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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 |
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| Patrick Spicer | p.spicer at unsw.edu.au |
| Maryam Hosseini | s.hosseini at unsw.edu.au |
Our current researchers:
| Researchers | Project |
|---|---|
| Maryam Hosseini | Nanocellulose engineering |
| Jonathan Mantzouridis | Extensional rheology of complex fluids |
| Lily Li | Bacterial cellulose film formation and surface interactions |
| Charlotte Charteris | Engineering complex scaffold structure for mammalian cell growth |
| Mariette van Bueren | Sustainable seaweed leather development |
| Terrene Hsiao-Ching Hsu | Nanocellulose encapsulation of microbes for crop application |
| Art O'Connor | Mixed fermentation of bacterial cellulose particles |
| Asieh Habibi | Engineering of protein surface and rheological effects |
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 |
| Maryam Hosseini | Multi-functional cellulose microcapsules | 2022 |
Our group alumni:
| Researchers | Project |
|---|---|
| Dr. Firoozeh Babayekhorasani | Engineered nanocellulose structures |
| Dr. Vincent Poulichet | Elastocapillary control of droplet shape changes |
| Dr. Abigail Thiel | Arrested coalescence of lipid emulsions |