Professor Wuge Briscoe
Ph.D.(S.Aust.)
Current positions
Professor of Physical Chemistry
School of Chemistry
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Research interests
- Wuge's research interests include direct measurement of surface forces mediated by surfactants, polymers and nanofluids, and fundamental aspects of biolubrication and nanotoxicity.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
ISIS STFC Experiment - RB2520205
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/11/2025 to 30/04/2026
ISIS STFC Experiment - RB2520210
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/11/2025 to 30/04/2026
ISIS STFC Experiment - RB2520669
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/11/2025 to 30/04/2026
Understanding Molecular Interactions Initiating Adsorption of Viral Capsid Proteins on Lipid Droplets
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/07/2025 to 30/06/2028
ISIS STFC Experiment - RB2420076
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
02/05/2025 to 02/08/2025
Thesis supervisions
Unusual “coffee rings”: Hierarchical surface patterns from evaporation of a reactive ZnO nanofluid sessile drop
Supervisors
Temperature and pressure effects on microemulsions in oily media
Supervisors
Bottlebrush block copolymers in nonpolar media
Supervisors
Vancomycin Mimicry
Supervisors
Articular Cartilage-Inspired Robust Self-Lubricating Alginate Hydrogels
Supervisors
Polymer/surfactant Interactions at the Air-water Interface
Supervisors
Bacterial Membranes Challenged by Multivalent Cations and Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides
Supervisors
Hierarchical Self-Assembly in Hydrogen-Bonding Rich Green Nonaqueous Solvents
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
22/01/2026LipoGels
Advanced Functional Materials
Mechanistic insights from dynamic structural changes of model bacterial cytoplasmic membranes challenged by Gemini surfactant octenidine
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
X-rays to Probe Compression across Scales in Rigid Polyurethane Foams
ACS Omega
Balance of hydrophobic and electrostatic interaction of polymers and surfactants
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Evaporation of a Reactive Nanofluid Sessile Drop
Langmuir
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