Dr Colin Crick
PhD

 

All Publications

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2025

  • Slip length and drag reduction of superhydrophobic surfaces in shear-thinning fluid flows
    Zhang L, Zhou W, Crick CR, Ng HC-H and Poole RJ
    Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Elsevier vol. 685, 468-475.  
    20-01-2025
  • The Fabrication of Fluorine‐Free Stretchable Superhydrophobic Films Using Inverse Vulcanization Sulfur Polymer
    Diniz V, Pugno NM, Rath S and Crick CR
    Advanced Materials Interfaces, Wiley 
    16-01-2025
  • Optimizing Superhydrophobic Coatings: The Role of Catalysts, Additives, and Composition on UV and Thermal Stability of Inverse Vulcanization Polymers
    Diniz V, Rath S and Crick CR
    Acs Applied Polymer Materials, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 7 (2), 567-572.  
    06-01-2025
  • Intelligent manipulation of liquids through the bio-inspired structuring of materials
    Zhang C, Wang L, Crick CR and Lu Y
    Progress in Materials Science, Elsevier vol. 147 
    01-01-2025

2024

  • UV-stable photoactive superhydrophobic coatings utilizing “inverse vulcanization” sulfur polymers
    Diniz V, Bear JC, Rath S and Crick CR
    Surfaces and Interfaces, Elsevier vol. 51, 104691-104691.  
    29-06-2024
  • Porous sulfur polymers for effective aqueous-phase organic contaminant removal
    Diniz V, Bear JC, Rath S and Crick CR
    Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 14 (1) 
    07-04-2024
  • The fabrication of robust and highly efficient oil–water separation filters via the high temperature sintering of silica micropower
    Sadler E and Crick CR
    Rsc Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 14 (19), 13489-13493.  
    01-01-2024

2023

  • Polymer-dominant drag reduction in turbulent channel flow over a superhydrophobic surface
    Zhang L, Garcia-Gonzalez RI, Crick CR, Ng HC-H and Poole RJ
    Physics of Fluids, Aip Publishing vol. 35 (12) 
    01-12-2023
  • Investigating bio-based solvents as a sustainable alternative in the formulation and fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces
    Garcia-Gonzalez RI and Crick CR
    Aip Advances, Aip Publishing vol. 13 (10) 
    01-10-2023
  • Synthesis and characterization of TiO2-carbon filter materials for water decontamination by adsorption-degradation processes
    Diniz V, Crick CR and Rath S
    Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier vol. 346 
    14-09-2023
  • In situ monitor of superhydrophobic surface degradation to predict its drag reduction in turbulent flow
    Zhang L, Crick CR and Poole RJ
    Applied Physics Letters, Aip Publishing vol. 123 (6) 
    07-08-2023
  • Engineering Biofouling Resistant Materials Through the Systematic Adaptation of Surface Morphology
    Sadler E, Stephen AS, Allaker RP and Crick CR
    Advanced Materials Interfaces vol. 10 (12) 
    24-04-2023

2022

  • Robust and durable liquid-repellent surfaces.
    Chen F, Wang Y, Tian Y, Zhang D, Song J, Crick CR, Carmalt CJ, Parkin IP and Lu Y
    Chemical Society Reviews, Royal Society of Chemistry vol. 51 (20), 8476-8583.  
    03-10-2022
  • Surface Tension and Viscosity Dependence of Slip Length over Irregularly Structured Superhydrophobic Surfaces
    Zhang L, Mehanna YA, Crick CR and Poole RJ
    Langmuir, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 38 (39), 11873-11881.  
    20-09-2022
  • Study on the Influence of Polymer/Particle Properties on the Resilience of Superhydrophobic Coatings
    Mehanna YA and Crick CR
    Acs Omega, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 7 (21), 18052-18062.  
    18-05-2022
  • Investigating the viability of sulfur polymers for the fabrication of photoactive, antimicrobial, water repellent coatings
    Upton RL, Dop RA, Sadler E, Lunt AM, Neill DR, Hasell T and Crick CR
    Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 10 (22), 4153-4162.  
    01-01-2022

2021

  • Image analysis methodology for a quantitative evaluation of coating abrasion resistance
    Mehanna YA and Crick CR
    Applied Materials Today, Elsevier vol. 25 
    01-12-2021
  • Carbon Nanofiber/SiO2 Nanoparticle/HDPE Composites as Physically Resilient and Submersible Water-Repellent Coatings on HDPE Substrates
    Upton RL, Fedosyuk A, Edel JB and Crick CR
    Acs Applied Nano Materials, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 4 (10), 10090-10102.  
    24-09-2021
  • Suction or gravity-fed oil-water separation using PDMS-coated glass filters
    Sadler E and Crick CR
    Sustainable Materials and Technologies, Elsevier vol. 29 
    01-09-2021
  • The challenges, achievements and applications of submersible superhydrophobic materials
    Mehanna YA, Sadler E, Upton RL, Kempchinsky AG, Lu Y and Crick CR
    Chemical Society Reviews, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 50 (11), 6569-6612.  
    01-01-2021

2020

  • Heat-Treated Micronized Polyethylene Powder for Efficient Oil/Water Separating Filters
    Mehanna YA and Crick CR
    Materials, Mdpi vol. 13 (14) 
    15-07-2020
  • Pigmented self-cleaning coatings with enhanced UV resilience via the limitation of photocatalytic activity and its effects
    Upton RL and Crick CR
    Molecular Systems Design && Engineering, Royal Society of Chemistry vol. 5 (4), 876-881.  
    26-02-2020
  • A general formulation approach for the fabrication of water repellent materials: how composition can impact resilience and functionality
    Upton RL, Davies-Manifold Z, Marcello M, Arnold K and Crick CR
    Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 5 (2), 477-483.  
    01-01-2020

2019

  • Highly rough surface coatings via the ambient temperature deposition of thermosetting polymers
    Mehanna YA, Upton RL and Crick CR
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry vol. 7 (13), 7333-7337.  
    04-03-2019

2018

  • Evaluating the resilience of superhydrophobic materials using the slip-length concept
    Xu H, Crick CR and Poole RJ
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry vol. 6 (10), 4458-4465.  
    14-03-2018

2017

  • Covalently Attached Antimicrobial Surfaces Using BODIPY: Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness
    Peveler WJ, Noimark S, Al-Azawi H, Hwang GB, Crick CR, Allan E, Edel JB, Ivanov AP, MacRobert AJ and Parkin IP
    Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 10 (1), 98-104.  
    19-12-2017
  • Low-Noise Plasmonic Nanopore Biosensors for Single Molecule Detection at Elevated Temperatures
    Crick CR, Albella P, Kim H-J, Ivanov AP, Kim K-B, Maier SA and Edel JB
    Acs Photonics, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 4 (11), 2835-2842.  
    16-10-2017

2016

  • Advanced Compositional Analysis of Nanoparticle-polymer Composites Using Direct Fluorescence Imaging
    Crick CR, Noimark S, Peveler WJ, Bear JC, Ivanov AP, Edel JB and Parkin IP
    Journal of Visualized Experiments, Myjove (113) 
    19-07-2016
  • Advanced Compositional Analysis of Nanoparticle-polymer Composites Using Direct Fluorescence Imaging.
    Crick CR, Noimark S, Peveler WJ, Bear JC, Ivanov AP, Edel JB and Parkin IP
    Journal of Visualized Experiments, Myjove (113) 
    19-07-2016
  • On-Demand Surface- and Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Using Dielectrophoretic Trapping and Nanopore Sensing
    Freedman KJ, Crick CR, Albella P, Barik A, Ivanov AP, Maier SA, Oh S-H and Edel JB
    Acs Photonics, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 3 (6), 1036-1044.  
    18-05-2016
  • Ambipolar Transport in Solution-Synthesized Graphene Nanoribbons
    Gao J, Uribe-Romo FJ, Saathoff JD, Arslan H, Crick CR, Hein SJ, Itin B, Clancy P, Dichtel WR and Loo YL
    Acs Nano, American Chemical Society vol. 10 (4), 4847-4856.  
    26-04-2016
  • Copper-based water repellent and antibacterial coatings by aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition
    Ozkan E, Crick CC, Taylor A, Allan E and Parkin IP
    Chemical Science, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 7 (8), 5126-5131.  
    01-01-2016

2015

  • Self-Assembled Spherical Supercluster Metamaterials from Nanoscale Building Blocks
    Turek VA, Francescato Y, Cadinu P, Crick CR, Elliott L, Chen Y, Urland V, Ivanov AP, Velleman L, Hong M, Vilar R, Maier SA, Giannini V and Edel JB
    Acs Photonics, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 3 (1), 35-42.  
    08-12-2015
  • Fabrication of optimized oil–water separation devices through the targeted treatment of silica meshes
    Crick CR, Ozkan FT and Parkin IP
    Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, Taylor & Francis vol. 16 (5) 
    22-10-2015
  • Selectively Sized Graphene-Based Nanopores for in Situ Single Molecule Sensing
    Crick CR, Sze JYY, Rosillo-Lopez M, Salzmann CG and Edel JB
    Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 7 (32), 18188-18194.  
    04-08-2015
  • Robust self-cleaning surfaces that function when exposed to either air or oil
    Lu Y, Sathasivam S, Song J, Crick CR, Carmalt CJ and Parkin IP
    Science, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 347 (6226), 1132-1135.  
    06-03-2015
  • A physicochemical investigation of ionic liquid mixtures
    Clough MT, Crick CR, Gräsvik J, Hunt PA, Niedermeyer H, Welton T and Whitaker OP
    Chemical Science, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 6 (2), 1101-1114.  
    01-01-2015
  • Advanced analysis of nanoparticle composites – a means toward increasing the efficiency of functional materials
    Crick CR, Noimark S, Peveler WJ, Bear JC, Ivanov AP, Edel JB and Parkin IP
    Rsc Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 5 (66), 53789-53795.  
    01-01-2015

2014

  • Precise Attoliter Temperature Control of Nanopore Sensors Using a Nanoplasmonic Bullseye
    Crick CR, Albella P, Ng B, Ivanov AP, Roschuk T, Cecchini MP, Bresme F, Maier SA and Edel JB
    Nano Letters, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 15 (1), 553-559.  
    08-12-2014
  • Superhydrophobic silica wool—a facile route to separating oil and hydrophobic solvents from water
    Crick CR, Bhachu DS and Parkin IP
    Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, Taylor & Francis vol. 15 (6) 
    01-12-2014

2013

  • Superhydrophobic Surfaces as an On-Chip Microfluidic Toolkit for Total Droplet Control
    Draper MC, Crick CR, Orlickaite V, Turek VA, Parkin IP and Edel JB
    Analytical Chemistry, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 85 (11), 5405-5410.  
    20-05-2013
  • A general method for the incorporation of nanoparticles into superhydrophobic films by aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition
    Crick CR, Bear JC, Southern P and Parkin IP
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 1 (13), 4336-4344.  
    01-01-2013
  • Relationship between surface hydrophobicity and water bounces – a dynamic method for accessing surface hydrophobicity
    Crick CR and Parkin IP
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 1 (3), 799-804.  
    01-01-2013
  • Superhydrophobic polymer -coated copper-mesh; membranes for highly efficient oil–water separation
    Crick CR, Gibbins JA and Parkin IP
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 1 (19), 5943-5948.  
    01-01-2013

2012

  • Superhydrophobic Photocatalytic Surfaces through Direct Incorporation of Titania Nanoparticles into a Polymer Matrix by Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition
    Crick CR, Bear JC, Kafizas A and Parkin IP
    Advanced Materials, Wiley vol. 24 (26), 3505-3508.  
    18-06-2012

2011

  • An investigation into bacterial attachment to an elastomeric superhydrophobic surface prepared via aerosol assisted deposition
    Crick CR, Ismail S, Pratten J and Parkin IP
    Thin Solid Films, Elsevier vol. 519 (11), 3722-3727.  
    01-03-2011
  • Aerosol assisted deposition of melamine-formaldehyde resin: Hydrophobic thin films from a hydrophilic material
    Crick CR and Parkin IP
    Thin Solid Films, Elsevier vol. 519 (7), 2181-2186.  
    01-01-2011
  • CVD of copper and copper oxide thin films via the in situ reduction of copper(ii) nitrate—a route to conformal superhydrophobic coatings
    Crick CR and Parkin IP
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 21 (38), 14712-14716.  
    01-01-2011
  • Superhydrophobic silica films on glass formed by hydrolysis of an acidic aerosol of tetraethylorthosilicate
    Crick CR and Parkin IP
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 21 (25), 9362-9366.  
    01-01-2011
  • Water droplet bouncing—a definition for superhydrophobic surfaces
    Crick CR and Parkin IP
    Chemical Communications, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 47 (44), 12059-12061.  
    01-01-2011

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