Ian Wark Research Institute
ARC Special Research Centre
ARC Special Research Centre
Research Area:
Supervisor: Dr
Catherine Whitby
Description: Control over bubble and drop stability is crucial to
a wide variety of commercial applications. The presence of particles may
produce bubbles and drops with superior stability against coalescence.
In processes such as wastewater treatment and oil recovery this can be
highly undesirable and significantly increase the cost of these
operations. In this project, particle-stabilized bubbles will be
generated and their stability in the presence of chemical agents which
may cause particle detachment will be investigated using
surface-sensitive techniques.
