Publications

Below gives a selected list of the publications from Professor Glen McHale, Dr Mike Newton, Dr Neil Shirtcliffe and colleagues in Northumbria University and Nottingham Trent University. Postprints of some papers are available by clicking on the links provided. Users who are registered with the American Chemical Society (ACS registration is free) can click on the "Via ACS Server" links and logon to obtain a free copy of the article.

Reprints of recent papers for McHale and colleagues are available at the Northumbria University Repository. Reprints of recent papers for Newton and colleagues are available at the Nottingham Trent University Repository

Z. Brabcova, G. McHale, G.G. Wells, C.V. Brown and M.I. Newton,
Electric field induced reversible spreading of droplets into films on lubricant impregnated surfaces,
Applied Physics Letters 110 (2) (2017) 121603. View open access

Z. Brabcova, G. McHale, G.G. Wells, C.V. Brown, M.I. Newton, A.M.J. Edwards,
Near axisymmetric partial wetting using interface-localized liquid dielectrophoresis,
Langmuir 32 (42) (2017) 10844-10850. View open access

A.M.J. Edwards, R. Ledesma-Aguilar, M.I. Newton, C.V. Brown and
G. McHale,
Not spreading in reverse: The dewetting of a liquid film into a single drop,
Science Advances 2 (9) (2016) e1600183. View open access version
View Science Advances produced video
(Also see the popular explanation)

G. McHale and M.I. Newton,
Liquid marbles: topical context within soft matter and recent progress,
Soft Matter (Invited article) 11 (13) (2015) 2530-2546. View open access

C.V. Brown, G. McHale and C.L. Trabi,
Dielectrophoresis driven spreading of immersed liquid droplets,
Langmuir 31 (3) (2015) 1011-1016. View abstract

N.R. Geraldi, F.F. Ouali, R.H. Morris, G. McHale and M.I. Newton,
Capillary origami and superhydrophobic membrane surfaces,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 102 (21) (2013) art. 214104. View reprint

C.V. Brown, G. McHale and N. Sampara,
Voltage induced superspreading,
Nature Communications 4 (2013) art. 1605. View postprint

K.D. Esmeryan, G. McHale, C.L. Trabi, N.R. Geraldi and M.I. Newton,
Manipulated wettability of a superhydrophobic quartz crystal microbalance through electrowetting,
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 46 (34) (2013) art.345307. View postprint

G. McHale, C.V. Brown, M.I. Newton, G.G. Wells and N. Sampara,
Developing interface localized liquid dielectrophoresis for optical applications,
Proc. SPIEE 8557 (2012) art. 855703. View reprint pdf

G. McHale, C.V. Brown, M.I. Newton,G.G. Wells and N. Sampara,
Dielectrowetting driven spreading of droplets,
Physical Review Letters 107 (18) (2011) art. 186101. View postprint pdf

C.V. Brown, G. McHale and N.J. Mottram,
Analysis of a static wrinkle on the surface of a thin dielectric liquid layer formed by dielectrophoresis forces,
J. Appl. Phys. 110 (2) (2011) art. 024107. View postprint pdf

G. McHale and M.I. Newton,
Liquid Marbles: Principles and applications,
Soft Matter. (Invited Emerging Area article) 7 (12) (2011) 5473-5481. View postprint pdf

G. McHale, M.I. Newton, N.J. Shirtcliffe and N.R. Geraldi,
Capillary origami: superhydrophobic ribbon surfaces and liquid marbles,
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. (Invited article) 2 (2011) 145-151. View open access

C.V. Brown, W. Al-Shabib, G.G. Wells, G. McHale, and M.I. Newton,
Amplitude scaling of a static wrinkle at an oil-air interface created by dielectrophoresis forces,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 97 (24) (2010) art. 242904. View reprint pdf

C.V. Brown, G.G. Wells, M.I. Newton and G. McHale,
Voltage-programmable liquid optical interface,
Nature Photonics 3 (7) (2009) 403-405. View postprint pdf
(also see the Editor's interview)

G. McHale, S.J. Elliott, M.I. Newton, D.L. Herbertson and K. Esmer,
Levitation-free vibrated droplets: Resonant oscillations of liquid marbles,
Langmuir 25 (1) (2009) 529-533. Via ACS server

G. McHale, N.J. Shirtcliffe, M.I. Newton and F.B. Pyatt,
Implications of ideas on super-hydrophobicity for water repellent soil,
Hydrol. Proc. 21 (17) (2007) 2229-2238. View postprint pdf

G. McHale, N.J. Shirtcliffe, M.I. Newton, F.B. Pyatt and S.H. Doerr,
Self-organisation of hydrophobic soil and granular surfaces,
Appl. Phys. Letts. 90 (5) (2007) Art. No. 054110. View postprint pdf

G. McHale, D.L. Herbertson, S.J. Elliott, N.J. Shirtcliffe and M. I. Newton,
Electrowetting of non-wetting liquids and liquid marbles,
Langmuir 23 (2) (2007) 918-924. Via ACS server

M.I. Newton, D.L. Herbertson, S.J. Elliott, N.J. Shirtcliffe and G. McHale,
Electrowetting of liquid marbles,
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 (1) (2007) 20-24. View postprint pdf

D.L. Herbertson, C.R. Evans, N.J. Shirtcliffe, G. McHale and M.I. Newton,
Electrowetting on superhydrophobic SU-8 patterned surfaces,
Sens. Act. A. 130 (SI) (2006) 189-193. View postprint pdf