Cabral, Joao - Imperial College London - Department of Chemical Engineering

个人简介

2014- Reader in Soft Matter, Imperial College London 2014-2015 Visiting professor at Institute for Molecular Engineering (IME), University of Chicago, USA 2010-2014 Senior lecturer, Imperial College London 2005-2010 Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London 2002-2005 Foreign Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA 1998-2002 PhD in Polymer Science, Imperial College London 1997 Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, Saclay, France 1996 Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden 1992-1997 Physics degree, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

研究领域

My research interests are in soft condensed matter, in particular in complex polymer mixtures, multicomponent systems, often containing particles and copolymers. We study the thermodynamics and dynamics or polymer blends with a combination of real- and reciprocal-space techniques, including microscopy and AFM, and light, X-ray and neutron scattering. We are interested in exploring microfluidics for soft matter processing, seizing their commensurate length and timescales. We are also interested in the patterning and device fabrication and explore ‘Frontal photopolymerisation’ (FPP) to rapidly create 3D structures that, moreover, are compatible with an array of organic solvents. We also developed a sound theoretical understanding of the nature of front propagation, which exhibits intriguing kinetics. In terms of applications, we work on microprocessing as a means to tune structure and performance of complex fluids, as well as interfacial tensiometry, and coupling of charcterisation approaches such as scattering. Finally, we develop high-throughput and combinatorial approaches for polymer mixtures and network formation. We are now elaborating on scattering and spectroscopic tools to elucidate aspects of morphology and stability of elusive soft matter systems.

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Ferretti GL, Cabral JT, 2016, Phase behaviour and non-monotonic film drying kinetics of aluminium chlorohydrate-glycerol-water ternary solutions, JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, Vol: 481, Pages: 263-270, ISSN: 0021-9797 Ferretti GL, Nania M, Matar OK, Cabral JTet al., 2016, Wrinkling Measurement of the Mechanical Properties of Drying Salt Thin Films, LANGMUIR, Vol: 32, Pages: 2199-2207, ISSN: 0743-7463 Martin HP, Brooks NJ, Seddon JM, Luckham PF, Terrill NJ, Kowalski AJ, Cabral JTet al., 2016, Microfluidic processing of concentrated surfactant mixtures: online SAXS, microscopy and rheology, SOFT MATTER, Vol: 12, Pages: 1750-1758, ISSN: 1744-683X Miller RM, Poulos AS, Robles ESJ, Brooks NJ, Ces O, Cabral JTet al., 2016, Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Water Micellar Solutions, CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, Vol: 16, Pages: 3379-3388, ISSN: 1528-7483 Poulos AS, Nania M, Lapham P, Miller RM, Smith AJ, Tantawy H, Caragay J, Gummel J, Ces O, Robles ESJ, Cabral JTet al., 2016, Microfluidic SAXS Study of Lamellar and Multilamellar Vesicle Phases of Linear Sodium Alkylbenzenesulfonate Surfactant with Intrinsic Isomeric Distribution, LANGMUIR, Vol: 32, Pages: 5852-5861, ISSN: 0743-7463 Udoh CE, Garbin V, Cabral JT, 2016, Microporous Polymer Particles via Phase Inversion in Microfluidics: Impact of Nonsolvent Quality, LANGMUIR, Vol: 32, Pages: 8131-8140, ISSN: 0743-7463 Dattani R, Cabral JT, 2015, Polymer fullerene solution phase behaviour and film formation pathways, Soft Matter, Vol: 11, Pages: 3125-3131, ISSN: 1744-6848 Dattani R, Gibson KF, Few S, Borg AJ, DiMaggio PA, Nelson J, Kazarian SG, Cabral JTet al., 2015, Fullerene oxidation and clustering in solution induced by light, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol: 446, Pages: 24-30, ISSN: 1095-7103 Dattani R, Telling MTF, Lopez CG, Krishnadasan SH, Bannock JH, Terry AE, de Mello JC, Cabral JT, Nedoma AJet al., 2015, Rapid Precipitation: An Alternative to Solvent Casting for Organic Solar Cells, CHEMPHYSCHEM, Vol: 16, Pages: 1231-1238, ISSN: 1439-4235 Hennessy MG, Vitale A, Cabral JT, Matar OKet al., 2015, Role of heat generation and thermal diffusion during frontal photopolymerization, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, Vol: 92, ISSN: 1539-3755 Hennessy MG, Vitale A, Matar OK, Cabral JTet al., 2015, Controlling frontal photopolymerization with optical attenuation and mass diffusion, Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, Vol: 91, ISSN: 1063-651X Leguy AMA, Frost JM, McMahon AP, Sakai VG, Kochelmann W, Law C, Li X, Foglia F, Walsh A, O'Regan BC, Nelson J, Cabral JT, Barnes PRFet al., 2015, The dynamics of methylammonium ions in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, Vol: 6, ISSN: 2041-1723 Li Z, Chiu KH, Ashraf RS, Fearn S, Dattani R, Wong HC, Tan C-H, Wu J, Cabral JT, Durrant JRet al., 2015, Toward Improved Lifetimes of Organic Solar Cells under Thermal Stress: Substrate-Dependent Morphological Stability of PCDTBT:PCBM Films and Devices, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, Vol: 5, ISSN: 2045-2322 Lopez CG, Rogers SE, Colby RH, Graham P, Cabral JTet al., 2015, Structure of Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose Aqueous Solutions: A SANS and Rheology Study, Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics, Vol: 53, Pages: 492-501, ISSN: 1099-0488 Lopez CG, Watanabe T, Martel A, Porcar L, Cabral JTet al., 2015, Microfluidic-SANS: flow processing of complex fluids, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, Vol: 5, ISSN: 2045-2322 Nania M, Matar OK, Cabral JT, 2015, Frontal vitrification of PDMS using air plasma and consequences for surface wrinkling, Soft Matter, Vol: 11, Pages: 3067-3075, ISSN: 1744-6848 Sanz A, Wong HC, Nedoma AJ, Douglas JF, Cabral JTet al., 2015, Influence of C-60 fullerenes on the glass formation of polystyrene, Polymer, Vol: 68, Pages: 47-56, ISSN: 0032-3861 Tan C-H, Wong HC, Li Z, Bucknall DG, Durrant JR, Cabral JTet al., 2015, Synergetic enhancement of organic solar cell thermal stability by wire bar coating and light processing, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, Vol: 3, Pages: 9551-9558, ISSN: 2050-7526 Vitale A, Hennessy MG, Matar OK, Cabral JTet al., 2015, Interfacial Profile and Propagation of Frontal Photopolymerization Waves, MACROMOLECULES, Vol: 48, Pages: 198-205, ISSN: 0024-9297 Vitale A, Hennessy MG, Matar OK, Cabral JTet al., 2015, A Unified Approach for Patterning via Frontal Photopolymerization, ADVANCED MATERIALS, Vol: 27, Pages: 6118-6124, ISSN: 0935-9648