BSc(Hons) PhD ANU
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600
Wellington 6140
Phone: +64-4-463 5963
Fax: +64-4-463 5237

kate.mcgrath@vuw.ac.nz

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Research interests

Theme 4:
Soft Matter (in particular emulsions and liquid crystals)
Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Biomineralisation
Inorganic/organic composite materials
Small-angle X-ray Scattering
Rheology
Diffusion NMR

Selected publications

1. Bulgarelli, N. and McGrath, K.M., Dynamics of oil transfer in oil-in-water emulsions, Soft Matter, 5:4804–4813 (2009
2. Lendrum, C.D and McGrath, K.M. , Calcite nucleation on mixed acid/alcohol monolayers, Crystal Growth & Design, 9(10):4391–4400 (2009)
3. Henderson, G.E., Murray, B.J and McGrath, K.M., Controlled variation of calcite morphology using simple carboxylic acids, Journal of Crystal Growth, 310(18):4190- 4198 (2008)
4. Savigny, P., Evans, J.J. and McGrath, K.M., Cell membrane structures during exocytosis, Endocrinology, 148: 3863-3874 (2007)
5. Hubbard, P.L., McGrath, K.M. and Callaghan, P.T., Orientational anisotropy in the polydomain lamellar phase of a lyotropic liquid crystal, Langmuir, 22(9):3999-4003 (2006)
6. Liu, E.-H., Egger, H. and McGrath, K.M., Effect of oil on emulsion characteristics: manipulating the interfacial domain, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 109(27): 13332- 13341 (2005)

Post Doctoral Fellows

Agathe Fournier
Natasha Munro

Research Students

Nelly Bulgarelli, PhD
Conrad Lendrum, PhD
Benjamin Matthewson, PhD
Hui Lin Tan, PhD
Sheinach Dunn, PhD
Riyad Mucadam, PhD
Nicholas Monahan, MSc
Ashley Dangerfi eld, MSc

Research Assistant

Hemi Cumming

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