UK Polymer Colloids Forum

Dr Shahriar Sajjadi

Senior Lecturer

Division of Engineering
King's College London
Strand
London
WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom

Tel: +44(0)20 7848 2322
Fax: +44(0)20 7848 2932

e-mail: shahriar.sajjadi-emami@kcl.ac.uk
www: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/pse/diveng/research/eclat/ss/

Polymer Colloids Research Interests and Expertise

• Kinetic studies of suspension, dispersion, emulsion and microemulsion polymerisations.
• Particle nucleation
• Polymerisation reaction engineering
• Modelling of polymerization reactions including particle size and molecular weight distributions by population balance
• Drop break up and coalescence in oil-water-surfactant emulsions
• Phase inversion emulsification
• Preparation of nanoemulsions and nanoparticles
• Rheology of emulsions and latexes
  

Facilities Available

Small-scale polymerization reactors	High shear homogenizer / sonifier
Drop visualization equipment	UV / VIS spectroscopy
Surface tensiometer and contact angle apparatus	Rheometer and interfacial rheometer
Dynamic light scattering	Zeta potential measurements
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)	Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)	Atomic force microscopy (AFM)