
Dr Adrian Barnes
B.Sc., Ph.D.(Bristol), C.Phys.
Current positions
Reader in Physics
School of Physics
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Research interests
My research interests concerns the structure of disordered materials, such as liquids and glasses and how it is related to the material's properties. This involves the use of advanced X-ray and neutron diffraction techniques, including anomalous X-ray scattering and neutron scattering and isotopic substitution, coupled with structure calculation and modelling techniques based on Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation.
In addition I also carry out X-ray and neutron spectroscopy work in order to reveal the detailed microscopic dynamical behaviour of the same systems. This work takes place mainly in the European Central facilities including the ESRF, the ILL, ISIS and in future DIAMOND.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Fabrication of novel glasses and glass micro-spheres by acoustic levitation and laser heating
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
01/11/2020 to 31/10/2023
Fabrication of novel glasses and glass micro-spheres by acoustic levitation and laser heating.
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
01/11/2020 to 31/10/2023
NEUTRON AND X-RAY STUDIES OF THE STRUCTURE AND RELAXATION IN HIGH TEMPERATURE LEVITATED LIQUIDS AND GASES
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
01/10/2008 to 01/10/2012
ELECTRONIC & THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF NOVEL MATERIALS PRODUCED BY AERODYNAMIC LEVITATION
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
01/10/2006 to 01/10/2008
AERODYNAMIC LEVITATION AND NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENTS ON MATERIALS AT TEMPERATURES OF UP TO 3000K
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
01/05/1999 to 01/05/2002
Thesis supervisions
Colloid-polymer interactions in silica based particle systems
Supervisors
Development of apparatus for IceNucleation studies
Supervisors
Dipolar colloids
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
09/10/2024MightyLev
Review of Scientific Instruments
Iron coordination in liquid FeAl2O4
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Effect of acoustic standing waves on cellular viability and metabolic activity
Scientific Reports
A sound option for the removal of kidney stones
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Fabrication of Micropatterned Dipeptide Hydrogels by Acoustic Trapping of Stimulus-Responsive Coacervate Droplets
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