McHale and Newton Groups > Presentations > Soil & Sand

Selected Presentations

Complete list | Public Understanding | Superhydrophobicity & Superspreading | Soil & Sand | Materials & Surfaces | Abhesion & Slip | Liquid Marbles, EWOD & DEP | Superhydrophobicity & Acoustic Waves | Acoustic Wave Sensors | SAW Theory | Selected Others


Only the Complete List is now Maintained - Soil talks tend to be given by collaborators


"From infiltrating droplets to rolling balls".
An invited talk on superhydrophobicity on reconfigurable surfaces, at the Bouyoucos Conference, Florida, USA. April 2007.

File: "Bouyoucos April 2007 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
Weblink: Bouyoucos Conference 2007

"Wetting of hydrophobic beads and sand".
A talk on superhydrophobicity on reconfigurable surfaces, at the European Science Foundation Solid-Fluid Interfaces Meeting, Obergurgl, Austria. September 2006.

File: "ESF Solid Fluid Interfaces September 2006 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
Weblink: European Science Foundation

"Soil Water Repellency: A materials view".
A discussion of how superhydrophobicity might relate to naturally occurring extreme water repellency, at the European Geoscience Union Congress, Vienna, Austria. April 2005.

File: "EGU Soil April 2005 for Natures Raincoats.pdf"
Weblink: Dr Stefan Doerr's web page