By Associate Professor Patrick Spicer

Books

Lynch ML; Spicer PT, 2005, Bicontinuous liquid crystals, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420027709

Book Chapters

Flanagan P; Blamires S; Spicer P; Frankjaer R; Hosseini M, 2023, 'Hybrid Sensor Configurations', in Das S; Thomas S; Das P (ed.), Organic and Inorganic Material Based Sensors - Hybrid nano-bio structured and polymer materials as sensing devices: an overview of materials, fabrication, properties and applications: State of the art, new challenges and opportunities, WILEY, Weinheim, Germany, pp. 675 - 688, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527834266.ch29

Bergenståhl B; Spicer P, 2019, 'Physicochemical Aspects of an Emulsifier Function', in Food Emulsifiers and Their Applications, Springer, pp. 193 - 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29187-7_6

Prescott SW; Spicer PT, 2018, 'Self-directed experimentation and reverse engineering consumer products as a route to learning about complex fluids', in Griffith S; Bliemel M; Carruthers K (ed.), Visual tools for developing cross-disciplinary collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship capacity, Common Ground Research Networks, Champaign, IL, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/978-1-86335-117-1/CGP

Spicer P; Gilchrist JF, 2015, 'Microstructure, Rheology, and Processing of Complex Fluids', in Advances in Industrial Mixing: A Companion to the Handbook of Industrial Mixing, Wiley, pp. 87 - 114, https://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=QBHWBgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA87&dq=Advances+in+Industrial+Mixing+Spicer&ots=aEGJ8FDkGZ&sig=vzffKJ1r9xoF3Ah35VFFFIHsG_k#v=onepage&q=Advances%20in%20Industrial%20Mixing%20Spicer&f=false

Spicer P; Lynch M; Hoath S; Visscher M, 2005, 'Cubosomes® and Self-Assembled Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid Crystalline Phases', in Delivery System Handbook for Personal Care and Cosmetic Products, pp. 603 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-081551504-3.50034-1

Spicer P; Lynch M; Hoath S; Visscher M, 2005, '29 Cubosomes® and Self-Assembled Bicontinuous Cubic Liquid Crystalline Phases', in Delivery System Handbook for Personal Care and Cosmetic Products, Elsevier, pp. 603 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-081551504-3.50034-1

Spicer P, 2004, 'Cubosomes: bicontinuous liquid crystalline nanoparticles', in

Spicer PT; Lynch ML; Hoath SB; Visscher MO, 2003, 'Bicontinuous cubic liquid crystalline phase and cubosome personal care delivery systems', in

Journal articles

Hosseini M; Gresham IJ; Prescott SW; Spicer PT, 2025, 'Responsive nanocellulose-PNIPAM millicapsules', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 678, pp. 378 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.08.231

Hosseini M; Spicer PT, 2024, 'Significant size change during bacterial cellulose capsule drying', Powder Technology, 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2024.120275

Shaw ZL; Awad MN; Gharehgozlo S; Greaves TL; Haidari H; Kopecki Z; Bryant G; Spicer PT; Walia S; Elbourne A; Bryant SJ, 2024, 'Deep Eutectic Solvent Eutectogels for Delivery of Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobials', ACS Applied Bio Materials, 7, pp. 1429 - 1434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.3c00971

Darmanin C; Babayekhorasani F; Formosa A; Spicer P; Abbey B, 2024, 'Polarisation and rheology characterisation of monoolein/water liquid crystal dynamical behaviour during high-viscosity injector extrusion', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 653, pp. 1123 - 1136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2023.09.093

Kim HJ; Li K; Akdag S; Zhang C; Oh J; Jiang P; Spicer PT; Zetterlund PB; Saydam S, 2024, 'Thin Spray-On Liners (Tsls) as Surface Support in Underground Mining: Materials, Support Mechanisms, Mechanical Properties, and Field Applications', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4958059

Wang Y; Kim W; Naik RR; Spicer PT; Selomulya C, 2023, 'Tuning the pea protein gel network to mimic the heterogenous microstructure of animal protein', Food Hydrocolloids, 140, pp. 108611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2023.108611

Lovegrove JT; Raveendran R; Spicer P; Förster S; Garvey CJ; Stenzel MH, 2023, 'Margination of 2D Platelet Microparticles in Blood', ACS Macro Letters, 12, pp. 344 - 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00718

Hosseini M; Babayekhorasani F; Guo Z; Liang K; Chen V; Spicer PT, 2022, 'Propulsion, deformation, and confinement response of hollow nanocellulose millimotors', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 628, pp. 435 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.08.035

Marasini N; Sheikh Z; Wong CYJ; Hosseini M; Spicer PT; Young P; Xin Ong H; Traini D, 2022, 'Development of excipients free inhalable co-spray-dried tobramycin and diclofenac formulations for cystic fibrosis using two and three fluid nozzles', International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 624, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.121989

Babayekhorasani F; Hosseini M; Spicer PT, 2022, 'Molecular and Colloidal Transport in Bacterial Cellulose Hydrogels', Biomacromolecules, 23, pp. 2404 - 2414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00178

Bradbury P; Cidem A; Mahmodi H; Davies JM; Spicer PT; Prescott SW; Kabakova I; Ong HX; Traini D, 2022, 'Timothy Grass Pollen Induces Spatial Reorganisation of F-Actin and Loss of Junctional Integrity in Respiratory Cells', Inflammation, 45, pp. 1209 - 1223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10753-021-01614-9

Rubaiya Muin S; Spicer PT; Tang K; Niu Y; Hosseini M; Mostaghimi P; Armstrong RT, 2022, 'Dynamic X-ray micotomography of microfibrous cellulose liquid foams using deep learning', Chemical Engineering Science, 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2021.117173

Giso MQ; Zhao H; Spicer PT; Atherton TJ, 2022, 'A phase diagram of morphologies for anisotropic particles sculpted from emulsions', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 605, pp. 138 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2021.07.045

Sebben DA; Macwilliams SV; Yu L; Spicer PT; Bulone V; Krasowska M; Beattie DA, 2022, 'Influence of aqueous phase composition on double emulsion stability and colour retention of encapsulated anthocyanins', Foods, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11010034

Giso MQ; Zhao H; Spicer PT; Atherton TJ, 2020, 'Crystal comets: A geometric model for sculpting anisotropic particles from emulsions', Langmuir, 36, pp. 13853 - 13859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02249

Spicer P; Caggioni M; Squires T, 2020, 'Complex Fluid Formulations: A Source of Inspiration and Innovation', Chemical Engineering Progress, pp. 32 - 38, https://www.aiche.org/resources/publications/cep/2020/july/complex-fluid-formulations-source-inspiration-and-innovation

Thiel A; Atherton TJ; Spicer PT; Hartel RW, 2020, 'Aggregation in viscoelastic emulsion droplet gels with capillarity-driven rearrangements', Soft Matter, 16, pp. 5506 - 5513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9sm02134e

Caggioni M; Trappe V; Spicer PT, 2020, 'Variations of the Herschel-Bulkley exponent reflecting contributions of the viscous continuous phase to the shear rate-dependent stress of soft glassy materials', Journal of Rheology, 64, pp. 413 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.5120633

Poulichet V; Terkel M; Spicer PT; Traini D; Young PM, 2020, 'Selective shape-change response by anisotropic endoskeletal droplets', Extreme Mechanics Letters, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2019.100618

Blamires S; Spicer P; Flanagan P, 2020, 'Spider silk biomimetics programs to inform the development of new wearable technologies.', Frontiers in Materials, vol.7, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.00029

Song J; Babayekhorasani F; Spicer PT, 2019, 'Soft Bacterial Cellulose Microcapsules with Adaptable Shapes', Biomacromolecules, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01143

Xie Z; Burke CJ; Mbanga B; Spicer PT; Atherton TJ, 2019, 'Geometry and kinetics determine the microstructure in arrested coalescence of Pickering emulsion droplets', Soft Matter, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9sm00435a

Wang H; Zetterlund PB; Boyer C; Spicer PT, 2019, 'Polymerization of cubosome and hexosome templates to produce complex microparticle shapes', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 546, pp. 240 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.03.069

Nowbahar A; O'Connor A; Mansard V; Spicer P; Squires TM, 2019, 'Salt comets in hand sanitizer: A simple probe of microgel collapse dynamics', Physical Review Fluids, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.061301

Song J; Caggioni M; Squires TM; Gilchrist JF; Prescott SW; Spicer PT, 2019, 'Heterogeneity, suspension, and yielding in sparse microfibrous cellulose gels 1. Bubble rheometer studies', Rheologica Acta, 58, pp. 217 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00397-019-01140-4

Song J; Caggioni M; Squires TM; Gilchrist JF; Prescott SW; Spicer PT, 2019, 'Heterogeneity, suspension, and yielding in sparse microfibrous cellulose gels 2: strain rate-dependent two-fluid behavior', Rheologica Acta, 58, pp. 231 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00397-019-01141-3

Sacanna S; Spicer P; Velikov KP, 2019, 'Editorial overview: Particle system shape change and response', Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 40, pp. A1 - A3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cocis.2019.03.006

Hong L; Sesen M; Hawley A; Neild A; Spicer PT; Boyd BJ, 2019, 'Comparison of bulk and microfluidic methods to monitor the phase behaviour of nanoparticles during digestion of lipid-based drug formulations using: In situ X-ray scattering', Soft Matter, 15, pp. 9565 - 9578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9sm01440c

Hong L; Sesen M; Hawley A; Neild A; Spicer PT; Boyd BJ, 2019, 'Erratum: Comparison of bulk and microfluidic methods to monitor the phase behaviour of nanoparticles during digestion of lipid-based drug formulations using: In situ X-ray scattering (Soft Matter (2019) 15 (9565-9578) DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01440c)', Soft Matter, 16, pp. 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9sm90251a

Wang H; Zetterlund PB; Boyer C; Boyd BJ; Atherton TJ; Spicer PT, 2018, 'Large Hexosomes from Emulsion Droplets: Particle Shape and Mesostructure Control', Langmuir, 34, pp. 13662 - 13671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02638

Nash JJ; Spicer PT; Erk KA, 2018, 'Controllable internal mixing in coalescing droplets induced by the solutal Marangoni convection of surfactants with distinct headgroup architectures', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 529, pp. 224 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2018.06.011

Hao C; Xie Z; Atherton TJ; Spicer PT, 2018, 'Arrested Coalescence of Viscoelastic Droplets: Ellipsoid Shape Effects and Reorientation', Langmuir, 34, pp. 12379 - 12386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02136

Kwandou G; Mai-Prochnow A; Prescott SW; Spicer PT; Cullen PJ, 2018, 'Atmospheric air plasma induces increased cell aggregation during the formation of Escherichia coli biofilms', Plasma Processes and Polymers, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201700212

Wei Z; Piantavigna S; Holt SA; Nelson A; Spicer PT; Prescott SW, 2018, 'Comparing Surfactant Structures at "soft" and "hard" Hydrophobic Materials: Not All Interfaces Are Equivalent', Langmuir, 34, pp. 9141 - 9152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01686

Thiel A; Spicer P; Hartel RW, 2018, 'Under arrest: investigating factors that govern partial coalescence', INFORM, 29, pp. 6 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.21748/inform.07.2018.06

Caggioni M; Traini D; Young PM; Spicer PT, 2018, 'Microfluidic production of endoskeleton droplets with controlled size and shape', Powder Technology, 329, pp. 129 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2018.01.050

Bayles AV; Prileszky TA; Spicer PT; Furst EM, 2018, 'Model of Structured Emulsion Droplet Stability and Reconfigurability', Langmuir, 34, pp. 4116 - 4121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00469

Young PM; Traini D; Ong HX; Granieri A; Zhu B; Scalia S; Song J; Spicer PT, 2017, 'Novel nano-cellulose excipient for generating non-Newtonian droplets for targeted nasal drug delivery', Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 43, pp. 1729 - 1733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03639045.2017.1339078

Batchelor RR; Kwandou G; Spicer PT; Stenzel MH, 2017, 'Riboflavin (vitamin B2) and flavin mononucleotide as visible light photo initiators in the thiol-ene polymerisation of PEG-based hydrogels', Polymer Chemistry, 8, pp. 980 - 984, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6py02034h

Thiel AE; Hartel RW; Spicer PT, 2017, 'Fat Crystals Influence Methylcellulose Stabilization of Lipid Emulsions', JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 94, pp. 325 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11746-016-2933-3

Dahiya P; DeBenedictis A; Atherton TJ; Caggioni M; Prescott SW; Hartel RW; Spicer PT, 2017, 'Arrested coalescence of viscoelastic droplets: triplet shape and restructuring', Soft Matter, 13, pp. 2686 - 2697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6sm02830f

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