Exploiting the solid-liquid interface
Lead Research Organisation:
Nottingham Trent University
Department Name: School of Science & Technology
Abstract
The interaction of liquids with solids is fundamental to many areas of science and engineering. On a wet day we need coats to keep dry, windscreen wipers to see and reservoirs to collect water and keep us alive. Our cars need oil to lubricate their engines, our ships need hulls that reduce drag and our planes need wings that limit ice formation. Many biological systems shrivel and dry without a liquid environment. The soil in our environment erodes as it rains and becomes contaminated when oil spillages occur. Nature has learnt to control water in a myriad of ways. The Lotus leaf cleanses itself of dust when it rains, a beetle in the desert collects drinking water from an early morning fog and some spiders walk on water. We understand so little of how to mimic the adaptations to water that nature has evolved, but if we did, we could design intelligent surfaces to retain or shed liquids at will. We could create better clothes, windscreens, pipes and miniature bio-chemical factories and diagnostic systems on the size of a credit card. That is the intention of this Platform grant. Not to focus on a single industrial sector or application, but rather to exploit one of the basic interactions in nature. To do so we will take basic research funded by research councils and industry, and add value by developing blue-skies research of relevance to a wide range of areas, such as water sports, sperm motility, microarray technology and electro-optical devices. This will be achieved by underpinning key interdisciplinary skills, providing flexibility for research staff to engage in ground-breaking projects, whilst maintaining contract continuity, and by integrating and training new researchers to the group.
Publications
Whitley M
(2012)
The Self Assembly of Superhydrophobic Copper Thiolate Films on Copper in Thiol Solutions
in Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
Trabi CL
(2016)
Capillary Penetration into Inclined Circular Glass Tubes.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Shirtcliffe NJ
(2009)
Learning from superhydrophobic plants: the use of hydrophilic areas on superhydrophobic surfaces for droplet control.
in Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Shirtcliffe NJ
(2012)
Wet adhesion and adhesive locomotion of snails on anti-adhesive non-wetting surfaces.
in PloS one
Shirtcliffe NJ
(2010)
An introduction to superhydrophobicity.
in Advances in colloid and interface science
Shirtcliffe N
(2011)
The superhydrophobicity of polymer surfaces: Recent developments
in Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics
Roach P
(2008)
Progess in superhydrophobic surface development.
in Soft matter
Ouali F
(2013)
Wetting considerations in capillary rise and imbibition in closed square tubes and open rectangular cross-section channels
in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
Newton M
(2010)
Low-Cost QCM Sensor System for Screening Semen Samples
in Journal of Sensors
Morris RH
(2011)
Analysis of clogging in constructed wetlands using magnetic resonance.
in The Analyst
Description | This Platform grant was an underpinning grant and had an extensive series of blue-skies research projects with work on water sports (drag reducing surfaces), sperm motility (veterinary artificial insemination sensors), microarray technology (using NMR/MRI) and electro-optical devices (using electrowetting and dielectrowetting for programmable liquid phase gratings and opto-fluidics). The project included engagament on short term feasibility projects with a series of industrial partners (under non-disclosure arrangements). The project also initated our public understanding initiative "Nature's Raincoats". |
Exploitation Route | The potential uses of the research are extensive and include extreme water repellent surfaces and textiles, drag reducing surfaces, iceophobic surfaces, microfluidics and optofluidics. The research enables the understanding of how to control and manipulate any liquid in contact with a solid surface. It allows use of micro- and nano-scale surface structure to amplify or change the surface wetting tendencies due to the chemistry of the solid. |
Sectors | Construction,Energy,Environment,Transport |
URL | http://www.naturesraincoats.com/ |
Description | There has been extensive use of the results published in the open literature and via the www.naturesraincoats.com website. These include related contract research leading to industrial research programmes and company owned patents, public understanding leading to educational activities and incorporation into teaching materials, and widespread public understanding work. |
First Year Of Impact | 2007 |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Education,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic |
Description | Funding 2 |
Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2007 |
End | 06/2008 |
Description | Funding 2 |
Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2007 |
End | 06/2008 |
Description | Funding 4 |
Amount | £5,830 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EPS/001 |
Organisation | Greater Nottingham Partnership |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2008 |
End | 08/2008 |
Description | Funding 4 |
Amount | £5,830 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EPS/001 |
Organisation | Greater Nottingham Partnership |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2008 |
End | 08/2008 |
Description | Funding 5 |
Amount | £10,600 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Lachesis Fund |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2007 |
End | 12/2008 |
Description | Funding 5 |
Amount | £10,600 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Lachesis Fund |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2007 |
End | 12/2008 |
Description | Funding 6 |
Amount | £10,600 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Lachesis Fund |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2007 |
End | 12/2008 |
Description | Funding 6 |
Amount | £10,600 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Lachesis Fund |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2007 |
End | 12/2008 |
Description | Funding 7 |
Amount | £364,692 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/G057265/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2009 |
End | 04/2013 |
Description | Funding 8 |
Amount | £324,170 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/H000704/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2009 |
End | 03/2013 |
Description | Funding 9 |
Amount | £280,011 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/K014803/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2013 |
End | 07/2016 |
Description | EU COST MP1106 |
Organisation | European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | EU Networking project with 29 countries: "Smart and green interfaces - from single bubbles and drops to industrial, environmental and biomedical applications (SGI)" |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | 2014 Conference - 9th International Meeting on Electrowetting (Cincinnati, USA) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Research Talk - "Anistropy dielectrophoresis -Nameatic liquid crystals", Brown et al, 24th June 2014 Research Talk - "Superspreading using interface localized liquid dielectrophoresis", McHale et al, 23rd June 2014 Panel Member - "Discussion on origins of contact angle saturation in electrowetting", McHale, 24th June 2014 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://eecs.ceas.uc.edu/electrowetting2014 |
Description | 2014 Conference - American Physical Society 67th Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics (San Francisco, USA) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Research Talk - "Drag reduction for flow past a perfectly hydrophobic sphere", McHale et al, 24th November 2014 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.aps.org/meetings/meeting.cfm?name=DFD14 |
Description | 2014 Conference - Flow2014 (Twente, Netherlands) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Research Poster - "Lubricating flow with sheathing fluids:Superhydrophobic surfaces and Leidenfrrost layers", McHale et al, 19th May 2014 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | 2014 Conference - Smart and Green Interfaces Conference (Marseille, France) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Research Talk - "Liquid dielectrophoresis induced wetting in liquid-liquid systems", Trabi et al, 22nd April 2014 Research Talk - "Lubricating flows from sheathing fluids: Superhydrophobic surfaces and Leidenfrost layers", McHale et al, 22nd April 2014 Research Talk - "Superspreading using interface localized liquid dielectrophoresis", Brown et al, 23rd April 2014 Research Talk - "Tow tank experiments on large scale superhydrophobic flat plates for drag reduction", Brennan et al, 22nd April 2014 Research Talk - "Facile method for producing large conformable superhydrophobic surfaces demonstrating drag reducing properties", Geraldi et al, 22nd April 2014 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | 2014 Conference - World Congress on Soil Science (Jeju city, South Korea) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Research Poster - "The role of particle shape and texture in amplifying hydrophobic behaviour of the soil-water interface", Ahn et al, 8th June 2014 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.20wcss.org/ |
Description | 2014 Seminar - Dolomite Centre Ltd (Royston, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Research Seminar for Industry - "Dielectrowetting: Controlling oleo- and hydro- philicity and shaping liquid surfaces, McHale et al, 1st September 2014 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | 2014 Seminar - Piri Reis University (Istanbul, Turkey) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Research Seminar to UGT and PGT Students - "Dielectrowetting: Controlling oleo- and hydro-philicity and shaping liquid surfaces", McHale, 20th October 2014 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | 2015 Conference - 38th Meeting of the US Adhesion Society (Savannah, USA) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Research Poster - "Lubricating flows by sheathing solid surfaces", McHale et al, 23rd February 2015 Research Talk (Keynote) - "Liquid in fluid dielectrowetting", McHale et al, 24th February 2015 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.adhesionsociety.org/ |
Description | 2015 Conference - 7th International Granulation Workshop (Sheffield, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Research Talk - "Drop impact behaviour on alternately hydrophobic and hydrophilic layered bead packs, Atherton et al, 1st July 2015 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/agglom/2015 |
Description | 2015 Conference - Nanjing Universities (Nanjing Normal University and Nanjing Institute of Technology) (Nanjing, China) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Research Talks to Undergraduates in China - "Engineering smart liquid surfaces", McHale, 19th and 21st October 2015 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | 2015 Seminar - Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Seminar to undergraduate (and postgraduate) students - "Immersed superhydrophobicity, reconfigurable substrates and shaped liquid surfaces", McHale, 1st June 2015 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | 2015 Seminar - Mechanical and Chemical Engineering at MIT (Boston, USA) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Seminar at MIT to McKinley, Varanasi and Cohen Groups - "Surface-fluid interactions", McHale, 16th November 2015 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | 2015 Seminar - Physics Department (Durham, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Research talk to Condensed Matter Physics at Durham University - "Surface-fluid interactions", McHale, 25th November 2015 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://www.dur.ac.uk/xrdur/seminars/?seminar=4385 |
Description | 2016 Conference - 10th International Meeting on Electrowetting (Taipei, Taiwan) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2016 Conference - 10th International Meeting on Electrowetting (Taipei, Taiwan) 19/06/2016 22/06/2016 Contributed Research Talk - Dewetting dynamics from non-equilibrium dielectrowetted thin film states Andrew Edwards, Rodrigo Ledesma-Aguilar, Michael Newton, Carl Brown and Glen McHale EP/K015192/1 and EP/K014803/1 Invited Research Talk - Liquid Dielectrophoresis, Wetting and De-wetting Carl V. Brown, Andrew Edwards, Mike Newton, Naresh Sampara, Gary Wells, Rodrigo Ledesma-Aguilar, Glen McHale, Christophe Trabi EP/K014803/1, EP/K015192/1 and EP/E063489/1 Contributed Research Talk - Axisymmetric spreading of droplets into films using liquid dielectrophoresis Zuzana Brabcova, Glen McHale, Gary Wells, Carl Brown, Michael Newton and Andrew Edwards EP/K014803/1 and EP/K015192/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.electrowetting2016.org/ |
Description | 2016 Conference - 1st International Conference on Multiscale Applications of Surface Tension (MicroMast) (Brussels, Belgium) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2016 Conference - 1st International Conference on Multiscale Applications of Surface Tension (MicroMast) (Brussels, Belgium) 05/09/2016 08/09/2016 Contributed Research Talk - Liquid Dielectrophoresis Induced Wetting and Dewetting Glen McHale, Andrew M.J. Edwards, Rodrigo Ledesma-Aguilar, Gary G. Wells, Michael I. Newton and Carl V. Brown EP/E063489/1, EP/K014803/1 and EP/K015192/1 Contributed Research Poster - Study of Sessile Droplets on Low Friction Surfaces with Highly Mobile Contact Lines Jian H. Guan, Élfego Ruíz-Gutiérrez1, Ben Xu, David Wood, James Martin, Simone Stuart-Cole, Glen McHale Gary G. Wells, Rodrigo Ledesma-Aguilar No EPSRC Contributed Research Poster - Axisymmetric spreading of droplets into films using liquid dielectrophoresis Zuzana Brabcová, Glen McHale, Gary Wells, Carl Brown, Michael Newton, Andrew Edwards EP/K014803/1 and EP/K015192/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://micromast2016.ulb.be/ |
Description | 2016 Conference - EPSRC Thermoelectric Network Meeting (National Physical Laboratories, Teddington, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2016 Conference - EPSRC Thermoelectric Network Meeting (National Physical Laboratories, Teddington, UK) 20/04/2016 Invited Research Talk - Wetting/Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Evaporation and Leidenfrost Effect Glen McHale EP/E063489/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.thermoelectricnetwork.com/past-meetings-2016.html |
Description | 2016 Conference - EU COST MP1106 Annual Meeting "Smart & Green Interfaces" (Piraeus, Athens, Greece) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2016 Conference - EU COST MP1106 Annual Meeting "Smart & Green Interfaces" (Piraeus, Athens, Greece) 04/05/2016 06/05/2016 Contributed Research Talk - Axisymmetric spreading of droplets into films using liquid dielectrophoresis Z. Brabcova, G. McHale, G.G. Wells, C.V. Brown, M. I. Newton, A.M.J. Edwards, EP/K014803/1 and EP/K015192/1 Contributed Research Talk - Capillary Penetration into Inclined Circular Glass Tubes Christophe L. Trabi, F. Fouzia Ouali, Glen McHale, Haadi Javed, Robert H. Morris, and Michael I. Newton EP/E063489/1 Contributed Research Talk - Dewetting dynamics from a non-equilibrium dielectrowetted thin film into a single macroscopic droplet G. McHale, R. Ledesma-Aguilar, C.V. Brown, M. I. Newton, A.M.J. Edwards EP/K014803/1 and EP/K015192/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://cost-mp1106.lcpe.uni-sofia.bg/xhtml/events_2016.xhtml#wdswlkjqjdsc |
Description | 2016 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the East Midlands Big Bang Fair (Derby, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2016 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the East Midlands Big Bang Fair (Derby, UK) 30/06/ 2016 EP/L026899/1, EP/L026619/1, EP/L026341/1, EP/K014803/1, EP/K015192/1, EP/H000704/1, EP/E063489/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.thebigbangfair.co.uk/ |
Description | 2016 Seminar - Materials Engineering Research Institute (MERI) at Sheffield Hallam University (Sheffield, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2016 Seminar - Materials Engineering Research Institute (MERI) at Sheffield Hallam University (Sheffield, UK) 13th June 2016 Surface-Fluid Interactions: From Slip Boundary Conditions to a Leidenfrost (Heat) Engine Glen McHale EP/L026899/1, EP/L026619/1, EP/L026341/1, EP/K014803/1, EP/K015192/1, EP/G057265/1, EP/E063489/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | 2016 Seminar - Process Intensification Group at Newcastle University (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2016 Seminar - Process Intensification Group at Newcastle University (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) 7th October 2016 Liquid Adventures with Smart Surfaces Glen McHale EP/L026899/1, EP/L026619/1, EP/L026341/1, EP/K014803/1, EP/K015192/1, EP/G057265/1, EP/E063489/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | 2016 Seminar - Schlumberger-Gould Research plc (Cambridge, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | 2016 Seminar - Schlumberger -Gould Research plc (Cambridge, UK) 5th August 2016 Surface-Fluid Interactions: From Slip Boundary Conditions to a Leidenfrost (Heat) Engine Glen McHale EP/L026899/1, EP/L026619/1, EP/L026341/1, EP/K014803/1, EP/K015192/1, EP/G057265/1, EP/E063489/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | 2017 Conference - 31st Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (Madrid, Spain) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2017 Conference - 31st Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (Madrid, Spain) 3/9/2017-8/9/2017 Invited/Keynote Research Talk - Droplet transport and positioning on smart slippery surfaces Glen McHale EP/K014803/1, EP/K015192/1, EP/E063489/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.ecis2017madrid.com/ |
Description | 2017 Conference - European Geoscience Union General Assembly (SSS9.20/BG9.62/HS11.57: Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding natural, biological and manmade water repellency) (Vienna, Austria) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2017 Conference - European Geoscience Union General Assembly (SSS9.20/BG9.62/HS11.57: Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding natural, biological and manmade water repellency) (Vienna, Austria) 24/4/2017 Invited Research Talk - Engineering Extreme Hydrophobic and Super Slippery Water Shedding Surfaces Glen McHale Soil grant, Platform Grant, EP/K014803/1 and EP/K015192/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.egu2017.eu/ |
Description | 2017 Conference - Hydrogenius and I2CNER Joint Research Symposium (International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research ( I2CNER), Kyushu University, Japan) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2017 Conference - Hydrogenius and I2CNER Joint Research Symposium (International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research ( I2CNER), Kyushu University, Japan) 03/02/2017 Invited Research Talk - Capillarity, Wetting and Smart Surfaces: "From Droplets to a Sublimation Heat Engine EP/L026899/1, EP/L026619/1, EP/L026341/1, EP/K014803/1, EP/K015192/1, EP/G057265/1, EP/E063489/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://i2cner.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/team/team_detail.php?code=4 |
Description | 2017 Conference - US Adhesion Society 40th Annual Meeting (St Petersburg, Florida, USA) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2017 Conference - US Adhesion Society 40th Annual Meeting (St Petersburg, Florida, USA) 27/02/2017 01/03/2017 Contributed Research Talk - Dynamics of Dewetting from a Liquid Film into a Single Droplet Glen McHale, Gary G. Wells, Rodrigo Ledesma-Aguilar, Andrew M. J. Edwards, Michael I. Newton and Carl V. Brown EP/K014803/1, EP/K015192/1, EP/E063489/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.adhesionsociety.org/ |
Description | 2017 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at Science in the Park (Nottingham, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2017 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at Science in the Park (Nottingham, UK) Event - 2017 Public Understanding - Science in the Park, 2017 What - Natures Raincoat's - High-throughput interactive table-top activity How many - Estimated 500+ individuals, all ages Reach - Nottinghamshire Who - General Public Date - 18th March, 2017 Description - A family day of science at Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire, attended by individuals of all ages and all levels of knowledge. The activity ran from 09:00 until 15:30 and was constantly busy with engaged members of the public, both young and older. The British Science Association, who ran the event, said that feedback was excellent and all enjoyed the day. We have been invited back this year. Outcome - Communication of the research and promoting science to younger members of the public Digital ID - http://nottsbsa.org/science-park-2017/ Assorted EPSRC related to smart surfaces research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://nottsbsa.org/science-park-2017/ |
Description | 2017 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the Bluecoat STEM Festival (Nottingham, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | 2017 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the Bluecoat STEM Festival (Nottingham, UK) Event - 2017 Public Understanding - Bluecoat STEM Festival, 2017 What - Natures Raincoat's - High-throughput interactive table-top activity How many - Estimated around 200 individuals, mostly young Reach - Nottingham Who - General Public/School Children Date - 8th July, 2017 Description - A STEM festival at a local Nottinghamshire school attended by young school pupils and their families. The activity ran from 09:00 until 15:30 and was constantly busy with engaged young people. We have been invited back this year. Outcome - Communication of the research and promoting science to younger members of the public Digital ID - https://www.facebook.com/events/1719896088312672/ Assorted EPSRC related to smart surfaces research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.facebook.com/events/1719896088312672/ |
Description | 2017 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the East Midlands Big Bang Fair (Derby, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2017 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the East Midlands Big Bang Fair (Derby, UK) 29/06/ 2017 Assorted EPSRC related to smart surfaces research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://nearme.thebigbangfair.co.uk/regions/ |
Description | 2017 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the NTU Global Councillors Conference (Nottingham, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 2017 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the NTU Global Councillors Conference (Nottingham, UK) Event - 2017 Public Understanding - NTU Global Councillors Conference, 2017 What - Natures Raincoat's - 40 minute interactive presentation How many - 43 international delegates, all adult Reach - Global (Kenya, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Nigeria, Sudan, Mauritius, Malawi, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, India, Bangladesh, Jordan, Egypt, Oman) Who - Supporters/Charitable donors Date - 29th November, 2017 Description - 43 international delegates attended a 3 day conference, to which Nature's Raincoats was invited to present a 40 minute interactive show on the first day. All members of the audience engaged with the activity, volunteering and answering questions. It was provided that the demonstration was "the star of the show", and was reported to have been talked about until the last day. We have been invited back this year. Outcome - Communication of the research and raising of contributing establishments profile globally. Assorted EPSRC related to smart surfaces research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | 2017 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the North East Big Bang Fair (Newcastle, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2017 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the North East Big Bang Fair (Newcastle, UK) 14/07/ 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://nearme.thebigbangfair.co.uk/regions/ |
Description | 2017 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the St Paul's Church Fete (Nottingham, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2017 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the St Paul's Church Fete (Nottingham, UK) Event - 2017 Public Understanding - St Paul's Church Fete, 2017 What - Natures Raincoat's - High-throughput interactive table-top activity How many - Estimated 150 individuals, all ages Reach - Nottingham Who - General Public Date - 15th July, 2017 Description - A well-attended church fete, from 14:00 to 16:00 in a collaboration with the Institute of Physics, East Midlands Branch, which was well received and well engaged. Indicators suggest that about 150 members of the public directly engaged with the Nature's Raincoats stand, which was alongside an IoP stand. All visitors were vocally impressed by the activity. Outcome - Communication of the research and promotion of science among the wider community. Assorted EPSRC related to smart surfaces research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | 2017 Seminar - Department of Civil Engineering at University of Hong Kong (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 2016 Seminar - Department of Civil Engineering at University of Hong Kong (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) 09/01/2017 Liquid Adventures with Smart Surfaces: "From Extreme Water Repellency to Drag Reduction and Slippery Surfaces" Glen McHale EP/L026899/1, EP/L026619/1, EP/L026341/1, EP/H000704/1, EP/G057265/1, EP/E063489/1, EP/D500826/1, EP/C509161/1, GR/R02184/01 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | 2017 Seminar - Department of Mechanical Engineering at City University Hong Kong |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 2017 Seminar - Department of Mechanical Engineering at City University Hong Kong (City University, Hong Kong) 11/01/2017 Liquid Adventures with Smart Surfaces: "From Slip Boundary Conditions to a Leidenfrost (Heat) Engine" EP/L026899/1, EP/L026619/1, EP/L026341/1, EP/K014803/1, EP/K015192/1, EP/G057265/1, EP/E063489/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | 2017 Seminar - Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University (Fort Collins, USA) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 2017 Seminar - Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University (Fort Collins, USA) 11th August 2017 2017 Seminar - From Superhydrophobic to Super-Slippery Surfaces Glen McHale Survey of wide range of EPSRC work |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.physics.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/08/McHaleSeminar_Flyer.pdf |
Description | 2017 Seminar - Huntsman (Brussels, Belgium) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | 2017 Seminar - Huntsman (Brussels, Belgium) 22nd September 2017 2017 Seminar - Wetting, Dewetting and Slippery Surfaces Glen McHale EP/L026899/1, EP/L026619/1, EP/L026341/1, EP/K014803/1 and EP/K015192/1 and previous electrowetting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.huntsman.com/polyurethanes/a/Locations/Europe%20%20Middle%20East%20%20Africa%20%20%20Indi... |
Description | 2018 Institute of Physics NE Branch Public Understanding Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2018 Institute of Physics NE Branch Public Understanding Talk Nature's Raincoats - Surface Inspiration from Lotus Leaves to Pitcher Plants (Northumbria University, UK) 26/10/18 Glen McHale |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | 2018 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the East Midlands Big Bang Fair (Derby, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2018 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the East Midlands Big Bang Fair (Derby, UK) 28/06/ 2018 Physical exhibition with demonstrations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | 2018 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the East Midlands Big Bang Fair (Derby, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2018 Public Understanding - "Nature's Raincoats" at the East Midlands Big Bang Fair (Derby, UK) 27/06/2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | 2018 Seminar - Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Bath (UK) 27th November 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2018 Seminar - Smart Super-Slippery Surfaces Glen McHale |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | 2018 Seminar - Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Glasgow (UK) 9th March 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2018 Seminar - From Superhydrophobic to Super-Slippery Surfaces Glen McHale |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | 2018 Seminar - Oxford Centre for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Oxford University) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 2018 Seminar - Oxford Centre for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Oxford University) 22nd February 2018 2018 Seminar - Smart Slippery Surfaces Glen McHale Superhydrophobicity, Liquid Marbles, New Leidenfrost Engine and EP/L026899/1, EP/L026619/1, EP/L026341/1, EP/K014803/1 and EP/K015192/1 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/26965 |
Description | 2019 Science Festival - Palace of Science - Meet the Scientist (Wylam Brewery, Newcastle, UK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2019 Science Festival - Palace of Science - Meet the Scientist (Wylam Brewery, Newcastle, UK) 12/3/19 Public Understanding Exhibition Glen McHale |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://www.palaceofscience.co.uk |
Description | 2019 Seminar - Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials at University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, USA) 15th February 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2019 Seminar - From Superhydrophobic to Super-Slippery Surfaces Glen McHale |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | BBC Radio 4 The Material World (BBC, London, 2007) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | BBC Radio 4 Programme The Material World 29th November 2007 General public interest |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld_20071129.shtml |
Description | BBC Radio Nottingham (Nottingham, 2009) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | General public interest |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2009 |
Description | Cafe Scientifique - Water: A tale of two surfaces (2009) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | TBC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Conference 2014 - 10th European Fluid Mechanics Conference EFMC10 (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Research Talk - "Influence of the air-layer flow on drag reduction by superhydrophobic surfaces", Busse et al, 14th September 2014 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.euromech.org/conferences |
Description | Conference 2014 - 25th International Liquid Crystal Conference ILCC2014 (Dublin, Ireland) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Research Talk - "Anisotropic dielectrophoresis - nematic liquid crystals", Brown et al, 1st July 2014 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.ilcc2014.com |
Description | Cutting Edge 2012: The Research Behind Sport (TCUK-RI Olympics, 2012) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Enthusing people and creating a video for the RI Video for RI |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Grantham School Society Talk - Super Water-Repellent Surfaces (2008) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Children attended TBC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Multiple Advice to BBC Producers (2011-2012) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Advice and assistance to researchers and producers for Richard Hammond programmes (several in 2011 and 2012) Programmes |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012 |
Description | Nature's Raincoats at BBC Summer of Wildlife (BBC, Cardiff, 2013) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Enthusing people Not aware |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Nature's Raincoats at British Science Festival (Newcastle upon Tyne, 2013) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Enthusing people Not aware |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Nature's Raincoats at Techfest (Mumbai, India, 2010) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Travelling version of Nature's Raincoats Exhibition taken to Mumbai, India (by invitation). Unaware |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
URL | http://www.naturesraincoats.com/ |
Description | Nature's Raincoats at Techfest (Mumbai, India, 2012) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited appearance of Nature's Raincoats Exhibit as Techfest 2012 in Mumbai, India. TBC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://www.naturesraincoats.com/ |
Description | Nature's Raincoats at The Royal Society (London, 2009) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public understanding exhibition at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2009. Physical exhibition with accompanying website. Enthusing people |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
URL | http://www.naturesraincoats.com/ |
Description | Nature's Raincoats at The Times Cheltenham Science Festival (Cheltenham, 2010) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited appearance of the Nature's Raincoats Exhibit at The Time Cheltenham Science Festival. Sponsored by EPSRC. TBC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
URL | http://www.naturesraincoats.com/ |
Description | Nature's Raincoats at the Big Bang Fair (London, 2013) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Nature's Raincoats Exhibit at the National Big Bang Fair. TBC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.naturesraincoats.com/ |
Description | Shaping Liquids, Controlling Surfaces (NE IoP, 2014) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | TBC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | The Royal Institution Family Fun Day (London, 2014) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Families attended No known |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Water: A Tale of two surfaces (Public Lecture UNN, 2013) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | TBC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |