Structure and Dynamics in Colloidal Phases
Personnel - Dr van Duijneveldt, Dr Bartlett, Dr Briscoe, Dr Royall.
- micro-imaging of polymeric systems
- structure of gels and colloidal crystals
- phase separation in dispersions of sterically-stabilised particles
- the heteroaggregation of particles in surface coating formulations and of particles with droplets
- homo- and heteroaggregation of microgel particles
- the aggregation and deposition of carbon particles and how mixtures of polymers and surfactants modify this behaviour
- the deposition and removal of particles from surfaces in the presence of polymers and surfactants
- the deposition of drug particles from propellant liquids
- liquid crystals
- diffusion and slow release in colloidal systems
- structure and flow of porous silicas
- sulfur/polysulfide phase behaviour