2022) An overview of some scaling issues in the sample preparation and data interpretation of the microbond test for fibre-matrix interface characterisation. Polymer Testing, 111. 107591. ISSN 0142-9418

Akrami, Roya and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James L. (2022) Investigating the effect of silane coupling agent on glass fibre/thermoplastic interfacial adhesion. In: The 20th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2022-06-26 - 2022-06-30.

Bryce, David and Thomason, James and Yang, Liu (2022) Thermoset polymer scaling effects in the microbond test. In: The 20th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2022-06-26 - 2022-06-30.

Minty, Ross F. and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James L. (2022) The influence of temperature and matrix chemistry on interfacial shear strength in glass fibre epoxy composites. In: The 20th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2022-06-26 - 2022-06-30.

Thomason, James L. and Jenkins, Peter G. and Xypolias, Georgios (2022) Microbond testing of the interface in glass fibre vinylester composites. Composite Interfaces, 29 (6). pp. 695-709. ISSN 0927-6440

Thomason, James L. and Rudeiros Fernández, Jose L. (2021) Modelling the influence of fibre internal structure on the measured modulus of technical natural fibres. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 147. 106478. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, James L. and Rudeiros Fernández, Jose L. (2021) Thermal degradation behaviour of natural fibres at thermoplastic composite processing temperatures. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 188. 109594. ISSN 0141-3910

Thomason, James L. (2021) Glass fibre sizings and the composites industry : the current state of play. In: Aachen Reinforced, 2021-05-10 - 2021-05-11, RWTH Aachen University.

Thomason, J.L. and Yang, L. (2021) Towards a new generation of glass fibre products based on regenerated fibres recycled from end-of-life grp and grp manufacturing waste. In: European Technology Platform on Wind Energy 2021, 2021-05-04 - 2021-05-04, Online (Teams).

Thomason, James L. and Rudeiros-Fernández, Jose L. (2021) Characterization of interfacial strength in natural fibre - polyolefin composites at different temperatures. Composite Interfaces. ISSN 0927-6440

Jenkins, Peter G and Bryce, David and Xypolias, Georgios and Thomason, James L (2020) Micro-mechanical investigation of glass fibre/resin interface failure in mode I and mode II. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 942. 012028. ISSN 1757-899X

Bryce, David and Thomason, James and Yang, Liu (2020) Micromechanical and spectroscopic characterisation of the curing performance of epoxy resins in the microbond test. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 942 (1). 012019. ISSN 1757-899X

Thomason, J L and Yang, L and Pender, K (2020) Upgrading and reuse of glass fibre recycled from end-of-life composites. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 942. 012002. ISSN 1757-899X

Xypolias, G and Thomason, J and Yang, L (2020) The effect of environmental ageing in the interphase of a glass fibre/vinyl ester composite designed for wind turbine applications. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 942 (1). 012031. ISSN 1757-899X

Thomason, James (2020) A review of the analysis and characterisation of polymeric glass fibre sizings. Polymer Testing. 106421. ISSN 0142-9418

Thomason, James and Rudeiros Fernandez, Jose Luis (2020) Evaluation of injection moulded natural fibre-polyolefin for potential in automotive applications. Materials Today: Proceedings, 31 (sup 2). S201-S205. ISSN 2214-7853

Thomason, J. L. (2019) Glass fibre sizing : a review. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 127. 105619. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, J and Rudeiros-Fernández, J (2019) Evaluation of injection molded natural fiber-polypropylenes for potential in automotive applications. In: 11th Canadian – International Conference on Composites 2019, 2019-07-22 - 2019-07-25.

Thomason, James and Rudeiros-Fernández, José Luis (2019) Evaluation of injection moulded natural fibre-polyolefin for potential in automotive applications. In: 4th International Conference on Natural Fibers, 2019-07-01 - 2019-07-03.

Thomason, James L. and Nagel, Ulf and Yang, Liu and Bryce, David (2019) A study of the thermal degradation of glass fibre sizings at composite processing temperatures. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 121. pp. 56-63. ISSN 1359-835X

Jenkins, Peter G. and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James L. (2019) Investigation of atmospheric moisture during heat treatment of glass fibres. Fibers, 7 (4). 27. ISSN 2079-6439

Jenkins, Peter G and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James L and Chen, Xinyong and Watts, John F and Hinder, Steven J (2019) Investigation of chemical and physical surface changes of thermally conditioned glass fibres. Fibers, 7 (1). 7. ISSN 2079-6439

Minty, Ross F. and Thomason, James L. and Yang, Liu and Stanley, Walter and Roy, Ananda (2018) Development and application of novel technique for characterising the cure shrinkage of epoxy resins. Polymer Testing, 73. 316 - 326. ISSN 0142-9418

Minty, Ross F. and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James L. (2018) The influence of hardener-to-epoxy ratio on the interfacial strength in glass fibre reinforced epoxy composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 112. 64 - 70. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, James L. and Rudeiros Fernandez, José Luis (2018) A review of the impact performance of natural fiber thermoplastic composites. Frontiers in Materials, 5. 60. ISSN 2296-8016

Petersen, H. N. and Minty, R. F. and Thomason, J. L. and Yang, L. and Kusano, Y. and Brønsted, P. and Almdal, K. (2018) The amine:epoxide ratio at the interface of a glass fibre/epoxy matrix system and its influence on the interfacial shear strength. Composite Interfaces. pp. 1-13. ISSN 0927-6440

Bashir, S. T. and Yang, L. and Liggat, J. J. and Thomason, J. L.; (2018) A simple chemical approach to regenerating strength of thermally damaged glass fibre for reuse in composites. In: ECCM 2018 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials. Applied Mechanics Laboratory, GRC. ISBN 9781510896932

Jenkins, Peter G. and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James L. (2018) Investigation of the effect of sizing on the tensile and interface properties of continuous basalt fibre and polypropylene. In: ECCM18 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2018-06-24 - 2018-06-28.

Thomason, James L. and Yang, Liu and Minty, Ross F. (2018) Are silanes the primary driver of interface strength in glass fibre composites? : exploring the relationship of the chemical and physical parameters which control composite interfacial strength. In: ECCM18 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2018-06-24 - 2018-06-28.

Bryce, David and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2018) An investigation of fibre sizing on the interfacial strength of glass-fibre epoxy composites. In: ECCM18 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2018-06-24 - 2018-06-28.

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu and Jenkins, Peter and Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo and Nagel, Ulf and Bashir, Sairah Tahir (2018) Towards a new generation of glass fiber products based on regenerated fiber thermally recycled from end-of-life GRP and GRP manufacturing waste. In: Composites Recycling Conference, 2018-04-10 - 2018-04-12.

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu and Minty, Ross; (2018) Are silanes the primary driver of interface strength in glass fiber composites? An exploration of the relationship of chemical and physical parameters in the micromechanical characterisation of the apparent interfacial strength in glass fiber composites. In: 2018 MACH Conference. The John Hopkins University, USA.

Bashir, S. T. and Yang, L. and Liggat, J. J. and Thomason, J. L. (2018) Kinetics of dissolution of glass fibre in hot alkaline solution. Journal of Materials Science, 53. 1710–1722. ISSN 0022-2461

Bashir, S.T. and Yang, L. and Anderson, R. and Tang, P.L. and Liggat, J.J. and Thomason, J.L. (2017) A simple chemical approach to regenerating the strength of thermally damaged glass fibre. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 102. pp. 76-87. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu and Gentles, Fiona (2017) Characterisation of the anisotropic thermoelastic properties of natural fibres for composite reinforcement. Fibers, 5 (4). ISSN 2079-6439

Thomason, Jim and Yang, L. and Jenkins, P. and Sáez, E. and Nagel, U. (2016) ReCoVeR: Regenerating the value and performance of glass fibres thermally recycled from end-of-life and waste GRP. In: 2nd International Composites Congress, 2010-11-28 - 2016-11-29, CCD Congress Center. (Unpublished)

Thomason, J. L. and Nagel, U. and Yang, L. and Sáez, E. (2016) Regenerating the strength of thermally recycled glass fibres using hot sodium hydroxide. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 87. pp. 220-227. ISSN 1359-835X

Burn, D. T. and Harper, L. T. and Johnson, M. and Warrior, N. A. and Nagel, U. and Yang, L. and Thomason, J. (2016) The usability of recycled carbon fibres in short fibre thermoplastics : interfacial properties. Journal of Materials Science, 51 (16). pp. 7699-7715. ISSN 1573-4803

Yang, Liu and Thomason, James and Nagel, Ulf and Minty, Ross and Cruz, Camilo and De Monte, Matthias (2016) Investigation of the effect of engine fuels on fibre-matrix adhesion in glass fibre reinforced polyamide. In: 17th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2016-06-26 - 2016-06-30.

Minty, Ross F. and Thomason, James L. and Yang, Liu (2016) The role of the epoxy resin : curing agent ratio on composite interfacial strength and thermal performance. In: European Conference on Composite Materials - ECCM 17, 2016-06-26 - 2016-06-30.

Jenkins, Peter G. and Stafford, Mhari R. and Thomason, James L. (2016) Investigation of the effect of hot water and water vapour treatments on the strength of thermally conditioned E-glass fibres. In: The 17th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM17), 2016-06-26 - 2016-06-30, Internationales Congress Center München.

Thomason, James L. and Yang, Liu and Saez, Eduardo L. and Nagel, Ulf (2016) Recover : regenerating the strength and value of thermally recycled glass fibres. In: European Conference on Composite Materials - ECCM 17, 2016-06-26 - 2016-06-30.

Bashir, S. and Yang, L. and Anderson, R. and Basri, N. B. and Saez Rodriguez, E. and Liggat, J. J. and Thomason, J. (2016) A cost-effective chemical approach to retaining and regenerating the strength of thermally recycled glass fibre. In: The 17th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM17), 2016-06-26 - 2016-06-30, Internationales Congress Center München.

Thomason, J L and Yang, L and Bryce, D and Minty, R (2016) An exploration of the relationship of chemical and physical parameters in the micromechanical characterisation of the apparent interfacial strength in glass fibre epoxy systems. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 139. pp. 1-8. ISSN 1757-899X (In Press)

Thomason, James and Jenkins, Peter and Yang, Liu (2016) Glass fibre strength : a review with relation to composite recycling. Fibers, 4 (2). 18. ISSN 2079-6439

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu and Jenkins, Peter and Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo and Nagel, Ulf (2016) Recover : regenerating the strength and value of glass fibres thermally recycled from end-of-life GRP composites. In: Refocus Recycling Summit & Expo, 2016-04-25 - 2016-04-27, Florida.

Nagel, U. and Yang, L. and Kao, C. C. and Thomason, J. L. (2016) Effects of thermal recycling temperatures on the reinforcement potential of glass fibers. Polymer Composites. ISSN 0272-8397

Downes, Kerrie A. and Thomason, James L. (2015) A method to measure the influence of humidity and temperature on the interfacial adhesion in polyamide composites. Composite Interfaces, 22 (8). pp. 757-766. ISSN 0927-6440

Jenkins, Peter and Riopedre Mendez, Sara and Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2015) Investigation of the strength of thermally conditioned basalt and e-glass fibres. In: 20th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2015-07-19 - 2015-07-24.

Thomason, James and Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo and Kao, Chih-Chuan and Nagel, Ulf and Yang, Liu (2015) Recover : Regenerating the strength of glass fibres thermally recycled from end-of-life. In: 20th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2015-07-19 - 2015-07-24.

Raghavalu Thirumalai, Durai Prabhakaran and Thomason, James (2015) Recycled glass fibre/polyester composites : processing and mechanical characterization. In: 20th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2015-07-19 - 2015-07-24.

Nagel, Ulf and Thomason, James (2015) Regeneration of thermally recycled glass fibre for cost effective composite recycling : the effect of fibre regeneration and matrix modification. In: 20th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2015-07-19 - 2015-07-24.

Yang, Liu and Jenkins, Peter and Liggat, John and Thomason, James (2015) Strength of thermally conditioned glass fibre degradation, retention and regeneration. In: 20th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2015-07-19 - 2015-07-24.

Minty, Ross and Thomason, James and Petersen, Helga (2015) The role of the epoxy resin : curing agent ratio in composite interfacial strength by single fibre microbond test. In: 20th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2015-07-19 - 2015-07-24.

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu and Kao, Chih-Chuan and Jenkins, Peter and Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo and Nagel, Ulf (2015) Regeneration of thermally recycled glass fibre for cost-effective closed-loop composite recycling in automotive. In: 26th Annual SICOMP Conference on Manufacturing and Design of Composites, 2015-06-01 - 2015-06-02.

Thomason, James (2015) Glass Fibre Sizing : A Review of Size Formulation Patents. Create Space Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-0-9573814-3-8

Yang, L. and Saez, E.R. and Nagel, U. and Thomason, J. (2015) Can thermally degraded glass fibre be regenerated for closed-loop recycling of thermosetting composites? Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 72. pp. 167-174. ISSN 1359-835X

Jenkins, P. G. and Yang, Liu and Liggat, John and Thomason, James (2015) Investigation of the strength loss of glass fibre after thermal conditioning. Journal of Materials Science, 50 (3). pp. 1050-1057. ISSN 0022-2461

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu and Kao, Chih-Chuan and Jenkins, Peter and Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo and Nagel, Ulf (2014) The ReCoVer Project : regeneration of thermally recycled glass fibre for cost-effective composite recycling. In: SAMPE-ACMA Composites Conference and Exposition, CAMX 2014, 2014-10-13 - 2014-10-16.

Rudeiros Fernandez, Jose Luis and Thomason, James and Soliman, M. and Teraiya, A.K. (2014) Characterisation of the mechanial and interfacial adhesion performance of natural fibres in polyolefin compounds for lightweight automotive applications. In: 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2014-06-22 - 2014-06-26, Barceló Renacimiento Hotel.

Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2014) Regeneration Of Thermally Recycled Glass Fibre For Cost-Effective Composite Recycling : Increasing the strength of thermally conditioned glass fibres using cost effective ReCoVeR treatments. In: 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2014-06-22 - 2014-06-26, Barceló Renacimiento Hotel.

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu and Kao, Chih-Chuan and Jenkins, Peter and Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo and Nagel, Ulf (2014) Regeneration Of Thermally Recycled Glass Fibre For Cost-Effective Composite Recycling : Overview of the ReCoVeR projects. In: 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2014-06-22 - 2014-06-26, Barceló Renacimiento Hotel.

Kao, Chih-Chuan and Thomason, James (2014) Regeneration Of Thermally Recycled Glass Fibre For Cost-Effective Composite Recycling : Performance of fibre recyclates from thermoset composites and with subsequent ReCoVeR treatments. In: 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2014-06-22 - 2014-06-26, Barceló Renacimiento Hotel.

Jenkins, Peter and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2014) Regeneration of thermally recycled glass fibre for cost-effective composite recycling : Fundamental study of strength loss of thermally conditioned glass fibre. In: 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2014-06-22 - 2014-06-26, Barceló Renacimiento Hotel.

Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2014) Regeneration of thermally recycled glass fibre for cost-effective composite recycling : Increasing the strength of thermally conditioned glass fibres by HF treatment. In: 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2014-06-22 - 2014-06-26, Barceló Renacimiento Hotel.

Nagel, Ulf and Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo and Thomason, James and Kao, Chih-Chuan (2014) Regeneration of thermally recycled glass fibre for cost-effective composite recycling : Performance of composites based on PP and Recovered glass fibre. In: 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2014-06-22 - 2014-06-26, Barceló Renacimiento Hotel.

Sáez-Rodriguez, E. and Yang, L. and Thomason, J. (2014) Regeneration of thermally recycled glass fibre for cost-effective composite recycling : increasing the strength of thermally conditioned glass fibres using cost effective recover treatments. In: 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2014-06-22 - 2014-06-26, Barceló Renacimiento Hotel.

Burn, D.T. and Harper, Lee and Johnson, M. and Warrior, N.A. and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2014) The influence of coupling agent, fibre sizing and matrix degradation on the interfacial shear strength between carbon fibre and polypropylene. In: 16th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2014-06-22 - 2014-06-26, Barceló Renacimiento Hotel.

Thomason, J.L. and Yang, L. and Meier, R. (2014) The properties of glass fibres after conditioning at composite recycling temperatures. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 61. pp. 201-208. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu and Kao, Chih-Chuan and Jenkins, Peter and Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo and Nagel, Ulf (2014) The ReCoVeR Projects : Regeneration of thermally recycled glass fibre for cost effective composite recycling. In: 2nd International Glass Fiber Symposium, 2014-05-25 - 2014-05-30.

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu (2014) Temperature dependence of the interfacial shear strength in glass-fibre epoxy composites. Composites Science and Technology, 96. pp. 7-12. ISSN 0266-3538

Thomason, James and Kao, Chih-Chuan and Ure, James Michael and Yang, Liu (2014) The strength of glass fibre reinforcement after exposure to elevated composite processing temperatures. Journal of Materials Science, 49 (1). pp. 153-162. ISSN 0022-2461

Thomason, James and Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo and Yang, Liu and Kao, Chih-Chuan and Jenkins, Peter (2013) Regeneration of the performance of glass fibre recycled from End-of-life composites or glass fibre waste : Presentation & Abstract. In: Design for the End of Life of Fibre Reinforced Composite Materials Conference, 2013-09-25 - 2013-09-25.

Thomason, James (2013) Facing up to the challenges of natural fibres as an engineering composite reinforcement : Abstract and Presentation. In: Composites Week @ Leuven, 2013-09-16 - 2013-09-20.

Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2013) The thermal behaviour of glass fibre investigated by thermomechanical analysis. Journal of Materials Science, 48. pp. 5768-5775. ISSN 0022-2461

Rudeiros Fernandez, Jose Luis and Thomason, James and Liggat, John and Soliman, M. (2013) Characterisation of the mechanical and thermal degradation behaviour of natural fibres for lightweight automotive applications. In: 19th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2013-07-28 - 2013-08-02.

Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2013) Investigating Thermal Behaviour of Glass fibre By Thermomechanical Analysis : Poster. In: 19th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2013-07-28 - 2013-08-02.

Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2013) Investigating thermal behaviour of glass fibre by thermomechanical analysis. In: 19th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2013-07-28 - 2013-08-02.

Saez Rodriguez, Eduardo and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2013) Investigation of strength recovery of recycled heat treated glass fibres through chemical treatments. In: 19th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2013-07-28 - 2013-08-02.

Nagel, Ulf and Kao, Chih-Chuan and Thomason, James (2013) Study on properties of composites reinforced by heat treated glass fibres simulating thermal recycling conditions. In: 19th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2013-07-28 - 2013-08-02.

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu (2013) Temperature dependence of the interfacial shear strength in glass reinforced polypropylene and epoxy composites. In: 19th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2013-07-28 - 2013-08-02.

Thomason, James (2013) On the application of Weibull analysis to experimentally determined single fibre strength distributions. Composites Science and Technology, 77. pp. 74-80. ISSN 0266-3538

Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2013) Effect of Silane coupling agent on mechanical performance of glass fibre. Journal of Materials Science, 48 (5). pp. 1947-1954. ISSN 0022-2461

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu (2012) A novel combination of micromechanical testing and thermal analysis : to investigate the temperature dependence of interfacial adhesion in fibre reinforced polymer composites. In: TA Instruments Users Meeting, 2012-11-06 - 2012-11-06. (Unpublished)

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu and Kao, Chih-Chuan and Jenkins, Peter (2012) Regeneration of the performance of glass fibre recycled from end-of-life composites or glass fibre waste. In: International Glass Fiber Symposium, 2012-10-16 - 2012-10-19.

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu and Kao, Chih-Chuan and Jenkins, Peter (2012) Regeneration of the performance of glass fibre recycled from end-of-life composites or glass fibre waste. In: International Glass Fiber Symposium, 2012-10-16 - 2012-10-19.

Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2012) Development and application of micromechanical techniques for characterising interfacial shear strength in fibre-thermoplastic composites. Polymer Testing, 31 (7). 895–903. ISSN 0142-9418

Thomason, James (2012) Glass Fibre Sizings : A Review of the Scientific Literature. Create Space Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9780957381414

Thomason, James and Carruthers, John (2012) Natural fibre cross sectional area, its variability and effects on the determination of fibre properties. Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy, 6 (4). pp. 424-439. ISSN 1556-6560

Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2012) The role of residual thermal stress in interfacial strength of polymer composites by a novel single fibre technique. In: 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2012-06-24 - 2012-06-28.

Rudeiros Fernandez, Jose Luis and Thomason, James (2012) Characterisation of the mechanical performance of natural fibres for lightweight automotive applications. In: 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2012-06-24 - 2012-06-28.

Gentles, Fiona and Thomason, James (2012) Investigation of interfacial strength between polyethylene terephthalate fibre and maleic anhydride modified polypropylene. In: 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2012-06-24 - 2012-06-28.

Thomason, James and Ure, James Michael and Yang, Liu and Kao, Chih-Chuan (2012) Mechanical study on surface treated glass fibres after thermal conditioning. In: 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2012-06-24 - 2012-06-28.

Thomason, James and Gentles, Fiona and Brennan, A. (2012) Natural fibre cross sectional area effects on the determination of fibre mechanical properties. In: 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2012-06-24 - 2012-06-28.

Jenkins, Peter George and Thomason, James and Meier, R. (2012) Separation of mechanical and thermal degradation of thermally conditioned sized glass fibre. In: 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2012-06-24 - 2012-06-28.

Downes, Kerrie Ann and Thomason, James (2012) The absorption of automotive coolant fluids in glass fibre reinforced polyamide 6,6 at elevated temperatures. In: 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2012-06-24 - 2012-06-28.

Reilly, S. P. and Faull, K. and Thomason, J. L. (2012) The effect of aging on the mechanical properties of carbon fibre reinforced epoxy. In: 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2012-06-24 - 2012-06-28.

Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2012) The role of residual thermal stress in composite interfacial strength by a novel single fibre technique. In: 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2012-06-24 - 2012-06-28.

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu (2012) Temperature dependence of the interfacial shear strength in glass-fiber polypropylene composite investigated by a novel single fiber technique. In: ANTEC 2012 Conference, 2012-04-02 - 2012-04-04.

Yang, Liu and Thomason, James and Zhu, W.Z. (2011) The influence of thermo-oxidative degredation on the measured interface strength of glass fibre-polypropylene. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 42 (10). pp. 1293-1300. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, James and Gentles, Fiona and Carruthers, Jamie (2011) The challenges of natural fibres as an engineering composite reinforcement. In: 19th Bio-Environmental Polymer Society (BEPS) Annual Meeting, 2011-09-28 - 2011-09-30.

Thomason, James and Yang, Liu (2011) Temperature dependence of the interfacial shear strength in glass–fibre polypropylene composites. Composites Science and Technology, 71 (13). pp. 1600-1605. ISSN 0266-3538

Thomason, James L. and Porteus, Glen (2011) An investigation of glass-fibre-reinforced polyamide 66 during conditioning in various automotive fluids. Polymer Composites, 32 (9). pp. 1369-1379. ISSN 0272-8397

Thomason, James and Carruthers, John (2011) Natural fibre cross sectional area, its variabiity and effects on the determination of fibre properties. In: ECOCOMP 2011, The 4th International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Polymers and Composites, 2011-07-06 - 2011-07-07.

Thomason, James and Carruthers, John and Kelly, James and Johnston, Gerard (2011) Fibre cross-section determination and variability in sisal and flax and its effects on fibre performance characterisation. Composites Science and Technology, 71 (7). pp. 1008-1015. ISSN 0266-3538

Gentles, Fiona Lamont and Thomason, James (2011) Determination of the fibre content of natural fibre composites through moisture absorption. In: 11th Deformation and Fracture of Composites Conference (DFC11), 2011-04-12 - 2011-04-12.

Thomason, James and Gentles, Fiona Lamont and Carruthers, John (2011) Natural fibre reinforced epoxy composites : determination of fibre volume fraction, fibre mechanical properties and fibre cross-section variability. In: 11th Deformation and Fracture of Composites Conference (DFC11), 2011-04-12 - 2011-04-12.

Thomason, James and Porteus, G. (2011) Swelling of glass-fibre reinforced Polyamide 66 during conditioning in water, ethylene glycol and antifreeze mixture. Polymer Composites, 32 (4). pp. 639-647. ISSN 0272-8397

Thomason, J.L. (2010) Interfacial strength in fibre reinforced thermoplastics. In: International Conference on Interfaces & Interphases in Multicomponent Materials (IIMM), 2010-09-01 - 2010-09-03.

Thomason, J.L. (2010) Dependence of interfacial strength on the anisotropic fiber properties of jute reinforced composites. Polymer Composites, 31 (9). pp. 1525-1534. ISSN 0272-8397

Yang, Liu and Thomason, J.L. (2010) Interface strength in glass fibre-polypropylene measured using the fibre pull-out and microbond methods. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 41 (9). pp. 1077-1083. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, J.L. and Ali, J.Z. and Anderson, J. (2010) The thermo-mechanical performance of glass-fibre reinforced Polyamide 66 during glycol-water hydrolysis conditioning. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 41 (7). pp. 820-826. ISSN 1359-835X

Gentles, F. and Anderson, J. and Thomason, J.L. (2010) Characterisation of the transverse thermoelastic properties of natural fibres used in composites. In: 14th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM14, 2010-06-07 - 2010-06-10.

Reilly, S.P. and Thomason, J.L. (2010) Effects of silane coating on the properties of glass fibre and glass fibre reinforced epoxy resin. In: 14th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM14, 2010-06-07 - 2010-06-10.

Yang, Liu and Thomason, J.L. and Zhu, W.Z. (2010) The influence of oxidative-thermal degradation of polypropylene on measured interface strength of glass fibre-polypropylene. In: 14th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM14, 2010-06-07 - 2010-06-10.

Thomason, J.L. and Yang, Liu (2010) The influence of thermal stress on the interface strength of a fibre-reinforced thermoplastic investigated by a novel single fibre technique. In: 14th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM14, 2010-06-07 - 2010-06-10.

Thomason, James L. and Ali, Jahan Z. and Anderson, John (2010) Effects of hydrolysis ageing on the performance and dimensional stability of glass-fiber reinforced polyamide 66. In: 68th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, ANTEC 2010, 2010-06-16 - 2010-06-20.

Yang, L. and Thomason, J.L. (2009) Interface strength in glass fibre-polypropylene measured using the fibre pull-out and microdebond methods. In: 17th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM17, 2009-07-27 - 2009-07-31.

Novak, J. and Pearce, C.J and Grassl, P. and Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2009) Analysis of the microbond test using nonlinear fracture mechanics. In: 17th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM17, 2009-07-27 - 2009-07-31.

Thomason, J.L. (2009) Why are natural fibres failing to deliver on composite performance? In: 17th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM17, 2009-07-27 - 2009-07-31.

Wang, C.C. and Thomason, James and Jones, F.R. (2009) The role of the thermal induced residual stresses in a single fibre thermoplastic model composite. In: 17th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM17, 2009-07-27 - 2009-07-31.

Thomason, J.L. and Ali, J.Z. (2009) The dimensional stability of glass-fibre reinforced Polyamide 66 during hydrolysis conditioning. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 40 (5). pp. 625-634. ISSN 1359-835X

Yang, Liu and Thomason, James (2009) A comparison of glass fibre-polypropylene interface strength measured using the fibre pull-out and microdebond methods. In: 10th Deformation and Fracture of Composites (DFC 10) Conference, 2009-04-15 - 2009-04-17. (Unpublished)

Thomason, J.L. (2009) A physical approach to interfacial strength in natural fibre reinforced composites. In: 10th Deformation and Fracture of Composites (DFC 10) Conference, 2009-04-15 - 2009-04-17. (Unpublished)

Novak, J. and Pearce, C.J and Grassl, P. and Thomason, James and Yang, Liu (2009) Three-dimensional nonlinear finite element analysis of the microbond test. In: The 17th UK National Conference on Computational Mechanics in Engineering, 2009-04-06 - 2009-04-08.

Liu, X.M. and Thomason, J.L. and Jones, F.R.; (2009) XPS and AFM study of the structure of hydrolysed aminosilane on e-glass surfaces. In: Silanes and Other Coupling Agents. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 9789004165915

Liu, X.M. and Thomason, J.L. and Jones, F.R.; (2009) The concentration of hydroxyl groups on glass surfaces and their effect on the structure of silane deposits. In: Silanes and Other Coupling Agents. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 9789004165915

Thomason, J.L. (2009) The influence of fibre length, diameter and concentration on the impact performance of long glass-fibre reinforced polyamide 6,6. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 40 (2). pp. 114-124. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, James (2008) Natural fibre composites. In: Mechanics of Materials and Structures and Bioengineering, Autumn Day Event, 2008-12-10 - 2008-12-10. (Unpublished)

Thomason, J.L. (2008) The influence of fibre length, diameter and concentration on the modulus of glass fibre reinforced Polyamide 6,6. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 39 (11). pp. 1732-1738. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, J.L. (2008) The influence of fibre length, diameter and concentration on the strength and strain to failure of glass fibre-reinforced polyamide 6,6. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 39 (10). pp. 1618-1624. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, J.L. (2008) Anisotropy of reinforcement fibres and its influence on the apparent interfacial shear strength in thermoplastic composites. In: 13th European Conference on Composite Materials (EECM 13), 2008-06-02 - 2008-06-05.

David-West, Opukuro S. and Symington, Mark C. and Pethrick, Richard A. and Banks, William M. and Thomason, J.L. (2008) Mechanical testing of natural fibre reinforced polyester resin composites and Mode 1 fracture toughness testing of resin blocks. In: 13th European Conference on Composite Materials (EECM 13), 2008-06-02 - 2008-06-05.

Thomason, J.L. (2008) Understanding the impact performance of injection moulded long fibre reinforced polyamide. In: 13th European Conference on Composite Materials (EECM 13), 2008-06-02 - 2008-06-05.

Symington, Mark C. and David-West, Opukuro S. and Banks, William M. and Thomason, J.L. and Pethrick, Richard A. (2008) Vacuum infusion of natural fibre composites for structural applications. In: 13th European Conference on Composite Materials (EECM 13), 2008-06-02 - 2008-06-05.

Symington, Mark C. and David-West, Opukuro S. and Banks, William M. and Pethrick, Richard A. and Thomason, J.L. (2008) The effect of alkalisation on the mechanical properties of natural fibres. In: 13th European Conference on Composite Materials (EECM 13), 2008-06-02 - 2008-06-05.

Wang, C.C. and Thomason, J. L. and Jones, F.R. (2008) The investigation of fibre reinforcement effects in thermoplastic materials : interfacial bond strength and fibre end parameter. In: 13th European Conference on Composite Materials (EECM 13), 2008-06-02 - 2008-06-05.

Thomason, J.L. (2008) Structure-performance relationships of thermoplastic composites for automotive applications. In: 14th Rolduc Polymer Meeting "From Commodity Plastics to Speciality Polymers ?", 2008-05-18 - 2008-05-21.

Thomason, J.L. (2008) Natural fibre reinforced polypropylene. In: Research Seminar, National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics, 2008-05-01.

Liu, Xiaoming and Thomason, James L. and Jones, Frank R. (2008) XPS and AFM study of interaction of organosilane and sizing with e-glass fibre surface. Journal of Adhesion, 84 (4). pp. 322-338. ISSN 0021-8464

Thomason, J.L. (2008) Anisotropy of reinforcement fibres and interface strength in thermoplastic composites. In: Gordon Conference on Composites, 2008-01-13 - 2008-01-18.

Thomason, J.L. (2007) Editorial preface. Composite Interfaces, 14 (4). pp. 281-284. ISSN 0927-6440

Liu, X.M. and Jones, F.R. and Thomason, J.L.; (2007) An XPS study of organosilane and sizing adsorption on e-glass fibre surface. In: Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-16). Japan Society of Composite Materials.

Thomason, J.L. (2007) Structure-property relationships in glass reinforced polyamide, part 2: The effects of average fiber diameter and diameter distribution. Polymer Composites, 28 (3). pp. 331-343. ISSN 0272-8397

Thomason, J.L. (2007) Structure-property relationships in glass-reinforced polyamide, Part 3: Effects of hydrolysis ageing on the dimensional stability and performance of short glass-fiber-reinforced polyamide 66. Polymer Composites, 28 (3). pp. 344-354. ISSN 0272-8397

Liu, X.M. and Thomason, J.L. and Jones, F.R.; Mittal, Kash L., ed. (2007) Differentiation of silane adsorption onto model E-glass surfaces from mixed solutions of amino and glycidyl silanes. In: Silanes and Other Coupling Agents. VSP International Science Publishers, pp. 17-28. ISBN 9789067644525

Jones, F.R. and Thomason, J.L. and Liu, X.M.; (2007) The differential adsorption of silanes from solution onto model E-glass surfaces using high resolution XPS. In: Silanes and Other Coupling Agents. VSP International Science Publishers, pp. 29-37. ISBN 9789067644525

Liu, X.M. and Thomason, J.L. and Jones, F.R.; (2007) The interaction of amino and glycidyl silanes with E-glass surfaces. In: Silanes and other coupling agents. VSP. ISBN 978-9067-64452-5

Thomason, J.L. (2007) The influence of fibre length and concentration on the properties of glass fibre reinforced polypropylene : 7. interface strength and fibre strain in injection moulded long fibre PP at high fibre content. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 38 (1). pp. 210-216. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, Jim (2007) Composites and the industry/university interface. In: Composite Materials for Aerospace, Defence and Security Applications, 2007-12-05.

Thomason, J.L.; (2007) Interfaces and interfacial effects in glass reinforced thermoplastics - Keynote Presentation. In: Proceedings of the 28th Risø International Conference on Materials Science. Elsevier Science.

Thomason, Jim (2006) Making the University-Industry interface work. In: Ceramics and Composites Laboratory Industrial Forum Meeting, 2006-09-07. (Unpublished)

Liu, X.M. and Thomason, J.L. and Jones, F.R. (2006) Differentiation of silane adsorption onto model E-glass surfaces from mixed solutions of amino and glycidyl silanes. In: 12th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2006-08-29 - 2006-09-01.

Thomason, J.L. (2006) Structure-property relationships in glass reinforced polyamide: The effects of average fibre diameter and diameter distribution. In: 12th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 12, 2006-08-29 - 2006-09-01. (Unpublished)

Thomason, J.L. (2006) Structure-property relationships in glass-reinforced polyamide, part 1: The effects of fiber content. Polymer Composites, 27 (5). pp. 552-562. ISSN 0272-8397

Thomason, J.L. (2006) Structure-property relationships in glass reinforced polyamide - Influence of fibre length, diameter and concentration. In: 9th AVK-TV Conference, 2006-09-19 - 2006-09-20.

Thomason, J.L. (2005) The influence of fibre length and concentration on the properties of glass fibre reinforced polypropylene : 6. the properties of injection moulded long fibre PP at high fibre content. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 36 (7). pp. 995-1003. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, J.L. (2005) Structure-property relationships of thermoplastic composites - The role of fibre reinforcement. In: Thermoplastic Composite Molding, 2005-04-28 - 2005-04-29. (Unpublished)

Liu, X.M. and Jones, F.R. and Thomason, James (2005) Selective adsorption of mixed organo silenes with differing reactive groups on E-glass surfaces. In: International Conference on Interfaces and Interphases in Multicomponent Materials 2005, 2005-09-12 - 2005-09-14, Centre Culturel Villeurbanne.

Jones, F.R. and Thomason, James and Liu, X.M. (2005) The differential adsorption of silanes from model e-glass surfaces using high resolution XPS. In: 5th International Symposium on Silanes and Other Coupling Agents, 2005-06-22 - 2005-06-24.

Thomason, J.L. (2004) Structure-processing-performance relationships of injection moulded thermoplastic composites at high fibre contents. In: 11th European Conference on Composite Materials: From Nano-scale Interactions to Engineering Structures, 2004-05-31 - 2004-06-03. (Unpublished)

Thomason, J.L. (2004) Glass fibres for composites reinforcement: a presentation on how glass fibre is manufactured. In: Seminar, University of Sheffield, 1900-01-01.

Thomason, J.L. (2002) The influence of fibre length and concentration on the properties of glass fibre reinforced polypropylene: 5. Injection moulded long and short fibre PP. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 33 (12). pp. 1641-1652. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, J.L. (2002) Interfacial strength in thermoplastic composites - at last an industry friendly measurement method? Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 33 (10). pp. 1283-1288. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, J.L. (2002) Micromechanical parameters from macromechanical measurements on glass reinforced polypropylene. Composites Science and Technology, 62 (10-11). pp. 1455-1468. ISSN 0266-3538

Thomason, J.L. (2002) Micromechanical parameters from macromechanical measurements on glass-reinforced polybutyleneterepthalate. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 33 (3). pp. 331-339. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, J.L. and Adzima, L.J. (2002) Sizing up the interphase: An insider's guide to the science of sizing. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 32 (3-4). pp. 313-321. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, J.L. and Cichocki, F.R.; (2002) Thermal anisotropy of a natural fibre. In: Proceedings of the Gordon Conference on Composites. Blackwell.

Cichocki, F.R. and Thomason, J.L. (2002) Thermoelastic anisotropy of a natural fiber. Composites Science and Technology, 62 (5). pp. 669-678. ISSN 0266-3538

Thomason, J.L. (2001) Structure-processing-performance relationships of thermoplastic composites for automotive applications. In: SAE World Congress 2001, 2001-03-05 - 2001-03-08.

Thomason, J.L. and Kalinka, G. (2001) A technique for the measurement of reinforcement fibre tensile strength at sub-millimetre gauge lengths. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 32 (1). pp. 85-90. ISSN 1359-835X

Thomason, J.L.; (2001) Injection mouldable 'long' natural fibre reinforced polypropylene for automotive applications. In: Proceedings of the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress 2001. SAE International.

Thomason, J.L.; (2001) Interfacial strength in thermoplastic composites - at last an industry friendly measurement method? In: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Interfacial Phenomena in Composite Materials (IPCM7). Butterworth - Heinemann.

Thomason, J.L. (2001) Micromechanical parameters from macromechanical measurements on glass-reinforced polyamide. Composites Science and Technology, 61 (14). pp. 2007-2016. ISSN 0266-3538