Dr Wuge Briscoe

Summary

• Wuge's research interests include direct measurement of surface forces mediated by surfactants, polymers and nanofluids, and fundamental aspects of biolubrication and nanotoxicity.

Biography

After his PhD at the IWRI, University of South Australia, Wuge spent several years in Oxford, first as a postdoctoral fellow, then as an EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellow at Life Science Interface and a (Guy Newton) junior research fellow at Wolfson College, before joining Bristol. He also maintained collaborations with the KTH, Stockholm during his EPSRC fellowship and spent an enjoyable period of time as a visiting scientist at Karlstad University, Sweden.

Teaching

• 1st year Chemical Energy
• 3rd year Molecular Self-Assembly
• 3rd year Polymers in Solutions and at Interfaces

Keywords

• soft matter
• surface forces
• polymer physics
• nanotoxicity
• biolubrication
• friction and lubrication
• X-ray reflectivity

Memberships

Organisations

School of Chemistry

Chemistry staff

• Chemistry academic staff

Research sections

• Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Research areas and groups

• Materials Chemistry
• Colloid and Interface Science

Links

• Soft Matter at Interfaces

Selected publications

• Briscoe, W, Speranza, F, Li, P, Konovalov, O, Bouchenoire, L, Stam, Jv, Klein, J, Jacobs, R & Thomas, R 2012, ‘Synchrotron XRR study of soft nanofilms at the mica-water interface’. Soft Matter, vol 8 (18)., pp. 5055 - 5068
• Pilkington, G & Briscoe, W 2012, ‘Nanofluids mediating surface forces’. Advances in colloid and interface science.
• Dane, T, Cresswell, P, Bikondoa, O, Newby, G, Aronld, T, Faul, C & Briscoe, W 2012, ‘Structured Oligo(aniline) Nanofilms via Ionic Self-Assembly (Front Cover)’. Soft Matter, vol 9., pp. 2824 - 2832
• Klein, J, Briscoe, W, Chen, M, Eiser, E, Kampf, N, Raviv, U, Tadmor, R & Tsarkova, L 2012, ‘Polymer brushes and surface forces (Book Chapter)’. in: HB Zeng (eds) Polymer Adhesion, Friction and Lubrication. Wiley
• Chen, M, Briscoe, W, Armes, S & Klein, J 2009, ‘Lubrication at physiological pressures by polyzwitterionic brushes’. Science, vol 323., pp. 1698 - 1701
• Briscoe, W, Titmuss, S, Tiberg, F, Thomas, R, McGillivray, D & Klein, J 2006, ‘Boundary lubrication under water’. Nature, vol 444 (7116)., pp. 191 - 194

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