Science

Membrane biophysics

I very recently completed a PhD with Mike Evans. As detailed on my science page we were…
Research publication — The effects of polydispersity and metastability on crystal growth kinetics

Mike Evans and I have just published our second article together, in the Royal Society of…
Earplugs

Like any musician, in almost any genre or setting, I’m sometimes in the presence of very…
Everyday things vaguely to do with physics: 3 — sun on a field

On holiday in France, me and my family were walking along a road through a field…
Everyday things vaguely to do with physics: 2 — defrosting

Here’s probably quite a well-known trick, but one that has a nice physics-y explanation. Defrosting things…
Everyday things vaguely to do with physics: 1 — bags

(Skip to the bottom for the bit after the intro) Hello. In the course of a…
Research paper: The effects of polydispersity and metastability on crystal growth

I’ve just uploaded a preprint of a new paper me and my supervisor are writing to…
How to stop the cable on 9-volt adaptors from breaking

Here’s a common problem for people who own small electronic devices, especially power adaptors for effects…
Videos of my PhD, with OVITO

Philosophy… Writing computer code for physics research is quite different to a lot of commercial software…
Research paper: Spinodal fractionation in a polydisperse square well fluid

EDITED: August 2012 The paper has been published in final form by Physical Review E —…