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Invited Speakers and Programme

Invited Speakers:

  • Experimental Studies of Colloid Phase Behaviour
    Dr Paul Bartlett, University of Bristol, UK
  • Theory of Colloid Behaviour
    Professor Jean-Pierre Hansen, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Phase Separation in Thin Films
    Professor Richard Jones, University of Sheffield, UK
  • Biological Systems
    Dr Sarah Keller, University of Washington, USA
  • Title to be confirmed
    Professor Geoffrey Mitchell, University of Reading, UK
  • Morphological Control Using Phase Separation
    Professor Ian Norton, University of Birmingham, UK


Programme

Wednesday 3 September

12:00Lunch
 Session 1: 'Morphological Control'
13:30

Invited Talk: Morphological Control Using Phase Separation
I Norton, University of Birmingham, UK

14:05

Aging and metastability of monoglycerides in hydrophobic solutions
C  Chen, University of Cambridge, UK

14:25

The delayed collapse of of weak particulate gels
R  Buscall, MSACT Consulting, UK

14:45

Nanoparticle networks via the demixing and remixing of binary fluids
J  Thijssen, The University of Edinburgh , UK

15:05

Novel colloid-liquid crystalline composites showing network formation
T  Ibragimov, Institute of Physics, Azerbaijan

15:25Refreshment break
 Session 2: 'Thin Films'
15:55

Invited Talk: Phase Separation in Thin Films
R Jones, University of Sheffield, UK

16:30

Multi-stage dynamics in the drying of aqueous poly (ethylene glycol) drople

D I Willmer, NottinghamTrent University, UK
16:50

Mixing behaviour of amides adsorbed on the surface of graphite
T Arnold, Diamond Light Source, UK

17:10Posters


Thursday 4 September

 Session 3: 'Colloids - Experimental'
09:00

Invited Talk: Experimental Studies of Colloid Phase Behaviour
P Bartlett, University of Bristol, UK

09:35

Phase separation and rheology of weak colloidal gels in non-adsorbing polymer solution
M A Faers, Bayer CropScience, Germany

09:55

Optical manipulation of emulsion droplets and nanofluidics
D A Woods, University of Durham, UK

10:15Refreshment break
10:45

Small-angle neutron scattering study of microemulsion-polymer mixtures in the protein limit
K J Mutch, University of Bristol, UK

11:05

Isotropic – nematic phase separation in colloidal rod – sphere mixtures
J S Van Duijneveldt, University of Bristol, UK

11:25

Microscopy studies of colloids in a phase separating microemulsion
P S Clegg, University of Edinburgh, UK

11:50Lunch
 Session 4: 'Bio'
13:30

Invited Talk: Biological Systems
S Keller, University of Washington, USA

14:05

Title to be confirmed
P Olmsted, University of Leeds, UK

14:25

Studying ordered lipid surfaces with dual polarisation interferometry
T  Fagge, Farfield Group Ltd, UK

14:45

Pumping at low Reynolds number
M  Leoni, Universita di Milano, Italy

15:05Refreshment break
 Session 3: 'Colloids - Theory'
15:35

Invited Talk: Theory of Colloid Behaviour
J-P Hansen, University of Cambridge, UK

16:10

Wetting transitions in polydisperse fluids
N B Wilding, University of Bath, UK

16:30

Lattice-Boltzmann simulations of amphiphilic liquid crystals
R S Saksena, UniversityCollegeLondon, UK

16:50

Effect of adhesion on aggregation in nanoparticle dispersions
K  Kendall, University of Birmingham, UK

17:10

Universal window of two dimensional critical exponents
A Taroni, Uppsala University, Sweden

17:30Presentation of LCFG prize to Dirk Aarts


Friday 5 September

 Session 6: ' Bulk Behaviour'
09:00

Invited Talk: Title to be confirmed
G Mitchell, University of Reading, UK

09:35

Swelling and shrinking kinetics of a lamellar gel phase
D J Fairhurst, Nottingham Trent University, UK

09:55

Self-Assembly and Microphase Separation in Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Complexes
Q  Guo, Deakin University, Australia

10:15Refreshment break
10:45

Phase separation and molecular behaviour under shear conditions in the polymer blend: Polystyrene and Poly (Vinyl Methyl Ether)
P  Mistry, AWE, UK

11:05

Intriguing shrinkage behavior of gels formed by poly-N-isopropyl acrylamide particles
I  Bischofberger, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

11:25

A hydrodynamical scenario for phase inversion occurring in concentrated emulsions

N  Bremond, Laboratoire Colloïdes et matériaux divisés - ESPCI (France)
11:45Close
12:00Lunch and Depart


Posters

P1.1

FTIR spectroscopy of an alkali-pretreated gelatine and isolated fractions
P  Chys,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

P1.2

Theoretical study of multicomponent mixing at the liquid-solid interface
C  Sun, University of Cambridge, UK

P1.3

Structural Studies of small particles in oil
S Y Lee, University of Cambridge, UK

P1.4

The role of solvent evaporation rate on interfacial instability in spin cast thin polymer films
P  Mokarian-TabarI, The University of Sheffield, UK

P1.5

Emulsion flow and deposition in porous media
S Buret, Institut Francais du Petrole, France

P1.6

Investigating patterned polymer phase separation by in situ measurements during spin casting
A D Dunbar, University of Sheffield, UK

P1.7

Thermoreversible gelation of cellulose ethers in an aqueous system
H  Yu, University of Sheffield, UK

P1.8

Ink jet printing of the superconducting suspensions for biaxial alignment
B A Glowacki, University of Cambridge, UK

P1.9

Dynamic variation in surface properties of thin polymer films containing varying concentrations of amides
T  Bhinde, Diamond Light Source, UK

P1.10

Investigating the nano-adhesion force of hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive with atomic force microscopy
S  Akogyeram, Brunel University, UK


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