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Dr Kristen Bremmell

Lecturer

BSc (Newcastle); BSc Hons (Sydney); PhD (Newcastle)

Location: Room 208 Engineering North
Email: kristen.bremmell@adelaide.edu.au
Phone:+ 61 8 8303 3810
FAX: + 61 8 8303 4373

Research Interests

• Understanding and controlling protein interaction and adsorption in bio-material and pharmaceutical science
• Cell deformability and the influence of drugs
• Controlling particulate suspensions in pharmaceutical and mineral processing operations

Publications

Book Chapter

• Bremmell, K., Considine, R.F., Drummond, C.J. Application of the Atomic Force Microscope to Determine the Nano-Scale Structure and Interactions of Biological Surfaces. In, Surface Structure and Properties of Microbial Cells on a Nanometer Scale. Ed Elena P. Ivanova. Nova Publishers 2007. ISBN: 1-60021-242-5.

Journal Publications

• Bremmell, K.E., Evans, A., Prestidge, C.A., Deformation and nano-rheology of red blood cells: An AFM study. Colloids and Surfaces B, 50, 43, 2006.
• Bremmell, K.E., Kingshott, P., Ademovic, Z., Winter-Jensen, B., Griesser, H.J. Interaction and adsorption of fibrinogen with plasma polymer modified surfaces prepared with different surface properties. Langmuir, 22, 313, 2006.
• Kaggwa, G.B., Huynh, L., Ralston, J., Bremmell, K.E., The influence of polymer structure and morphology on talc wettability. Langmuir, 22, 3221, 2006.
• McFarlane, A.J., Addai-Mensah, J., Bremmell, K.E., Improved dewatering behaviour of clay minerals dispersions via interfacial chemistry and particle interactions optimization. J. Colloid Interface Sci., 293, 116, 2006.
• McGuire, M.J., Addai-Mensah, J., Bremmell, K.E., The effect of polymer structure type, pH and shear on the interfacial chemistry, rheology and dewaterability of model iron oxide dispersions. Colloids Surfaces A, 275, 153, 2006.
• McGuire, M.J., Addai-Mensah, J., Bremmell, K.E., Spectroscopic investigation of the adsorption mechanisms of polyacrylamide onto iron oxide particles. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 299, 547, 2006.
• Bremmell, K.E., Fornasiero, D., Ralston, J., Pentlandite-lizardite interactions and implications for their separation by flotation. Colloids and Surfaces A. 252, 207, 2005.
• Bremmell, K.E., Addai-Mensah, J., Interfacial mediated behaviour of colloidal talc dispersions. J. Colloid Interface Sci, 283, 385, 2005.
• Kaggwa, G.B., Huynh, L., Froebe, S., Ralston, J., Bremmell, K.E., The morphology of adsorbed polymers and solid surface wettability. Langmuir, 21, 4695, 2005.
• Zhang, H., Bremmell, K.E., Smart, R. StC., Direct measurement of interactions between adsorbed vitronectin layers: The influence of ionic strength and pH. J. Biomed. Mater. Research A. 74A, 59, 2005.
• McFarlane, A.J., Addai-Mensah, J., Bremmell, K.E. Optimising the dewatering behaviour of clay tailings through interfacial chemistry, orthokinetic flocculation and controlled shear. Powder Technology. 60(1) 27, 2005.
• McFarlane, A.J., Addai-Mensah, J., Bremmell, K.E., Microstructure, rheology and dewatering behaviour of smectite dispersions during orthokinetic flocculation. Minerals Engineering, 18, 1173, 2005.
• McFarlane, A., Addai-Mensah, J., Bremmell, K.E., Rheology of flocculated kaolinite dispersions. Korea-Australia Rheology J., 17 (4), 181, 2005.
• Zhang, H., Bremmell, K.E., Kumar, S., Smart, R. StC., Vitronectin adsorption on surfaces visualized by tapping mode atomic force microscopy, J. Biomed. Mater. Research, 68A, 479, 2004.
• Bremmell, K.E., Scales, P.J., Adhesive forces between adsorbed anionic polyelectrolyte layers In high ionic strength solutions, Colloids Surfaces A, 247, 19, 2004.