Overview
Charlie is a lecturer in Natural Sciences. His research focuses on simulations of soft matter systems for industrial applications.
Charlie has a MChem in Chemistry from the University of Oxford, before obtaining his PhD from the University of York on "Monte Carlo simulations of confined nematic systems". He then spent a year at the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Boras where he worked on understanding the molecular mechanisms of thermal actuators and the barrier properties of polymer-clay nanocomposites. He then returned to the UK in 2016 and continued his research as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge working with Professor Daan Frenkel. In 2018 he moved to the University of Manchester where he expanded his research into fast moving consumer goods and coatings as part of two EPSRC funded Prosperity Partnership projects.
His research uses computer simulations to investigate the physical and mechanical properties of soft matter systems. Molecular and mesoscale simulations can provide an insight into material properties that cannot otherwise be investigated and can be used to compliment experimental techniques in explaining and predicting material properties. He has had successful collaborations with a number of companies including AkzoNobel, BP, and Unilever.
Publications
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2023
- Morsch S, Wand CR, Gibbon S, Irwin M, Siperstein F, Lyon S. (2023) The effect of cross-linker structure on interfacial interactions, polymer dynamics and network composition in an epoxy-amine resin, Applied Surface Science, volume 609, DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.155380.
2022
- Wand CR, Gibbon S, Visser P, Siperstein FR. (2022) Water‐Mediated Epoxy/Surface Adhesion: Understanding the Interphase Region, Chemistry – A European Journal, volume 28, no. 68, DOI:10.1002/chem.202202483. [PDF]
- Morsch S, Wand CR, Emad S, Lyon S, Siperstein F, Malanin M, Muche J, Caspari A, Drechsler A, Eichhorn KJ. (2022) Molecular origins of Epoxy-Amine/Iron oxide interphase formation, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, volume 613, pages 415-425, DOI:10.1016/j.jcis.2022.01.016.
2021
- Panoukidou M, Wand CR, Carbone P. (2021) Comparison of equilibrium techniques for the viscosity calculation from DPD simulations, Soft Matter, volume 17, no. 36, pages 8343-8353, DOI:10.1039/d1sm00891a.
- Wand CR, Gibbon S, Siperstein FR. (2021) Adsorption of Epoxy Oligomers on Iron Oxide Surfaces: The Importance of Surface Treatment and the Role of Entropy, Langmuir, volume 37, no. 42, pages 12409-12418, DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02015.
2020
- Wand CR, Panoukidou M, Del Regno A, Anderson RL, Carbone P. (2020) The Relationship between Wormlike Micelle Scission Free Energy and Micellar Composition: The Case of Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate and Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Langmuir, volume 36, no. 41, pages 12288-12298, DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02210.
2019
- Wand CR, Fayaz-Torshizi M, Jiménez-Serratos G, Müller EA, Frenkel D. (2019) Solubilities of pyrene in organic solvents: Comparison between chemical potential calculations using a cavity-based method and direct coexistence simulations, Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, volume 131, pages 620-629, DOI:10.1016/j.jct.2018.11.029.
- Panoukidou M, Wand CR, Del Regno A, Anderson RL, Carbone P. (2019) Constructing the phase diagram of sodium laurylethoxysulfate using dissipative particle dynamics, JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, volume 557, pages 34-44, DOI:10.1016/j.jcis.2019.08.091. [PDF]
- Wand CR, Bates MA. (2019) Chiral nematic liquid crystals in torus-shaped and cylindrical cavities, Physical Review E, volume 100, no. 5, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.100.052702.
2018
- Wand CR, Totton TS, Frenkel D. (2018) Addressing hysteresis and slow equilibration issues in cavity-based calculation of chemical potentials, Journal of Chemical Physics, volume 149, no. 1, DOI:10.1063/1.5036963.
- Espinosa JR, Wand CR, Vega C, Sanz E, Frenkel D. (2018) Calculation of the water-octanol partition coefficient of cholesterol for SPC, TIP3P, and TIP4P water, Journal of Chemical Physics, volume 149, no. 22, DOI:10.1063/1.5054056.
2016
- Wand CR, Bolton K. (2016) Negative thermal expansion of poly(vinylidene fluoride) and polyethylene tie molecules: A molecular dynamics study, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, volume 54, no. 21, pages 2223-2232, DOI:10.1002/polb.24131.
2015
- Wand CR, Bates MA. (2015) Monte Carlo simulations of nematic and chiral nematic shells, Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, volume 91, no. 1, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.012502.
