A list of the key contributors from Durham University, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Leeds are shown below. These are organised alphabetically (by surname) and each contains a short research summary.
Dr Mahmood Akhtar
University of Leeds, School of Food Science and Nutrition
Research Summary: Multiple Emulsions; Consultancy; Confocal Microscopy; Spinning Disk Reactor.
Web-page: https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/food-nutrition/staff/7223/dr-mahmood-akhtar
Professor Rosalind Allen
University of Edinburgh, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Biological soft matter (simulation and experiments); simulation of rare events (e.g. nucleation); multicellular self-assembly, microbial population dynamics.
Web-page: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~rallen2/
Professor Colin Bain
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research summary: Surface chemistry, thin films, capillarity, structure and kinetics of surfactants at surfaces and in the bulk, tribology, lipid membranes, emulsions, interface characterisation, inkjet printing, vibrational spectroscopy.
Web-page: www.colinbain.net
Dr Paul A Beales
University of Leeds, School of Chemistry
Research summary: Biomolecular self-assembly; membrane biophysics; bionanotechnology; soft matter and biological physics; bottom-up synthetic biology; nanomedicine; nanotoxicology; vesicle technologies; hydrogels
Web-page: https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/4203/dr-paul-beales
Dr Simon Beaumont
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research summary: Heterogeneous catalysis; nonomaterials synthesis; polymer assembly of nanomaterials for catalytic applications; nano-assembly; functional surfaces & surface characterization.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profile/?id=10598
Dr John Bothwell
Durham University, Department of Biology
Research summary: Bioenergy and Biotechnology, environmental impacts of renewable biomass production, novel biopolymer characterisation.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/biosciences/about/schoolstaff/academicstaff/?id=11416
Professor Stefano Brandani
University of Edinburgh, School of Chemistry
Research Summary: Carbon Capture and Separation Processes.
Web-page: https://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/about/people/prof-stefano-brandani
Dr Elizabeth Bromley
Durham University, Department of Physics
Research Summary: Experimental Biophysicist; Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Modelling of Biomimetic Nanoscale Motors; self-assembly of natural and synthetic coiled coil fibres.
Web-page: www.dur.ac.uk/physics/staff/profiles/?id=8289
Professor Philip Camp
University of Edinburgh, School of Chemistry
Research Summary: Computer simulations and statistical mechanics of soft matter; biomineralisation; ferrofluids; friction and lubrication; phases and interfaces; polymers; self assembly.
Web-page: http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/staff/academic-staff/dr-philip-j-camp
Dr Olivier Cayre
University of Leeds, School of Chemical & Process Engineering
Research Summary: Design and synthesis of functional colloidal and polymeric systems, Heterogeneous polymerisation, Emulsions and foams, Adsorption at surfaces and interfaces, Controlled and self-assembly of colloidal systems, Colloid particle manipulation using external forces (e.g. magnetic and electric fields), Microencapsulation systems, Complex formulated products
Web-page: https://engineering.leeds.ac.uk/staff/415/Dr_Olivier_Cayre
Dr Jianshe Chen
University of Leeds, School of Food Science and Nutrition
Research Summary: Dynamic Wetting and Coating; Film Drying; Lubrication; Bulk Shear and Extensional Rheology.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/141/dr-jianshe-chen
Dr Paul Clegg
University of Edinburgh, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Emulsions, interfaces and soft composite materials; application of soft materials in food, personal care products and energy technologies.
Web-page: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~pclegg/
Professor Karl Coleman
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Carbon nanomaterials: Synthesis and chemistry of graphene and carbon nanotubes; Graphene and carbon nanotube dispersions; Graphene and carbon nanotube polymer composites; Graphene and carbon nanotube functional fluids.
Web-page: www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profile/?id=1329
Dr Simon Connell
University of Leeds, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: AFM instrumentation and applications; nanomechanics; lipid bilayers; soft matter dynamics at the nanoscale; blood clot, hydrogel and biopolymer network characterisation; magnetic tweezers.
Web-page: https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/physics/staff/4103/dr-simon-connell
Dr Sharon Cooper
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Crystallisation and Colloids; Crystallisation in confined volumes particularly microemulsions and emulsions; semi-crystalline polymers; surfactant solutions.
Web-page: www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profile/?id=176
Dr Matteo Degiacomi
Durham University, Department of Physics
Research Summary: Protein docking; integrative modelling; biomolecular dynamics simulations; deep learning.
Web-page: www.degiacomi.org
Professor Lorna Dougan
University of Leeds, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Biological soft matter, hierarchical biomechanics, single molecule force spectroscopy, neutron diffraction, water under extreme environmental conditions.
Web-page: https://dougan.leeds.ac.uk/
Dr Philip Dyer
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Inorganic, organometallic, and coordination chemistry; homogeneous catalysis; alkene oligomerisation/polymerisation; organophosphorus chemistry; gas-to-liquids (GTL); non-innocent ligands; solid acid/base catalysis; macroalgae (seaweed); sustainable feedstocks.
Web-page: www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profile/?id=1317
Dr Valentina Erastova
University of Edinburgh, School of Chemistry
Research Summary: molecular modelling, big data, layered materials, interfaces, adsorption, minerals, clays, geochemistry, geobiochemistry, pollution remediation, material design.
Web-page: erastova.xyz
Dr Rammile Ettelaie
University of Leeds, School of Food Science and Nutrition
Research Summary: Biopolymer Adsorption and Steric Stabilization; Multilayer Films; Mass Transport; Extensional Rheology; Computer Simulation and Modelling.
:Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/138/dr-rammile-ettelaie
Dr R Mike L Evans
University of Leeds, Department of Applied Mathematics
Research Summary: Theoretical Soft Matter Physics; Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics; Polydispersity; Stochastic Processes; Public Understanding of Science.
Web-page: https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/maths/staff/4019/dr-mike-evans-
Professor Kiran Fernandes CEng, FRSA
Durham University Business School
Research Summary: Operations Management, Open Innovation and Commercialization, Process Design, Complex Systems Analysis.
Web-page: www.durham.ac.uk/k.j.fernandes
Professor Suzanne Fielding
Durham University, Department of Physics
Research Summary: Soft condensed matter physics; Flow instabilities and flow-induced phase transitions; Fluid-fluid demixing; Viscoelastic turbulence; Soft glassy rheology; Biologically active suspensions.
Web-Page: www.dur.ac.uk/physics/staff/profiles/?id=7330
Dr Jennifer Garden
University of Edinburgh, School of Chemistry
Research Summary: Organometallic chemistry, catalysis, polymerisation, sustainable materials, mixed-metal cooperativity.
Web-page: http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/staff/academic-staff/dr-jennifer-garden
Professor Phil Gaskell
Durham University, Department of Engineering & Computer Sciences
Research Summary: Fluid mechanics; Thin films and coatings; Droplet dynamics; Computational fluid dynamics; Modelling, Reacting flows.
Web-Page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/directory/profile/?id=11855
Professor Helen Gleeson
University of Leeds, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Self ordering and Self-assembling materials; Liquid Crystal Phases; nanoscale properties of Complex Modules; Novel Photonic Devices and Applications; Time-resolved and Resonant x-ray Scattering at Synchrotrons; Graphene-based Liquid Crystal.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/108/professor-helen-f-gleeson
Dr Chris Groves
Durham University, Department of Engineering and Computer Sciences
Research Summary: Organic electronics, charge transport in disordered materials, structure-property relationships in functional materials, electrical characterisation.
Web-page: www.dur.ac.uk/chris.groves
Dr David Harbottle
University of Leeds, School of Chemical and Process Engineering
Research Summary: Rheology; colloids and surface chemistry; suspensions and emulsions; surfactant science and multiphase flows.
Web-page: https://engineering.leeds.ac.uk/staff/346/Dr_David_Harbottle
Dr Oliver Harlen
University of Leeds, Department of Applied Mathematics
Research Summary: Fluid Dynamics of rheologically complex fluids; non-Newtonian fluid mechanics; modelling processing of polymer melts and solutions; jetting and spraying of complex fluids; molecular motors; colloidal fluids.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/35/dr-oliver-harlen
Dr David Head
University of Leeds, School of Computing
Research Summary: Computational microscopic modelling; Semi-flexible polymer rheology; Surface-associated bacterial colonies.
Web-page: https://engineering.leeds.ac.uk/staff/542/Dr_David_Head
Dr Oliver Henrich
University of Edinburgh, School of Engineering
Research Summary: Liquid crystals and new soft composite materials, Electrokinetic phenomena in soft condensed matter, Mesoscopic simulation of DNA, physics of chromatin, Novel algorithms for charged and magnetic systems, Supercooled liquids and structural glass formers
Dr Peter Hine
University of Leeds, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Experimental solid state polymer physics, mechanical properties, dynamic properties, two phase materials (single polymer composites, hybrids, blends etc).
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/112/dr-peter-hine
Dr Melvin Holmes
University of Leeds, School of Food Science and Nutrition
Research Summary: Multiple Scattering of Light and Ultrasound in Colloidal Systems; Statistical Analysis And Modelling Of Multivariable Systems.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/147/dr-mel-holmes
Dr Mathew Horrocks
University of Edinburgh, School of Chemistry
Research Summary:
Web-page: http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/staff/academic-staff/dr-mathew-horrocks
Professor Lian Hutchings
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Synthetic Polymer Chemistry; Controlled and Living Polymerisation; Branched Polymers; Functional Polymers for Interfacial Modification; Temperature Gradient Interaction Chromatography.
Web-page: www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profile/?id=188
Dr Karen Johnston
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Solid state chemistry, Functional materials, Li-ion Batteries, Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy, DFT Calculations.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profile/?id=14185
Professor Cliff Jones FREng, FinstP, FRSA
University of Leeds, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Soft Matter; Liquid Crystal Materials and Devices; Nano and Micro-particle Suspensions; Surface Interactions with Soft-matter; Structured and Photonic Surfaces; Novel Manufacturing; Adaptive Optics; Displays and Electronic Paper.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/114/professor-cliff-jones-
Professor Ritu Kataky
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Electrochemistry, impedance spectroscopy, liquid-liquid interface, sensors.
Web-page: www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profile/?id=190
Professor Vasileios Koutsos
University of Edinburgh, School of Engineering
Research Summary: Soft Materials and Surfaces; Polymer Nanocomposites, Polymers and Nanoparticles on Surfaces, Elastomers, Nano/micromechanics; Friction and Adhesion; Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).
Web-page: http://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/about/people/prof-vasileios-koutsos
Dr Halim Kusumaatmaja
Durham University, Department of Physics
Research Summary: Computational Soft Matter Physics; Wetting and Interfacial Phenomena; Multiphase Flow; Membranes and Vesicles; Self-Assembly of Colloidal Clusters and Biomolecules.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/physics/staff/profiles/?id=11583
Professor Ed Llewellin
Durham University, Department of Earth Sciences
Research Summary: Rheology of bubble- and particle-bearing magma, physics of magma, physics of volcanic eruptions.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/earth.sciences/staff/?id=5299
Professor Cait MacPhee
University of Edinburgh, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Synthetic polypeptide synthesis and modification; NMR spectroscopy; time-resolved and steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy; interfacial and bulk-phase self-assembly and aggregation; molecular dynamics simulation.
Web-page: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~cmacphee/
Dr Clare Mahon
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Synthetic polymer chemistry, responsive polymers, biological chemistry, molecular recognition and sensing.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profile/?id=18933
Professor Davide Marenduzzo
University of Edinburgh, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Rheology and hydrodynamics of liquid crystals; theory of active gels; lattice Boltzmann algorithm development; DNA physics; cell motility.
Web-page: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~dmarendu/
Dr Johan Mattsson
University of Leeds, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Experimental soft matter physics, relaxation dynamics, spectroscopy, physics of disordered matter (glasses, gels), colloids, H-bonded systems.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/117/dr-johan-mattsson
Dr Paul McGonigal
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Organic and Supramolecular chemistry, fluorescent materials, dynamic covalent chemistry, liquid crystals.
Web-page: www.mcgonigalgroup.com; https://www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profile/?id=13961
Professor Neil McKeown
University of Edinburgh, School of Chemistry
Research Summary: Synthesis of organic materials, Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity, membranes, CO2 capture, nanoporous molecular crystals.
Web-page: http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/staff/academic-staff/professor-neil-b-mckeown-frse
Dr Davide Michieletto
University of Edinburgh, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary:
Polymer physics, DNA biophysics, topology, DNA-based complex fluids, microrheology, molecular dynamics simulations, DNA origami.
Web-page: https://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~dmichiel/
Dr Mark Miller
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Computational soft condensed matter; classical Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulation; atomic and molecular clusters; self assembly; percolation.
Web-page: www.dur.ac.uk/research/directory/staff/?mode=staff&id=11538
Professor Alexander Morozov
University of Edinburgh, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Instabilities and transition to turbulence in Newtonian and polymeric fluids; Rheology of complex fluids; swimming of microorganisms.
Web-page: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~amorozov
Professor Brent Murray
University of Leeds, School of Food Science and Nutrition
Research Summary: Emulsions and Foams; Pickering Stabilization; Bulk and Interfacial Rheology; Protein Adsorption and Unfolding; Brewster Angle and Confocal Microscopy.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/143/professor-brent-s-murray
Dr Mamatha Nagaraj
University of Leeds, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Self-assembly, liquid crystals; polymers; colloids; symmetry breaking; soft photonics; opto-electronics; metamaterials; nanomaterials; organic electronics.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/119/dr-mamatha-nagaraj
Dr Fabio Nudelman
University of Edinburgh, School of Chemistry
Research Summary: Biogenic minerals, organic-inorganic hybrid materials, protein-crystal interactions, (cryo)electron microscopy, soft matter.
Web-page: http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/staff/academic-staff/dr-fabio-nudelman
Dr Robert Pal
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Optical Microscopy, Optical Spectroscopy, Photophysics, Light activated molecular nanomachines.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/directory/staff/?mode=staff&id=6011
Professor Wilson Poon, FRSE
University of Edinburgh, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Imaging rheology of soft matter under flow, especially concentrated particle and emulsion systems; granulation; dynamical arrest and ageing in colloidal glasses and gels; application of colloids to fast-moving consumer goods and ceramics; bacteria in complex soft materials.
Web-page: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~wckp/
Professor Megan Povey
University of Leeds, School of Food Science and Nutrition
Research Summary: Microbubbles; Nanoemulsions; Lipids; Crystallization; Microwave Heating; Ultrasonic Propagation and Scattering and Imaging.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/140/professor-megan-povey
Professor Roy Quinlan
Durham University, Department of Biosciences
Research Summary: Soft matter interface with cell biology; the filaments that comprise the cytoskeleton, their adaption to interfaces and environments and their strain hardening properties in nanocomposites, such as hair; Protein chaperones as modulators of macromolecular crowding and regulators of protein-protein interactions.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/biosciences/about/schoolstaff/academicstaff/?id=36
Professor Michael Rappolt
University of Leeds, School of Food Science and Nutrition
Research Summary: Dispersions; Colloids; Liquid Crystalline Systems; Lipid Based Membrane Systems; Time Resolved SAXS and WAXS.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/154/professor-michael-rappolt
Professor Daniel Read
University of Leeds, Department of Applied Mathematics
Research Summary: Theoretical Soft Matter Physics; Molecular Polymer Rheology and Processing; Polymer reaction modelling; Scattering theory; Phase separation.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/74/professor-daniel-read
Professor Mike Ries
University of Leeds, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Cellulose coagulation, ionic liquids, diffusion and dynamics in multicomponent liquids and soft matter. Advanced NMR including imaging, relaxometry and diffusion tensor.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/130/dr-mike-ries
Dr John Royer
University of Edinburgh, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary:
Web-page: https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/people/john-royer
Professor Alastair Rucklidge
University of Leeds, Department of Applied Mathematics
Research Summary: Pattern formation; Application of Density Functional Theory to soft matter quasicrystals.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/75/professor-alastair-m-rucklidge
Dr John Sanderson
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Lipid membranes: preparation, reactivity; Peptide-lipid interactions; analytical methods for probing membranes; drug-membrane binding and reactivity; protein intrinsic lipidation; autolipidation.Lipid membranes: preparation, reactivity; Peptide-lipid interactions; analytical methods for probing membranes; drug-membrane binding and reactivity; protein intrinsic lipidation; autolipidation.
Web-page: www.dur.ac.uk/j.m.sanderson
Professor Anwesha Sarkar
University of Leeds, School of Food Science and Nutrition
Research Summary: Emulsions and emulsion gels; Encapsulation; Food oral processing; Food structure and gastrointestinal digestion; Controlled release of bioactive compounds.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/151/dr-anwesha-sarkar
Professor Lev Sarkisov
University of Edinburgh, School of Chemistry
Research Summary:
Web-page: https://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/about/people/prof-lev-sarkisov
Dr Gary Sharples
Durham University, Department of Biosciences
Research summary: Bacteriophage genome rearrangements; Evolution of bacterial pathogenicity; Horizontal gene transfer; Mechanisms of homologous recombination; Antimicrobial surfaces, peptoids and chelants
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/biosciences/about/schoolstaff/academicstaff/?id=37
Dr Natasha Shirshova
Durham University, Department of Engineering and Computer Sciences
Research Summary: Functional poymer materials for energy storage; porous polymers; polymers with different architectures; green polymers and materials; fibre / matrix composites; structural, electrochemical and physico-mechanical properties of polymers and materials; polymer processing.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/directory/staff/?mode=staff&id=12958
Dr Elena Simone
University of Leeds, School of Food Science and Nutrition
Research Summary: Industrial crystallization, crystal engineering, polymorphism, food characterization techniques, process analytical technology (PAT)
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/161/dr-elena-simone
Professor Margarita Staykova
Durham University, Department of Physics
Research Summary: Bio-mimetic systems,lipid membranes, lipo-gel systems, protein reconstitution in lipid membranes, mechanical manipulation, electric manipulation, electro-hydrodynamics, fluorescence and confocal microscopy.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/physics/staff/profiles/?id=11834
Professor Jonathan Steed
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Gels, self-assembly, crystallization and crystal growth inhibition. Molecular crystalline solids, polymorphism, pharmaceutical co-crystals, diffraction and crystallography.
Web-page: www.dur.ac.uk/jon.steed
Dr Russell Taylor
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Development of new catalytic materials and catalytic processes.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profile/?id=14184
Dr Job Thijssen
University of Edinburgh, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Soft materials, photonic colloidal crystals, colloids in external fields and (nano) particle-stabilized liquid-liquid composites.
Web-page: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~jthijsse/index.html
Dr Richard Thompson
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Physical Polymer Chemistry; Surface and Interface Science of Functional Polymers; Polymer Blends and Nanocomposites; Ion, X-ray and Neutron Scattering Techniques; Experimental Rheology.
Web-page: www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profile/?id=201
Dr Paul Thornton
University of Leeds, School of Chemistry
Research Summary: Synthetic Polymer Chemistry; Controlled and Living Polymerisation; Branched Polymers; Biodegradable Polymers and Controlled Payload Release.
Web-page: https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/staff/208/dr-paul-thornton
Dr Simon Titmuss
University of Edinburgh, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary: Neutron scattering study of structure, dynamics and self-assembly of protein structures, viral capsids, and bacterial lipid membranes.
Web-page: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~stitmuss/
Dr Elsen Tjhung
Durham University, Department of Physics
Research Summary: Active matter, emulsions, liquid crystals, stochastic thermodynamics, renormalisation group and mathematical modelling of cell motility and biological filaments.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/directory/staff/?mode=staff&id=19215
Dr Arwen Tyler
University of Leeds, School of Food Science and Nutrition
Research Summary: Lipid biophysics; Membrane Biophysics; X-ray Scattering; Neutron Scattering; Lipid Nanoparticles; delivery vehicles/ delivery of bioactives; time-resolved Small Angle Scattering; high pressure
Web-page: https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/food-nutrition/staff/7162/dr-arwen-tyler
Dr Kislon Voitchovsky
Durham University, Department of Physics
Research Summary: Solid-Liquid Interfaces; Nanoscale Ionic Effects; Scanning Probe Microscopy; Nanotribology; Biointerfaces; Single-Molecule Biophysics.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/physics/staff/profiles/?id=11851
Dr James Walton
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Synthesis and analysis of inorganic/organic compounds; catalysis; green chemistry; kinetic analysis; therapeutic application of organometallics.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profile/?id=12388
Professor Mark R. Wilson FRSC
Durham University, Department of Chemistry
Research Summary: Computational soft matter chemistry; atomistic and coarse-grained models; simulations of liquid crystals, polymers, self-assembly processes, colloids, molecules at interfaces.
Web-page: www.dur.ac.uk/mark.wilson
Dr Tiffany Wood
University of Edinburgh, School of Physics and Astronomy
Research Summary:Director of the Edinburgh Complex Fluids Partnership, facilitating knowledge exchange between industry and the soft matter community. Academic interests in the structure of colloids in ordered solvents such as liquid crystals, statically and under external influences (e.g. morphology, applied fields and shear).
Professor Jun Jie Wu
Durham University, Department of Engineering and Computer Sciences
Research Summary:Materials for biomedical applications; Chemical engineering transport modelling; Tissue mechanics; Mechanical, fatigue, fracture and wear properties of biomaterials; Polymer processing.
Web-page: https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/directory/staff/?mode=staff&id=1388
SOFI Research: Image shows colloidal rods on the surface of a droplet. The particles lie parallel to the interface in order to remove the maximum amount of shared area between the water and the oil (courtesy of University of Edinburgh PhD student Niek Hijnen).
SOFI Research: A novel soft material called a bijel, which is formed by “arresting” the phase separation of two liquids via an interfacial layer of colloidal particles (green) (courtesy of Dr Paul Clegg, University of Edinburgh).
SOFI Research: Image taken from RSC Soft Matter front cover (Volume 9, Number 43, 21 November 2013, www.rsc.org/softmatter) showing rheology of cubic blue phases from paper by Oliver Henrich et al
SOFI Research: A bicontinuous interfacially-jammed emulsion gel (bijel) which is a novel soft solid first predicted using computer simulations. Here the red liquid is an oil, the black liquid is water and the green are silica particles. Image courtesy of Dr Paul Clegg (University of Edinburgh).
SOFI Research: A capsule with two tortuous internal domains. This makes it potentially possible to deliver both hydrophilic and hydrophobic active ingredients simultaneously. The structure is created via phase separation inside the capsule. Image (courtesy Dr Paul Clegg, University of Edinburgh).
