• Marine Antifouling Behavior of Lubricant-Infused Nanowrinkled Polymeric Surfaces 

      Ware, Cameron S.; Smith-Palmer, Truis; Peppou-Chapman, Sam; Scarratt, Liam R.J.; Humphries, Erin M.; Balzer, D.; Neto, Chiara
      Published 2018
      A new family of polymeric, lubricant-infused, nanostructured wrinkled surfaces was designed that effectively retains inert non-toxic silicone oil, upon draining by spin-coating and vigorous shear for two weeks. The wrinkled ...
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    • Soft-Hard Janus Nanoparticles for Polymer Encapsulation of Solid Particulate 

      Nguyen, Duc; Zhu, Liwen; Huynh, Vien T.; Azniwati, Abd-Aziz; Pham, Nguyen T. H.; Lam, Minh T.; Serelis, Algirdas K.; Davey, Tim; Such, Chris; Neto, Chiara; Hawkett, Brian S.
      Published 2020
      We demonstrate a scalable continuous feed method for the synthesis of polymer Janus nanoparticles with different composition and with different aspect ratios between lobes, including with one hard cross-linked polystyrene ...
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    • Evaluating medical device and material thrombosis under flow: current and emerging technologies 

      Hong, Jun Ki; Gao, Lingzi; Singh, Jasneil; Goh, Tiffany; Ruhoff, Alexander; Neto, Chiara; Waterhouse, Anna
      Published 2020
      Although blood-contacting medical devices are used widely, blood clot formation (thrombosis) leads to device failure and potentially catastrophic adverse thrombotic events for patients, such as stroke or pulomonary embolism. ...
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    • Premature detonation of an ammonium nitrate emulsion in reactive ground 

      Priyananda, Pramith; Djerdjev, Alexander; Gore, Jeff; Neto, Chiara; Beattie, James; Hawkett, Brian
      Published 2015
      When ammonium nitrate emulsions are used in blast holes containing pyrite, they can exothermally react with pyrite, causing the emulsion to intensively heat and detonate prematurely. Such premature detonations can inflict ...
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    • Enhancing Spontaneous Droplet Motion on Structured Surfaces with Tailored Wedge Design 

      Wang, Zhongzheng; Owais, Ahmed; Neto, Chiara; Pereira, Jean-Michel; Gan, Yixiang
      Published 2020
      Spontaneous liquid transport has a wide variety of applications, including fog harvesting, microfluidics, and water-oil separation. Understanding of the droplet movement dynamics on structured surfaces is essential ...
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