个人简介

Pat Spicer received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1992. In 1997 he completed a PhD in Chemical Engineering with the Particle Technology Group at the University of Cincinnati where his research focused on design and synthesis of colloidal and nanoparticle materials. After defending his thesis he went to work for the Procter & Gamble Company, leading their Crystallization group in the Corporate Engineering Division. In 2006 Pat formed P&G's Microfluidics and Structured Fluids group, supporting the scale-up and manufacture of complex fluid products for all of P&G's product areas. After 15 years with P&G, Pat joined UNSW in 2012 as an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering where he, and Stuart Prescott, set up the Complex Fluids Group.

研究领域

Chemical Engineering

Design and development of microstructured fluid materials by understanding their kinetic behavior. Most of our work deals with complex fluids, fluids containing small amounts of colloids, polymers, and surfactants that exhibit highly non-ideal behaviour with fascinating dynamics. Complex fluids are a key part of most major products and manufacturing processes. Our group uses advanced imaging and rheology techniques to understand fundamental complex fluid properties, specifically: Shape - Particle shape affects advanced material strength, reactivity, and biological uptake. Structure - Self-assembly creates soft structures with biological, chemical, and physical applications. Flow - Microstructured fluids are a part of most commercial products, and processes, and their flow affects stability.

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Ghadiri M; Mamlouk M; Spicer P; Jarolimek W; Grau GER; Young PM; Traini D, 2016, 'Effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on airway epithelial cells' tight junction', Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, vol. 40, pp. 30 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pupt.2016.07.004 Dahiya P; Caggioni M; Spicer PT, 2016, 'Arrested coalescence of viscoelastic droplets: Polydisperse doublets', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 374, no. 2072, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0132 Dong S; Spicer PT; Lucien FP; Zetterlund PB, 2015, 'Synthesis of crosslinked polymeric nanocapsules using catanionic vesicle templates stabilized by compressed CO2', Soft Matter, vol. 11, no. 44, pp. 8613 - 8620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5sm02075a Tangso KJ; Patel H; Lindberg S; Hartley PG; Knott R; Spicer PT; Boyd BJ, 2015, 'Controlling the Mesostructure Formation within the Shell of Novel Cubic/Hexagonal Phase Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide–Poly(acrylamide-acrylic acid) Capsules for pH Stimulated Release', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 7, no. 44, pp. 24501 - 24509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b05821 Caggioni M; Lenis J; Bayles AV; Furst EM; Spicer PT, 2015, 'Temperature-Induced Collapse, and Arrested Collapse, of Anisotropic Endoskeleton Droplets.', Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, vol. 31, no. 31, pp. 8558 - 8565, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00321 Ergun R; Hartel RW; Spicer PT, 2015, 'Kinetic effects on interfacial partitioning of fat crystals', Food Structure, vol. 5, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foostr.2015.02.001 Burke CJ; Mbanga BL; Wei Z; Spicer PT; Atherton TJ, 2015, 'The role of curvature anisotropy in the ordering of spheres on an ellipsoid', Soft Matter, vol. 11, no. 29, pp. 5872 - 5882, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5sm01118c Tangso KJ; Lindberg S; Hartley PG; Knott R; Spicer P; Boyd BJ, 2014, 'Formation of liquid-crystalline structures in the bile salt-chitosan system and triggered release from lamellar phase bile salt-chitosan capsules.', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 6, no. 15, pp. 12363 - 12371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/am502192t Caggioni M; Bayles AV; Lenis J; Furst EM; Spicer PT, 2014, 'Interfacial stability and shape change of anisotropic endoskeleton droplets.', Soft Matter, vol. 10, no. 38, pp. 7647 - 7652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4sm01482k Emady H; Caggioni M; Spicer P, 2013, 'Colloidal microstructure effects on particle sedimentation in yield stress fluids', Journal of Rheology, vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 1761 - 1772, http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.4824471 Pawar AB; Caggioni M; Hartel RW; Spicer PT, 2012, 'Arrested coalescence of viscoelastic droplets with internal microstructure', Faraday Discussions, vol. 158, pp. 341 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2fd20029e Porter D; Savage J; Cohen I; Spicer P; Caggioni M, 2012, 'Temperature dependence of droplet breakup in 8CB and 5CB liquid crystals', Phys Rev E, vol. 85, pp. 041701 EP- - 041701 EP- Pawar AB; Caggioni M; Ergun R; Hartel RW; Spicer PT, 2011, 'Arrested coalescence in Pickering emulsions', Soft Matter, vol. 7, no. 17, pp. 7710 - 7716, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1sm05457k Solomon M; Spicer P, 2010, 'Microstructural regimes of colloidal rod suspensions, gels, and glasses.', Soft Matter, vol. 6, pp. 1391 - 1400 Savage JR; Caggioni M; Spicer PT; Cohen I, 2010, 'Partial universality: pinch-off dynamics in fluids with smectic liquid crystalline order', Soft Matter, vol. 6, pp. 892 - 892 Wilkins GMH; Spicer PT; Solomon MJ, 2009, 'Colloidal System To Explore Structural and Dynamical Transitions in Rod Networks, Gels, and Glasses', Langmuir, vol. 25, pp. 8951 n8959 - 8951 n8959 Savin T; Spicer PT; Doyle PS, 2008, 'A rational approach to noise discrimination in video microscopy particle tracking', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 024102 - 024102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2957464 Shen AQ; Wang D; Spicer PT, 2007, 'Kinetics of colloidal templating using emulsion drop consolidation', Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, vol. 23, no. 26, pp. 12821 - 12826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la7013946 Caggioni M; Spicer PT; Blair DL; Lindberg SE; Weitz DA, 2007, 'Rheology and microrheology of a microstructured fluid: The gellan gum case', J. Rheo., vol. 51, pp. 851 - 851 Steinhaus B; Spicer PT; Shen AQ, 2006, 'Droplet Size Effects on Film Drainage between Droplet and Substrate', Langmuir, vol. 22, pp. 5308 - 5313