Surface Forces and Dispersion Rheology

Name of Group Leader:

Dr Yee-Kwong Leong  

Physical Address:

School of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Western Australia
Crawley 6009  

Phone:

(08) 6488 3602  

Fax:

(08) 6488 1024  

Email:

leong@mech.uwa.edu.au  

Nanotechnology Research Programs/Activities:

Surface Forces Arising from Adsorbed Additives in nanoparticulate dispersions

Relationship between Surface Forces and Molecular Structure of Adsorbed Additives  

Scale of Nanotechnology Research Effort:

2 PhD and 6 honours students  

Nanotechnology research facilities:

ZetaProbe
vane yield stress rheometer
viscometers (cone & plate, parallel plate and concentric cylinders)
 

Participants

• Dr Yee-Kwong Leong

 

Collaboration Information

 

Group Websites:

http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/people/staff/leong.html

http://www.strategicnano.uwa.edu.au/researchers/yeekwong_leong