Contact Details (Campus map)
Dr P.S. CleggSchool of Physics & Astronomy (Room 2614)
James Clerk Maxwell Building
University of Edinburgh
Mayfield Road
Edinburgh EH9 3JZ
UK
paul.clegg@ed.ac.uk
tel.: +44 131 650 5295
fax.: +44 131 650 5902
Research Interests (see also Soft-matter physics group and Linkedin page)
- Self-assembly of colloids at interfaces
- Physics of colloids and nanoparticles dispersed in complex fluids
- Soft composite materials - combining particles, binary fluids, surfactants, liquid crystals, polymers
- Application of soft materials in food, personal care products, energy technologies, ...
Selected Recent Publications (cond-mat manuscripts)
- Particle-stabilized oscillating diver: a self-assembled responsive capsule
Soft Matter 7, 7969 (2011)
J.W. Tavacoli, J.H.J. Thijssen and P.S. Clegg - Novel, robust and versatile bijels of nitromethane, ethanediol and colloidal silica: capsules, sub-ten-micron domains and mechanical properties
Adv. Funct. Mater. 21, 2020 (2011)
J.W. Tavacoli, J.H.J. Thijssen, A.B. Schofield and P.S. Clegg - Colloidal gels assembled via a temporary interfacial scaffold
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 255502 (2009)
E. Sanz, K.A. White, P.S. Clegg and M.E. Cates - Bicontinuous emulsions stabilized solely by colloidal particles
E.M. Herzig, K.A. White, A.B. Schofield, W.C.K. Poon and P.S. Clegg
Nature Materials 6, 966 (2007)
Research Links
- EU Training Network - Physics of Complex Colloids: ITN-Comploids
- Collaborative Optical Spectroscopy, Micromanipulation and Imaging Centre: COSMIC
- Andrew Schofield's particles: available here
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility: ESRF
- EU Network of Excellence on Soft Matter Composites: SoftComp
- Scottish Doctoral Training Centre in Condensed Matter Physics: CM-DTC
- Soft matter world: web magazine
