Physics - thin liquid films, wetting, chemical physics, tribology (friction, adhesion, lubrication)
- Advanced coating of heterogeneous surfaces with complex fluids
- Characterisation of nanometre films using ellipsometry
- Designed surfaces of controlled wettability
- Diffusiophoresis of chemically active particles near walls
- Electrowetting of responsive surfaces
- Exploring transport properties of engineered nanotube membranes
- Molecular surface design: Light induced wettability of structured surfaces
- Surface speciation of pentlandite as a function of particle size by synchrotron and conventional x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
- Thin film stability and nanostructured surfaces
- Wetting and coating of heterogenous surfaces with complex fluids