Publications

Archer, R. J., Ebbens, S.J. Symmetrical Catalytic Colloids Display Janus-Like Active Brownian Particle Motions Advanced Science (2023) 

Kumar, P., Zhang, Y., Ebbens, S. J. & Zhao, X. 3D inkjet printed self-propelled motors for micro-stirring. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 623, 96–108 (2022).

Marchi, P. M. et al. C9ORF72-derived poly-GA DPRs undergo endocytic uptake in iAstrocytes and spread to motor neurons. Life Sci. Alliance 5, 1–19 (2022).

3D printable self-propelling sensors for the assessment of water quality via surface tension     P Kumar, A Legge, DA Gregory, A Nichols, H Jensen, SJ Ebbens, X Zhao (2022) JCIS Open 100044

Inkjet printing of mammalian cells – theory and applications
Kumar, P., Ebbens, S., Zhao, X. (2021) Bioprinting, e00157.

Steering active colloids
Ebbens, S., Kirvin, A., Archer, R., Gregory, D. and Campbell, A. (2021) Bulletin of the American Physical Society.

Rotating ellipsoidal catalytic micro-swimmers via glancing angle evaporation
Kirvin, A., Gregory, D., Parnell, A., Campbell, A. I. and Ebbens, S. (2021) Materials Advances, 2, pp. 7045-7053.

Influence of additives on the in situ crystallization dynamics of methyl ammonium lead halide perovskites
Pineda, De La O., Alhazmi, N., Ebbens, S. J. and Dunbar, A. D. F. (2021) ACS Appl E Energy Mater 4, pp. 1398-1409.

pH‐responsive catalytic Janus Motors with autonomous navigation and cargo‐release functions
Archer, R. A, Howse, J. R., Fujii, S., Kawashima, H., Buxton, G. A. and Ebbens, S. J. (2020) Advanced Functional Materials, 30(19), 2000324.

Experimental observation of flow fields around active Janus spheres
Campbell, A. I., Ebbens, S. J., Illien, P. and Golestanian R. (2019) Nature communications, 10 (1), pp. 1-8.

Reactive inkjet printing and propulsion analysis of silk-based self-propelled micro-stirrers
Gregory, D. A., Kumar, P., Jimenez-Franco, A., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y. and Ebbens, S. J. (2019) JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) e59030.

Light-driven locomotion of a centimeter-sized object at the air–water interface: effect of fluid resistance
Kawashima, H., Shioi, A., Archer, R. J., Ebbens, S. J., Nakamura, Y. and Fujii, S (2019) RSC advances, 9(15), pp. 8333-8339.

Reactive inkjet printing of functional silk stirrers for enhanced mixing and sensing
Zhang, Y., Gregory, D. A., Zhang, Y., Smith, P. J., Ebbens, S. J. and Zhao, X. (2019) Small, 15(1), 1804213.

Catalytic Janus colloids: controlling trajectories of chemical microswimmers
Ebbens, S. J. and Gregory, D. (2018) Acc. Chem Res. doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00243

Symmetrical catalytically active colloids collectively induce convective flow
Gregory, D. A. and Ebbens, S. J. (2018) Langmuir, 34(14), pp. 4307-4313. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00310

A pickering emulsion route to swimming active Janus colloids
Archer, R. J., Parnell, A. J., Campbell, A. I., Howse, J. R. and Ebbens, S. J. (2018) Advanced Science, 5(2). doi:10.1002/advs.201700528

Helical paths, gravitaxis, and separation phenomena for mass-anisotropic self-propelling colloids: experiment versus theory
Campbell, A. I., Wittkowski, R., ten Hagen, B., Löwen, H. and Ebbens, S. J. (2017) The Journal of Chemical Physics, 147(8). doi:10.1063/1.4998605

Spiral diffusion of rotating self-propellers with stochastic perturbation
Nourhani, A., Ebbens, S. J., Gibbs, J. G. and Lammert, P. E. (2016) Phys. Rev. E 94, 030601(R), published 13 September.

Reactive inkjet printing: reactive inkjet printing of biocompatible enzyme powered silk micro-rockets
Gregory, D., Zhang, Y., Smith, P. J., Zhao, X. and Ebbens, S. J. (2016) Small, 12 (30), p. 4022.
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Preparation and 3D tracking of catalytic swimming devices
Campbell, A., Archer, R., Ebbens, S. (2016) Journal of Visualized Experiments, 113.

Active colloids: progress and challenges towards realising autonomous applications
Ebbens, S. (2016) Current Opinion In Colloid & Interface Science, 21, pp. 14-23. doi:10.1016/j.cocis.2015.10.003
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Boundaries can steer active Janus spheres
Das, S., Garg, A., Campbell, A. I., Howse, J. R., Sen, A., Velegol, D., Golestaninan, R. and Ebbens, S. J. (2015) Nature Communications, 6, article number 8999, published 2 December. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9999
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Directed propulsion, chemotaxis and clustering in propelled microparticles
Dunderdale, G. J. and Ebbens, S. J. (2015) Current Physical Chemistry, 5, pp. 91-106. doi:10.2174/1877946805999150710162814
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Glancing angle metal evaporation synthesis of catalytic swimming Janus colloids with well defined angular velocity
Archer, R. J., Campbell, A. I. and Ebbens, S. J. (2015) Soft Matter, 11(34), pp. 6872-6880.

Effect of catalyst distribution on spherical bubble swimmer trajectories
Gregory, D. A., Campbell, A. I. and Ebbens, S. J. (2015) Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(27), pp. 15339-15348.

Mode of lysozyme protein adsorption at end-tethered polyethylene oxide brushes on gold surfaces determined by neutron reflectivity
Taylor, W., Ebbens, S., Skoda, M. W. A., Webster, J. R. P. and Jones, R. A. L. (2015) European Physical Journal E, 38(3), pp. 1-6.

Real time laser interference microscopy for bar-spread polystyrene/ poly(methyl methacrylate) blends
Haq, E. U., Toolan, D. T. W., Emerson, J. A., Epps, T. H., Howse, J. R., Dunbar, A. D. F., and Ebbens, S. J. (2014) Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 52(15), pp. 985-992.

Electrokinetic effects in catalytic platinum-insulator Janus swimmers
Ebbens, S. J., Gregory, D. A., Dunderdale, G., Howse, J. R., Ibrahim, Y., Liverpool, T. B. and Golestanian, R. (2014) European Physical Letters, 106(5), 58003.

Gravitaxis in spherical janus swimming devices
Campbell, A. I. and Ebbens, S. J. (2013) Langmuir: the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, 29(46), pp. 14066-73. doi: 10.1021/la403450j

Direct observation of morphological development during the spin-coating of polystyrenepoly (methyl methacrylate) polymer blends
Toolan, D. T. W., ul Haq, E., Dunbar, A., Ebbens, S., Clarke, N., Topham, P. and Howse, J.R. (2013) Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 51(11), pp. 875-881. doi: 10.1002/polb.23288

Importance of particle tracking and calculating the mean-squared displacement in distinguishing nanopropulsion from other processes
Dunderdale, G., Ebbens, S., Fairclough, P. and Howse, J.R. (2012) Langmuir, 28(30), pp. 10997-11006. doi: 10.1021/la301370y

A fantastic voyage? The importance of autonomy in the design of nano-propulsive devices
Ebbens, S. (2012) Materials Today, 15(7-8), pp. 294.

Size dependence of the propulsion velocity for catalytic Janus-sphere swimmers
Ebbens, S., Tu, M., Howse, J. R and Golestanian, R. (2012) Phys. Rev. E, 85, 020401(R).

Synthetic running and tumbling: an autonomous navigation strategy for catalytic nanoswimmers
Ebbens, S. J., Buxton, G. A., Alexeev, A., Sadeghi, A and Howse, J. R. (2012) Soft Matter, 8(11), pp. 3077-3082. doi: 10.1039/c2sm07283a

Direct observation of the direction of motion for spherical catalytic swimmers
Ebbens, S. J. and Howse, J. R. (2018) Langmuir: the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, 27(20), pp. 12293-6.

In situ imaging and height reconstruction of phase separation processes in polymer blends during spin coating
Ebbens, S., Hodgkinson, R., Parnell, A. J. et al. (2011) ACS NANO, 5(6), pp. 5124-5131. doi: 10.1021/nn201210e

Self-assembled autonomous runners and tumblers
Ebbens, S. J., Jones, R. A. L., Ryan,  A. J., Golestanian, R. and Howse, J. R. (2010) Physical Review E, 82(1).

In the pursuit of propulsion at the nanoscale
Ebbens, S. J. and Howse, J.R. (2010) Soft Matter, 6, p. 726.

Covalently cross-linked colloidosomes
Thompson, K. L., Armes, S. P., Howse, J. R., Ebbens, S., Ahmad, I., Zaidi, J. H., York, D. W. and Burdis, J. A. (2010) Macromolecules, 43(24), pp. 10466.

The thermal stability of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers on copper for fluxless soldering applications
Ebbens, S. J., Hutt, D. A. and Liu, C. (2010) IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, 33(20), p. 251.

Elastic modulus measurements from individual lactose particles using atomic force microscopy
Perkins, M., Ebbens, S. J., Hayes, S. et al. (2007) Int. J. Pharm., 332(1-2) p. 168.

Determination of the surface free energy of crystalline and amorphous lactose by atomic force microscopy adhesion measurement
Zhang, J., Ebbens, S. J., Chen, X., Jin, Z., Luk, S. Y., Madden, C. E., Patel, N. and Roberts C. J. (2006) Pharmaceutical Research, 23(2), pp. 401-407.

Identifying and mapping surface amorphous domains
Ward, S., Perkins, M., Zhang, J., Roberts, C. J., Madden, C. E., Luk, S. Y., Patel, N. and Ebbens, S. J. (2005) Pharmaceutical Research, 22(7), pp. 1195-1202.

Towards nanoscale metrology for biomolecular imaging by atomic force microscopy
Abdelhady, H. G., Allen, S., Ebbens, S. J. et al. (2005) Nanotechnology, 16(6), pp. 966-973.

A combined imaging, microthermal and spectroscopic study of a multilayer packaging system
Woodward, I., Ebbens, S., Zhang, J. et al. (2004) Packag. Technol. Sci., 17(3), pp. 129-138.

Surface segregation and plasma oxidation of polvethylene-poly(dimethylsiloxane) copolymer doped polyethylene films
Spanos, C. G., Ebbens, S. J., Badyal, J. P. S. et al. (2003) Macromolecules, 36(2), pp. 368-372.

A study of single drug particle adhesion interactions using atomic force microscopy
Eve, J. K., Patel, N., Luk, S. Y., Ebbens, S. J., Roberts, C. J. et al. (2002) Int. J. Pharm., 238(1-2).

Surface enrichment of fluorochemical-doped polypropylene films
Ebbens, S. J., Badyal, J. P. S. (2001) Langmuir, 17(13), pp. 4050-4055.

Surface segregation and plasma oxidation of poly(dimethylsiloxane)-doped polyolefins
Spanos, C. G., Ebbens, S. J., Badyal, J. P. S. et al. (2001) Macromolecules, 34(23), pp. 8149-8155.

Conference papers

Qi, S., Litchfield, R., Hutt, D. A., Vaidhyathan, B., Liu, C. Q., Webb, P. and Ebbens, S. 'Copper conductive adhesives for printed circuit interconnects'.

Ebbens, S. J., Hutt, D. A. and Liu, C. Q. (2007) 'Patterning copper using inkjet printing of self assembled monolayers', 9th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference, volumes 1-2 (2007), pp. 114-119.

Ebbens, S., Hutt, D. A., Liu, C. Q. et al. (2007) 'Surface micro-patterning with self-assembled monolayers selectively deposited on copper substrates by inkjet printing', 57th Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 2007 Proceedings, pp. 1362-1367.   

Ebbens, S. J., Hutt, D. A. and Liu, C. (2006) 'Investigation of inkjet printing of self-assembled monolayers for copper circuit patterning', Proceedings of the 8th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference, 2006.

Ebbens, S. J., Hutt, D. A., Liu, C. (2006) 'Thermal stability of self-assembled monolayer copper preservatives for fluxless soldering', Proceedings of the 1st IEEE Electronic Systemintegration Technology Conference,  2006, Volume 1, pp. 1360-1366.

Ebbens, S., Hutt, D. A. and Liu, C. (2006) 'Effect of temperature and storage environment on the preservation of copper surfaces for fluxless soldering', Proceedings of the 56th IEEE Electronics Components and Technology Conference (ECTC'56), 2006, pp. 1847-1852.

Perkins, M., Zhang, J., Roberts, C. J. et al. (2005) 'Single particle surface energy and hardness screening using atomic force microscopy', Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 57, S3-S3.

Le Roux, D., Roberts, C. J., Madden, C. E. et al. (2005) 'Raman microscopy investigation of the phase structure and interactions in hydoxypropyl methyl cellulose and ethyl cellulose blends', Journal of Pharmacy And Pharmacology, 57, S9-S10.  

Perkins, M., Zhang, J., Roberts, C. J. et al. (2005) 'Single particle surface energy and hardness screening using atomic force microscopy', Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 57, S59-S59.  

Ward, S. D., Perkins, M., Ebbens, S. J. et al. (2005) 'Drug product analysis through multidisciplinary solid state characterisation', Journal of Pharmacy And Pharmacology, 57, S90-S90.  

Ward, S., Perkins, M., Zhang, J. et al. (2005) 'Novel methods to probe surface amorphous states', Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 57, S98-S98.  

Collins, J. A., Madden, C. E., Ebbens, S. J. et al. (2004) 'Screening of inhalation formulations: quantification of individual particulate interactions', Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 56, S6-S6.  

Zhang, J., Madden, C., Hossainy, S. et al. (2004) 'Challenges in the development of drug eluting stents: swelling behaviour characterisation', Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 56, S6-S7.

Ebbens, S. J., Luk, S. Y., Madden, C. E. et al. (2003) 'Measuring and mapping particle-particle interactions in formulations by atomic force microscopy', Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 55, S.6.  

Ebbens, S. J., Luk, S. Y., Madden, C. E. et al. (2003) 'Chemical imaging of drug delivery systems: applications to pulmonary delivery', Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 55, S.13.