Outputs (4)

Optovibrometry: tracking changes in the surface tension and viscosity of multicomponent droplets in real-time (2016)
Journal Article
Harrold, V. C., & Sharp, J. S. (2016). Optovibrometry: tracking changes in the surface tension and viscosity of multicomponent droplets in real-time. Soft Matter, 12(42), https://doi.org/10.1039/C6SM01901C

An instrument was developed for measuring real time changes in the surface tension and viscosity of multicomponent droplets of miscible liquids and other soft materials. Droplets containing glycerol and water were supported on superamphiphobic surfa... Read More about Optovibrometry: tracking changes in the surface tension and viscosity of multicomponent droplets in real-time.

The interplay of crack hopping, delamination and interface failure in drying nanoparticle films (2016)
Journal Article
Yang, B., Sharp, J. S., & Smith, M. I. (2016). The interplay of crack hopping, delamination and interface failure in drying nanoparticle films. Scientific Reports, 6(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep32296

Films formed through the drying of nanoparticle suspensions release the build-up of strain through a variety of different mechanisms including shear banding, crack formation and delamination. Here we show that important connections exist between thes... Read More about The interplay of crack hopping, delamination and interface failure in drying nanoparticle films.

Rheological properties of viscoelastic drops on superamphiphobic substrates (2016)
Journal Article
Harrold, V. C., Paven, M., Vollmer, D., & Sharp, J. S. (2016). Rheological properties of viscoelastic drops on superamphiphobic substrates. Langmuir, 32(16), 4071-4076. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00779

The rheological properties of microliter sized drops of polymer solutions were investigated using measurements of their mechanical vibrational response. Drops were suspended on superamphiphobic substrates and vibrated by the application of a short me... Read More about Rheological properties of viscoelastic drops on superamphiphobic substrates.

Watch your step!: a frustrated total internal reflection approach to forensic footwear imaging (2016)
Journal Article
Needham, J., & Sharp, J. S. (2016). Watch your step!: a frustrated total internal reflection approach to forensic footwear imaging. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 21290. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21290

Forensic image retrieval and processing are vital tools in the fight against crime e.g. during fingerprint capture. However, despite recent advances in machine vision technology and image processing techniques (and contrary to the claims of popular f... Read More about Watch your step!: a frustrated total internal reflection approach to forensic footwear imaging.