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Professor Joseph Keddie

Professor of Soft Matter Physics

Qualifications: BA, BS (Alfred, USA); MS, PhD (Cornell, USA), CPhys, FInstP, MIM

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Phone: Work: 01483 68 6803
Room no: 04 BB 03

Further information

Biography

After graduating from Cornell University (USA), Joe Keddie spent two years as a post-doctoral researcher in the Polymer & Colloids Group at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge followed by one year as an Oppenheimer Fellow. At Cambridge he used ellipsometry and environmental-SEM to study polymer colloids and thin films. In 1995 Joe moved to the University of Surrey as a Foundation Fund lecturer. Throughout his time at Surrey he has carried out research on soft matter, with special interest in polymer colloids. In recognition of his contributions to the understanding of polymer dynamics of polymers in thin films and colloidal dispersions, he was awarded the 2001 Paterson Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics and named a Fellow. His research group won two Roon Awards from the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology for papers presented at their Annual Meeting. In 2006 he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society by his alma mater, Alfred University. A co-author of >100 journal articles and book chapters, he also holds two US patents and has recently submitted two international patent applications.  He has recently written - along with his co-author, Alex Routh, at the University of Cambridge - a book entitled Fundamentals of Latex Film Formation:  Processes and Properties.  This book was published in 2010 by Springer. In September 2011, he was elected the chair of the Institute of Physics Polymer Physics Group.

Research Interests

Professor Keddie is interested in fundamental processes in soft matter, especially polymer thin films, nanoparticles, and colloidal dispersions. Particular topics of recent research are

  • methods for creating patterns in colloidal films, including IR-assisted evaporative lithography
  • structure/property relations in nanocomposites made from colloidal particles
  • interfaces in nanocomposites, especially nanotube/polymer interfaces
  • protein adsorption on copolymer templates 
  • nanostructure of pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) and adhesion mechanisms in soft matter
  • methods for creating switchable adhesion 
  • conjugated polymers for radiation detection
  • pH and temperature-responsive polymer films for applications in "smart coatings"
  • coalescence and drying mechanisms in colloidal dispersions
  • surfactant transport in waterborne coatings

Along with others in the Soft Condensed Matter group, he uses several non-invasive probes, including atomic force microscopy, ellipsometry (both visible and IR), ion beam analysis and magnetic resonance profiling. He has particular expertise in the mechanisms by which polymer colloids form films and published a book on that topic in 2010.

Research Collaborations

Joe Keddie is a leader in two European projects (NsHAPe and NAPOLEON) concerning the development of improved waterborne, polymer coatings and adhesives through the control of their structure on the nanoscale. The NAPOLEON project has 21 partners, including nine from industry. He collaborates with Richard Sear and Alan Dalton in research on protein crystallisation and carbon nanotube/polymer composites. With Paul Sellin, he is developing the use of conjugated polymers for radiation detectors. A large fraction of his research has been supported by industries, including Cytec Specialty Chemicals (Drogenbos, Belgium), Akzo Nobel (Slough and Wilton), International Paint (Felling), BASF (Germany), Sun Chemicals (Orpington) and Dow Corning (Barry, South Wales). In recent projects, Joe has collaborated with Prof. Brian Vincent (Bristol), Costantino Creton (ESPCI, Paris), Prof. Jose' Asua (Univ. of the Basque Country, Spain),  Prof. Ken Shull (Northwestern Univ.), Prof. Steve Armes (University of Sheffield), and Prof. Jian Lu (now at Manchester).

Publications

Highlights

  • Georgiadis A, Routh AF, Murray MW, Keddie JL. (2011) 'Bespoke periodic topography in hard polymer films by infrared radiation-assisted evaporative lithography'. ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY Soft Matter, 7 (23), pp. 11098-11102.
    doi: 10.1039/C1SM06527K
  • Worajittiphon P, Jurewicz I, King AAK, Keddie JL, Dalton AB. (2010) 'Enhanced Thermal Actuation in Thin Polymer Films Through Particle Nano-Squeezing by Carbon Nanotube Belts'. WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH ADV MATER, 22 (46), pp. 5310-5314.
    doi: 10.1002/adma.201003145
  • Wang T, Colver PJ, Bon SAF, Keddie JL. (2009) 'Soft polymer and nano-clay supracolloidal particles in adhesives: synergistic effects on mechanical properties'. ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY SOFT MATTER, 5 (20), pp. 3842-3849.
    doi: 10.1039/b904740a
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7101/
  • Wang T, Dalton AB, Keddie JL. (2008) 'Importance of Molecular Friction in a Soft Polymer-Nanotube Nanocomposite'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC MACROMOLECULES, 41 (20), pp. 7656-7661.
    doi: 10.1021/ma800868z
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7102/
  • Wang T, Lei CH, Liu D, Manea M, Asua JM, Creton C, Dalton AB, Keddie JL. (2008) 'A molecular mechanism for toughening and strengthening waterborne nanocomposites'. WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH ADV MATER, 20 (1), pp. 90-+.
    doi: 10.1002/adma.200700821

Journal articles

  • Trueman RE, Lago Domingues E, Emmett SN, Murray MW, Keddie JL, Routh AF. (2012) 'Autostratification in drying colloidal dispersions: experimental investigations.'. Langmuir, United States: 28 (7), pp. 3420-3428.
    doi: 10.1021/la203975b
  • Goikoetxea M, Reyes Y, de las Heras Alarcón CM, Minari RJ, Beristain I, Paulis M, Barandiaran MJ, Keddie JL, Asua JM. (2012) 'Transformation of waterborne hybrid polymer particles into films: Morphology development and modeling'. Elsevier Polymer, 53 (5), pp. 1098-1108.
    doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2012.01.021
  • Intaniwet A, Keddie JL, Shkunov M, Sellin PJ. (2011) 'High charge-carrier mobilities in blends of poly(triarylamine) and TIPS-pentacene leading to better performing X-ray sensors'. Elsevier Organic Electronics, 12 (11), pp. 1903-1908.
    doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.08.003
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7284/
  • Jurewicz I, Worajittiphon P, King AA, Sellin PJ, Keddie JL, Dalton AB. (2011) 'Locking carbon nanotubes in confined lattice geometries--a route to low percolation in conducting composites.'. J Phys Chem B, United States: 115 (20), pp. 6395-6400.
    doi: 10.1021/jp111998p
  • Lopez A, Degrandi-Contraires E, Canetta E, Creton C, Keddie JL, Asua JM. (2011) 'Waterborne Polyurethane-Acrylic Hybrid Nanoparticles by Miniemulsion Polymerization: Applications in Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC LANGMUIR, 27 (7), pp. 3878-3888.
    doi: 10.1021/la104830u
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7108/
  • Georgiadis A, Bryant PA, Murray M, Beharrell P, Keddie JL. (2011) 'Resolving the Film-Formation Dilemma with Infrared Radiation-Assisted Sintering.'. American Chemical Society Langmuir, 27 (6), pp. 2176-2180.
    doi: 10.1021/la200429j
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7100/
  • López García I, Keddie JL, Sferrazza M. (2011) 'Some insights into the structural relaxation of spin-cast, glassy polymer thin films'. Nature Publishing Group Polymer Journal, 43 (2), pp. 214-217.
    doi: 10.1038/pj.2010.123
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7671/
  • Irmukhametova GS, Fraser BJ, Keddie JL, Mun GA, Khutoryanskiy VV. (2011) 'Hydrogen-Bonding-Driven Self-Assembly of PEGylated Organosilica Nanoparticles with Poly(acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solutions and in Layer-by-Layer Deposition at Solid Surfaces'. LANGMUIR, 28, pp. 299-306.
    doi: 10.1021/la2038735
  • Lopez A, Degrandi E, Canetta E, Keddie JL, Creton C, Asua JM. (2011) 'Simultaneous free radical and addition miniemulsion polymerization: Effect of the diol on the microstructure of polyurethane-acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives'. Elsevier Polymer, 52 (14), pp. 3021-3030.
    doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.04.053
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/158565/
  • Georgiadis A, Routh AF, Murray MW, Keddie JL. (2011) 'Bespoke periodic topography in hard polymer films by infrared radiation-assisted evaporative lithography'. ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY Soft Matter, 7 (23), pp. 11098-11102.
    doi: 10.1039/C1SM06527K
  • López García I, Keddie JL, Sferrazza M. (2011) 'Probing the early stages of solvent evaporation and relaxation in solvent-cast polymer thin films by spectroscopic ellipsometry'. Wiley Surface and Interface Analysis, 43 (11), pp. 1448-1452.
    doi: 10.1002/sia.3728
  • Worajittiphon P, Jurewicz I, King AAK, Keddie JL, Dalton AB. (2010) 'Enhanced Thermal Actuation in Thin Polymer Films Through Particle Nano-Squeezing by Carbon Nanotube Belts'. WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH ADV MATER, 22 (46), pp. 5310-5314.
    doi: 10.1002/adma.201003145
  • Liu D, Abdullah CAC, Sear RP, Keddie JL. (2010) 'Cell adhesion on nanopatterned fibronectin substrates'. ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY SOFT MATTER, 6 (21), pp. 5408-5416.
    doi: 10.1039/c0sm00201a
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7160/
  • Wang T, de las Heras Alarcon CD, Goikoetxea M, Beristain I, Paulis M, Barandiaran MS, Asua JM, Keddie JL. (2010) 'Cross-Linked Network Development in Compatibilized Alkyd/Acrylic Hybrid Latex Films for the Creation of Hard Coatings'. American Chemical Society Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 26 (17), pp. 14323-14333.
    doi: 10.1021/la102392x
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7109/
  • Intaniwet A, Mills CA, Sellin PJ, Shkunov M, Keddie JL. (2010) 'Achieving a Stable Time Response in Polymeric Radiation Sensors under Charge Injection by X-rays'. 5th Edition. AMER CHEMICAL SOC ACS APPL MATER INTER, 2 (6), pp. 1692-1699.
    doi: 10.1021/am100220y
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/2962/
  • Jurewicz I, King AAK, Worajittiphon P, Asanithi P, Brunner EW, Sear RP, Hosea TJC, Keddie JL, Dalton AB. (2010) 'Colloid-Assisted Self-Assembly of Robust, Three-Dimensional Networks of Carbon Nanotubes over Large Areas'. WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH MACROMOL RAPID COMM, 31 (7), pp. 609-615.
    doi: 10.1002/marc.200900799
  • Bushnak IA, Labeed FH, Sear RP, Keddie JL. (2010) 'Adhesion of microorganisms to bovine submaxillary mucin coatings: effect of coating deposition conditions'. TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD BIOFOULING, 26 (4), pp. 387-397.
    doi: 10.1080/08927011003646809
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7163/
  • Agirre A, de las Heras-Alarcon C, Wang T, Keddie JL, Asua JM. (2010) 'Waterborne, Semicrystalline, Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives with Temperature-Responsiveness and Optimum Properties'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC ACS APPL MATER INTER, 2 (2), pp. 443-451.
    doi: 10.1021/am9006947
  • Daar E, Kaabar W, Lei C, Keddie JL, Nisbet A, Bradley DA. (2010) 'AFM and uni-axial testing of pericardium exposed to radiotherapy doses'. Elsevier Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 652 (1), pp. 874-877.
    doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.059
  • Intaniwet A, Mills CA, Shkunov M, Thiem H, Keddie JL, Sellin PJ. (2009) 'Characterization of thick film poly(triarylamine) semiconductor diodes for direct x-ray detection'. AMER INST PHYSICS J APPL PHYS, 106 (6) Article number 064513
    doi: 10.1063/1.3225909
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/2471/
  • Bradley M, Liu D, Keddie JL, Vincent B, Burnett G. (2009) 'The Uptake and Release of Cationic Surfactant from polyampholyte Microgel Particles in Dispersion and as an Adsorbed Monolayer'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC LANGMUIR, 25 (17), pp. 9677-9683.
    doi: 10.1021/la900917v
  • Liu D, Wang T, Keddie JL. (2009) 'Protein Nanopatterning on Self-Organized Poly(styrene-b-isoprene) Thin Film Templates'. American Chemical Society LANGMUIR, 25 (8), pp. 4526-4534.
    doi: 10.1021/la8038957
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7164/
  • Wang T, Canetta E, Weerakkody TG, Keddie JL. (2009) 'pH Dependence of the Properties of Waterborne Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives Containing Acrylic Acid'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC ACS APPL MATER INTER, 1 (3), pp. 631-639.
    doi: 10.1021/am800179y
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7103/
  • Wang T, Keddie JL. (2009) 'Design and fabrication of colloidal polymer nanocomposites'. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 147-148, pp. 319-332.
    doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2008.06.002
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7206/
  • Keddie JL. (2009) 'Mapping the route from wet to dry'. European Coatings Journal, (11), pp. 28-32.
  • Nikonenko NA, Bushnak IA, Keddie JL. (2009) 'Spectroscopic ellipsometry of mucin layers on an amphiphilic diblock copolymer surface'. Applied Spectroscopy, 63 (8), pp. 889-898.
  • Wang T, Colver PJ, Bon SAF, Keddie JL. (2009) 'Soft polymer and nano-clay supracolloidal particles in adhesives: synergistic effects on mechanical properties'. ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY SOFT MATTER, 5 (20), pp. 3842-3849.
    doi: 10.1039/b904740a
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7101/
  • Canetta E, Marchal J, Lei CH, Deplace F, Konig AM, Creton C, Ouzineb K, Keddie JL. (2009) 'A Comparison of Tackified, Miniemulsion Core-Shell Acrylic Latex Films with Corresponding Particle-Blend Films: Structure-Property Relationships'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC LANGMUIR, 25 (18), pp. 11021-11031.
    doi: 10.1021/la901324n
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7105/
  • Deplace F, Rabjohns MA, Yamaguchi T, Foster AB, Carelli C, Lei CH, Ouzineb K, Keddie JL, Lovell PA, Creton C. (2009) 'Deformation and adhesion of a periodic soft-soft nanocomposite designed with structured polymer colloid particles'. ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY SOFT MATTER, 5 (7), pp. 1440-1447.
    doi: 10.1039/b815292f
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7110/
  • Rodriguez R, Alarcon CD, Ekanayake P, McDonald PJ, Keddie JL, Barandiaran MJ, Asua JM. (2008) 'Correlation of Silicone Incorporation into Hybrid Acrylic Coatings with the Resulting Hydrophobic and Thermal Properties'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC MACROMOLECULES, 41 (22), pp. 8537-8546.
    doi: 10.1021/ma8006015
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7419/
  • Wang T, Dalton AB, Keddie JL. (2008) 'Importance of Molecular Friction in a Soft Polymer-Nanotube Nanocomposite'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC MACROMOLECULES, 41 (20), pp. 7656-7661.
    doi: 10.1021/ma800868z
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7102/
  • Kessel N, Illsley DR, Keddie JL. (2008) 'The diacetone acrylamide crosslinking reaction and its influence on the film formation of an acrylic latex'. SPRINGER J COAT TECHNOL RES, 5 (3), pp. 285-297.
    doi: 10.1007/s11998-008-9096-6
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/15385/
  • Koenig AM, Weerakkody TG, Keddie JL, Johannsmann D. (2008) 'Heterogeneous drying of colloidal polymer films: Dependence on added salt'. American Chemical Society LANGMUIR, 24 (14), pp. 7580-7589.
    doi: 10.1021/la800525n
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7251/
  • Wang T, Lei CH, Liu D, Manea M, Asua JM, Creton C, Dalton AB, Keddie JL. (2008) 'A molecular mechanism for toughening and strengthening waterborne nanocomposites'. WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH ADV MATER, 20 (1), pp. 90-+.
    doi: 10.1002/adma.200700821
  • Selvakumaran J, Keddie JL, Ewins DJ, Hughes MP. (2008) 'Protein adsorption on materials for recording sites on implantable microelectrodes'. SPRINGER J MATER SCI-MATER M, 19 (1), pp. 143-151.
    doi: 10.1007/s10856-007-3110-x
  • Gundabala VR, Lei CH, Ouzineb K, Dupont O, Keddie JL, Routh AF. (2008) 'Lateral Surface Nonuniformities in Drying Latex Films'. JOHN WILEY & SONS INC AICHE J, 54 (12), pp. 3092-3105.
    doi: 10.1002/aic.11621
  • Wang T, Liu D, Keddie JL. (2007) 'An alternative approach to the modification of talc for the fabrication of polypropylene/Talc composites'. JOHN WILEY & SONS INC J APPL POLYM SCI, 106 (1), pp. 386-393.
    doi: 10.1002/app.26462
  • Nerapusri V, Keddie JL, Vincent B, Bushnak LA. (2007) 'Absorption of cetylpyridinium chloride into Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Based microgel particles, in dispersion and as surface-deposited monolayers'. 5th Edition. AMER CHEMICAL SOC LANGMUIR, 23 (19), pp. 9572-9577.
    doi: 10.1021/1a700877n
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/164606/
  • Keddie JL, Ekanayake P, Konig AM, Weerakkody TG, Barber N, Johannsmann D, Sear RP, McDonald PJ. (2007) 'Influence of the colloidal stability of latex particles on their distribution in drying films'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 234
  • Keddie JL, Wang T, Jurewicz I, Dalton AB, Creton C, Manea M, Asua JM. (2007) 'Multifunctional nanocomposites of soft polymer colloids and carbon nanotubes'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 234
  • Boroumand FA, Zhu M, Dalton AB, Keddie JL, Sellin PJ, Gutierrez JJ. (2007) 'Direct x-ray detection with conjugated polymer devices'. AMER INST PHYSICS APPL PHYS LETT, 91 (3) Article number 033509
    doi: 10.1063/1.2748337
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/297/
  • Wang T, Lei CH, Dalton AB, Manea M, Asua JM, Keddie JL. (2007) 'COLL 306-Waterborne nanocomposite pressure-sensitive adhesives: Achieving enhanced adhesion combined with electrical conductivity'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 233
  • Wang T, Lei CH, Dalton AB, Manea M, Asua JM, Keddie JL. (2007) 'Waterborne nanocomposite pressure-sensitive adhesives: Achieving enhanced adhesion combined with electrical conductivity'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 233
  • Lei CH, Ouzineb K, Dupont O, Routh AF, Gundabala VR, Hinder SJ, Keddie JL. (2007) 'Lateral distribution of surfactants in waterborne pressure sensitive adhesive films: Theory and experiment'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 233
  • Lei CH, Ouzineb K, Dupont O, Keddie JL. (2007) 'Probing particle structure in waterborne pressure-sensitive adhesives with atomic force microscopy'. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 307 (1), pp. 56-63.
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7207/
  • Adikaari AADT, Carey JD, Stolojan V, Keddie JL, Silva SRP. (2006) 'Bandgap enhancement of layered nanocrystalline silicon from excimer laser crystallization'. IOP PUBLISHING LTD NANOTECHNOLOGY, 17 (21), pp. 5412-5416.
    doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/21/021
  • Nerapusri V, Keddie JL, Vincent B, Bushnak IA. (2006) 'Swelling and deswelling of adsorbed microgel monolayers triggered by changes in temperature, pH, and electrolyte concentration'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC LANGMUIR, 22 (11), pp. 5036-5041.
    doi: 10.1021/la060252z
  • Mallegol J, Bennett G, McDonald PJ, Keddie JL, Dupont O. (2006) 'Skin development during the film formation of waterborne acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives containing tackifying resin'. TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD J ADHESION, 82 (3), pp. 217-238.
    doi: 10.1080/00218460600646461
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7104/
  • Wang T, Lei C-H, Dalton AB, Creton C, Lin Y, Fernando KAS, Sun Y-P, Manea M, Asua JM, Keddie JL. (2006) 'Waterborne, nanocomposite pressure-sensitive adhesives with high tack energy, optical transparency, and electrical conductivity'. Advanced Materials, 18 (20), pp. 2730-2734.
  • Vandervorst P, Lei C-H, Lin Y, Dupont O, Dalton AB, Sun Y-P, Keddie JL. (2006) 'The fine dispersion of functionalized carbon nanotubes in acrylic latex coatings'. Elsevier Progress in Organic Coatings, 57 (2), pp. 91-97.
    doi: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2006.07.005
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7518/
  • Duckworth P, Richardson H, Carelli C, Keddie JL. (2005) 'Infrared ellipsometry of interdiffusion in thin films of miscible polymers'. Surface and Interface Analysis, 37 (1), pp. 33-41.
  • Keddie JL, Lopez-Garcia I, Richardson H, Sferrazza M. (2004) 'Thickness dependence of structural relaxation in spin-cast, glassy polymer thin films'. American Physical Society Physical Review E, 70 Article number 051805
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.051805
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7422/
  • Simpson TRE, Tabatabaian Z, Jeynes C, Parbhoo B, Keddie JL. (2004) 'Influence of interfaces on the rates of crosslinking in poly(dimethyl siloxane) coatings'. JOHN WILEY & SONS INC J POLYM SCI POL CHEM, 42 (6), pp. 1421-1431.
    doi: 10.1002/pola.20006
  • Lincoln BJ, Simpson TRE, Keddie JL. (2004) 'Water vapour sorption by the pedal mucus trail of a land snail'. Elsevier Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 33 (3-4), pp. 251-258.
    doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2003.10.013
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/161500/
  • Keddie JL, Gorce J-P, Mallégol J, McDonald PJ. (2004) 'Understanding water-borne coatings: New techniques to answer old questions'. Surface Coatings International Part A: Coatings Journal, 87 (2), pp. 70-73.
  • Richardson H, Carelli C, Keddie JL, Sferrazza M. (2003) 'Structural relaxation of spin-cast glassy polymer thin films as a possible factor in dewetting.'. Springer Eur Phys J E Soft Matter, France: 12 (3), pp. 437-440.
    doi: 10.1140/epje/e2004-00013-8
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/158567/
  • Richardson H, Sferrazza M, Keddie JL. (2003) 'Influence of the glass transition on solvent loss from spin-cast glassy polymer thin films.'. Eur Phys J E Soft Matter, France: 12 Suppl 1, pp. S87-S91.
    doi: 10.1140/epjed/e2003-01-021-5
  • Aramendia E, Mallegol J, Jeynes C, Barandiaran MJ, Keddie JL, Asua JM. (2003) 'Distribution of surfactants near acrylic latex film surfaces: A comparison of conventional and reactive surfactants (surfmers)'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC LANGMUIR, 19 (8), pp. 3212-3221.
    doi: 10.1021/la0267950
  • Bennett G, Gorce JP, Keddie JL, McDonald PJ, Berglind H. (2003) 'Magnetic resonance profiling studies of the drying of film-forming aqueous dispersions and glue layers.'. Magn Reson Imaging, United States: 21 (3-4), pp. 235-241.
  • Simpson TRE, Keddie JL. (2003) 'Evidence from infrared ellipsometry for covalent bonding at a polymer/polymer interface with relevance to "lock-up" in pressure-sensitive adhesive laminates'. Taylor and Francis Journal of Adhesion, 79 (12), pp. 1207-1218.
    doi: 10.1080/714906164
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/161501/
  • Simpson TRE, Parbhoo B, Keddie JL. (2003) 'The dependence of the rate of crosslinking in poly(dimethyl siloxane) on the thickness of coatings'. Polymer, 44 (17), pp. 4829-4838.
  • Richardson H, Sferrazza M, Keddie JL. (2003) 'Slow relaxation of spin-cast poly(methyl methacrylate) confined in thin films'. Materials Research Society Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, 790, pp. 251-256.
    doi: 10.1557/PROC-790-P7.20
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/158566/
  • Mallegol J, Dupont O, Keddie JL. (2003) 'Morphology and elasticity of waterborne acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives investigated, with atomic force microscopy'. JOURNAL OF ADHESION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 17 (2), pp. 243-259.
    doi: 10.1163/156856103762302023
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/167787/
  • Richardson H, Sferrazza M, Keddie JL. (2003) 'Influence of the glass transition on solvent loss from spin-cast glassy polymer thin films'. European Physical Journal E, 12 (SUPPL. 1), pp. 75-79.
  • Mallegol J, Barry AM, Ciampi E, Glover PM, McDonald PJ, Keddie JL, Wallin M, Motiejauskaite A, Weissenborn PK. (2002) 'Influence of drier combination on through-drying in waterborne alkyd emulsion coatings observed with magnetic resonance profiling'. FEDERATION SOC COATING TECH J COATING TECHNOL, 74 (933), pp. 113-124.
  • Gorce JP, Bovey D, McDonald PJ, Palasz P, Taylor D, Keddie JL. (2002) 'Vertical water distribution during the drying of polymer films cast from aqueous emulsions.'. Eur Phys J E Soft Matter, France: 8 (4), pp. 421-429.
    doi: 10.1140/epje/i2002-10023-3
  • Mallegol J, Gorce JP, Dupont O, Jeynes C, McDonald PJ, Keddie JL. (2002) 'Origins and effects of a surfactant excess near the surface of waterborne acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC LANGMUIR, 18 (11), pp. 4478-4487.
    doi: 10.1021/la0117698
  • Zhao Y, Carey JD, Knoops N, Maetens D, Hopkinson I, Hay JN, Keddie JL. (2002) 'Inhibition of the surface levelling of thermosetting polyester powder coatings caused by surface tension gradients'. Springer Journal of Materials Science, 37 (22), pp. 4759-4768.
    doi: 10.1023/A:1020866330857
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/173671/
  • Mallegol J, Keddie JL, Dupont O. (2001) 'New insights into the imaging of waterborne acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives by tapping mode AFM.'. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 222, pp. U346-U346.
  • Keddie JL, Gorce JP, Mallegol J, Wallin M, Barry AM, Ciampi E, Motiejauskaite A, Glover PM, McDonald PJ, Weissenborn PK. (2001) 'MR profiling of film formation and crosslinking in waterborne alkyd emulsions and emulsion paints.'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 222, pp. U378-U378.
  • Salamanca JM, Ciampi E, Faux DA, Glover PM, McDonald PJ, Routh AF, Peters ACIA, Satguru R, Keddie JL. (2001) 'Lateral drying in thick films of waterborne colloidal particles'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC LANGMUIR, 17 (11), pp. 3202-3207.
    doi: 10.1021/la001590h
  • Sackin R, Ciampi E, Godward J, Keddie JL, McDonald PJ. (2001) 'Fickian ingress of binary solvent mixtures into glassy polymer'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC MACROMOLECULES, 34 (4), pp. 890-895.
  • Keddie J, Mallégol J, Dupont O. (2001) 'The technological and environmental pressures on advanced adhesives'. Materials World, 9 (11), pp. 22-24.
  • Holl Y, Keddie JL, McDonald PJ, Winnik WA. (2001) 'Drying modes of polymer colloids'. ACS Symposium Series, 790, pp. 2-26.
  • Mallégol J, Keddie JL, Dupont O. (2001) 'Etude structurale des films d'adhesifs acryliques sensibles a la pression par microscopie a force atomique en mode tapping'. Vide: Science, Technique et Applications, (302 SUPPL.), pp. 34-37.
  • Andrei DC, Keddie JL, Hay JN, Yeates SG, Briscoe BJ, Parsonage D. (2001) 'Nano-mechanical properties and topography of thermosetting acrylic powder coatings'. JOURNAL OF COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, 73, pp. 65-73.
    doi: 10.1007/BF02698498
  • Tzitzinou A, Keddie JL, Geurts JL, Mulder M, Satguru R, Treacher KE. (2001) 'Molecular weight effects on the film formation of latex and on surfactant distribution and morphology'. ACS Symposium Series, 790, pp. 58-87.
  • Keddie JL. (2001) 'Structural analysis of organic interfacial layers by ellipsometry'. Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 6 (2), pp. 102-110.
  • Mallégol J, Dupont O, Keddie JL. (2001) 'Obtaining and interpreting images of waterborne acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives by tapping-mode atomic force microscopy'. Langmuir, 17 (22), pp. 7022-7031.
  • Malucelli G, Sangermano M, Bongiovanni R, Priola A, Keddie JL. (2000) 'Water sorption in polymer network films synthesised from PEO oligomers containing acrylic and vinyl ether functionalities'. POLYMER BULLETIN, 45, pp. 431-438.
    doi: 10.1007/s002890070018
  • Wallin M, Glover PM, Hellgren AC, Keddie JL, McDonald PJ. (2000) 'Depth profiles of polymer mobility during the film formation of a latex dispersion undergoing photoinitiated cross-linking'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC MACROMOLECULES, 33 (22), pp. 8443-8452.
    doi: 10.1021/ma000787d
  • Ciampi E, Goerke U, Keddie JL, McDonald PJ. (2000) 'Lateral transport of water during drying of alkyd emulsions'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC LANGMUIR, 16 (3), pp. 1057-1065.
  • McMurtry S, Wright JD, Jackson DA, Keddie JL. (2000) 'Humidity sensing using PMMA-PMTGA-PMMA polymer in low coherence interferometric system'. ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 36, pp. 73-74.
    doi: 10.1049/el:20000125
  • Parbhoo B, Izraej S, Salamanca JM, Keddie JL. (2000) 'Use of ellipsometry and gravimetry to develop calibration standards for measuring silicone coat weight and thickness with x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy'. Surface and Interface Analysis, 29 (5), pp. 341-345.
  • Gilchrist VA, Lu JR, Keddie JL, Staples E, Garrett P. (2000) 'Adsorption of penta(ethylene glycol) monododecyl ether at the solid poly(methyl methacrylate)-water interface: A spectroscopic ellipsometry study'. Langmuir, 16 (2), pp. 740-748.
  • Styrkas DA, Bütün V, Lu JR, Keddie JL, Armes SP. (2000) 'pH-controlled adsorption of polyelectrolyte diblock copolymers at the solid/liquid interface'. Langmuir, 16 (14), pp. 5980-5986.
  • Tzitzinou A, Keddie JL, Geurts JM, Peters ACIA, Satguru R. (2000) 'Film formation of latex blends with bimodal particle size distributions: Consideration of particle deformability and continuity of the dispersed phase'. Macromolecules, 33 (7), pp. 2695-2708.
  • Andrei DC, Hay JN, Keddie JL, Sear RP, Yeates SG. (2000) 'Surface levelling of thermosetting powder coatings: theory and experiment'. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 33 (16), pp. 1975-1981.
  • Keddie JL, Andrei DC, Sear RPL, Yeates SG. (1999) 'Surface flattening of thermosetting powder coatings: Theory and experiment.'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 218, pp. U626-U626.
  • Keddie JL, Ciampi E, McDonald PJ, Salamanca JM. (1999) 'Magnetic resonance imaging of the film formation of waterborne coatings.'. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 218, pp. U621-U621.
  • Tzitzinou A, Keddie JL, Jeynes C, Mulder M, Geurts J, Treacher KE, Satguru R, Zhdan P. (1999) 'Molecular weight effects on film formation of latex and surfactant morphology.'. AMER CHEMICAL SOC ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 218, pp. U609-U609.
  • Murphy EF, Keddie JL, Lu JR, Brewer J, Russell J. (1999) 'The reduced adsorption of lysozyme at the phosphorylcholine incorporated polymer/aqueous solution interface studied by spectroscopic ellipsometry.'. Biomaterials, ENGLAND: 20 (16), pp. 1501-1511.
  • Styrkas DA, Keddie JL, Lu JR, Su TJ, Zhdan PA. (1999) 'Structure of self-assembled layers on silicon: Combined use of spectroscopic variable angle ellipsometry, neutron reflection, and atomic force microscopy'. Journal of Applied Physics, 85 (2), pp. 868-875.
    doi: 10.1063/1.369205
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/164607/
  • Tzitzinou A, Jenneson PM, Clough AS, Keddie JL, Lu JR, Zhdan P, Treacher KE, Satguru R. (1999) 'Surfactant concentration and morphology at the surfaces of acrylic latex films'. Progress in Organic Coatings, 35 (1-4), pp. 89-99.
  • McDonald PJ, Ciampi E, Keddie JL, Heidenreich M, Kimmich R. (1999) 'Magnetic-resonance determination of the spatial dependence of the droplet size distribution in the cream layer of oil-in-water emulsions: Evidence for the effects of depletion flocculation'. The American Physical Society Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, 59 (1), pp. 874-884.
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.59.874
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/164608/
  • Barradas NP, Keddie JL, Sackin R. (1999) 'Bayesian inference analysis of ellipsometry data'. Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, 59 (5), pp. 6138-6151.
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.59.6138
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/164609/
  • Bero MA, Gilboy WB, Glover PM, Keddie JL. (1999) 'Three-dimensional radiation dose measurements with Ferrous Benzoic Acid Xylenol Orange in Gelatin gel and optical absorption tomography'. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 422 (1-3), pp. 617-620.
  • Chen W-L, Shull KR, Papatheodorou T, Styrkas DA, Keddie JL. (1999) 'Equilibrium swelling of hydrophilic polyacrylates in humid environments'. Macromolecules, 32 (1), pp. 136-144.
  • Cappellani A, Keddie JL, Barradas NP, Jackson SM. (1999) 'Processing and characterization of sol-gel deposited Ta2O5 and TiO2-Ta2O5 dielectric thin films'. Solid-State Electronics, 43 (6), pp. 1095-1099.
  • Newling B, Glover PM, Keddie JL, Lane DM, McDonald PJ. (1997) 'Concentration profiles in creaming oil-in-water emulsion layers determined with stray field magnetic resonance imaging'. Langmuir, 13 (14), pp. 3621-3626.
  • Jenneson PM, Clough AS, Keddie JL, Lu JR, Meredith P. (1997) 'Non-ionic surfactant concentration profiles in undamaged and damaged hair fibres determined by scanning ion beam nuclear reaction analysis'. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 132 (4), pp. 697-703.
  • Clough AS, Jenneson PM, Keddie JL. (1997) 'Ion beam analysis of small molecule diffusion in polymers'. Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings, 2, pp. 2211-2215.
  • Keddie JL. (1997) 'Film formation of latex'. Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports, 21 (3), pp. 101-170.
  • Keddie JL, Meredith P, Jones RAL, Donald AM. (1996) 'Rate-Limiting Steps in Film Formation of Acrylic Latices as Elucidated with Ellipsometry and Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy'. ACS Symposium Series, 648, pp. 332-348.
  • Keddie JL, Meredith P, Jones RAL, Donald AM. (1996) 'Film formation of acrylic latices with varying concentrations of non-film-forming latex particles'. Langmuir, 12 (16), pp. 3793-3801.
  • KEDDIE J, MEREDITH P, JONES R, DONALD A. (1995) 'RATE-LIMITING STEPS IN THE FILM FORMATION OF WATER-BORNE ACRYLIC LATTICES AS ELUCIDATED WITH ELLIPSOMETRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL-SEM'. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 210, pp. 76-PSME.
  • Keddie JL, Jones RAL. (1995) 'Depression of the glass transition temperature in ultra-thin, grafted polystyrene films'. Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, 366, pp. 183-188.
  • Keddie JL, Meredith P, Jones RAL, Donald AM. (1995) 'Kinetics of film formation in acrylic latices studied with multiple-angle-of-incidence ellipsometry and environmental SEM'. Macromolecules, 28 (8), pp. 2673-2682.
  • KEDDIE J, JONES R. (1995) 'GLASS-TRANSITION BEHAVIOR IN ULTRA-THIN POLYSTYRENE FILMS'. ISRAEL JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 35, pp. 21-26.
  • KEDDIE J, JONES R, CORY R. (1994) 'SIZE-DEPENDENT DEPRESSION OF THE GLASS-TRANSITION TEMPERATURE IN POLYMER-FILMS'. EUROPHYSICS LETTERS, 27, pp. 59-64.
    doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/27/1/011
  • KEDDIE J, BRAUN P, GIANNELIS E. (1994) 'INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DENSIFICATION, CRYSTALLIZATION, AND CHEMICAL EVOLUTION IN SOL-GEL TITANIA THIN-FILMS'. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 77, pp. 1592-1596.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1994.tb09761.x
  • KEDDIE J, JONES R, CORY R. (1994) 'INTERFACE AND SURFACE EFFECTS ON THE GLASS-TRANSITION TEMPERATURE IN THIN POLYMER-FILMS'. FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, 98, pp. 219-230.
    doi: 10.1039/fd9949800219
  • KEDDIE J, BRAUN P, GIANNELIS E. (1993) 'RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WATER DESORPTION AND LOW-TEMPERATURE DENSIFICATION OF COLLOIDAL ANATASE THIN-FILMS'. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 76, pp. 2529-2533.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1993.tb03977.x
  • KEDDIE J, NORTON L, KRAMER E, GIANNELIS E. (1993) 'NEUTRON REFLECTOMETRY CHARACTERIZATION OF INTERFACE WIDTH BETWEEN SOL-GEL TITANIUM-DIOXIDE AND SILICON DIOXIDE THIN-FILMS'. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 76, pp. 2534-2538.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1993.tb03978.x
  • LEVINE T, KEDDIE J, REVESZ P, MAYER J, GIANNELIS E. (1993) 'ION-BEAM-INDUCED DENSIFICATION OF ZIRCONIA SOL-GEL THIN-FILMS'. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 76, pp. 1369-1379.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1993.tb03769.x
  • KEDDIE J, LI J, MAYER J, GIANNELIS E. (1991) 'EFFECT OF NITRIDATION RATE ON THE COMPOSITION AND CONDUCTIVITY OF TITANIUM NITRIDE FILMS PREPARED FROM SOL-GEL TITANIA'. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 74, pp. 2937-2940.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1991.tb06869.x
  • KEDDIE J, GIANNELIS E. (1991) 'EFFECT OF HEATING RATE ON THE SINTERING OF TITANIUM-DIOXIDE THIN-FILMS - COMPETITION BETWEEN DENSIFICATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION'. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 74, pp. 2669-2671.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1991.tb06818.x
  • Mehrotra V, Keddie JL, Miller JM, Giannelis EP. (1991) 'Electrically conducting glasses: incorporation of polypyrrole in a porous SiO2 matrix'. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 136 (1-2), pp. 97-102.
  • Keddie JL, Giannelis EP. (1990) 'Ion-beam analysis of silica sol-gel films. Structural and compositional evolution'. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 73 (10), pp. 3106-3109.

Conference papers

  • Daar E, Woods E, Keddie JL, Nisbet A, Bradley DA. (2010) 'Effect of penetrating ionising radiation on the mechanical properties of pericardium'. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA: 11th International Symposium on Radiation Physics 619 (1-3), pp. 356-360.
    doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.11.007
  • Mills CA, Intaniwet A, Shkunov M, Keddie JL, Sellin PJ. (2009) 'Flexible radiation dosimeters incorporating semiconducting polymer thick films'. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Diego, USA: Hard X-ray, gamma-ray, and neutron detector physics XI 7449
    doi: 10.1117/12.829619
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/2486/
  • Ekanayake P, McDonald PJ, Keddie JL. (2009) 'An experimental test of the scaling prediction for the spatial distribution of water during the drying of colloidal films'. EDP SCIENCES S A/SPRINGER EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-SPECIAL TOPICS, Paris, FRANCE: 7th Biannual European Coating Symposium 166 (1), pp. 21-27.
    doi: 10.1140/epjst/e2009-00872-4
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7179/
  • Simpson TRE, Keddie JL, Parbhoo B. (2003) 'IR ellipsometry of crosslinking in silicone coatings: Effect of thickness'. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 225, pp. U702-U702.
  • Simpson TRE, Keddie JL, Parbhoo B. (2003) 'Influence of interfaces on the rate of crosslinking in silicone coatings.'. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 225, pp. U710-U710.
  • Selvakumaran J, Hughes MP, Keddie JL, Ewins DJ. (2002) 'Assessing biocompatibility of materials for implantable microelectrodes using cytotoxicity and protein adsorption studies'. 2ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL IEEE-EMBS SPECIAL TOPIC CONFERENCE ON MICROTECHNOLOGIES IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY, PROCEEDINGS, , pp. 261-264.
    doi: 10.1109/MMB.2002.1002326
  • Hellgren AC, Wallin M, Weissenborn PK, McDonald PJ, Glover PM, Keddie JL. (2001) 'New techniques for determining the extent of crosslinking in coatings'. ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS, ATHENS, GREECE: Conference on Organic Coatings and Technology 43 (1-3), pp. 85-98.
  • Styrkas D, Doran SJ, Gilchrist T, Keddie JL, Lu JR, Murphy E, Sackin R, Su TJ, Tzitzinou A. (1999) 'Application of ellipsometry to polymers at interfaces and in thin films'. POLYMER SURFACES AND INTERFACES III, , pp. 1-42.
  • Keddie JL, Cory RA, Jones RAL. (1998) 'Polymer dynamics in thin films'. MODERN ASPECTS OF COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS, , pp. 149-157.
  • Keddie JL, Meredith P, Jones RAL, Donald AM. (1998) 'Film formation of latices'. MODERN ASPECTS OF COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS, , pp. 51-59.

Books

  • Routh AF, Keddie J. (2010) Fundamentals of Latex Film Formation: Processes and Properties. Springer Verlag

Teaching

HE1 Level 1 Properties of Matter

HE Level 2 Modern and Specialist Physics Laboratory
HE Level 2 Thermal Physics
HE Level 3 Soft Matter Physics

Departmental Duties

Leader of the Soft Condensed Matter Group

Acting Chair of the Physics Department Research Committee

Senior Tutor for Professional Training

Research News

We have recently moved into refurbished laboratory space.  Have a look on a virtual tour here.  We also have access to a new thermal analysis laboratory shown here.

Our report of a new method to make patterned polymer coatings using IR-assisted evaporative lithography has been highlighted on the inside front cover of Soft Matter. The research was also reported in Eureka magazine and The Engineer. We have also applied for an international patent on the technology.

My PhD student, Robert Gurney, has won a prize for his poster on switchable adhesives, which was presented at the Adhesion '11 meeting, organised by the IOM3.

Research by my former PhD student, Tao Wang, which was carried out in collaboration with the research team of Stefan Bon at the University of Warwick, has recently appeared as the cover article in Soft Matter. The paper shows how nanocomposite particles of clay and polymers can be used to increase the adhesion energy of polymer films.

My 1994 paper on the reduced glass transition temperature in polymer thin films, which was co-authored with Professor Richard Jones (now at the Univeristy of Sheffield), has been named as one of the 25 most-cited articles in the Europhysics Letters archive.

Posters by Tecla Weerakkody (Soft Matter PhD student) and Dr. Carolina de las Heras (post-doctoral fellow) won prizes at the UK Polymer Colloids Forum meeting at the University of Greenwich in August 2008.

A paper written by part-time PhD student, Nicki Kessel, and me has won the 2007 Roon Award (Second Place) from the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology.  Nicki collected the prize (a plaque and a cheque) in Toronto in October.

Our research with Dr. Paul Sellin, which showed that conjugated polymers can be used for the direct detection of X-radiation, has been highlighted in Laser Focus World.

Tecla Weerakkody, a Soft Matter PhD student,  won the BASF Poster Prize at the International Conference on Polymer Colloids, held at the University of Warwick in September 2007.

Mr. Tao Wang, who is a PhD student working with Joe Keddie and Alan Dalton, has won the "Best Student Paper Prize" from the Polymer Physics Group of the Institute of Physics.  Wang presented his prize-winning paper at the Biennial Meeting in Durham in September 2007.

Our recent work on waterborne, nanocomposite adhesives having electrical conductivity and optical clarity has been featured in the  "Spotlight" on the Nanowerk website on nanotechnology news.  This work was also selected by the editors of Science magazine for their "Editor's Choice" column on November 17th 2006.  (The link requires a subscription to Science.) Mark Levine wrote that the properties of our adhesives "bode well for eventual applications of this relatively environmentally benign material in electronics and displays."  Below is a photograph of the de-bonded surface of an adhesive that is a nanocomposite of carbon nanotubes and poly(butyl acrylate). 

Joe Keddie gave an invited lecture at the Tess Award Symposium in honour of Prof. "Skip" Scriven at the 234th ACS Meeting in Boston in August 2007.  He also gave an invited lecture at the European Coatings Symposium in Paris.

Professional Activities