By Associate Professor Stuart Prescott

Book Chapters

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

Edited Books

Griffith S; Carruthers K; Bliemel M; Carruthers K; Bliemel M; Whitton D; Dube M; Matthews J; Witteveen L; Larenstein V; Lie R; Kenning G; De Lorenzo C; Ashburn E; Kälviäinen M; lofthouse V; Kuzmina K; Bohemia E; Kueh C; Thom R; Wechsler J; Reed G; o'connor A; Roos G; Sadowska N; Laffy D; Dong E; Tregloan K; Wise K; Fountain W; Spicer P; Prescott S; Blackwell J, (eds.), 2018, Visual tools for developing student capacity for cross-disciplinary collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship, Common Ground Research Networks, Champaign Illinois, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/978-1-86335-117-1/CGP

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

Ng G; Prescott SW; Postma A; Moad G; Hawker CJ; Anastasaki A; Boyer C, 2024, 'Enhancing photothermal depolymerization with metalloporphyrin catalyst', Journal of Polymer Science, 62, pp. 3920 - 3928, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.20240255

Robertson H; Gresham IJ; Nelson ARJ; Prescott SW; Webber GB; Wanless EJ, 2024, 'Illuminating the nanostructure of diffuse interfaces: Recent advances and future directions in reflectometry techniques', Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2024.103238

Gresham IJ; Johnson EC; Robertson H; Willott JD; Webber GB; Wanless EJ; Nelson ARJ; Prescott SW, 2024, 'Comparing polymer-surfactant complexes to polyelectrolytes', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 655, pp. 262 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2023.10.101

Robertson H; Gresham IJ; Nelson ARJ; Gregory KP; Johnson EC; Willott JD; Prescott SW; Webber GB; Wanless EJ, 2024, 'Solvent-Modulated Specific Ion Effects: Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Brushes in Nonaqueous Electrolytes', Langmuir, 40, pp. 335 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02596

Hakobyan K; Ishizuka F; Corrigan N; Xu J; Zetterlund PB; Prescott SW; Boyer C, 2024, 'RAFT Polymerization for Advanced Morphological Control: From Individual Polymer Chains to Bulk Materials', Advanced Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202412407

Ng G; Wu Z; Zhang T; Dang AP; Yao Y; Nelson ARJ; Prescott SW; Postma A; Moad G; Hawker CJ; Boyer C, 2023, 'Exploiting NIR Light-Mediated Surface-Initiated PhotoRAFT Polymerization for Orthogonal Control Polymer Brushes and Facile Postmodification of Complex Architecture through Opaque Barriers', Macromolecules, 56, pp. 7898 - 7908, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01469

Ng G; Prescott SW; Postma A; Moad G; Hawker CJ; Boyer C, 2023, 'Strategies for Achieving Oxygen Tolerance in Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization', Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.202300132

Robertson H; Elliott GR; Nelson ARJ; Le Brun AP; Webber GB; Prescott SW; Craig VSJ; Wanless EJ; Willott JD, 2023, 'Underscreening in concentrated electrolytes: re-entrant swelling in polyelectrolyte brushes', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25, pp. 24770 - 24782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3cp02206d

Morris DC; Morris AR; Price WS; Prescott SW; Harper JB, 2023, 'Diffusion Measurements To Understand Dynamics and Structuring in Solutions Involving a Homologous Series of Ionic Liquids', ChemPhysChem, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202300015

Hadinoto K; Yang H; Zhang T; Cullen PJ; Prescott S; Trujillo FJ, 2023, 'The antimicrobial effects of mist spraying and immersion on beef samples with plasma-activated water', Meat Science, 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109165

Robertson H; Willott JD; Gregory KP; Johnson EC; Gresham IJ; Nelson ARJ; Craig VSJ; Prescott SW; Chapman R; Webber GB; Wanless EJ, 2023, 'From Hofmeister to hydrotrope: Effect of anion hydrocarbon chain length on a polymer brush', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 634, pp. 983 - 994, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.12.114

Robertson H; Nelson ARJ; Prescott SW; Webber GB; Wanless EJ, 2023, 'Cosolvent effects on the structure and thermoresponse of a polymer brush: PNIPAM in DMSO-water mixtures', Polymer Chemistry, 14, pp. 1526 - 1535, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2py01487d

Rao NRH; Chu X; Hadinoto K; Angelina ; Zhou R; Zhang T; Soltani B; Bailey CG; Trujillo FJ; Leslie GL; Prescott SW; Cullen PJ; Henderson RK, 2023, 'Algal cell inactivation and damage via cold plasma-activated bubbles: Mechanistic insights and process benefits', Chemical Engineering Journal, 454, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140304

Gresham IJ; Willott JD; Johnson EC; Li P; Webber GB; Wanless EJ; Nelson ARJ; Prescott SW, 2023, 'Effect of surfactants on the thermoresponse of PNIPAM investigated in the brush geometry', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 631, pp. 260 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.071

Cosgrove T; Stebbing S; Ackroyd M; Fairhurst D; Sanderson K; Prescott SW, 2023, 'Using low-field NMR relaxation to optimise particulate dispersions', Powder Technology, 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2022.118065

Hadinoto K; Rao NRH; Astorga JB; Zhou R; Biazik J; Zhang T; Masood H; Cullen PJ; Prescott S; Henderson RK; Trujillo FJ; Hanumanth Rao N, 2023, 'Hybrid plasma discharges for energy-efficient production of plasma-activated water', Chemical Engineering Journal, 451, pp. 138643, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.138643

Ng G; Prescott SW; Postma A; Moad G; Hawker CJ; Boyer C, 2023, 'Strategies for Achieving Oxygen Tolerance in Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization', Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.202370043

Robertson H; Gresham IJ; Prescott SW; Webber GB; Wanless EJ; Nelson A, 2022, 'refellips: A Python package for the analysis of variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry data', SoftwareX, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2022.101225

King JP; Butler CSG; Prescott SW; Sokolova AV; De Campo L; Williams AP; Tabor RF, 2022, 'Exploring shear alignment of concentrated wormlike micelles using rheology coupled with small-angle neutron scattering', Physics of Fluids, 34, pp. 083104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0103065

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

Gonzalez-Martinez JF; Boyd H; Gutfreund P; Welbourn RJL; Robertsson C; Wickström C; Arnebrant T; Richardson RM; Prescott SW; Barker R; Sotres J, 2022, 'MUC5B mucin films under mechanical confinement: A combined neutron reflectometry and atomic force microscopy study', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 614, pp. 120 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.01.096

Coney MD; Morris DC; Gilbert A; Prescott SW; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2022, 'Effects of Ionic Liquids on the Nucleofugality of Chloride', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 87, pp. 1767 - 1779, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c02043

Barrales Astorga J; Hadinoto K; Cullen P; Prescott S; Trujillo FJ, 2022, 'Effect of plasma activated water on the nutritional composition, storage quality and microbial safety of beef', LWT, 154, pp. 112794, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112794

Pan Y; Gresham I; Bournival G; Prescott S; Ata S, 2022, 'Synergistic effects of frothers, collector and salt on bubble stability', Powder Technology, 397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2021.117028

Hadinoto K; Astorga JB; Masood H; Zhou R; Alam D; Cullen PJ; Prescott S; Trujillo FJ; Barrales Astorga J, 2021, 'Efficacy optimization of plasma-activated water for food sanitization through two reactor design configurations', Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 74, pp. 102867, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2021.102867

Mears LLE; Abbott SB; Barker RD; de Vos WM; Prescott SW; Richardson RM, 2021, 'Structural Evidence for a Reinforcing Response and Retention of Hydration During Confinement of Cartilage Lipids', Frontiers in Physics, 9, pp. 703472, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2021.703472

Gresham IJ; Murdoch TJ; Johnson EC; Robertson H; Webber GB; Wanless EJ; Prescott SW; Nelson ARJ, 2021, 'Quantifying the robustness of the neutron reflectometry technique for structural characterization of polymer brushes', Journal of Applied Crystallography, 54, pp. 739 - 750, http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S160057672100251X

Morris DC; Prescott SW; Harper JB, 2021, 'Rapid relaxation NMR measurements to predict rate coefficients in ionic liquid mixtures. An examination of reaction outcome changes in a homologous series of ionic liquids', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23, pp. 9878 - 9888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cp06066f

Robertson H; Johnson EC; Gresham IJ; Prescott SW; Nelson A; Wanless EJ; Webber GB, 2021, 'Competitive specific ion effects in mixed salt solutions on a thermoresponsive polymer brush', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 586, pp. 292 - 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.10.092

Gresham IJ; Humphreys BA; Willott JD; Johnson EC; Murdoch TJ; Webber GB; Wanless EJ; Nelson ARJ; Prescott SW, 2021, 'Geometrical Confinement Modulates the Thermoresponse of a Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Brush', Macromolecules, 54, pp. 2541 - 2550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02775

Johnson EC; Gresham IJ; Prescott SW; Nelson A; Wanless EJ; Webber GB, 2021, 'The direction of influence of specific ion effects on a pH and temperature responsive copolymer brush is dependent on polymer charge', Polymer, 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2020.123287

Fairhurst D; Sharma R; Takeda SI; Cosgrove T; Prescott SW, 2021, 'Fast NMR relaxation, powder wettability and Hansen Solubility Parameter analyses applied to particle dispersibility', Powder Technology, 377, pp. 545 - 552, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2020.09.002

Gresham IJ; Reurink DM; Prescott SW; Nelson ARJ; De Vos WM; Willott JD, 2020, 'Structure and Hydration of Asymmetric Polyelectrolyte Multilayers as Studied by Neutron Reflectometry: Connecting Multilayer Structure to Superior Membrane Performance', Macromolecules, 53, pp. 10644 - 10654, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01909

Schindl A; Hawker RR; Schaffarczyk McHale KS; Liu KTC; Morris DC; Hsieh AY; Gilbert A; Prescott SW; Haines RS; Croft AK; Harper JB; Jäger CM, 2020, 'Controlling the outcome of SN2 reactions in ionic liquids: From rational data set design to predictive linear regression models', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22, pp. 23009 - 23018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cp04224b

Johnson EC; Willott JD; Gresham IJ; Murdoch TJ; Humphreys BA; Prescott SW; Nelson A; de Vos WM; Webber GB; Wanless EJ, 2020, 'Enrichment of charged monomers explains non-monotonic polymer volume fraction profiles of multi-stimulus responsive copolymer brushes', Langmuir, 36, pp. 12460 - 12472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01502

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

Humphreys BA; Prescott SW; Murdoch TJ; Nelson A; Gilbert EP; Webber GB; Wanless EJ, 2019, 'Influence of molecular weight on PNIPAM brush modified colloidal silica particles', Soft Matter, 15, pp. 55 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8SM01824C

Nelson ARJ; Prescott SW, 2019, 'Refnx: Neutron and X-ray reflectometry analysis in python', Journal of Applied Crystallography, 52, pp. 193 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1600576718017296

Johnson EC; Murdoch TJ; Gresham IJ; Humphreys BA; Prescott SW; Nelson A; Webber GB; Wanless EJ, 2019, 'Temperature dependent specific ion effects in mixed salt environments on a thermoresponsive poly(oligoethylene glycol methacrylate) brush', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21, pp. 4650 - 4662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8cp06644b

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

Murdoch TJ; Humphreys BA; Johnson EC; Prescott SW; Nelson A; Wanless EJ; Webber GB, 2018, 'The role of copolymer composition on the specific ion and thermo-response of ethylene glycol-based brushes', Polymer, 138, pp. 229 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2018.01.053

Murdoch TJ; Humphreys BA; Willott JD; Prescott SW; Nelson A; Webber GB; Wanless EJ, 2017, 'Enhanced specific ion effects in ethylene glycol-based thermoresponsive polymer brushes', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 490, pp. 869 - 878, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2016.11.044

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

Wang H; Zetterlund PB; Boyer C; Boyd BJ; Prescott SW; Spicer PT, 2017, 'Soft polyhedral particles based on cubic liquid crystalline emulsion droplets', Soft Matter, 13, pp. 8492 - 8501, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7sm01521f

Booth N; Davidson G; Imperia P; Lee S; Stuart B; Thomas P; Komatsu K; Yamane R; Prescott SW; Maynard-Casely HE; Nelson A; Rule KC, 2017, 'Three impossible things before lunch - The task of a sample environment specialist', Journal of Neutron Research, 19, pp. 49 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JNR-170041

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