Dr Stephen Ebbens
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Senior Lecturer
Second year director
+44 114 222 7589
Full contact details
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Room F62a
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
91Ö±²¥
S1 3JD
- Profile
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My career at the University of 91Ö±²¥ started as a PDRA in the Dept. Physics in 2008 working for Prof. Richard Jones on catalytically active colloids. I moved to Dept. CBE in 2009, continuing work on active colloids. I became an independent academic in 2011, establishing my own research group via the support of two EPSRC fellowships, and a University of 91Ö±²¥ Early Career Researchers award. I was appointed Senior Lecturer in 2017. Prior to joining the University of 91Ö±²¥ I worked as a PRDA at the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, developing ink jet printing for electronics manufacturing. This followed 5 years working as a senior scientist for a Nottingham based SME conducting contract research projects in the Pharmaceutical sector. My PhD was awarded from the University of Durham in 2000, in Prof. Jas Pal Badyal's; research group, sponsored by 3M, and involved characterisation of surface additive enriched polymeric films and fibres.
- Research interests
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My overarching research interest is in experimental materials science. I principally focus on active matter research, investigating devices and colloids capable of producing enhanced motion in microfluidic devices. My research in this area is multi-faceted, ranging from uncovering fundamental mechanisms, exploring self-assembly, and developing Healthcare and Environmental monitoring and remediation applications. A second thread to my research is manufacturing high value thin film coatings, focussed on using metrology to gain insights to optimise coating performance.This manufacturing research focuses on structured high value materials with applications in Energy storage and generation.
Key research interests:
- Materials Science
- Active Matter
- Polymers
- Thin film coatings
- Colloids
- Materials characterisation methods
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 678, 11-19.
- . Life Sci Alliance, 5(9).
- . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 623, 96-108.
- . JCIS Open, 5.
- . Materials Advances.
- . Bioprinting, e00157-e00157.
- . Advanced Functional Materials.
- . Nature Communications, 10(1).
- . Journal of Visualized Experiments(146).
- . Small, 15(1), 1804213-1804213.
- . Accounts of Chemical Research, 51(9), 1931-1939.
- . Langmuir, 34(14), 4307-4313.
- . Advanced Science, 5(2).
- . The Journal of Chemical Physics, 147(8).
- . Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics.
- . Journal of Visualized Experiments(113).
- . Small, 12(30), 4048-4055.
- . Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 21, 14-23.
- . Nature Communications, 6.
- . Current Physical Chemistry, 5(1), 91-106.
- . Soft Matter, 11(34), 6872-6880.
- . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(27), 15339-15348.
- . The European Physical Journal E, 38, 14-14.
- . Soft Matter, 10(44), 8804-8812.
- . Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, n/a-n/a.
- . Langmuir, 29(46), 14066-14073.
- . Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 51(11), 875-881.
- . Langmuir, 28(30), 10997-11006.
- . PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 85(2).
- Size dependence of the propulsion velocity for catalytic Janus-sphere swimmers.. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys, 85(2-1), 020401.
- . Proceedings - Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 1651-1655.
- . Materials Today, 15(7-8), 294.
- . SOFT MATTER, 8(11), 3077-3082.
- . MATERIALS TODAY, 15(7-8), 294-294.
- . Langmuir, 27(20), 12293-12296.
- . ACS Nano, 5(6), 5124-5131.
- . Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1346, 49-52.
- . Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1357, 18-25.
- . PHYS REV E, 82(1).
- Self-assembled phoretic swimmers. 7th Annual Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices, FNANO 2010, 108-109.
- . IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, 33(2), 251-259.
- . Macromolecules, 43(24), 10466-10474.
- . SOFT MATTER, 6(4), 726-738.
- . Int J Pharm, 332(1-2), 168-175.
- . Proceedings - Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 1362-1367.
- . Proceedings - Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 2006, 1847-1852.
- . Proceedings of the Electronic Packaging Technology Conference, EPTC, 46-52.
- . Pharmaceutical Research, 23(2), 401-407.
- Novel methods to probe surface amorphous states. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 57, S98-S98.
- Raman microscopy investigation of the phase structure and interactions in hydoxypropyl methyl cellulose and ethyl cellulose blends. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 57, S9-S10.
- Single particle surface energy and hardness screening using Atomic Force Microscopy. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 57, S59-S59.
- Drug product analysis through multidisciplinary solid state characterisation. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 57, S90-S90.
- Single particle surface energy and hardness screening using Atomic Force Microscopy. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 57, S3-S3.
- . Pharm Res, 22(7), 1195-1202.
- . NANOTECHNOLOGY, 16(6), 966-973.
- Challenges in the development of drug eluting stents: swelling behaviour characterisation. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 56, S6-S7.
- Screening of inhalation formulations: quantification of individual particulate interactions. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 56, S6-S6.
- . Packaging Technology and Science, 17(3), 129-138.
- . MACROMOLECULES, 36(2), 368-372.
- . Int J Pharm, 238(1-2), 17-27.
- Surface segregation and plasma oxidation of poly(dimethylsiloxane)-doped polyolefins. MACROMOLECULES, 34(23), 8149-8155.
- . LANGMUIR, 17(13), 4050-4055.
- . Advanced Science.
- . Empati : Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling, 9(1), 109-119.
- . Journal of Visualized Experiments(146).
- . RSC Advances, 9(15), 8333-8339.
- . NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference, 32(1), 452-456.
- . Reproduction Abstracts.
- . Journal of Visualized Experiments(113).
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- . ACS Applied Energy Materials.
Chapters
- , Reactive Inkjet Printing (pp. 169-201). Royal Society of Chemistry
- , Soft, Hard, and Hybrid Janus Structures (pp. 315-403). WORLD SCIENTIFIC (EUROPE)
Conference proceedings papers
- Altering the Bubble Release of Reactive Inkjet Printed Silk Micro-rockets. International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies, Vol. 2016 (pp 452-456), 12 September 2016 - 12 September 2016.
- Sustained quenching of rotational diffusional motion of catalytic Janus colloids. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 250
- Patterning copper using ink jet printing of Self Assembled Monolayers. 2007 9TH ELECTRONICS PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, VOLS 1 AND 2 (pp 114-119)
- Thermal stability of self-assembled monolayer copper preservatives for fluxless soldering. ESTC 2006: 1st Electronics Systemintegration Technology Conference, Vols 1 and 2, Proceedings (pp 1360-1366)
- Disturbance observer-based optimal tracking control for slot coating process with mismatched input disturbances. CONTROL 2024: 14th United Kingdom Automatic Control Council (UKACC) International Conference on Control. Winchester, UK, 10 April 2024 - 10 April 2024.
Preprints
- , American Chemical Society (ACS).
- Experimental Observation of Flow Fields Around Active Janus Spheres, arXiv.
- Helical paths, gravitaxis, and separation phenomena for mass-anisotropic self-propelling colloids: experiment versus theory, arXiv.
- Spiral diffusion of rotating self-propellers with stochastic perturbation, arXiv.
- Electrokinetic Effects in Catalytic Pt-Insulator Janus Swimmers, arXiv.
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Teaching interests
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I am module leader on CPE170 Fluids and Particle Mechanics, Level 2 director, and supervise on our MEng and MSc research projects.
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