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Feb. 5, 2014 - Who We Are

We are the Complex Fluids Group at UNSW. Our team works with industry and academic partners to design smart fluids with unique response and flow behaviour linked directly to product and material performance.

Fluids containing small amounts of colloids, polymers, and surfactants can 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 properties of complex fluid components, specifically: shape, structure, and flow.

Research Interests: 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.

Here you can find the current group members, as well as an archive of the completed works of past members. We have a core team of researchers and usually have several overseas visitors and short-term project students around! The group is committed to diverse membership and perspectives to ensure continued innovation.

Complex Fluids Group UNSW

The leadership team:

Member Contact
Patrick Spicer p.spicer at unsw.edu.au
Stuart Prescott s.prescott at unsw.edu.au

Our current researchers:

Researchers Project
Firoozeh Babayekhorasani Engineered nanocellulose structures
Maryam Hosseini Nanocellulose capsules
Jonathan Mantzouridis Extensional rheology of complex fluids

Our PhD students and links to their theses:

Past PhDs Thesis Defense date
Prerna Dahiya Arrested coalescence in food emulsions 2017
Goldina Kwandou Characterization and control of biofilm microstructure and rheology 2018
Haiqiao Wang Cubosome and hexosome microparticles 2019
Jie Song Suspension and yielding of bacterial cellulose dispersions 2019
Haoda Zhao Anisotropic colloids via interfacial dewetting 2021
Zhiwei Li Intraocular soft tissue separation by non-Newtonian fluids 2021