UK Polymer Colloids Forum

Professor Terence Cosgrove

Professor in Physical Chemistry

School of Chemistry
Cantock's Close
Bristol
BS8 1TS
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)117 928 7663
Fax: +44 (0)117 925 0612
e-mail: terence.cosgrove@bris.ac.uk
www: http://www.tlchm.bris.ac.uk/polymer/pig_home.htm

Polymer Colloids Research Interests and Expertise

• My main interests lie in the investigation of the structure and dynamics of polymer complexes in solutions, melts and interfaces, both from a theoretical and experimental viewpoint.
• The structure of adsorbed polymers under flow.
• Molecular simulation of tethered chains.
• The structure of adsorbed polymers under compression.
• Interactions between polymers/particles and surfactants.
• Interactions and dynamics between proteins, particles and surfactants.
• The dynamics and structure of grafted polymers from melts.
• The effects of polymer on the swelling of clays.
• Diffusion and mobility studies in mixed non-aqueous dispersions.
• Properties of suspo-emulsions.
• The structure of the liquid-liquid interface.
• The threading of polymers by rings.
• Adsorption properties of nano-colloids.
• Heteroflocculation.
• The dynamics of star polymers.
• Dynamics of polymers in melts and gels.
• Simulation of polymer-solvent and polymer-surface contact energies.
• Polymers in porous substrates.
• Structure and dynamics in polymer gels and networks
  

 

Facilities Available

Nuclear magnetic resonance	Solid state and Imaging NMR
Molecular dynamics	Pulsed-field gradient NMR
Monte Carlo	Small-angle X-ray scattering
Small-angle neutron scattering	Neutron reflection
Ellipsometry	Photon correlation spectroscopy
UV spectroscopy	Rheology
FTIR spectroscopy	Capillary flow
Fortran and C++ programming	Surface forces