By Associate Professor Stuart Prescott

Journal articles

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, vol. 634, pp. 983 - 994, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.12.114

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, vol. 454, pp. 140304 - 140304, 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, vol. 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, vol. 414, pp. 118065 - 118065, 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, 2023, 'Hybrid plasma discharges for energy-efficient production of plasma-activated water', Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 451, pp. 138643 - 138643, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.138643

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, vol. 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, vol. 34, pp. 083104 - 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 154, pp. 112794 - 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, vol. 397, pp. 117028 - 117028, 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, 2021, 'Efficacy optimization of plasma-activated water for food sanitization through two reactor design configurations', Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, vol. 74, pp. 102867 - 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, vol. 9, 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 19, pp. 49 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JNR-170041

Möller S; Prescott SW; Wirzenius L; Reinholdtsen P; Chapman B; Prins P; Soiland-Reyes S; Klötzl F; Bagnacani A; Kalaš M; Tille A; Crusoe MR, 2017, 'Robust Cross-Platform Workflows: How Technical and Scientific Communities Collaborate to Develop, Test and Share Best Practices for Data Analysis', Data Science and Engineering, vol. 2, pp. 232 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41019-017-0050-4

Murdoch TJ; Willott JD; De Vos WM; Nelson A; Prescott SW; Wanless EJ; Webber GB, 2016, 'Influence of Anion Hydrophilicity on the Conformation of a Hydrophobic Weak Polyelectrolyte Brush', Macromolecules, vol. 49, pp. 9605 - 9617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01897

Murdoch TJ; Humphreys BA; Willott JD; Gregory KP; Prescott SW; Nelson A; Wanless EJ; Webber GB, 2016, 'Specific Anion Effects on the Internal Structure of a Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Brush', Macromolecules, vol. 49, pp. 6050 - 6060, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01001

Abbott SB; De Vos WM; Mears LLE; Skoda M; Dalgliesh R; Edmondson S; Richardson RM; Prescott SW, 2016, 'Switching the Interpenetration of Confined Asymmetric Polymer Brushes', Macromolecules, vol. 49, pp. 4349 - 4357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00310

Fairhurst D; Cosgrove T; Prescott SW, 2016, 'Relaxation NMR as a tool to study the dispersion and formulation behavior of nanostructured carbon materials', Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, vol. 54, pp. 521 - 526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrc.4218

Cosgrove T; Swier S; Schmidt RG; Muangpil S; Espidel Y; Griffiths PC; Prescott SW, 2015, 'Impact of End-Tethered Polyhedral Nanoparticles on the Mobility of Poly(dimethylsiloxane)', Langmuir, vol. 31, pp. 8469 - 8477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01211

Wei Z; Prescott SW, 2015, 'Scattering approaches to probing surface layers under confinement', Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 20, pp. 253 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cocis.2015.09.001

Mears LLE; de Vos WM; Prescott SW; Magro G; Rogers S; Skoda MWA; Watkins EB; Zimmermann H; Richardson RM, 2015, 'The adsorption of fluorinated dopants at the surface of 5CB: a neutron reflection study', Liquid Crystals, vol. 42, pp. 900 - 908, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2014.986769

Cheesman BT; Gates PJ; Castle TC; Cosgrove T; Prescott SW, 2015, 'Linear and star architecture methacrylate-functionalised PDMS', Materials Today Communications, vol. 3, pp. 122 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2015.01.005

Cattoz B; De Vos WM; Cosgrove T; Crossman M; Espidel Y; Prescott SW, 2015, 'Interpolymer complexation: Comparisons of bulk and interfacial structures', Langmuir, vol. 31, pp. 4151 - 4159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la503870b

Abbott SB; De Vos WM; Mears LLE; Cattoz B; Skoda MWA; Barker R; Richardson RM; Prescott SW, 2015, 'Is osmotic pressure relevant in the mechanical confinement of a polymer brush?', Macromolecules, vol. 48, pp. 2224 - 2234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma502246r

Rajesh UC; Wang J; Prescott S; Tsuzuki T; Rawat DS, 2015, 'RGO/ZnO Nanocomposite: An efficient, sustainable, heterogeneous, amphiphilic catalyst for synthesis of 3-substituted indoles in water', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 3, pp. 9 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/sc500594w

De Vos WM; Cattoz B; Avery MP; Cosgrove T; Prescott SW, 2014, 'Adsorption and surfactant-mediated desorption of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) on plasma- and piranha-cleaned silica surfaces', Langmuir, vol. 30, pp. 8425 - 8431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la501877v

Alexander S; Cosgrove T; De Vos WM; Castle TC; Prescott SW, 2014, 'Aggregation behavior of polyisoprene-pluronic graft copolymers in selective solvents', Langmuir, vol. 30, pp. 5747 - 5754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la500961n

Abbott SB; De Vos WM; Mears LLE; Barker R; Prescott SW; Richardson RM, 2014, 'Hydration of odd-even terminated polyelectrolyte multilayers under mechanical confinement', Macromolecules, vol. 47, pp. 3263 - 3273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma500557m

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