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A Light Scattering Study of the Fractal Aggregation Behavior of a Model Colloidal System

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A QCM study on the adsorption of colloidal laponite at the solid/liquid interface

scientific article published in June 2010

A two-step synthesis for preparing metal microcapsules with a biodegradable polymer substrate

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

AFM studies of amine surfactant hemimicelle structures at the mica-water interface

Adsorbed layer structure of a weak polyelectrolyte studied by colloidal probe microscopy and QCM-D as a function of pH and ionic strength

Adsorption Kinetics and Structural Arrangements of Cationic Surfactants on Silica Surfaces

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Adsorption Kinetics and Structural Arrangements of Cetylpyridinium Bromide at the Silica−Aqueous Interface

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Adsorption characteristics of zwitterionic diblock copolymers at the silica/aqueous solution interface

scientific article published on 29 September 2007

Adsorption kinetics of laponite and ludox silica nanoparticles onto a deposited poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) layer measured by a quartz crystal microbalance and optical reflectometry

scientific article published on 12 November 2010

Adsorption of 12-s-12 Gemini Surfactants at the Silica−Aqueous Solution Interface

Adsorption of Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymer Micelles at the Mica/Solution Interface

Adsorption of Catalytic Nanoparticles onto Polymer Substrates for Controlled Deposition of Microcapsule Metal Shells

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Adsorption of Ionic Surfactants to a Plasma Polymer Substrate

Adsorption of ionic surfactants in particulate systems: flotation, stability, and interaction forces

Adsorption of phytosterol ethoxylates on silica in an aprotic room-temperature ionic liquid

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Adsorption studies of a polymerizable surfactant by optical reflectivity and quartz crystal microbalance

scientific article published in October 2009

Advancing contact angle of iron ores as a function of their hematite and goethite content: implications for pelletising and sintering

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Aggregate Structures and Solid-Liquid Separation Processes

Aggregate structures formed via a bridging flocculation mechanism

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Aging in a critical world: The search for generational intelligence

An Electrokinetic Study of the Adsorption of Dodecyl Ammonium Amine Surfactants at the Muscovite Mica−Water Interface

article published in 2000

An acoustic backscatter system for in situ concentration profiling of settling flocculated dispersions

An atomic force microscopy study of weathering of polyester/melamine paint surfaces

article published in 2001

An improved collision efficiency model for particle aggregation

scientific article published on 14 November 2006

Application of a Dynamic Atomic Force Microscope for the Measurement of Lubrication Forces and Hydrodynamic Thickness between Surfaces Bearing Adsorbed Polyelectrolyte Layers

Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging of Thin Films Formed by Hydrophobing Reagents

Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Polystyrene Latex Film Morphology: Effects of Aging and Annealing

Atomic force microscopy investigation of the adhesion between a single polymer sphere and a flat surface

article by Simon R. Biggs & Geoffrey Spinks published January 1998 in Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology

Behavior of pH-sensitive core shell particles at the air-water interface

scientific article published on 12 March 2012

Bi-modal hetero-aggregation rate response to particle dosage

scientific article published on 22 November 2005

Bridging flocculation studied by light scattering and settling

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CHAPTER 9. Particle-Stabilized Emulsions as Templates for Hollow Spheres and Microcapsules

Calibration of colloid probe cantilevers using the dynamic viscous response of a confined liquid

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Chapter 1. A Journey Through Colloid Science

Chapter 5. Polymers and Surfactants at Interfaces: Colloidal Lego for Nanotechnology

Characterisation of the dispersion stability of a stimulus responsive core–shell colloidal latex

article published in 2010

Characterising Nuclear Simulant Suspensions In Situ With an Acoustic Backscatter System

Characterising highly active nuclear waste simulants

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Characterization of Bed Densification in a Laboratory Scale Thickener, by Novel Application of an Acoustic Backscatter System

Characterization of Multiple Hindered Settling Regimes in Aggregated Mineral Suspensions

Characterization of layer-by-layer self-assembled multilayer films of diblock copolymer micelles

scientific article published on 4 December 2007

Characterizing the pH-responsive behavior of thin films of diblock copolymer micelles at the silica/aqueous solution interface

scientific article published in September 2006

Collision efficiency factor for heteroaggregation: Extension to soft interactions

scientific article published on 28 January 2008

Comparison of the adsorption of cationic diblock copolymer micelles from aqueous solution onto mica and silica

scientific article published in June 2006

Complex adsorption behavior of rodlike polyelectrolyte-surfactant aggregates

scientific article published in April 2009

Contact angle measurements of iron ore powders

Control of Persistent Nonequilibrium Adsorbed Polymer Layer Structure by Transient Exposure to Surfactants

Copolymerization of acrylamide and a hdydrophobic monomer in an aqueous micellar medium: effect of the surfactant on the copolymer microstructure

Copolymers of in aqueous solution: the effects of hydrolysis on hydrophobic interactions

Correction to Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-Stabilized Polymer Particles from Radical Dispersion Polymerization in Nonpolar Solvent: Influence of Stabilizer Properties and Monomer Type

scholarly article published in Langmuir

Counterion Effects on Hexadecyltrimethylammonium Surfactant Adsorption and Self-Assembly on Silica

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Defining elder mistreatment: reflections on the United Kingdom Study of Abuse and Neglect of Older People

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Dewatering properties of dual-polymer-flocculated systems

Direct Measurement of the Depletion Force Using an Atomic Force Microscope

Direct comparison of atomic force microscopic and total internal reflection microscopic measurements in the presence of nonadsorbing polyelectrolytes

scientific article published in June 2005

Direct measurement of the depletion interaction in binary solutions of polyelectrolytes.

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Direct measurements of the adhesion between a glass particle and a glass surface in a humid atmosphere

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Direct observation of the phase transition for a poly(N-isopropylacryamide) layer grafted onto a solid surface by AFM and QCM-D.

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Direct visualization of a self-organized multilayer film of low T(g) diblock copolymer micelles

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Dispersion polymerization in non-polar solvent: Evolution toward emerging applications

Drop penetration into porous powder beds

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Effect of Grafting Density on Phase Transition Behavior for Poly(N-isopropylacryamide) Brushes in Aqueous Solutions Studied by AFM and QCM-D

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Effect of aggregate size on sediment bed rheological properties

Effect of calcination temperature on the electrokinetic properties of colloidal zirconia

Effect of surfactant on the solution properties of hydrophobically modified polyacrylamide

Effects of citrate adsorption on the interactions between zirconia surfaces

Effects of copolymer concentration and chain length on the pH-responsive behavior of diblock copolymer micellar films

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Elasto-plastic and visco-elastic deformations of a polymer sphere measured using colloid probe and scanning electron microscopy

Electrosteric stabilisation of colloidal zirconia with low-molecular-weight polyacrylic acid. An atomic force microscopy study

Encapsulation of Emulsion Droplets with Metal Shells for Subsequent Remote, Triggered Release

scientific article published on 25 March 2019

Engineering Properties of Nuclear Waste Slurries

Enhanced gas migration through permeable bubble networks within consolidated soft sediments

Examining soft particulates using an atomic force microscope and a quartz crystal microbalance

Facile synthesis of gold core-polymer shell responsive particles

scientific article published on 27 June 2013

Fine particle turbulence modulation

Forces between Silica Surfaces in Aqueous Solutions of a Weak Polyelectrolyte

Forces between surfaces in the presence of a cationic polyelectrolyte and an anionic surfactant

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Formation of gold sols using ultrasound

Heteroaggregation with nanoparticles: effect of particle size ratio on optimum particle dose

article published in 2005

Hollow microspheres with binary colloidal and polymeric membrane: Effect of polymer and particle concentrations

Hollow microspheres with binary porous membranes from solid-stabilised emulsion templates

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Hydraulic Behaviour of Nuclear Waste Flows

In situ characterisation of a concentrated colloidal titanium dioxide settling suspension and associated bed development: Application of an acoustic backscatter system

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In situ characterization of mixing and sedimentation dynamics in an impinging jet ballast tank via acoustic backscatter

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Incorporation of block copolymer micelles into multilayer films for use as nanodelivery systems

scientific article published in December 2008

Influence of pH-Responsive Monomer Content on the Behavior of Di-Block Copolymers in Solution and as Stabilizers of Pickering Latex Particle Emulsifiers

Influence of polymers on particulate dispersion stability: Scanning probe microscopy investigations

Influence of shape and surface charge on the sedimentation of spheroidal, cubic and rectangular cuboid particles

Ion-beam modification of fullerene

scientific article published on 01 July 1995

Lateral Force Microscopy Study of the Friction between Silica Surfaces

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Layer-by-Layer Formation of Smart Particle Coatings Using Oppositely Charged Block Copolymer Micelles

Long-Term Retention of Small, Volatile Molecular Species within Metallic Microcapsules

scientific article published on 26 June 2015

Manufacture of controlled emulsions and particulates using membrane emulsification

Manufacture of poly(methyl methacrylate) microspheres using membrane emulsification

scientific article published on July 2016

Measurement and density normalisation of acoustic attenuation and backscattering constants of arbitrary suspensions within the Rayleigh scattering regime

article published in 2019

Measurement of the Adhesion of a Viscoelastic Sphere to a Flat Non-Compliant Substrate

article published in 2000

Measurement of the forces between gold surfaces in water by atomic force microscopy

Measurements of Submicron Particle Adsorption and Particle Film Elasticity at Oil-Water Interfaces

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Measuring particle concentration in multiphase pipe flow using acoustic backscatter: generalization of the dual-frequency inversion method

scientific article published in July 2014

Mechanism of cationic surfactant adsorption at the solid-aqueous interface.

scientific article published in May 2003

Metal-shell nanocapsules for the delivery of cancer drugs

scientific article published on 05 December 2019

Microscopic and macroscopic aspects of stick-slip motion in granular shear

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Mistreatment of Older People in the United Kingdom: Findings from the First National Prevalence Study

scholarly article by Simon R. Biggs published in January 2009

Molecular Weight Dependence of the Depletion Interaction between Silica Surfaces in Solutions of Sodium Poly(styrene sulfonate)

Molecular-Scale Structure of the Cation Modified Muscovite Mica Basal Plane

Multi-layer films of block copolymer micelles adsorbed to colloidal templates

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Nano-Anemones: Stimulus-Responsive Copolymer-Micelle Surfaces

scholarly article by G. B. Webber et al published 18 October 2004 in Advanced Materials

Nanoparticles. Preface

scientific article published in September 2010

Non-equilibrium interaction forces between adsorbed polymer layers

Nonequilibrium Mesoscale Surface Structures: The Adsorption of Polymer−Surfactant Mixtures at the Solid/Liquid Interface

Nuclear Waste Treatment: Studying the Mixed Ion Type Effects and Concentration on the Behaviour of Oxide Dispersions

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Observed transition from linear to non-linear friction–load behavior using a lateral force microscope

Oscillatory Packing and Depletion of Polyelectrolyte Molecules at an Oxide−Water Interface

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Particle-Particle Interactions: The Link between Aggregate Properties and Rheology

Photoelectrochemical properties of ‘Q-state’ CdS particles in arachidic acid Langmuir–Blodgett films

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Physical Modelling of Turbulent Jets for Nuclear Sludge Mobilisation

Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-stabilized polymer particles from radical dispersion polymerization in nonpolar solvent:influence of stabilizer properties and monomer type [corrected].

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Poly(styrene-b-2-vinylpyridine-1-oxide) and poly(dimethyl-siloxane-b-2-vinylpyridine-1-oxide) diblock copolymers 2. Micellar solutions in water/propan-2-ol mixtures

Poly(styrene-b-2-vinylpyridine-1-oxide) and poly(dimethylsiloxane-b-2 vinylpyridine-1-oxide) diblock copolymers. 1. Preparation and characterisation

Poly(styrene-b-2-vinylpyridine-1-oxide) diblock copolymers: 3. Microemulsions in water/propan-2-ol/toluene mixtures

Polyelectrolyte adsorption at the solid/liquid interface

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Polymeric microcapsules assembled from a cationic/zwitterionic pair of responsive block copolymer micelles

scientific article published in May 2010

Polymerized rodlike micelle adsorption at the solid-liquid interface

scientific article published on 20 June 2007

Preparation of particle-stabilized emulsions using membrane emulsification

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Printing small dots from large drops.

scientific article published on 4 February 2015

Probing the stability of sterically stabilized polystyrene particles by centrifugal sedimentation

Production of high internal phase emulsions using rising air bubbles

Production of solid-stabilised emulsions through rotational membrane emulsification: influence of particle adsorption kinetics

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Quantitative comparison of three calibration techniques for the lateral force microscope

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Quartz crystal microbalance as a device to measure the yield stress of colloidal suspensions

Relationship between interaction forces and the structural compactness of depletion flocculated colloids

Research thrives on integration of natural and social sciences

scientific article published in Nature

Responsive core-shell latex particles as colloidosome microcapsule membranes

scientific article published on 28 October 2010

Salt-Induced Structural Behavior for Poly(N-isopropylacryamide) Grafted onto Solid Surface Observed Directly by AFM and QCM-D

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Self-Organized Monolayer Films of Stimulus-Responsive Micelles

Shear History Effects in Associative Thickener Solutions

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Slow Organization of Cationic Surfactant Adsorbed to Silica from Solutions Far below the CMC

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Special Issue—7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering

Spontaneous formation of an "antidrop".

scientific article published in January 2006

Steric and Bridging Forces between Surfaces Bearing Adsorbed Polymer: An Atomic Force Microscopy Study

article published in 1995

Stimulus responsive core-shell nanoparticles: synthesis and applications of polymer based aqueous systems

Study of Anion Adsorption at the Gold-Aqueous Solution Interface by Atomic Force Microscopy

scientific article published in 1994

Surface ATRP of Hydrophilic Monomers from Ultrafine Aqueous Silica Sols Using Anionic Polyelectrolytic Macroinitiators

article by Cong-Duan Vo et al published January 2007 in Langmuir

Surface characterization of nanoparticles carrying pH-responsive polymer hair

Surfactant selection for accurate size control of microcapsules using membrane emulsification

Surfactants at the solid–liquid interface: Measurements at higher concentrations using optical reflectometry

Synthesis of Zwitterionic Diblock Copolymers without Protecting Group Chemistry

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Synthesis of nuclear waste simulants by reaction precipitation: Formation of caesium phosphomolybdate, zirconium molybdate and morphology modification with citratomolybdate complex

scholarly article by Neepa Paul et al published March 2015 in Polyhedron

Synthesis, structure and properties of hydrophobically associating polymers

The DIAMOND University Research Consortium: Nuclear Waste Characterisation, Immobilisation and Storage

The Effect of Particle-Particle Interaction Forces on the Flow Properties of Silica Slurries

The Formation of an Irreversibly Adsorbed and Organized Micelle Layer at the Solid−Liquid Interface

The Influence of Zeta Potential and Yield Stress on the Filtration Characteristics of a Magnesium Hydroxide Simulant

scholarly article published 2007

The KNOO Research Consortium: Work Package 3—An Integrated Approach to Waste Immobilisation and Management

The Rheology of Oxide Dispersions and the Role of Concentrated Electrolyte Solutions

The Role of Colloidal Stability in the Formation of Gold Sols

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The adsorption of polymerized rodlike micelles at the solid-liquid interface

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The effect of molecular weight of nonadsorbing polymer on the structure of depletion-induced flocs

scientific article published in March 2002

The effect of premature wall yield on creep testing of strongly flocculated suspensions

The effect of surfactant adsorption on liquid boundary slippage

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The effect of surfactant chain length on the morphology of poly(methyl methacrylate) microcapsules for fragrance oil encapsulation

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The flocculation efficiency of polydisperse polymer flocculants

The formation of water-in-oil microemulsions using a concentrated saline aqueous phase

The influence of chain length and electrolyte on the adsorption kinetics of cationic surfactants at the silica–aqueous solution interface

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

The influence of nanoparticle shape on the drying of colloidal suspensions

scientific article published on 19 August 2010

The influence of nanoparticles on polystyrene adhesion

The influence of system scale on impinging jet sediment erosion: Observed using novel and standard measurement techniques

article by Timothy N. Hunter et al published April 2013 in Chemical Engineering Research and Design

The minimum transport velocity of colloidal silica suspensions

The rheology of concentrated suspensions of depletion-flocculated latex particles

The rheology of polyvinylpyrrolidone-coated silica nanoparticles positioned at an air-aqueous interface

scientific article published on 17 May 2018

The structure and strength of depletion force induced particle aggregates

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Theoretical Modelling of Nuclear Waste Flows

Transport and Deposition Properties of Model Slurries of One and Two Particle Species

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Transport of Nuclear Waste Flows: A Modelling and Simulation Approach

Tunable diblock copolymer micelles-adapting behaviour via subtle chemical modifications

scientific article published in January 2005

Ultrasonic Techniques for the In Situ Characterisation of ‘Legacy’ Waste Sludges and Dispersions

Ultrasonic initiation of polystyrene latex synthesis

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Ultrasound-triggered release from metal shell microcapsules

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Understanding the Mechanisms of Gold Shell Growth onto Polymer Microcapsules to Control Shell Thickness.

scientific article published on 21 May 2017

Using a multi-frequency acoustic backscatter system as an in situ high concentration dispersion monitor

Wear of a single asperity using Lateral Force Microscopy

Weight loss by mobile phone: a 1-year effectiveness study

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Work, Aging, and Risks to Family Life: The Case of Australia

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Yield stress dependency on the evolution of bubble populations generated in consolidated soft sediments

pH-responsive behavior of selectively quaternized diblock copolymers adsorbed at the silica/aqueous solution interface

scientific article published on 16 June 2007

pH-responsive colloidosomes and their use for controlling release

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pH-responsive diblock copolymer micelles at the silica/aqueous solution interface: Adsorption kinetics and equilibrium studies

scientific article published in August 2006