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 |
Office Location |
G21, Bld 160 |
Link |
www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~dyc/ |
Academic Qualifications
- BSc (Hons), University of New South Wales, Australia
- PhD, Australian National University, Australia
Current Positions
- Professor of Mathematics (Personal Chair), the University of Melbourne
- Associate Dean of Science, the University of Melbourne
- Deputy Dean of Science, the University of Melbourne
Professional Appointments
- CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellow, Unilever Research, UK
- ICI Research Fellow, University of Bristol
- Queen Elizabeth Fellow, Australian National University
- Post Doctoral Fellow, Australian National University
- Research Fellow, Australian National University
- Senior Lecturer, the University of Melbourne
- Associate Professor and Reader, the University of Melbourne
Professional Affiliations
Member, American Chemical Society, Colloid and Surface Science Group
Member, Australian Mathematical Society
Current Research and Professional Interests
Member of the Particulate Fluids Processing Centre and the Interfacial Continuum Mechanics Group- Colloidal dymanics and interactions
- Direct force measurements
- Statistical Mechanics of polymers and polyelectrolytes
- Phase behaviour of particulate dispersions
- Flow in porous media
- Properties of random media
Selected Publications
S. A. Nespolo, D. Y. C. Chan, F. Grieser, P. G. Hartley, G. W. Stevens, "Forces between a Rigid Probe Particle and a Liquid Interface: Comparison between Experiment and Theory", Langmuir (2002).
S. N. Petris, D. Y. C. Chan, "The Phase Behavior of Charged Colloidal Systems in the Mean Spherical Approximation", Journal of 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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).