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William A. Ducker

William A. Ducker

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Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
14705
World Ranking
10491
National Ranking
2898

Overview

William A. Ducker is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and has contributed extensively to research spanning medicine and engineering fields. Their work primarily intersects infectious diseases, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and biomedical engineering, with significant focus on organic chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering at a subfield level.

The scientist's research encompasses a range of topics that include infection control and ventilation, infection control in healthcare, antimicrobial agents and applications, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, nanomaterials and printing technologies, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, and dental research related to COVID-19.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Ducker are:

  • "A Surface Coating that Rapidly Inactivates SARS-CoV-2" (2020) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Cupric Oxide Coating That Rapidly Reduces Infection by SARS-CoV-2 via Solids" (2021) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "The viability of SARS-CoV-2 on solid surfaces" (2021) published in Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
  • "Transparent Anti-SARS-CoV-2 and Antibacterial Silver Oxide Coatings" (2022) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Transparent and Sprayable Surface Coatings that Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria Within Minutes and Inactivate SARS-CoV-2 Virus" (2021) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent co-authors in Ducker's body of work include:

  • Mohsen Hosseini
  • Saeed Behzadinasab
  • Alex W. H. Chin
  • Leo L. M. Poon
  • Myra D. Williams

The publication venues where Ducker has contributed the bulk of their work are:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
  • ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Best Publications

  • Direct measurement of colloidal forces using an atomic force microscope

    William A. Ducker;William A. Ducker;Tim J. Senden;Richard M. Pashley

  • Measurement of forces in liquids using a force microscope

    William A. Ducker;Tim J. Senden;Richard M. Pashley

  • Measurements of Hydrophobic and DLVO Forces in Bubble-Surface Interactions in Aqueous Solutions

    William A. Ducker;Zhenghe Xu;Jacob N. Israelachvili

  • Organization of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate at the Graphite−Solution Interface

    Erica J. Wanless;William A. Ducker

  • Nanobubbles at the interface between water and a hydrophobic solid

    Xue Hua Zhang;and Anthony Quinn;William A. Ducker

  • Lateral, normal, and longitudinal spring constants of atomic force microscopy cantilevers

    Jonas M. Neumeister;William A. Ducker

  • Measuring surface forces in aqueous electrolyte solution with the atomic force microscope

    Hans Juergen Butt;Manfred Jaschke;William Ducker

  • A nanoscale gas state

    Xue H Zhang;Abbas Khan;William A Ducker

  • Contact angle and stability of interfacial nanobubbles.

    William A. Ducker

  • Origin and characterization of different stick-slip friction mechanisms

    Alan D. Berman;William A. Ducker;Jacob N. Israelachvili

  • Experimental Determination of Spring Constants in Atomic Force Microscopy

    Tim Senden;William Ducker

  • Nanometer-Scale Organization of Ethylene Oxide Surfactants on Graphite, Hydrophilic Silica, and Hydrophobic Silica

    Lachlan M. Grant;Fredrik Tiberg;William A. Ducker

  • Adsorption of Hexadecyltrimethylammonium Bromide to Mica: Nanometer-Scale Study of Binding-Site Competition Effects

    William A. Ducker;Erica J. Wanless

  • A Deliberation on Nanobubbles at Surfaces and in Bulk

    James R. T. Seddon;Detlef Lohse;William A. Ducker;Vincent S. J. Craig

  • Surface-Induced Phase Behavior of Alkyltrimethylammonium Bromide Surfactants Adsorbed to Mica, Silica, and Graphite

    Jun-Fu Liu;William A. Ducker

  • A Surface Coating that Rapidly Inactivates SARS-CoV-2.

    Saeed Behzadinasab;Alex Chin;Mohsen Hosseini;Leo L. M. Poon

  • Surface-Induced Transformations for Surfactant Aggregates

    Reuben E. Lamont;William A. Ducker

  • Forces between Alumina Surfaces in Salt Solutions: Non‐DLVO Forces and the Implications for Colloidal Processing

    William A. Ducker;Z. Xu;David R. Clarke;Jacob N. Israelachvili

  • Effect of Substrate Hydrophobicity on Surfactant Surface−Aggregate Geometry

    William A. Ducker;Lachlan M. Grant

  • Forces between colloid particles in natural waters.

    Luke M Mosley;Keith A Hunter;William A Ducker

Frequent Co-Authors

Xuehua Zhang
Xuehua Zhang University of Alberta
Jacob N. Israelachvili
Jacob N. Israelachvili University of California, Santa Barbara
David R. Clarke
David R. Clarke Harvard University
Richard M. Pashley
Richard M. Pashley University of New South Wales
Dave E. Dunstan
Dave E. Dunstan University of Melbourne
Roe-Hoan Yoon
Roe-Hoan Yoon Virginia Tech
Luuk K. Koopal
Luuk K. Koopal Wageningen University & Research
George V. Franks
George V. Franks University of Melbourne
Keith A. Hunter
Keith A. Hunter University of Otago
David J. Burritt
David J. Burritt University of Otago

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