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Publications: DR Ali Zarbakhsh

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Neri-Cruz CE, Chang L, Emidio Teixeira FM, Hakobyan S, Gutfreund P, Campana M, Zarbakhsh A, Gautrot JE ( 2025 ) . The formation and architecture of surface-initiated polymer brush gene delivery complexes . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science vol. 684 , 600 - 612 .
( 2024 ) . NIPAm Microgels Synthesised in Water: Tailored Control of Particles’ Size and Thermoresponsive Properties . Polymers vol. 16 , ( 24 ) 3532 - 3532 .
Chrysanthou A, Bosch-Fortea M, Nadal C, Zarbakhsh A, Gautrot JE ( 2024 ) . Interfacial mechanics of β-casein and albumin mixed protein assemblies at liquid-liquid interfaces . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science vol. 674 , 379 - 391 .
Neri-Cruz C, Chang L, Teixeira F, Hakobyan S, Gutfreund P, Campana M, Zarbakhsh A, Gautrot J ( 2024 ) . The Formation and Architecture of Surface-Initiated Polymer Brush Gene Delivery Complexes .
Chrysanthou A, Bosch-Fortea M, Zarbakhsh A, Gautrot J ( 2023 ) . Interfacial Mechanics of b-Casein and Albumin Mixed Protein Assemblies at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces .
( 2023 ) . Protein-Nanoparticle Interactions Govern the Interfacial Behavior of Polymeric Nanogels: Study of Protein Corona Formation at the Air/Water Interface . International Journal of Molecular Sciences vol. 24 , ( 3 ) 2810 - 2810 .
Gautrot JE, Chang L, Alexis C, Gutfreund P, Zarbakhsh A ( 2022 ) . The Architecture of Oligonucleotide‐Polycationic Brush Complexes – A Neutron Reflectometry Study . Advanced Materials Interfaces vol. 9 , ( 33 ) Article 2201344 ,
( 2022 ) . Adsorption of soft NIPAM nanogels at hydrophobic and hydrophilic interfaces: Conformation of the interfacial layers determined by neutron reflectivity . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science vol. 623 , 337 - 347 .
Gautrot J, Chang L, Alexis C, Gutfreund P, Zarbakhsh A ( 2022 ) . The Architecture of Oligonucleotide-Polycationic Brush Complexes - A Neutron Reflectometry Study .
Kong D, Peng L, Bosch-Fortea M, Chrysanthou A, Alexis CVJ-M, Matellan C, Zarbakhsh A, Mastroianni G et al. ( 2022 ) . Impact of the multiscale viscoelasticity of quasi-2D self-assembled protein networks on stem cell expansion at liquid interfaces . Biomaterials vol. 284 , Article 121494 , 121494 - 121494 .
Araki M, Park S-J, Dauerman HL, Uemura S, Kim J-S, Di Mario C, Johnson TW, Guagliumi G et al. ( 2022 ) . Optical coherence tomography in coronary atherosclerosis assessment and intervention . Nature Reviews Cardiology vol. 19 , ( 10 ) 684 - 703 .
Aguirre JE, Murray SG, Pascua R, Martinot ZE, Burba J, Dillon JS, Jacobs DC, Kern NS et al. ( 2021 ) . Validation of the HERA Phase I Epoch of Reionization 21 cm Power\n Spectrum Software Pipeline .
( 2020 ) . Influence of Buffers, Ionic Strength, and pH on the Volume Phase Transition Behavior of Acrylamide-Based Nanogels . Polymers vol. 12 , ( 11 ) 2590 - 2590 .
( 2019 ) . Interactions of NIPAM nanogels with model lipid multi-bilayers: A neutron reflectivity study . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science vol. 536 , 598 - 608 .
( 2018 ) . Interaction of thermal responsive NIPAM nanogels with model lipid monolayers at the air-water interface . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science vol. 519 , 97 - 106 .
Welbourn RJL, Truscott CL, Skoda MWA, Zarbakhsh A, Clarke SM ( 2017 ) . Corrosion and inhibition of copper in hydrocarbon solution on a molecular level investigated using neutron reflectometry and XPS . Corrosion Science vol. 115 , 68 - 77 .
( 2017 ) . Adsorption versus aggregation of NIPAM nanogels: new insight into their behaviour at the air/water interface as a function of concentration . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics vol. 19 , ( 26 ) 17173 - 17179 .
Esmaeilzadeh P, Sadeghi MT, Bahramian A, Fakhroueian Z, Zarbakhsh A ( 2016 ) . Superamphiphobic Surfaces Prepared by Coating Multifunctional Nanofluids . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces vol. 8 , ( 46 ) 32011 - 32020 .
Wood MH, Casford MT, Steitz R, Zarbakhsh A, Welbourn RJL, Clarke SM ( 2016 ) . Comparative Adsorption of Saturated and Unsaturated Fatty Acids at the Iron Oxide/Oil Interface . Langmuir vol. 32 , ( 2 ) 534 - 540 .
( 2016 ) . Smart nanogels at the air/water interface: structural studies by neutron reflectivity . Nanoscale vol. 8 , ( 9 ) 4951 - 4960 .
Wood MH, Welbourn RJL, Zarbakhsh A, Gutfreund P, Clarke SM ( 2015 ) . Polarized Neutron Reflectometry of Nickel Corrosion Inhibitors . Langmuir vol. 31 , ( 25 ) 7062 - 7072 .
Campana M, Hosking SL, Petkov JT, Tucker IM, Webster JRP, Zarbakhsh A, Lu JR ( 2015 ) . Adsorption of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) at the Oil/Water Interface: A Neutron Reflection Study . Langmuir vol. 31 , ( 20 ) 5614 - 5622 .
Welbourn RJL, Lee SY, Gutfreund P, Hughes A, Zarbakhsh A, Clarke SM ( 2015 ) . Neutron Reflection Study of the Adsorption of the Phosphate Surfactant NaDEHP onto Alumina from Water . Langmuir vol. 31 , ( 11 ) 3377 - 3384 .
Bahramian A, Zarbakhsh A ( 2015 ) . Interfacial equation of state for ionized surfactants at oil/water interfaces . Soft Matter vol. 11 , ( 32 ) 6482 - 6491 .
Campana M, Webster JRP, Zarbakhsh A ( 2014 ) . Structural Studies of Nonionic Dodecanol Ethoxylates at the Oil–Water Interface: Effect of Increasing Head Group Size . Langmuir vol. 30 , ( 34 ) 10241 - 10247 .
Wood MH, Welbourn RJL, Charlton T, Zarbakhsh A, Casford MT, Clarke SM ( 2013 ) . Hexadecylamine Adsorption at the Iron Oxide–Oil Interface . Langmuir vol. 29 , ( 45 ) 13735 - 13742 .
Lee SY, Welbourn R, Clarke SM, Skoda MWA, Clifton L, Zarbakhsh A ( 2013 ) . Adsorption of sodium hexanoate on α-alumina . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science vol. 407 , 348 - 353 .
Campana M, Webster JRP, Gutberlet T, Wojciechowski K, Zarbakhsh A ( 2013 ) . Surfactant mixtures at the oil–water interface . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science vol. 398 , 126 - 133 .
Zarbakhsh A, Resmini M, Servant A, Rogers S ( 2013 ) . Organic nanogels with enzyme-like activity: structural studies and correlation between morphology and catalytic efficiency . New J. Chem vol. 37 , 4103 - 41409 .
( 2013 ) . Polymeric organic nanogels: structural studies and correlation between morphology and catalytic efficiency . New Journal of Chemistry vol. 37 , ( 12 ) 4103 - 4103 .
Campana M, Webster JRP, Lawrence MJ, Zarbakhsh A ( 2012 ) . Structural conformation of lipids at the oil–water interface . Soft Matter vol. 8 , ( 34 ) 8904 - 8904 .
Campana M, Teichert A, Clarke S, Steitz R, Webster JRP, Zarbakhsh A ( 2011 ) . Surfactant Adsorption at the Metal-Oil Interface . LANGMUIR vol. 27 , ( 10 ) 6085 - 6090 .
Zarbakhsh A, Campana M, Webster JRP, Wojciechowski K ( 2010 ) . Stabilization of Alkylated Azacrown Ether by Fatty Acid at the Air-Water Interface . LANGMUIR vol. 26 , ( 23 ) 18194 - 18198 .
Zarbakhsh A, Campana M, Mills D, Webster JRP ( 2010 ) . Structural Studies of Aliphatic Substituted Phthalocyanine-Lipid Multilayers . LANGMUIR vol. 26 , ( 19 ) 15383 - 15387 .
Zarbakhsh A, Webster JRP, Wojciechowski K ( 2009 ) . Neutron Reflectivity Study of Alkylated Azacrown Ether at the Air-Liquid and the Liquid-Liquid Interfaces . LANGMUIR vol. 25 , ( 19 ) 11569 - 11575 .
Zarbakhsh A, Webster JRP, Eames J ( 2009 ) . Structural Studies of Surfactants at the Oil-Water Interface by Neutron Reflectometery . LANGMUIR vol. 25 , ( 7 ) 3953 - 3956 .
Zarbakhsh A, Webster JRP, Eames J ( 2009 ) . Structural studies of surfactants at the oil-water interface by neutron reflectometery . Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids vol. 25 , ( 7 ) 3953 - 3956 .
Bowers J, Zarbakhsh A, McLure IA, Webster JRP, Steitz R, Christenson HK ( 2007 ) . Composition Profile of a Wetting Film in a Binary Mixture . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C vol. 111 , ( 15 ) 5568 - 5571 .
Zarbakhsh A, Webster JRP ( 2007 ) . Effect of counter ion size and charge on the structure of amphipiles adsorbed at a liquid-liquid interface using neutron reflectometry . ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY vol. 233 ,
Bower C, Froggatt S, Laycock R, Musgrove RJ, Richardson RM, Rozario G, Zarbakhsh A, Webster JPR et al. ( 2006 ) . Transitions in a Spread Film of a Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Polymer . Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals vol. 261 , ( 1 ) 437 - 451 .
Chavda S, Coumbarides GS, Dingjan M, Eames J, Zarbakhsh A ( 2006 ) . A convenient laboratory synthesis of deuterium-labelled trimethyl tetradecyl ammonium sulphate . Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals vol. 49 , ( 2 ) 147 - 151 .
Zarbakhsh A, Querol A, Bowers J, Yaseen M, Lu JR, Webster JRP ( 2005 ) . Neutron Reflection from the Liquid−Liquid Interface:  Adsorption of Hexadecylphosphorylcholine to the Hexadecane−Aqueous Solution Interface . Langmuir vol. 21 , ( 25 ) 11704 - 11709 .
Zarbakhsh A, Bowers J, Webster JRP ( 2005 ) . Width of the Hexadecane−Water Interface:  A Discrepancy Resolved . Langmuir vol. 21 , ( 25 ) 11596 - 11598 .
Bowers J, Zarbakhsh A, Christenson HK, McLure IA, Webster JRP, Steitz R ( 2005 ) . Neutron reflectivity studies of critical adsorption: Behavior of the surface scaling function . Physical Review E vol. 72 , ( 4 ) Article 041606 ,
Adya AK, Zarbakhsh A, Bowers J, Shcherbakov MV, Webster JRP ( 2005 ) . Neutron reflectivity study of grafted poly(ethylene glycol) in the presence of an aqueous bovine serum albumin solution . JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY vol. 82 , ( 12 ) 1133 - 1140 .
Zarbakhsh A, Querol A, Bowers J, Webster JRP ( 2005 ) . Structural studies of amphiphiles adsorbed at liquid–liquid interfaces using neutron reflectometry . Faraday Discuss. vol. 129 , 155 - 167 .
Bowers J, Zarbakhsh A, Querol A, Christenson HK, McLure IA, Cubitt R ( 2004 ) . Adsorption from alkane+perfluoroalkane mixtures at fluorophobic and fluorophilic surfaces. II. Crossover from critical adsorption to complete wetting . The Journal of Chemical Physics vol. 121 , ( 18 ) 9058 - 9065 .
Bowers J, Zarbakhsh A, Christenson HK, McLure IA, Cubitt R ( 2003 ) . Adsorption from alkane+perfluoroalkane mixtures at fluorophobic and fluorophilic surfaces. I. Nature of the noncritical adsorption profiles . The Journal of Chemical Physics vol. 119 , ( 22 ) 11917 - 11925 .
Loste E, Díaz-Martí E, Zarbakhsh A, Meldrum FC ( 2003 ) . Study of Calcium Carbonate Precipitation under a Series of Fatty Acid Langmuir Monolayers Using Brewster Angle Microscopy . Langmuir vol. 19 , ( 7 ) 2830 - 2837 .
Cosgrove T, Patel A, Semlyen JA, Webster JRP, Zarbakhsh A ( 2002 ) . A study of chemisorption of poly(hydrogen methylsiloxane) using neutron reflectometry and small-angle neutron scattering . Langmuir vol. 9 , ( 9 ) 2326 - 2329 .
Cosgrove T, White SJ, Zarbakhsh A, Heenan RK, Howe AM ( 2002 ) . Small-Angle Scattering Studies of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Interactions with Gelatin. 1 . Langmuir vol. 11 , ( 3 ) 744 - 749 .
Bowers J, Zarbakhsh A, Webster JRP, Hutchings LR, Richards RW ( 2001 ) . Neutron Reflectivity Studies at Liquid−Liquid Interfaces:  Methodology and Analysis . Langmuir vol. 17 , ( 8 ) 2548 - 2548 .
Bowers J, Zarbakhsh A, Webster JRP, Hutchings LR, Richards RW ( 2000 ) . Neutron Reflectivity Studies at Liquid−Liquid Interfaces:  Methodology and Analysis . Langmuir vol. 17 , ( 1 ) 140 - 145 .
Bowers J, Zarbakhsh A, Webster JRP, Hutchings LR, Richards RW ( 2000 ) . Structure of a Spread Film of a Polybutadiene−Poly(ethylene oxide) Linear Diblock Copolymer at the Air−Water Interface As Determined by Neutron Reflectometry . Langmuir vol. 17 , ( 1 ) 131 - 139 .
Zarbakhsh A, Bowers J, Webster JRP ( 1999 ) . A new approach for measuring neutron reflection from a liquid/liquid interface . Measurement Science and Technology vol. 10 , ( 8 ) 738 - 743 .
Zarbakhsh A, Cowlam N, Highmore RJ, Evetts JE, Penfold J, Shackleton C ( 1999 ) . A study of the amorphisation reaction in Ni-Zr multilayers by neutron reflectometry . Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter vol. 2 , ( 11 ) 2537 - 2545 .
Clifton BJ, Cosgrove T, Richardson RM, Zarbakhsh A, Webster JRP ( 1998 ) . The structure of block copolymers at the fluid/fluid interface . Physica B: Condensed Matter vol. 248 , ( 1-4 ) 289 - 296 .
Calpin-Davies S, Clifton BJ, Cosgrove T, Richardson RM, Zarbakhsh A, Booth C, Yu G ( 1998 ) . The Structure of Block Copolymers of Ethylene Oxide and Butylene Oxide at Fluid/Fluid Interfaces . Modern Aspects of Colloidal Dispersions , Springer Netherlands
Richardson RM, Webster JRP, Zarbakhsh A ( 1997 ) . Study of Off-Specular Neutron Reflectivity Using a Model System . Journal of Applied Crystallography vol. 30 , ( 6 ) 943 - 947 .
PHILLIPS PL, RICHARDSON RM, ZARBAKHSH A, HASLAM SD ( 1997 ) . An investigation of the porosity and surface roughness of liquid crystal alignment layers using neutron reflectivity . Liquid Crystals vol. 23 , ( 5 ) 699 - 708 .
Penfold J, Richardson RM, Zarbakhsh A, Webster JRP, Bucknall DG, Rennie AR, Jones RAL, Cosgrove T et al. ( 1997 ) . Recent advances in the study of chemical surfaces and interfaces by specular neutron reflection . Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions vol. 93 , ( 22 ) 3899 - 3917 .
Webster JRP, Zarbakhsh A, Richardson RM ( 1996 ) . Offspecular scattering from optical gratings . Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography vol. 52 , ( a1 ) C34 - C34 .
Cosgrove T, White SJ, Zarbakhsh A, Heenan RK, Howe AM ( 1996 ) . Small-angle neutron scattering studies of sodium dodecyl sulfate interactions with gelatin. Part 2.—Effect of temperature and pH . J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. vol. 92 , ( 4 ) 595 - 599 .
Cosgrove T, Luckham PF, Richardson RM, Webster JRP, Zarbakhsh A ( 1994 ) . The measurement of volume fraction profiles for adsorbed polymers under compression using neutron reflectometry . Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects vol. 86 , 103 - 110 .
Cosgrove T, Zarbakhsh A, Luckham PF, Hair ML, Webster JRPW ( 1994 ) . Adsorption of polystyrene–poly(ethylene oxide) block copolymers on quartz using a parallel-plate surface-force apparatus and simultaneous neutron reflection . Faraday Discuss. vol. 98 , 189 - 201 .
Zarbakhsh A, Cowlam N, Convert P, Highmore RJ, Somekh RE ( 1993 ) . Neutron diffraction study of a Ni-42.2 at.% Zr alloy made by the multilayer amorphisation reaction and of Ni-42.2 at.% Zr metallic alloy glass . Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids vol. 156-158 , 177 - 180 .
Zarbakhsh A, Cowlam N, Highmore RJ, Evetts JE, Penfold J, Shackleton C ( 1990 ) . An investigation of the solid state reaction in NiZr multilayers by neutron reflectometry . Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids vol. 117-118 , 692 - 695 .
Heenan RK, White SJ, Cosgrove T, Zarbakhsh A, Howe AM, Blake TD . SANS studies of the interaction of SDS micelles with gelatin, and the effect of added salt . Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science , Steinkopff
Zarbakhsh A, Bowers J, Christenson HK, McLure IA, Webster JRP . SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NMI3 ACCESS PROGRAMME 2009 \nCritical and multilayer adsorption from alkane + perfluoroalkane mixtures to chemically modified silicon substratesPHY-04-0977 . http://neutron.neutron-eu.net/n_nmi3/n_access_activities/1590
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