Summary
Martin Buzza graduated in Physics and Theoretical Physics from the University of Cambridge and obtained his PhD in the Theory of Condensed Matter from the University of Cambridge in 1995, working with Prof. Mike Cates. In 1995, he joined the group of Prof. Tom McLeish at the IRC in Polymer Science & Technology at the University of Leeds and was awarded an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship in 1999. He moved to the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Hull in 2005 where is currently Reader in Condensed Matter Physics.
His research interests are in colloid and interface science and soft condensed matter physics, focusing on modelling the self-assembly of colloids and polymers at fluid interfaces and in the bulk.
I currently hold the following roles within the department:
- Admissions Tutor
- First Year Tutor
- Programme Director for Theoretical Physics
I currently teach the following courses:
- 1st year course on Properties of Matter
- 2nd year course on Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics
- 4th year course on Self-Assembly
Journal Article
Interfacial self-assembly of SiO2-PNIPAM core-shell particles with varied crosslinking density
Ickler, M., Menath, J., Holstein, L., Rey, M., Buzza, D. M. A., & Vogel, N. (2022). Interfacial self-assembly of SiO2-PNIPAM core-shell particles with varied crosslinking density. Soft matter, 18(30), 5585-5597. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sm00644h
Using adsorption kinetics to assemble vertically aligned nanorods at liquid interfaces for metamaterial applications
Morgan, S. O., Muravitskaya, A., Lowe, C., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. G., Horozov, T. S., …Buzza, D. M. (2022). Using adsorption kinetics to assemble vertically aligned nanorods at liquid interfaces for metamaterial applications. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 24, 11000-11013. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp05484h
Defined core–shell particles as the key to complex interfacial self-assembly
Menath, J., Eatson, J., Brilmayer, R., Andrieu-Brunsen, A., Buzza, D. M. A., & Vogel, N. (2021). Defined core–shell particles as the key to complex interfacial self-assembly. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(52), Article e2113394118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113394118
Adsorption trajectories of nonspherical particles at liquid interfaces
Buzza, D. M. A., Stasiuk, G. J., Horozov, T. S., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J. G., Lowe, C., …Morgan, S. O. (2021). Adsorption trajectories of nonspherical particles at liquid interfaces. Physical Review E, 103(4), Article 042604. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.042604