Dr. Gillian Kaggwa
Research Fellow
Gillian obtained her PhD in Materials Science from the Ian Wark Research Institute, South Australia, Australia in 2005. Over the course of her PhD, her research was heavily focused on interfacial science, specifically the influence of adsorbing polymers on the wettability of model and real mineral surfaces. In 2005 she joined the Nanoscale Function Group through the IRSCET fellowship scheme, investigating localised forces on chemically modified substrates. Gillian is currently involved in an FANAS collaborative project that is concerned with brush-forming molecules as water-based lubricants. Specifically she is investigating the properties of water in and around these systems as a function of solution conditions.
Current Research Interests
The use of scanning probe microscopy in imaging and dynamic force mode to investigate localised molecular interactions to further understand the morphology and lubricating properties of polymer brushes. See Lubricating Polymer Brushes
Publications
Artifact-free dynamic atomic force microscopy reveals monotonic dissipation for a simple confined liquid , Kaggwa, G. B., Kilpatrick, J. I., Sader, J. E., and Jarvis, S. P., Applied Physics Letters, 93, 011909, (2008). [PDF]
The influence of polymer structure and morphology on talc Wettability , Kaggwa, G.B., Froebe, S., Huynh, L., Ralston, J., and Bremmell, K., Langmuir, 22, 3221, (2006).
The Effect of Polysaccharides and Polyacrylamides on the Depression of Talc and the Flotation of Sulfide Minerals, Beattie, D.A., Huynh, L., Kaggwa, G.B., and Ralston, J., Minerals Engineering, 19, 598, (2006).
Influence of adsorbed polysaccharides and polyacrylamides on talc flotation, Beattie, D.A., Huynh, L., Kaggwa, G.B., and Ralston, J., International Journal of Minerals Processing, 78, 238, (2006).
The morphology of adsorbed polymers and solid surface wettability, Kaggwa, G.B., Froebe, S., Huynh, L., Ralston, J. and Bremmell, K., Langmuir, 21, 4695, (2005).
A new family of water-swellable microgel particles, Kaggwa, G.B., Carey, M., Such, C., Saunders, B.R., Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 257, 394, (2003).
Contact Details
Phone: +353-1-716-6762
Fax: +353-1-716-6777
Email: gillian.kaggwa-at-ucd.ie