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Engineering Ice Cream

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"In the dairy industry, if we can actually find where surfactants can work better in emulsions we can actually help Australia develop new products for new export markets." - Dr Ray Dagastine

Dr Ray Dagastine

Dr Ray Dagastine is a Chemical Engineer with the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

The research interests of Ray Dagastine are in the area of particulate and droplet interfacial phenomena, emulsion stability and deformable surfaces. Ray is a leading researcher in developing experimental methods and theoretical analytical tools to study interaction forces between deformable liquid-liquid interfaces using both optical techniques and atomic force microscopy.

Ray also has research interests in structure in complex fluids, non-equilibrium surface forces, and protein interactions and nanomechanical properties of living cellular systems. Ray is a member of the Particulate Fluids Processing Special Research Centre.

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Publications

  • Dagastine, R., Manica, R., Carnie, S.L., Chan, D.Y.C., Stevens, G.W. and Grieser, F., "Dynamic Forces Between Two Deformable Oil Droplets in Water", Science, Vol. 313, No. 5684, 210-213, July 2006.
  • Biggs, S., Prieve, D.C., and Dagastine, R.R., !!±Direct Comparison of AFM and TIRM Measurements in the Presence of Non-adsorbing Polyelectrolytes!!L, Langmuir, 21, 5421-5428, 2005.
  • Carnie, S.L., Chan, D. Y. C., Lewis, C., Manica, R., Dagastine, R.R., "Measurement of Dynamical Forces between Deformable Drops Using the Atomic Force Microscope. I. Theory", Langmuir, 21, 2912-2922, 2005.

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Host: Dr Shane Huntington
Producers: Kelvin Param, Eric Van Bemmel and Dr Shane Huntington
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Theme Music performed by Sergio Ercole. Mr Ercole is represented by the Musicians' Agency, Faculty of Music
Voiceover: Paul Richiardi

Series Creators: Eric van Bemmel and Kelvin Param

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