Select Publications

Journal articles

Gilbert RG; Fellows CM; McDonald J; Prescott SW, 2001, 'An introduction to the scientific process: Preparation of poly(vinyl acetate) glue', Journal of Chemical Education, 78, pp. 1370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ed078p1370

Conference Papers

Lapere K; Prescott SW; Colbran S; Hunter L; Kable S; Sulway S; Yannoulatos S, 2017, '"Basic" vs "Expert" knowledge: a new paradigm in assessment for introductory courses', in "Basic" vs "Expert" knowledge: a new paradigm in assessment for introductory courses, UNSW Engineering Showcase, Sydney, presented at UNSW Engineering Showcase, Sydney, 08 June 2017 - 08 June 2017

Prescott SW; Trujillo FJ, 2017, 'Context and confidence for numerical methods', in UNSW Engineering Showcase (978-0-7334-3724-3)

Murdoch TJ; Humphreys BA; Barker R; Nelson A; Prescott SW; Watkins E; Webber GB, 2016, 'Neutron reflectivity as a tool for studying the structural response of polymer brushes: salt and thermo-response of PNIPAM', in 30ACSSSC

Booth N; Davidson G; Imperia P; Lee S; Stuart B; Thomas P; Komatsu K; Yamane R; Prescott SW; Maynard-Casely HE; Nelson A; Rule K, 2016, 'Three impossible things before lunch', in 9th International Workshop on Sample Environment at Scattering Facilities

Murdoch TJ; Willott JD; Humphreys BA; Webber GB; Edmondson S; Barker R; Nelson A; Richardson RM; Prescott SW; Wanless E, 2015, 'Dynamic and equilibrium neutron reflectivity studies on the effect of pH, salt and confinement on a weak polyelectrolyte brush', in IACIS2015, Mainz, Germany

Abbott SB; de Vos WM; Mears LLE; Cattoz B; Skoda MWA; Barker R; Richardson RM; Prescott SW, 2015, 'Is osmotic pressure relevant in the confinement of a polymer brush', in AOCNS2015

Abbott SB; de Vos WM; Mears LLE; Richardson RM; Prescott SW, 2015, 'Is Osmotic Pressure Relevant in the Confinement of a Polymer Brush?', in IACIS2015, Mainz, Germany

Abbott SB; de Vos WM; Mears LLE; Richardson RM; Prescott SW, 2015, 'Is osmotic pressure relevant in the confinement of a polymer brush?', in Sydney Surfaces and Soft Stuff meeting, Sassy2015

de Vos WM; Cosgrove T; Richardson RM; Prescott SW, 2015, 'Probing the effects of confinement: a sample environment for confining soft matter', in AOCNS2015

de Vos WM; Cosgrove T; Richardson RM; Prescott SW, 2015, 'Probing the effects of confinement: a sample environment for confining soft matter', in AOCNS2015

Fairhurst D; Cosgrove T; Tsuzuki T; Prescott SW, 2015, 'Relaxation NMR studies of nano-structured carbon materials', in ACIS2015

Willott J; Murdoch T; Humphreys B; Edmondson S; Prescott SW; Webber G; Wanless E, 2015, 'The pH and salt responsive behaviour of a weak polybasic brush', in ACIS2015

Schmidt R; Swier S; Cosgrove T; Muangpil S; Prescott S; Espidel Y; Griffiths P, 2014, 'Impact of nanoparticles on the mobility of the host polymer and the viscosity of polymer nano-composites (PNC's)', in Technical Proceedings of the 2014 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2014, pp. 265 - 266

Mears LLE; Barker R; Abbott SB; Prescott SW; de Vos WM; Richardson RM, 2014, 'Confined soft matter: measuring the structure of lipid bilayers under confinement using neutron reflection', in 25th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Dublin, Ireland

Cosgrove T; Schmidt R; Swier S; Prescott SW; Muangpil S; Wiroonpochit P; Espidel Y; Griffiths PC, 2014, 'Dynamics of nanoparticles in melts, solutions and at surfaces as studied by NMR', in UK Colloids 2014, London, UK

Abbott SB; de Vos WM; Mears LLE; Barker R; Richardson RM; Prescott SW, 2014, 'Hydration of odd-even terminated polyelectrolyte multilayers under confinement', in UK Colloids 2014, London, UK

Alexander S; Cosgrove T; Prescott SW; Castle T, 2014, 'The aggregation behaviour of polyisoprene-Pluronic graft copolymers in selective solvents', in UK Colloids 2014, London, UK

Alexander S; Cosgrove T; Prescott SW; Castle T, 2014, 'The aggregation behaviour of polyisoprene-Pluronic graft copolymers in selective solvents', in M4 Colloids Symposium, Cardiff, UK

Cooper CL; Cattoz B; de Vos WM; van Duijneveldt JS; Cosgrove T; Prescott SW, 2013, 'Nanoparticles in competition for stabiliser: understanding complex formulation problems', in Chemeca 2013, Brisbane, Australia

Murray M; Cooper CL; Cosgrove T; Prescott SW, 2013, 'Probing aspects of formulation science with NMR measurements', in Polymers@Interfaces 2013, Bristol, UK

Cooper CL; Cosgrove T; van Duijneveldt JS; Murray M; Prescott SW, 2013, 'Solvent relaxation NMR studies of polymer competition in aqueous systems', in 87th ACS Colloids and Surface Science Symposium

Mears LLE; Abbott SB; de Vos WM; Richardson RM; Cosgrove T; Prescott SW, 2013, 'Squishing soft things: surprising changes in structure under confinement', in Polymers@Interfaces 2013, Bristol, UK

Cattoz B; de Vos WM; Cosgrove T; Prescott SW, 2012, 'Competition at the nanoparticle surface: a subtle tale of antagonism and cooperation (invited talk)', in Frontiers Science and Technology of Nanostructure Systems, Chiba, Japan

de Vos WM; Mears LLE; Barker T; Richardson RM; Prescott SW, 2012, 'Measuring the effects of confinement', in ISIS Large-Scale Structures User Meeting, Oxford

de Vos WM; Mears LLM; Barker R; Cosgrove T; Richardson RM; Prescott SW, 2012, 'Non-uniform hydration and odd-even effects in confined polyelectrolyte multilayers', in IACIS 2012, Sendai, Japan

de Vos WM; Mears LLE; Barker R; Cosgrove T; Richardson RM; Prescott SW, 2012, 'Non-uniform hydration and odd-even effects in confined polyelectrolyte multilayers (keynote talk)', in Small-Angle Scattering

Foster B; Alexander S; Castle TC; Cosgrove T; Prescott SW, 2012, 'Novel drug delivery vehicles; amphiphilic co-polymers and chewing gum (invited talk)', in UK Academy of Pharmeceutical Sciences: Sciences of Medicines

Cattoz B; Crossman M; Prescott SW; Cosgrove T, 2011, 'Competition at the nanoparticle surface: one polymer, two surfactants, many possibilities', in UK Colloids 2011

Alexander S; Castle TC; Prescott SW; Cosgrove T, 2011, 'Growth and Shrinking of Pluronic Micelles in Pluronic-Flurbiprofen Solutions: Variation of Concentration and pH', in Australian Colloid and Interface Symposium, Hobart

Alexander S; Prescott SW; Cosgrove T; Castle TC, 2011, 'Growth and shrinking of Pluronic micelles in Pluronic-flurbiprofen solutions: variation of concentration and pH', in UK Colloids 2011

Cooper C; Wiroonpochit P; Cosgrove T; Prescott SW; Fairhurst D, 2011, 'NMR as an analytical tool to characterise dispersions', in UK Colloids 2011

Cosgrove T; Espidel Y; Wiroonpochit P; Prescott SW; de Vos W; Foster B; Pears D; Osborne V; Bekkauoi A, 2011, 'Using block copolymers as emulsifiers in novel multi-component formulations', in Australian Colloid and Interface Symposium, Hobart

Fairhurst D; Cosgrove T; Prescott SW, 2010, 'Determination of the wetted surface area of suspensions of active pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) using nuclear magnetic resonance', in Symposium on Formulation, 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston

Cooper CL; Cattoz B; Prescott SW; Cosgrove T, 2010, 'Molecules at the solid-liquid interface: a miniature NMR to characterise colloidal systems ', in 24th European Colloid and Interface Society Conference

Conference Presentations

Gresham I; Willott JD; Murdoch TJ; Johnson EC; Humphreys BA; Webber GB; Wanless EJ; Nelson A; Prescott S, 2020, 'Effects of Surfactants on the Structural and Mechanical Properties of a Thermoresponsive Polymer Brush', presented at i-PCG webinar series, 14 April 2020, https://www.bonlab.info/ipcg-schedule

Wei Z; Nelson A; Holt S; Spicer PT; Prescott SW, 2018, 'Adsorbed macromolecules as steric stabilisers at the oil/water interface: specific ion effects and complexation with surfactants.', presented at MACRO2018, Cairns Qld, -

Prescott SW, 2018, 'Flexible Formulating into the Future', presented at Sustainable Soft Matter Symposium, Sydney, -

Prescott SW; Trujillo F, 2018, 'Free software wins and losses in numerical methods education for engineers', presented at DebConf18, Taiwan, - , https://debconf18.debconf.org/talks/28-free-software-wins-and-losses-in-numerical-methods-education-for-engineers/

Prescott SW, 2018, 'Molecules at Interfaces: what do we really know? (keynote)', presented at UK Soft Matter Showcase, Edinburgh, UK, -

Prescott SW, 2018, 'Squishing soft matter', presented at Gordon Research Conference on Colloidal, Macromolecular and Polyelectrolyte Solutions, Ventura CA, -

Wei Z; Nelson A; Holt SA; Spicer PT; Prescott S, 2018, 'Adsorbed macromolecules as steric stabilisers at the oil/water interface: specific ion effects and complexation with surfactants', presented at 31st European Colloid and Interface Society conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, -

Wei Z; Nelson A; Prescott S; Spicer P, 2018, 'Confining steric stabilisers at the oi/water interface: specific ion effects and complexation with surfactants', presented at Sydney Surfaces and Soft Stuff meeting, Sydney, -

Gresham I; Murdoch TJ; Humphreys BA; Johnson EC; Webber GB; Wanless EJ; Nelson A; Prescott S, 2018, 'Precise structural resolution of polymer brushes using freeform Monte Carlo analysis of neutron reflectometry data: results and methodology', presented at 31st European Colloid and Interface Society conference, Ljubljana Slovenia, -

Johnson E; Murdoch TJ; Gresham IJ; Humprhreys B; Prescott S; Nelson A; Webber GB; Wanless EJ, 2018, 'Specific ion effects on the thermoresponse of POEGMA polymer brushes in ion environments.', presented at Sydney Surfaces and Soft Stuff meeting, Sydney, -

Gresham IJ; Humphreys BA; Johnson EC; Webber GB; Wanless EJ; Nelson A; Spicer PT; Prescott S, 2018, 'The effect of humidity and temperature on an unsolvated thermoresponsive polymer brush.', presented at Sydney Surfaces and Soft Stuff meeting, Sydney, -

Humphreys BA; Johnson EC; Webber GB; Wanless EJ; Prescott S; Nelson A; Gilbert E, 2018, 'Using neutrons to thoroughly interrogate a NIPAM polymer layer.', presented at Sydney Surfaces and Soft Stuff meeting, Sydney, -

Song J; Li Z; Prescott SW; Spicer PT, 2017, 'Accelerated collapse of colloidal gels of fibre networks', presented at Sydney Surfaces and Soft Stuff meeting, Sassy2017, 06 June 2017 - 06 June 2017

Murdoch T; Humphreys BA; Nelson A; Prescott SW; Wanless EJ; Webber GB, 2017, 'Specific anion and composition effects on oligo(ethylene glycol)-based thermoresponsive polymer brushes', presented at Sydney Surfaces and Soft Stuff meeting, Sassy2017, 06 June 2017 - 06 June 2017

Colbran S; Hunter L; Lapere K; Prescott SW; Sulway S; Yannoulatos S, 2017, '"Basic" vs "Expert" knowledge: a new paradigm in chemistry assessment', presented at RACI100 Congress, Melbourne, -


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