Calculations and modelling
Liquid crystals
Polymer characterisation
Soft nanotechnology
Rubbers and elastomers
(Department of Materials Science and Engineering)
Research interests: Scattering Methods for Nanoscale Structures. Study of 1-d, 2-d, 3-d ordered macromolecular and supramolecular nano-structures (on the scale 1-100nm). The main methods used are small angle x-ray & neutron scattering (SAXS & SANS).