Prof. Alexander Routh
Professor
Alex is Professor of Colloid Science based at the Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology. His research spans a range of physical science including encapsulation, friction modification, pattern formation during drying of dispersions, stratification and ordering in drying films, industrial process modelling with an aim of energy efficiency, neutron scattering and reflectivity. Recent work has examined drying of blood droplets with an aim to build cheap diagnostic devices.
Previously Alex was a Post-doc in the School of Chemistry and Bristol University and gained his PhD from the Chemical Engineering Department at Princeton University in the United States. He was a lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Sheffield University for 4 year before joining IEEF and Chemical Engineering at Cambridge in 2006.
Publications
2007
Swelling kinetics for a pH-induced latex-to-microgel transition Journal Article
In: Langmuir, vol. 23, no. 7, pp. 4035 – 4041, 2007.
Identification of excitable media using cellular automata models Journal Article
In: International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 153 – 168, 2007.
Identification of the belousov-zhabotinskii reaction using cellular automata models Journal Article
In: International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 1687 – 1702, 2007.
The Staphylococcus aureus Surface Protein IsdA Mediates Resistance to Innate Defenses of Human Skin Journal Article
In: Cell Host and Microbe, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 199 – 212, 2007.
The polymer and salt induced aggregation of silica particles Journal Article
In: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, vol. 293, no. 1-3, pp. 167 – 174, 2007.
2006
Temperature dependence of crack spacing in drying latex films Journal Article
In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 45, no. 21, pp. 6996 – 7001, 2006.
Formation of liquid core-polymer shell microcapsules Journal Article
In: Soft Matter, vol. 2, no. 11, pp. 940 – 949, 2006.
Distribution of surfactants in latex films: A rutherford backscattering study Journal Article
In: Langmuir, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 5314 – 5320, 2006.
Time evolution of transition points in drying latex films Journal Article
In: Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 301 – 306, 2006.
Predicting surfactant distributions in dried latex films Journal Article
In: ACS Symposium Series, vol. 941, pp. 53 – 65, 2006.
Effect of added free polymer on the swelling of neutral microgel particles: A thermodynamic approach Journal Article
In: Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 110, no. 25, pp. 12721 – 12727, 2006.
Thinning of drying latex films due to surfactant Journal Article
In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 303, no. 1, pp. 306 – 314, 2006.
Bacterial quorum sensing and cell surface electrokinetic properties Journal Article
In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 669 – 675, 2006.
2005
Rupture of surfactant containing latex films during drying Conference
2005.
Role of nonadsorbing polymers in bacterial aggregation Journal Article
In: Langmuir, vol. 21, no. 26, pp. 12315 – 12319, 2005.
The production of binderless granules and their mechanical characteristics Journal Article
In: Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 60, no. 14, pp. 4045 – 4053, 2005.
Plasticization of polymer colloids by aqueous-alcohol solutions Journal Article
In: Chemical Engineering Research and Design, vol. 83, no. 2 A, pp. 139 – 142, 2005.
2004
Distribution of particles during solvent evaporation from films Journal Article
In: Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 59, no. 14, pp. 2961 – 2968, 2004.
Some anomalous effects of sodium ions on the electrophoretic mobility and heteroaggregation of microgel particles Journal Article
In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 273, no. 2, pp. 435 – 441, 2004.
Why do drying films crack? Journal Article
In: Langmuir, vol. 20, no. 23, pp. 9885 – 9888, 2004.
A model for surfactant distribution in latex coatings Journal Article
In: Langmuir, vol. 20, no. 20, pp. 8721 – 8727, 2004.
Flocculation of microgel particles with sodium chloride and sodium polystyrene sulfonate as a function of temperature Journal Article
In: Langmuir, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 3536 – 3542, 2004.
2003
The diffusion coefficient of a swollen microgel particle Journal Article
In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 261, no. 2, pp. 547 – 551, 2003.
2002
Erratum: Horizontal drying fronts during solvent evaporation from latex films (AIChE Jounal (September 1998) (2088-2098)) Journal Article
In: AIChE Journal, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 917 – 918, 2002.
Salt-induced homoaggregation of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgels Journal Article
In: Langmuir, vol. 18, no. 14, pp. 5366 – 5369, 2002.
2001
Deformation mechanisms during latex film formation: Experimental evidence Journal Article
In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 40, no. 20, pp. 4302 – 4308, 2001.
Process model for latex film formation: Optical clarity fronts Journal Article
In: Journal of Coatings Technology, vol. 73, no. 916, pp. 41 – 48, 2001.
Lateral drying in thick films of waterborne colloidal particles Journal Article
In: Langmuir, vol. 17, no. 11, pp. 3202 – 3207, 2001.
1999
Process model for latex film formation: Limiting regimes for individual driving forces Journal Article
In: Langmuir, vol. 15, no. 22, pp. 7762 – 7773, 1999.
1998
Horizontal drying fronts during solvent evaporation from latex films Journal Article
In: AIChE Journal, vol. 44, no. 9, pp. 2088 – 2098, 1998.