Overview
Research Interests
- Phase behaviour of lyotropic liquid-crystalline systems (phospholipids, glycolipids, carbohydrate surfactants, and structure of cubic phases
- Metallosurfactants as templates for the synthesis of novel mesoporous catalysts
- Effects of hydrostatic pressure on the structure and stability of lyotropic crystalline phases
- Kinetics of lyotropic phase transformations, using pressure-jump synchrotron X-ray diffraction
- Effects of shear on lyotropic phases
- Phase behaviour and structure of diblock copolymer/homopolymer blends
- Synchrotron diffraction studies of magnetic field-induced realignment of smectic A phases
- Phase behaviour of redox-active metallosurfactants
- Aggregation and structure of DNA solutions
- Lipid-stabilised microbubbles for enhanced ultrasound imaging
Research Staff
Gauthe,DAGDGSDLMDCSB
Research Student Supervision
Shaw,CCNBDGK