Professor William Ducker

B.Sc. (Hons), First Class, Australian National University, 1986
Ph.D., Australian National University, 1992

Professorial Fellow

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Surface Chemistry

Professional Experience

• 2008 - Present: Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA
• 2005 - 2008 : Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne

Research Activities

• Lubrication in thin films
• Peptide, polymer and surfactant adsorption and self-assembly
• Colloidal stability
• Surface forces
• Enantioselectivity in adsorption
• Nanobubbles
• Hydrogen storage

Selected Publications

1. Squeeze Film Lubrication in Silicone Oil: Experimental Test of the No-Slip Boundary Condition at Solid-Liquid Interfaces, Honig, C. D. F.; Ducker, W. A., J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 17324-17330.
2. Approximate Prediction of Adhesion between Two Solids Immersed in Surfactant Solution Based on Adsorption to an Isolated Solid, Lokar, W. J.; Ducker, W. A., Colloid Surf. A-Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 2008, 322, 256-260.
3. Nanobubbles at the Interface between Water and a Hhydrophobic Solid, Zhang, X. H.; Quinn, A.; Ducker, W. A., Langmuir, 2008, 24, 4756-4764.
4. Effect of Degassing and Ionic Strength on AFM Force Measurements in Octadecyltrimetylammonium Chloride Solutions, Zhang, J., Yoon, R-H., Mao, M., Ducker, W.A., Langmuir, 2005, 21(13), 5831-5841.
5. Unnatural Proteins for the Control of Surface Forces, Tulpar, A., Henderson, D.B., Mao, M., Caba, B., Davis, R.M., Van Cott, K.E., Ducker, W.A., Langmuir 2005, 21, 1497-1506.
6. Confinement-induced phase behavior and adsorption regulation of ionic surfactants in the aqueous film between charged solids, Lokar, WJ, Koopal, LK, Leermakers, F.A.M., Ducker, W.A., J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 15033-15042.
7. Atomic force microscopy colloid-probe measurements with explicit measurement of particle-solid separation, Clark, S.C, Walz, J.Y., Ducker, W.A., Langmuir 2004, 20, 7616-7622.
8. Forces between glass surfaces in mixed cationic-zwitterionic surfactant systems, Lokar, W.J., Ducker, W.A., Langmuir 2004, 20 (11): 4553-4558.
9. Self-consistent field analysis of ionic surfactant adsorption regulation in the aqueous film between two neutral solids, Lokar, W.J., Koopal, L.K., Leermakers, FAM., Ducker, W.A.,  J.Phys.Chem.B, 2004, 108, 3633-3643.
10. Is there a thin film of air at the interface between water and smooth hydrophobic solids?  Mao, M., Zhang, J., Yoon, R-H., Ducker, W.A., Langmuir, 2004, 20, 1843-1849.
11. Proximal Adsorption at Glass Surfaces: Ionic Strength, pH, Chain length Effects, Lokar, W.J., Ducker, W.A., Langmuir, 2004, 20(2), 378-388.
12. Exchange Rates and Kinetics of Desorption of Surfactant at the Solid-Liquid Interface Clark, S.P., Ducker, W.A., J. Phys.Chem.B., 2003, 107(34), 9011-9021.