Professor Derek Y C Chan
BSc (Hons) (UNSW), PhD (ANU)
Position |
Deputy Director |
Phone Number |
61 3 8344 0449 |
Fax Number |
61 3 8344 4599 |
Department |
Mathematics & Statistics |
Link |
www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~dyc/ |
Office Location |
Rm G21, Bld 160 |
Curriculum Vitae |
Curriculum Vitae |
Research Interests
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Colloidal dymanics and interactions
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Direct force measurements
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Statistical Mechanics of polymers and polyelectrolytes
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Phase behaviour of particulate dispersions
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Flow in porous media
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Properties of random media
Selected Publications
S A Nespolo, D Y C Chan, F Grieser, P G Hartley and G W Stevens, "Forces between a Rigid Probe Particle and a Liquid Interface: Comparison between Experiment and Theory", Langmuir
19: 2124-2133 (2003)
S N Petris and D Y C Chan, "The Phase Behavior of Charged Colloidal Systems in the Mean Spherical Approximation", J. Chemical Physics 116: 8588-8595 (2002)
D Y C Chan, "A simple algorithm for calculating electrical double layer interactions in asymmetric electrolytes - Poisson Boltzmann theory", J. Colloid Interface Science 245: 307-310 (2002)
S A Nespolo, P G Hartley, M A Bevan, D Y C Chan, F Grieser and G W Stevens, "The Interpretation of Forces Involving Deformable Interfaces", 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Melbourne 23-27 September (2001)
S A Nespolo, M A Bevan, D Y C Chan, F Grieser and G W Stevens, "Hydrodynamic and Electrokinetic Properties of Decane Droplets in Aqueous SDS Solutions", Langmuir 17: 7210-7218 (2001)
D Y C Chan, P Linse and S N Petris, "Phase Separation in De-ionised Colloidal Systems: Extended Debye-Huckel Theory ", Langmuir 17: 4202-4210 (2001)
D Y C Chan, "Density Functional Theory of Colloidal Systems", Phy. Rev E 63: 061806 (2001)
D Y C Chan, R R Dagastine and L R White, "Forces between a Rigid Probe Particle and a Liquid Interface: I The Repulsive Case", J. Colloid Interface Science 236: 141-154 (2001)
J E Sader and D Y C Chan, "Long-Range Electrostatic Attraction between Identically Charged Particles in Confined Geometries and the Poisson-Boltzmann Theory", Langmuir 16: 324-331 (2000)