Publications

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Selected Recent Publications

Aurora Perez-Gramatges, Hansel Comas-Rojas, Carlos Enriquez-Victorero, Karen J. Edler , Stephen J. Roser, Soft Matter 9, 4003-4014 (2013) DOI:10.1039/C3SM27541H. Self-assembly and phase behavior of PEI:cationic surfactant aqueous mixtures forming mesostructured films at the air/solution interface

Elenica Shiko, Karen J. Edler, John P. Lowe and Sean P. Rigby, Journal of Colloid & Interface Science (2013) DOI:10.1016/j.jcis.2013.02.002. Probing hysteresis during sorption of cyclohexane within mesoporous silica using NMR cryoporometry and relaxometry

Bin Yang, James A. Holdaway and Karen J. Edler, Langmuir (2013) DOI:10.1021/la4001329. Robust Ordered Cubic Mesostructured Polymer/Silica Composite Films Grown at the Air/Water Interface

Karen J Edler and Bin Yang, Chem. Soc. Rev. (2013) DOI:10.1039/C2CS35300H. Formation of mesostructured thin films at the air-liquid interface

Dongmei Jiang, Luke L. Keenan, Andrew D. Burrows and Karen J. Edler, Chem Commun. (2012) DOI:10.1039/c2cc36344e. Synthesis and post-synthetic modification of MIL-101(Cr)-NH₂ via a tandem diazotisation process

Sheng Qi, Steve Roser , Karen J. Edler, Claudia Pigliacelli, Madeleine Rogerson, Ilse Weuts, Frederic Dycke, Sigrid Stokbroekx, Pharm Res, (2012) DOI: 10.1007/s11095-012-0873-7. Insights into the role of polymer-surfactant complexes in drug solubilisation/stabilisation during drug release of solid dispersions

Dongmei Jiang, Andrew D. Burrows, Karen J Edler, CrystEngComm. 13, 6916 - 6919 (2011), DOI: 10.1039/c1ce06274c. Size-controlled synthesis of MIL-101(Cr) nanoparticles with enhanced selectivity for CO₂ over N₂

Robert Crawford, Karen J. Edler, Saskia Lindhoud, Janet Scott, Gianfranco Unali, Green Chem. 14, 300-303 (2012) doi:10.1039/C2GC16302K. Formation of Shear Thinning Gels from Partially Oxidised Cellulose Nanofibrils

Matthew J. Wasbrough, Karen J. Edler, James A. Holdaway, Adrian M. Hawley and Gareth J. Price, Soft Matter 8, 3357 - 3362. (2012) DOI:10.1039/C2SM07086C. Control of mesostructure in self-assembled polymer/surfactant films by rational micelle design

Dongmei Jiang, Andrew D. Burrows, Robben Jaber and Karen J. Edler Chem Commun 48, 4965-4967 (2012) DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31079A. Facile Synthesis of Metal-Organic Framework Films via In Situ Seeding of Nanoparticles

Bin Yang, Robben Jaber, Karen J. Edler Langmuir, 28, 8337-8347 (2012) DOI: 10.1021/la3014317. Silica-Surfactant-Polyelectrolyte Film Formation: Evolution in the Subphase

Adrian M. Hawley, Karen J. Edler and Stephen J. Roser, J. Mater. Chem. 21, 14062 - 14071. (2011) DOI: 10.1039/C1JM10963D. Mesoporous Titanium Dioxide Films Using Partially Fluorinated Surfactant Templates in Ethanol

Rowan Hargreaves, Daniel T. Bowron, Karen J Edler, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 16524-16536 (2011) The atomistic structure of a micelle in solution determined by wide Q-range neutron diffraction

Richard A. Campbell and Karen J Edler, Soft Matter, 7(23), 11125 - 11132 (2011) DOI: 10.1039/c1sm06106b Growth-collapse mechanism of PEI-CTAB films at the air-water interface

Karen J. Edler , Adrian M. Hawley, Benjamin M. D. O'Driscoll and Ralf Schweins, Chem Mater 22, 4579-4590 (2010) Association of Titania with Nonionic Block Copolymers in Ethanol – The Early Stages of Templating and Film Formation

Marie-Louise Ainalem, Nora Kristen, Fredrik Höök, Karen J. Edler, Emma Sparr, Tommy Nylander, Langmuir 26(7), 4965–4976 (2010) DNA binding to zwitterionic model membranes


Bin Yang, Chen Guo, Karen J. Edler, Huizhou Li, Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 131, 21–27 (2010) Multilamellar Vesicular Mesoporous silica with Controllable Hierarchical Morphologies Templated by Anion-nonionic co-surfactant

Emily L. Perkins, John P. Lowe, Karen J. Edler, Sean P. Rigby, Chem. Engng. Sci., 65(2) 611-625 (2010). Studies of Structure-Transport Relationships in Biodegradable Polymer Microspheres for Drug Delivery using NMR Cryodiffusometry


Christoffer Åberg, Emma Sparr, Karen J. Edler, Håkan Wennerström Langmuir, 25(20), 12177–12184 (2009) Non-Equilibrium Phase Transformations at the Air-Liquid Interface

Hansel Comas-Rojas, Geyser Fernández-Catá, Simón Rodríguez-Calvo, Karen J. Edler, Stephen J. Roser and Aurora Pérez-Gramatges, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 339(2), 495-501 (2009). Multiple Film formation from Dilute PEI:CTAB mixtures


Karen J. Edler, Matthew J. Wasbrough, James A. Holdaway, Benjamin M.D. O'Driscoll, Langmuir. 25(7) 4047–4055 (2009) Self-Assembled Films Formed at the Air/Water Interface from CTAB/SDS Mixtures with Water Soluble Polymers

Silviya Halacheva, Gareth Price, Matthew Wasbrough, Karen J. Edler, Polish J. Appl. Chem. LIII, no. 1, 23-30 (2009) Controlled synthesis and characterisation of linear poly(ethylene imine)/poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) based polymers for film formation


Bin Yang and Karen J. Edler, Chem. Mater. 21(7) 1221–1231 (2009) Free-standing Ordered Mesoporous Silica Films Synthesized with Surfactant-Polyelectrolyte Complexes at the Air/Water Interface

Ignaty Leshchiner, Elena Agina, Natalia Boiko, Robert Richardson, Karen J. Edler and Valery P. Shibaev, Langmuir 24(19) 11082-11088 (2008) First series of amphiphilic LC codendrimers with statistical distribution of hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups: behavior in thin layer (Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett) films.


Lorena Vidal, Alberto Chisvert, Antonio Canals, Elefteria Psillakis, Alexei Lapkin, Fernando Acosta, Karen J. Edler, James A. Holdaway, and Frank Marken Analytica Chimica Acta 14(2-3) 289-307 (2008). Chemically Surface-Modified Carbon Nanoparticle Carrier for Phenolic Pollutants: Extraction and Electrochemical Determination of Benzophenone-3 and Triclosan

Benjamin M.D. O'Driscoll, Adrian M. Hawley, Karen J. Edler, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 317(2) 585-592 (2008) Incorporation of sparingly soluble species in mesostructured surfactant-polymer films


Cristina Fernandez-Martin, Stephen J. Roser and Karen J. Edler,. J. Mater. Chem. 18, 1222 - 1231 (2008) Evolution of non-ionic surfactant templated silicate films at the air-liquid interface

 Emily L. Perkins, John P. Lowe, Karen J. Edler, Nuradeen Tanko, Sean P. Rigby, Chem. Engng Sci. 63(7) 1929-1940 (2008). Determination of the percolation properties and pore connectivity for mesoporous solids using NMR cryodiffusometry

Hansel Comas-Rojas, Eduardo Aluicio-Sarduy, Simón Rodríguez-Calvo, Aurora Pérez-Gramatges, Stephen J. Roser and Karen J. Edler, Soft Matter, 2, 747-753 (2007) Film formation at the air/solution interface in PEI:CTAB aqueous mixtures at very low surfactant concentration

Elizabeth V. Milsom, Jan Novak, Stephen J. Green, Xiaohang Zhang, Susan J. Stott, Roger J. Mortimer, Karen Edler, and Frank Marken J. Solid State Electrochem., 11(8), 1109-1117 (2007) Layer-by-Layer Deposition of Open-Pore Mesoporous TiO2 – Nafion Film Electrodes

Kun Luo, Claire T. Walker and Karen J. Edler, Adv. Mater. 19(11) 1506 – 1509 (2007) Mesoporous Silver Films from Dilute Mixed-Surfactant Solutions by Dip Coating

Elizabeth V. Milsom, Jan Novak, Stephen J. Green, Xiaohang Zhang, Susan J. Stott, Roger J. Mortimer, Karen Edler, and Frank Marken* J. Solid State Electrochem., 11(8), 1109-1117 (2007) Layer-by-Layer Deposition of Open-Pore Mesoporous TiO2 – Nafion Film Electrodes

Benjamin M. D. O’Driscoll, Cristina Fernandez-Martin, Roland D. Wilson, Jessica Knott, Stephen J. Roser and Karen J. Edler, Langmuir 23(8) 4589-4598 (2007) Macroscopic, Mesostructured Cationic Surfactant/Neutral Polymer Films: Structure and Cross-linking

Benjamin M.D. O’Driscoll, E. Anne Nickels, Karen J. Edler, Chem. Commun., 1068-1070 (2007) Formation of Robust, Free-standing Nanostructured Membranes from Catanionic Surfactant Mixtures and Hydrophilic Polymers

B.M.D. O’Driscoll, C. Fernandez-Martin, R.D. Wilson, S.J. Roser and K.J. Edler, J. Phys Chem B, 110(11), 5330-5336, (2006) Influence of Micelle Charge on the Formation of Mesostructured Polymer/Surfactant Films at the Air/Water Interface.

K.J. Edler (invited review) Soft Matter 2(4), 284–292 (2006) Nanoscum: Solid Nanostructured Films at the Air-Water Interface


K.J. Edler, T. Brennan, S.J. Roser, Thin Solid Films, 495(1-2), 2-10 (2006) Formation of Mesostructured Thin Films at the Air/Water Interface

K.J. Edler (invited review) Aust. J. Chem. 58(9) 627–643 (2005) Current Understanding of Formation Mechanisms in Surfactant-Templated Materials


B.M.D. O’Driscoll, E. Milsom, C. Fernandez-Martin, L. White, S.J. Roser and K.J. Edler, Macromolecules 38(21); 8785-8794 (2005). Thin Films of Polyethylenimine and Alkyltrimethylammonium Bromides at the Air/Water Interface

K.J. Edler, M. Arrowsmith, M. Hamilton, S.P. Rigby, J. Phys. Chem. B 109(13) 6294-6303 (2005). Modelling the Fractal Growth of Templated, Mesoporous Silica Films
Matthew J. Watt-Smith, Karen J. Edler, Sean P. Rigby, Langmuir 21(6); 2281-2292. (2005). An experimental study of gas adsorption on fractal surfaces

C. Fernandez-Martin, S.J. Roser, K.J. Edler, Langmuir 20(24); 10679-10684 (2004). Humidity and temperature effects on formation of CTAB-templated mesophase silicate films at the air-liquid interface


S.P. Rigby, K. Beanlands, I.O. Evbuomwan, M.J. Watt-Smith, K.J. Edler, R.S. Fletcher, Chem. Eng. Sci., 59, 5113-5120 (2004). Nanocasting of Novel, Designer-Structured Catalyst Supports

K.J. Edler, Royal Soc. Philos. Trans. A, 362(1825), 2635–2651, (2004). Soap and Sand: Construction Tools for Nanotechnology.


K.J. Edler (invited review) in Handbook of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, Vol 1 “Sol-Gel Processing”, Editor-in-Chief: S. Sakka, Volume Editor: Prof. H. Kozuka, Kansai University, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Jan 2005. ISBN: 1-4020-7969-9 Formation of Ordered Mesoporous Thin Films Through Templating, Chapter 27, Section IX. Processing of Porous Materials

S.A. Holt, K.J. Edler, C. Fernandez-Martin, Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science 128 169-174 (2004).  Formation of surfactant-silica mesophase films at a silica interface


L. Borello, B. Onida, C. Barolo, K.J. Edler, C. Otero Areán, E. Garrone, Sensors & Actuators B, 100, 107–111, (2004). Accessibility of dye molecules embedded in surfactant-silica hybrid materials in both powder and film forms.

J. Deere, M. Serantoni, K.J. Edler, B.K. Hodnett, J.G. Wall, E. Magner, Langmuir 20(2) 532-536 (2004) Measurement of the Adsorption of Cytochrome c onto the External Surface of a Thin Film Mesoporous Silicate by Ellipsometry


C.J. Murphy, N.R. Jana, L.A. Gearheart, S.O. Obare, K.K. Caswell, S. Mann, C.J. Johnson, S. Davis, E. Dujardin, K.J. Edler, in “Chemistry of Nanomaterials. Synthesis, Properties and Applications” Eds CNR Rao, AK Cheetham, and A Müller (Wiley-VCH: Weinheim), ISBN 3-527-30686-2. (2004) Volume 1, pp. 285-307 Synthesis, Assembly and Reactivity of Metallic Nanorods

K.J. Edler, A. Goldar, T. Brennan and S.J. Roser, Chem Commun, (14) 1724-1725 (2003). Spontaneous Free-Standing Nanostructured Film Growth in Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Systems


K.J. Edler, T. Brennan, S.J. Roser, S. Mann, R. M. Richardson, Microporous Mesoporous Mater., 62, 165-175 (2003). Formation of CTAB-Templated Mesophase Silicate Films from Acidic Solutions

A. Lapkin, B. Bozkaya, T. Mays, L. Borello, K.J. Edler and B. Crittenden, Catalysis Today, 81 611-621 (2003). Preparation and characterisation of chemisorbents based on heteropolyacids supported onto mesoporous synthetic carbons and silica


T. Brennan, S.J. Roser, S. Mann, K.J. Edler, Langmuir, 19(7), (2003), 2639-2642. Characterisation of the structure of mesoporous thin films grown at the air/water interface using x-ray surface techniques

T. Brennan, A.V. Hughes, S.J. Roser, S. Mann, K.J. Edler, Langmuir, 18(25); 9838-9844 (2002). Concentration-Dependent Formation Mechanisms in Mesophase Silica-Surfactant Films


T. Brennan, S.J. Roser, S. Mann, K.J. Edler, Chem. Mater., 14(10) 4292-4299 (2002). The structural evolution of surfactant silica film forming solutions, investigated using small angle neutron scattering

K.J.Edler and S.J. Roser, Intl. Rev. Phys. Chem., 20(3), 387-466 (2001) Growth and Characterisation of Mesoporous Silica Films.


K.J. Edler, A. Goldar, A.V. Hughes, S.J. Roser, S. Mann, Microporous Mesoporous Mater., 44-45, 661-670 (2001). Structural Studies on Surfactant-Templated Silica Films Grown at the Air/Water Interface.

K.J. Edler, S.J. Roser, S. Mann, Chem. Commun., 773-774, (2000). In situ Brewster angle microscopy and surface pressure studies on the interfacial growth of mesostructured silica thin films.