Journal Articles

• Growth and shrinkage of Pluronic micelles in Pluronic–Flurbiprofen solutions: variation of pH. S Alexander, WM de Vos, TC Castle, T Cosgrove and SW Prescott. submitted.
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• Surfactant-mediated desorption of polymer from the nanoparticle interface. B Cattoz, T Cosgrove, M Crossman and SW Prescott. Langmuir, in press.
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• Flurbiprofen Encapsulation Using Pluronic Tri-block Copolymers. S Alexander, T Cosgrove, SW Prescott and TC Castle. Langmuir, 27(13), 8054–8060, 2011.
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• Modeling the structure and anti-fouling properties of a polymer brush of grafted comb-polymers. WM de Vos, F Leermakers, S Lindhoud and SW Prescott. Macromolecules, 44(7), 2334–2342, 2011.
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• Structure of Colloidal Sphere-Plate Mixtures. N Doshi, G Cinacchi, JS van Duijneveldt, T Cosgrove, SW Prescott, I Grillo, J Phipps and DI Gittins. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 23(19), 194109, 2011.
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• Gelation or molecular recognition; is the bis-(α,β-dihydroxy ester)s motif an omnigelator?. PC Griffiths, DW Knight, IR Morgan, A Ford, J Brown, B Davies, RK Heenan, SM King, R Dalgliesh, J Tomkinson, SW Prescott, R Schweins and A Paul. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 18(6), 1079–1088, 2010.
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• Synthesis of temperature responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) using ultrasound irradiation. BM Teo, SW Prescott, GJ Price, F Grieser and M Ashokkumar. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114, 3178–3184, 2010.
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• Monodisperse PDMS emulsions from a microfluidic device, characterised by diffusion NMR and scattering. T Cosgrove, A Woodward, Y Espidel, P Wiroonpochit, SW Prescott and B Cheesman. Polymer Preprints, 50, 834–835, 2009.
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• Not all anionic polyelectrolytes complex with DTAB. Y Cui, RH Pelton, T Cosgrove, RM Richardson, S Dai, SW Prescott, I Grillo, H Ketelson and D Meadows. Langmuir, 25(24), 13712–13717, 2009.
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• Ultrasound initiated miniemulsion polymerization of methacrylate monomers. BM Teo, SW Prescott, M Ashokkumar and F Grieser. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 15(1), 89–94, 2008.
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• Rate optimization in controlled radical emulsion polymerization using RAFT. SW Prescott, MJ Ballard, E Rizzardo and RG Gilbert. Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 15, 70–86, 2006.
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• Gold nanorod extinction spectra. SW Prescott and P Mulvaney. Journal of Applied Physics, 99, 123504, 2006.
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• The role of KAHRP domains in knob formation and cytoadherence of P. falciparum-infected human erythrocytes. M Rug, SW Prescott, KM Fernandez, BM Cooke and AF Cowman. Blood, 108(1), 370–378, 2006.
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• Miniemulsion copolymerization of methyl methacrylate and butyl acrylate by ultrasonic initiation. MA Bradley, SW Prescott, HA Schoonbrood, K Landfester and F Grieser. Macromolecules, 38(15), 6346–6351, 2005.
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• Measurement of lactose crystallinity using Raman spectroscopy. BM Murphy, SW Prescott and I Larson. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 38(1), 186–190, 2005.
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• Average termination rate coefficients in emulsion polymerization: effect of compartmentalization on free-radical lifetimes. SW Prescott, MJ Ballard and RG Gilbert. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 43(5), 1076–1089, 2005.
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• Radical loss processes in RAFT-mediated emulsion polymerization. SW Prescott, MJ Ballard, E Rizzardo and RG Gilbert. Macromolecules, 38(11), 4901–4912, 2005.
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• Chain-length dependence in controlled/living radical polymerizations: physical manifestation and Monte Carlo simulation of reversible transfer agents. SW Prescott. Macromolecules, 36(25), 9608–9621, 2003.
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• RAFT in emulsion polymerization: what makes it different?. RG Gilbert, SW Prescott, W Smulders, MJ Monteiro, MJ Ballard and E Rizzardo. Polymer Preprints, 43(2), 130–131, 2002.
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• RAFT techniques in emulsion polymerization: rate of polymerization and radical phase transfer events. SW Prescott, MJ Ballard, E Rizzardo and RG Gilbert. Polymer Preprints, 43(2), 146–147, 2002.
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• Successful use of RAFT techniques in seeded emulsion polymerization of styrene: living character, RAFT agent transport and rate of polymerization. SW Prescott, MJ Ballard, E Rizzardo and RG Gilbert. Macromolecules, 35(14), 5417–5425, 2002.
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• The interactions of amphiphilic latexes with surfaces: the effect of surface modifications and ionic strength. SW Prescott, CM Fellows, RF Considine, CJ Drummond and RG Gilbert. Polymer, 43(11), 3191–3198, 2002.
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• RAFT in emulsion polymerization: what makes it different. SW Prescott, MJ Ballard, E Rizzardo and RG Gilbert. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 55(7), 415–424, 2002.
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• Maximum achievable particle size in emulsion polymerization: modeling of large particle sizes. SW Prescott, CM Fellows and RG Gilbert. Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 11, 163–170, 2002.
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• An introduction to the scientific process: preparation of poly(vinyl acetate) glue. RG Gilbert, CM Fellows, J McDonald and SW Prescott. Journal of Chemical Education, 78(10), 1370–1372, 2001.
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Conference Papers

• Growth and shrinking of Pluronic micelles in Pluronic-flurbiprofen solutions: variation of concentration and pH. S Alexander, SW Prescott, T Cosgrove and TC Castle. UK Colloids 2011, July 2011.
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• Competition at the nanoparticle surface: one polymer, two surfactants, many possibilities. B Cattoz, M Crossman, SW Prescott and T Cosgrove. UK Colloids 2011, July 2011.
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• NMR as an analytical tool to characterise dispersions. C Cooper, P Wiroonpochit, T Cosgrove, SW Prescott and D Fairhurst. UK Colloids 2011, July 2011.
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• Determination of Pore Space of a Highly Monodisperse O/W Emulsion Using NMR Diffusometry. P Wiroonpochit, T Cosgrove, SW Prescott and Y Espidel. UK Colloids 2011, July 2011.
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• Growth and Shrinking of Pluronic Micelles in Pluronic-Flurbiprofen Solutions: Variation of Concentration and pH. S Alexander, TC Castle, SW Prescott and T Cosgrove. Australian Colloid and Interface Symposium, Hobart, February 2011.
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• Using block copolymers as emulsifiers in novel multi-component formulations. T Cosgrove, Y Espidel, P Wiroonpochit, SW Prescott, VW de, B Foster, D Pears, V Osborne and A Bekkauoi. Australian Colloid and Interface Symposium, Hobart, February 2011.
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• Molecules at the solid-liquid interface: a miniature NMR to characterise colloidal systems. CL Cooper, B Cattoz, SW Prescott and T Cosgrove. 24^th Conference of the European Colloids and Interfaces Society, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2010.
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• Determination of the wetted surface area of suspensions of active pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) using nuclear magnetic resonance. D Fairhurst, T Cosgrove and SW Prescott. Symposium on Formulation, 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, August 2010.
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• Competition at the nanoparticle surface: displacement of polymers by surfactants. B Cattoz, T Cosgrove and SW Prescott. M4 Colloids Symposium, Bristol, June 2010.
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• Investigating the Effect of Small Aromatic Compounds on the Sphere-to-rod Transition in Block Copolymer Micelles. M Sharp, SW Prescott, S King and T Cosgrove. American Conference on Neutron Scattering, Ottawa, Canada, June 2010.
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• Determination of the surface area of suspensions of active pharmaceutical ingredients using NMR. D Fairhurst, T Cosgrove and SW Prescott. Nanoparticles 2009: Society of Chemical Industry/Royal Society of Chemistry, Liverpool, 2009.
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• Direct measurement of the surface area of suspensions using NMR. D Fairhurst, SW Race, T Cosgrove, SW Prescott and MR Brozel. 13th International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, New York, 2009.
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• Determination of the surface area of suspensions of activated carbons, charcoals and carbon blacks using NMR. D Fairhurst, T Cosgrove and SW Prescott. 24th International Activated Carbon Conference, Pittsburgh, September 2009.
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• Monodisperse PDMS emulsions from a microfluidic device, characterised by diffusion NMR and scattering. T Cosgrove, A Woodward, Y Espidel, P Wiroonpochit, SW Prescott and B Cheesman. 238^th ACS National Meeting, Washington DC, August 2009.
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• A new approach using NMR to directly measure the surface area of particulate suspensions. D Fairhurst, T Cosgrove and SW Prescott. Pittsburgh Conference: New Directions in Analytical Instrumentation and Techniques, New Orleans, 2008.
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• NMR as a tool to directly measure the surface area of particulate dispersions. D Fairhurst, SW Race, T Cosgrove, SW Prescott, Y Espidel and N Houstrup. Pittsburgh Conference, Chicago, 2007.
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• A new approach to directly measure the surface area of nanoparticulate dispersions using NMR. D Fairhurst, SW Race, T Cosgrove and SW Prescott. Particles 2007: Particle-Based Device Technologies, Toronto, 2007.
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• NMR as a tool to measure directly the surface area of nanoparticulate dispersions. D Fairhurst, T Cosgrove and SW Prescott. 81st National Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Newark, 2007.
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• Understanding the UV-Visible-NIR scattering of non-spherical metallic nanoparticles. SW Prescott and P Mulvaney. 19^th Conference of the European Colloids and Interfaces Society, Geilo, Norway, September 2005.
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• Miniemulsion Polymerization by Ultrasonic Initiation. MA Bradley, J Zukan, BM Teo, SW Prescott, HA Schoonbrood, K Landfester, M Ashokkumar and F Grieser. University of Melbourne Sonochemistry Symposium, July 2005.
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• Understanding the UV-Visible scattering of non-spherical metallic nanoparticles. SW Prescott and P Mulvaney. Australasian Colloid and Interface Symposium 2005, February 2005.
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• RAFT in emulsion polymerization: new mechanistic understanding. CJ Ferguson, D Nguyen, BT Pham, JS Leswin, DJ Lamb, BS Hawkett, A Serelis, C Such, SW Prescott and RG Gilbert. 40^th IUPAC World Polymer Congress MACRO 2004, November 2004.
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• Gold/polymer nanocomposites by dispersed phase polymerisation using ultrasonic initiation and agitation. J Zukan, SW Prescott, F Grieser and M Ashokkumar. 27^th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Adelaide SA, November 2004.
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• Chain-length dependence in living polymerization: evidence from kinetic experiments and Monte Carlo simulation of RAFT agents in emulsion polymerization. SW Prescott, MJ Ballard, E Rizzardo and RG Gilbert. 26^th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Noosa QLD, July 2003.
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• RAFT in emulsion polymerization: What makes it different?. CJ Ferguson, R Hughes, BS Hawkett, A Serelis, C Such, SW Prescott, E Rizzardo, MJ Ballard and RG Gilbert. 224^th ACS National Meeting, Boston MA, August 2002.
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• RAFT techniques in emulsion polymerization: rate of polymerization and radical phase transfer events. SW Prescott, MJ Ballard, E Rizzardo and RG Gilbert. 224^th ACS National Meeting, Boston MA, August 2002.
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• RAFT techniques in emulsion polymerization: living character, RAFT agent transport and rate of polymerization. SW Prescott, MJ Ballard, E Rizzardo and RG Gilbert. 25^th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Armadale NSW, February 2002.
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• RAFT in emulsion polymerization: what makes it different. W Smulders, MJ Monteiro, SW Prescott, MJ Ballard, E Rizzardo and RG Gilbert. 3^rd Australian Polymer Summer School, Armadale NSW, February 2002.
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• Free-radical polymerization to create coated particles for interaction studies: the interactions of amphiphilic latexes with surfaces. SW Prescott, CM Fellows, RF Considine, CJ Drummond and RG Gilbert. 15^th Bratislava Microsymposium - Nonconventional Polymer Dispersions, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, July 2001.
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• RAFT techniques in emulsion polymerization: living character, RAFT agent transport and rate of polymerization. SW Prescott, MJ Ballard, E Rizzardo and RG Gilbert. European Polymer Federation Conference, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, July 2001.
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Posters

• Targeting Non-Steroidal Drug Using Polymer Encapsulation. S Alexander, T Cosgrove, SW Prescott and T Castle. 24^th Conference of the European Colloids and Interfaces Society, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2010.
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• Competition at the nanoparticle surface: displacement of polymers by surfactants. B Cattoz, T Cosgrove and SW Prescott. 24^th Conference of the European Colloids and Interfaces Society, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2010.
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• Synthesis and Relaxation Study of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)/Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Composites. S Muangpil, TMM Ng, B Cheesman, SW Prescott, T Cosgrove and Y Espidel. 24^th Conference of the European Colloids and Interfaces Society, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2010.
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• Determination of Pore Space of a Highly Monodisperse O/W Emulsion Using NMR Diffusometry. P Wiroonpochit, T Cosgrove, Y Espidel and SW Prescott. 24^th Conference of the European Colloids and Interfaces Society, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2010.
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• Targeting Non-Steroidal Drug Using Polymer Encapsulation. S Alexander, T Cosgrove, SW Prescott and T Castle. M4 Colloids Symposium, Bristol, June 2010.
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• Synthesis and Relaxation Study of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)/Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Composites. S Muangpil, TMM Ng, B Cheesman, SW Prescott, T Cosgrove and Y Espidel. M4 Colloids Symposium, Bristol, June 2010.
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• Determination of Pore Space of a Highly Monodisperse O/W Emulsion Using NMR Diffusometry. P Wiroonpochit, T Cosgrove, Y Espidel and SW Prescott. M4 Colloids Symposium, Bristol, June 2010.
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• A new approach to directly measure the surface area of nanoparticulate dispersions using NMR. D Fairhurst, SW Race, T Cosgrove and SW Prescott. Nanoparticles: New Opportunities and Challenges for Colloid Scientists: Royal Society of Chemistry, University of Warwick, 2007.
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• Knobby Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes: KAHRP domains and their role in knob formation. M Rug, SW Prescott, KM Fernandez, BM Cooke and AF Cowman. Molecular Parasitology Meeting XV (2000) Woods Hole, USA, September 2005.
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• Dispersed phase polymerization using ultrasonic initiation and agitation. J Zukan, SW Prescott, MA Bradley, F Grieser and M Ashokkumar. 18^th Conference of the European Colloids and Interfaces Society, Almería, Spain, September 2004.
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• Chain-length dependence in living polymerizations: physical manifestation and Monte Carlo simulation of RAFT in emulsion polymerization. SW Prescott, MJ Ballard, E Rizzardo and RG Gilbert. 24^th Australian Colloid and Surface Science Student Conference, Sunset Cove, SA, February 2004.
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• Chain-length dependence in living polymerizations: physical manifestation and Monte Carlo simulation of RAFT in emulsion polymerization. SW Prescott, MJ Ballard, E Rizzardo and RG Gilbert. Gordon Research Conference on Polymer Colloids, August 2003.
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• Free-radical polymerization to create coated particles for interaction studies: the interactions of amphiphilic latexes with surfaces. SW Prescott, CM Fellows, RF Considine, CJ Drummond and RG Gilbert. SML'01 Conference, Lucca, Italy, June 2001.
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• RAFT techniques in emulsion polymerization: living character, RAFT agent transport and rate of polymerization. SW Prescott, CM Fellows, MJ Ballard, E Rizzardo and RG Gilbert. SML'01 Conference, Lucca, Italy, June 2001.
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Popular Press

• A Tyre-some Problem is Recycled. SW Prescott. Australasian Science, May 2002.

Theses

• RAFT in emulsion polymerization: a two part fugue of theory and experiment. SW Prescott. PhD Thesis, University of Sydney, 2003.
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• Amphiphilic polymer latices and their interactions with surfaces. SW Prescott. BSc (Hons) Thesis, University of Sydney, 1999.
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