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Michael Newton

michael newton

Staff Group(s)
Physics and Mathematics

Role

Dr Newton is Associate Professor and Reader in Experimental Physics having been at NTU since 1988 he has developed a diverse portfolio of research. He is currently the chair of the School Research Degrees Committee (SRDC). He teaches the BSc and MSci physics degree courses and is a module leader for the module Laboratory Interfaces and Control.

Research areas

Dr Newton is a member of the Imaging, Materials and Engineering Research Centre.

Areas of research interest include:

Magnetic Resonance includes: the development of materials for patient positioning in multimodal planning and treatment, low field magnetic resonance systems for applications in food and drink quality control as well as in potential medical screening.

Acoustic waves: droplet manipulation with surface acoustic wave devices and acoustic levitation for non-contact sample presentation for room temperature macromolecular crystallography

Honeybee monitoring systems: Systems based on the recording of vibrational signals from honeybees to better understand the bees ‘vibrational alphabet’, the development of hardware and software for deployment to ‘the field’ and supporting sensor measurements.

The solid-liquid interface: Applications of superhydrophobic surfaces; dielectrowetting and its use in the study of dewetting; drop transport using the Leidenfrost effect.

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Opportunities to carry out postgraduate research towards an MPhil / PhD by research exist in all the area identified above and in interdisciplinary research areas (e.g. Biosensors). Further Information may be obtained from the NTU Graduate School.

External activity

Guest editor for special issue in Sensors on and in Applied Science

: A public understanding of science activity and website initially designed for a presentation at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2009

Sponsors and collaborators

Current and recent research is being conducted with the collaboration, funding and / or support of:

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  • University collaborations include Northumbria University, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Swansea University and Durham University.
  • Industrial collaborators include members of the Swarmonitor, and consortia, and 

Research funding in the period since 2014 includes:

    • Lubricating channel and tube flow - fluid sheathing using textured walls, EPSRC EP/L026341/1, (2014)
    • Functional Surface Coatings for Medical Devices which are utilised in the Treatment of Cancer Innovate UK 132883 (2017)
    • Dynamic Dewetting: Designing and Breaking Novel Morphologies of Liquid Films EPSRC EP/R042276/1 (2018)
    • Giving Beekeeping Guidance by computational-assisted Decision making (B-GOOD) European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 817622 (2018)
    • Soni-Join – Induction Assisted Ultrasonic joining and repair of ballistic composites. DSTL Defence and Security Accelerator (2019 and 2020)
    • Innovative Thermostatic Composites for Hyperthermic Eradication of Varroa Mites from Honey Bee Colonies. Innovate UK (2019)
    • Quality Methods for Sugar and Confectionery Industry. H2020 Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Actions (2020)

Publications

Selected publications

  • . Geraldi NR, Dodd LE, Xu BB, Wells GG, Wood D, Newton MI, McHale G. Surface Topography-Metrology & Properties 2017, 5, 034001doi:10.1088/2051-672X/aa793b
  • . Ramsey M, Bencsik M, Newton MI. Plos One 2017, 12, e0171162 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171162
  • . Burton CG, Axford D, Edwards AMJ, Gildea RJ, Morris RH, Newton MI, Orville AM, Prince M, Topham PD, Docker PT. Lab on a Chip 2017, 17, 4225-4230 doi:10.1039/C7LC00812K
  • . Geraldi NR, Dodd LE, Xu BB, Wood D, Wells GG, McHale G,  Newton MI. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 2018, 13, 024001doi:10.1088/1748-3190
  • . Ramsey M, Bencsik M, Newton MI. Scientific Reports 2018, 8, 14571 doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32931-z
  • Dodd LE, Agrawal P, Geraldi N, Ellis S, Xu BB, Wells GG, Stuart-Cole A, Newton MI, McHale G and Wood D. Physical Review Applied 2019, 11, 034063doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.034063
  • . Morris RH, Trabi CL, Spicer A, Langmack KA, Boersma W, Weightman JS and Newton MI. Materials Letters 2019, 252, 289-292doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2019.05.119 01/10/2019
  • . Morris RH, Dye ER, Axford D, Newton MI, Beale JH & Docker PT. Scientific Reports 2019, 9, 12431 doi:10.1038/s41598-019-48612-4
  • . Morris RH, Dye ER, Docker PT and Newton MI. Phys. Fluids 2019, 31, 101301 doi:10.1063/1.5117335
  • . Morris RH, Almazrouei, NK, Trabi, CL and Newton, MI. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 162; doi:10.3390/app10010162
  • , Edwards AMJ, Ledesma-Aguilar R, Newton MI, Brown CV and McHale G. Communications Physics 2020, 3, 21. doi:10.1038/s42005-020-0284-8
  • . Morris RH, Geraldi NR, Stafford J, Spicer A, Hall J, Bradley C and Newton MI. Materials 2020,13, 684 doi:10.3390/ma13071684
  • Ramsey M, Bencsik M, Newton M, Reyes M, Pioz M, Crauser D, Simon Delso N, and Le Conte Y, Scientific Reports 2020, 10, 9798 doi:10.1038/s41598-020-66115-5
  • . Dodd L, Agrawal P, Geraldi N, Xu B, Wells GG, Martin J, Newton MI, McHale G and Wood D. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2020, 117, 081601 doi:10.1063/5.0017699
  • . Morris RH, Geraldi NR, Pike LC, Pawelke J, Hoffmann AL, Doy N, Stafford JL, Spicer A and Newton MI. Materials 2020, 13, 3549 doi:10.3390/ma13163549

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