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Barry Cox

BMath

Nanomechanics Group
School of Mathematics & Applied Statistics
University of Wollongong
Northfields Ave
Wollongong NSW 2522
Australia

Ph:    +61 2 4221 3521
Fax:   +61 2 4221 4845
Email: bjc949@uow.edu.au

 

Current Course

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Mathematics)
  • Topic: Mathematical modelling of nano-scaled structures, devices and materials
  • Thesis submitted: 28 June, 2007

 

Supervisors

 

Research Interests

  • Electrorheological fluids
  • Gigahertz oscillators
  • Analytical solutions
  • Electrostatics

 

Awards

  • University Postgraduate Award
  • Electrorheological Top Up Award
  • Australian Postgraduate Award

 

List of Publications

Electrorheological Fluids

  1. Australian Provisional Patent Application No. 2005905211, “Electrorheological Fluid” having certain characteristics. Filed 21-Sep-2005.
  2. B. J. Cox, N. Thamwattana and J. M. Hill, 2006 “Electric field-induced force between two identical uncharged spheres”, Applied Physics Letters, 88, 152903, doi:10.1063/1.2185607, PDF.
  3. B. J. Cox, N. Thamwattana and J. M. Hill, 2006 “Maximising the electrorheological effect for bidisperse nanofluids from the electrostatic force between two particles”, Rheologica Acta, 45, 909-917, doi:10.1007/s00397-006-0084-4, PDF.
  4. B. J. Cox, N. Thamwattana and J. M. Hill, 2006 “Modelling the induced force of attraction in electrorheological nanofluids”, Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Brisbane, 3-7 July 2006, 709-712, PDF.
  5. B. J. Cox, N. Thamwattana and J. M. Hill, “Electrostatic force between coated conducting spheres with applications to electrorheological nanofluids”, Journal of Electrostatics, accepted 18-May-2007, doi:10.1016/j.elstat.2007.05.004.
  6. B. J. Cox, N. Thamwattana and J. M. Hill, “Mathematical modelling of electrorheological nanofluids”, International Journal of Nanotechnology, accepted 2-Jan-2007.

Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes

  1. B. J. Cox, N. Thamwattana and J. M. Hill, 2007 “Mechanics of atoms and fullerenes in single-walled carbon nanotubes. I. Acceptance and suction energies”, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 463, 461-476, doi:10.1098/rspa.2006.1771, PDF.
  2. B. J. Cox, N. Thamwattana and J. M. Hill, 2007 “Mechanics of atoms and fullerenes in single-walled carbon nanotubes. II. Oscillatory behaviour”, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 463, 477-494, doi:10.1098/rspa.2006.1772, PDF.
  3. B. J. Cox, N. Thamwattana and J. M. Hill, 2007 “Mechanics of spheroidal fullerenes and carbon nanotubes for drug and gene delivery”, Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 60, 231-253, doi:10.1093/qjmam/hbm005, PDF.
  4. B. J. Cox, N. Thamwattana and J. M. Hill, 2006 “Mathematical Modelling for a C60 Carbon Nanotube Oscillator”, Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Brisbane, 3-7 July 2006, 80-83, PDF.
  5. B. J. Cox, T. A. Hilder, D. Baowan, N. Thamwattana and J. M. Hill, “Gigahertz nano-oscillators”, International Journal of Nanotechnology, accepted 2-Jan-2007.
  6. B. J. Cox, N. Thamwattana and J. M. Hill, “Acceptance and suction energies for spherical and spheroidal fullerenes entering carbon nanotubes”, Current Applied Physics, submitted 11-Feb-2007.

Nanostructures of Carbon

  1. B. J. Cox and J. M. Hill, 2007 “Exact and approximate geometric parameters for carbon nanotubes incorporating curvature”, Carbon, 45, 1453-1462, doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2007.03.028.
  2. B. J. Cox and J. M. Hill, “New carbon molecules in the form of elbow-connected nanotori”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, accepted 10-May-2007, doi:10.1021/jp0721402.

 

List of Participations

  1. ANZIAM 2006, “Modelling the induced force of attraction in electrorheological nanofluids”, oral presentation, Mansfield, Vic, 5-9 February 2006.
  2. ICONN 2006,“Modelling the induced force of attraction in electrorheological nanofluids”, oral presentation, Brisbane, Qld, 3-7 July 2006.
  3. UoW HDR 2006, “Mathematical model for a C60-carbon nanotube oscillator”, oral presentation, Wollongong, NSW, 27 September 2006.
  4. ANZIAM Mini-meeting, “Mathematical model for a C60-carbon nanotube oscillator”, oral presentation, Vincentia, NSW, 8-9 December 2006. Prize for best student presentation.
  5. ANZIAM 2007, “Exact and approximate geometric parameters for carbon nanotubes”, oral presentation, Fremantle, WA, 28 January-1 February 2007.
  6. AMN-3, “A continuum approach to modelling a C60-carbon nanotube oscillator”, oral presentation, Wellington, NZ, 11-16 February 2007.

 

Last updated 2-Jul-2007