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2022

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Materials Science

D-Index
81
Citations
22993
World Ranking
2597
National Ranking
114

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Wilson C. K. Poon is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and specializes in engineering with a focus on biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, condensed matter physics, molecular biology, and fluid flow and transfer processes.

The scientist's research spans several main topics, including:

  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
  • Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics

Wilson C. K. Poon's recent papers demonstrate contributions across diverse publications and topics. Notable works include:

  • "The 2020 motile active matter roadmap" (2020), published in Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • "A combined rheometry and imaging study of viscosity reduction in bacterial suspensions" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Run-to-Tumble Variability Controls the Surface Residence Times of E. coli Bacteria" (2022), published in Physical Review Letters
  • "The role of friction in the yielding of adhesive non-Brownian suspensions" (2020), published in Journal of Rheology
  • "Characterization and Control of the Run-and-Tumble Dynamics of Escherichia Coli" (2024), published in Physical Review Letters

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Vincent A. Martinez
  • Jochen Arlt
  • J Royer
  • Angela Dawson
  • James A. Richards

Wilson C. K. Poon frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Soft Matter
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Rheology

Wilson C. K. Poon was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Equilibrium cluster formation in concentrated protein solutions and colloids

    Anna Stradner;Helen Sedgwick;Frédéric Cardinaux;Wilson C. K. Poon

  • Phase Behaviour of Colloid + Polymer Mixtures

    H.N.W. Lekkerkerker;W.C.K. Poon;P.N. Pusey;A. Stroobants

  • Molecular segregation observed in a concentrated alcohol–water solution

    S Dixit;J Crain;Wilson Poon;J L Finney

  • Multiple Glassy States in a Simple Model System

    K. N. Pham;Antonio M. Puertas;Antonio M. Puertas;Johan Bergenholtz;Stefan Ulrich Egelhaaf

  • Phase behavior of a model colloid-polymer mixture.

    S. M. Ilett;A. Orrock;W. C. K. Poon;P. N. Pusey

  • The physics of a model colloid–polymer mixture

    Wilson Poon

  • Bicontinuous emulsions stabilized solely by colloidal particles.

    Eva M. Herzig;K. A. White;Andrew B. Schofield;Wilson C. K. Poon

  • Spinodal-assisted crystallization in polymer melts

    P D Olmsted;Wilson Poon;T C B McLeish;N J Terrill

  • Phase behavior and crystallization kinetics of PHSA-coated PMMA colloids

    S. A. Auer;W. C. K. Poon;D. Frenkel

  • Ionic effects in self-propelled Pt-coated Janus swimmers

    Aidan Brown;Wilson Poon

  • Phase separation and rotor self-assembly in active particle suspensions

    J. Schwarz-Linek;C. Valeriani;A. Cacciuto;M. E. Cates

  • Hydrodynamic and Contact Contributions to Continuous Shear Thickening in Colloidal Suspensions.

    Neil Lin;Ben Michael Guy;Michiel Hermes;Christopher Ness

  • Yielding behavior of repulsion- and attraction-dominated colloidal glasses

    K. N. Pham;K. N. Pham;G. Petekidis;D. Vlassopoulos;S. U. Egelhaaf

  • Colloids as Big Atoms

    Wilson Poon

  • Glasses in hard spheres with short-range attraction.

    K N Pham;S U Egelhaaf;P N Pusey;Wilson Poon

  • Towards a Unified Description of the Rheology of Hard-Particle Suspensions

    BM Guy;M Hermes;Wilson Ck Poon

  • Colloid-liquid-crystal composites: An unusual soft solid

    S P Meeker;Wilson Poon;J Crain;E M Terentjev

  • Gelation in colloid–polymer mixtures

    Wilson C. K. Poon;Angus D. Pirie;Peter N. Pusey

  • Differential dynamic microscopy of bacterial motility.

    L. G. Wilson;V. A. Martinez;J. Schwarz-Linek;J. Tailleur

  • Viscosity and structural relaxation in suspensions of hard-sphere colloids.

    PN Segre;SP Meeker;Peter Pusey;Wilson Poon

  • Hard spheres: crystallization and glass formation

    P. N. Pusey;E. Zaccarelli;C. Valeriani;E. Sanz

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan U. Egelhaaf
Stefan U. Egelhaaf Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Michael E. Cates
Michael E. Cates University of Cambridge
Lucio Isa
Lucio Isa ETH Zurich
Emanuela Zaccarelli
Emanuela Zaccarelli National Research Council (CNR)
Eduardo Sanz
Eduardo Sanz Complutense University of Madrid
Tom McLeish
Tom McLeish University of York
Nick D. Read
Nick D. Read University of Manchester
David T. F. Dryden
David T. F. Dryden Durham University
Doris Vollmer
Doris Vollmer Max Planck Society
John M. Seddon
John M. Seddon Imperial College London

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