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Passive water control at the surface of a superhydrophobic lichen by Hamlett, Christopher A. E., Shirtcliffe, Neil James, Pyatt, F. Brian, Newton, Michael I., McHale, Glen, Koch, Kerstin

“…Some lichens have a super-hydrophobic upper surface, which repels water drops, keeping the surface dry but probably preventing water uptake. Spore ejection…”
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Effect of Particle Size on Droplet Infiltration into Hydrophobic Porous Media As a Model of Water Repellent Soil by Hamlett, Christopher A. E, Shirtcliffe, Neil J, McHale, Glen, Ahn, Sujung, Bryant, Robert, Doerr, Stefan H, Newton, Michael I

“…The wettability of soil is of great importance for plants and soil biota, and in determining the risk for preferential flow, surface runoff, flooding,and soil…”
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Plastron Respiration Using Commercial Fabrics by Atherton, Shaun, Brennan, Joseph C, Morris, Robert H, Smith, Joshua D E, Hamlett, Christopher A E, McHale, Glen, Shirtcliffe, Neil J, Newton, Michael I

“…A variety of insect and arachnid species are able to remain submerged in water indefinitely using plastron respiration. A plastron is a surface-retained film…”
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Effects of hydrophobicity on splash erosion of model soil particles by a single water drop impact by Ahn, Sujung, Doerr, Stefan H., Douglas, Peter, Bryant, Robert, Hamlett, Christopher A.E., McHale, Glen, Newton, Michael I., Shirtcliffe, Neil J.

“…ABSTRACT Raindrop impact can be a major contributor to particle mobilization for soils and other granular materials. In previous work, water repellent soils,…”
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Vapour phase formation of amino functionalised Si3N4 surfaces by Hamlett, Christopher A.E., Critchley, Kevin, Gorzny, Marcin, Evans, Stephen D., Prewett, Philip D., Preece, Jon A.

“…Self-assembled monolayer (SAM) formation of silanes on SiO2 surfaces has been extensively studied. However, SAMs formed on silicon nitride (Si3N4) substrates…”
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Drop impact behaviour on alternately hydrophobic and hydrophilic layered bead packs by Atherton, Shaun, Polak, Daniel, Hamlett, Christopher A.E., Shirtcliffe, Neil J., McHale, Glen, Ahn, Sujung, Doerr, Stefan H., Bryant, Robert, Newton, Michael I.

“…•Micron sized bead packs were created as soil analogues.•Water drop impacts were recorded on alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic layers.•Liquid marbling…”
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Transitions of water-drop impact behaviour on hydrophobic and hydrophilic particles by Hamlett, C. A. E., Atherton, S., Shirtcliffe, N. J., McHale, G., Ahn, S., Doerr, S. H., Bryant, R., Newton, M. I.

“…Extreme soil water repellency can have substantial implications for soil hydrology, plant growth and erosion, including enhanced splash erosion caused by…”
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Electrospinning nanosuspensions loaded with passivated Au nanoparticles by Hamlett, Christopher A.E., Jayasinghe, Suwan N., Preece, Jon A.

“…Aqueous polyethylene oxide (PEO) solutions (2 MDa, 2–5 wt %) with or without citrate passivated Au nanoparticles (5.7×10 −7 wt %) have been electrospun,…”
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Vapour phase formation of amino functionalised Si3N4surfaces by HAMLETT, Christopher A. E, CRITCHLEY, Kevin, GORZNY, Marcin, EVANS, Stephen D, PREWETT, Philip D, PREECE, Jon A

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Blowing Big Bubbles by Hamlett, Christopher A. E, Boniface, Dolachai N, Salonen, Anniina, Rio, Emmanuelle, Perkins, Connor, Clark, Alastair, Nyugen, Sang, Fairhurst, David J

“…Although street artists have the know-how to blow bubbles over one meter in length, the bubble width is typically determined by the size of the hoop, or wand…”
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Utilization of nanostructured surfaces for sensing applications and the use of nanoentities for the fabrication of new materials by Hamlett, Christopher A. E

“…The application of nanoscience in various scientific fields is introduced in Chapter 1 by outlining some of the major drivers of this rapidly evolving field…”
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Utilization of nanostructured surfaces for sensing applications and the use of nanoentities for the fabrication of new materials by Hamlett, Christopher A E

“…The application of nanoscience in various scientific fields is introduced in Chapter 1 by outlining some of the major drivers of this rapidly evolving field…”
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