Professor Russell J Hand

MA PhD MEd CPhys MInstP CPhys FSGT FHEA

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Professor of Glass Science & Engineering

School Director of Education

r.hand@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5465

Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Professor Russell J Hand
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

Profile: I joined the University of Sheffield in 1989 as the Redland Research Fellow in the then, School of Materials, having previously studied at the University of Cambridge. I was appointed to a Lectureship in 1990 (Senior Lecturer 2001; Reader 2010; Professor 2012) and in 1999 obtained an MEd in Teaching and Learning for University Lecturers.

I am an internationally recognised expert on the mechanical properties of glasses and waste vitrification and have supervised/ co-supervised over 50 successful PhD students. I was a founder member of the ISL at the University of Sheffield. I am a Fellow and Past-President of the Society of Glass Technology and am also involved with International Commission on Glass (ICG).

I have held a variety of education related roles at Faculty and Department (now School) level. From 2001 to 2012 I was Sub-Dean for Undergraduate Affairs in the Faculty of Engineering and then Deputy Faculty Director of Learning and Teaching Engineering. From 2013 to 2015 I was course director for the cross-Faculty Aerospace Engineering degrees and between 2014 and 2017, I was Head of the Interdisciplinary Programmes Office, Faculty of Engineering. From 2015 I was Director of Education first in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and am now in the School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering.

Research interests

My research has two main foci both related to glass and glass based materials.

1) The development and characterisation of glass based treatment options for nuclear wastes to support the clean-up of the nuclear legacy - this includes compositional development and assessment of the chemical durability of the resultant vitreous wasteforms and

2) the mechanical properties of glasses - this includes developing an understanding of how the mechanical properties vary with glass composition with the aim of developing stronger glasses.

Key research interests:

Radioactive waste vitrification
Research is focussed on glass composition development for the immobilisation of "difficult" anionic species and legacy wastes into vitreous wasteforms. His group is currently working on developing novel glasses for the vitrification of Mo containing wastes and understanding the crystallisation of Mo containing phases in current waste glass compositions.

Sensing using reinforcing fibres in polymer matrix composites
Research is focussed on developing novel glasses for reinforcing fibres that can be used for both chemical and damage sensing in polymer matrix composites. This research is being undertaken in collaboration with CSIC.

Durability of nuclear waste glasses
Research is focussed on understanding the effects of high pH environments on the durability of nuclear waste glasses using laboratory-based durability test methods. In addition, he is responsible for the field-based long term glass burial site at Ballidon (a limestone environment), an experiment now in its 44th year, and which involves collaboration with Dr Strachan from Pacific North-West National Laboratory, USA.

Mechanical properties of glasses
Research is focussed on examining the effects of composition on the mechanical properties of silicate glasses. His group has previously demonstrated the important role of MgO in these glasses and we are currently investigating this further. We have also studied the mechanical properties of nuclear borosilicate glasses. His group is also focussing on assessing the changes in near surface mechanical properties of glasses due to hydration by nanoindentation and at the effects of high-temperature mechanical contact on surface damage and thus the practical strength of bulk glass.

Publications

Journal articles
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
Presentations
Preprints

Journal articles

McKenzie HW & Hand RJ (2024) Basic Optical Stress Measurement in Glass. Physics and Chemistry of Glasses: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B, 65(4), 125-128.
Thorpe CL, Crawford R, Hand RJ, Radford JT, Corkhill CL, Pearce CI, Neeway JJ, Plymale AE, Kruger AA, Morris K , Boothman C et al (2024) Microbial interactions with phosphorus containing glasses representative of vitrified radioactive waste. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 462, 132667-132667.
Mansfield JT, Thorpe CL, Corkhill CL, Harrison MT & Hand RJ (2023) Localised extended (“vermiform”) features formed during glass dissolution. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 608, 122230-122230.
Matthews BE, Neeway JJ, Farias LN, Marcial J, Arey BW, Soltis J, Kovarik L, Zhu Z, Schweiger MJ, Canfield N , Varga T et al (2023) Micro- and Nanoscale Surface Analysis of Late Iron Age Glass from Broborg, a Vitrified Swedish Hillfort. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 29(1), 50-68.
Marcial J, Cicconi MR, Pearce C, Kloužek J, Neeway J, Pokorný R, Vernerova M, McCloy J, Nienhuis ET, Sjoblom R , Weaver J et al (2022) Effect of network connectivity on behavior of synthetic Broborg Hillfort glasses. Journal of the American Ceramic Society.
Taima MS, El-Sayed TA, Shehab MB, Farghaly SH & Hand RJ (2022) Vibration analysis of cracked beam based on Reddy beam theory by finite element method. Journal of Vibration and Control.
Nava-Farias L, Neeway JJ, Schweiger MJ, Marcial J, Canfield NL, Pearce CI, Peeler DK, Vicenzi EP, Kosson DS, Delapp RC , McCloy JS et al (2021) Applying laboratory methods for durability assessment of vitrified material to archaeological samples. npj Materials Degradation, 5(1).
Thorpe CL, Neeway JJ, Pearce CI, Hand RJ, Fisher AJ, Walling SA, Hyatt NC, Kruger AA, Schweiger M, Kosson DS , Arendt CL et al (2021) Forty years of durability assessment of nuclear waste glass by standard methods. npj Materials Degradation, 5(1).
Grema LU & Hand RJ (2021) Structural and thermophysical behaviour of barium zinc aluminoborosilicate glasses for potential application in SOFCs. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 572. View this article in WRRO
Kilinc E, Bell AMT, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2021) Effects of composition and phase relations on mechanical properties and crystallization of silicate glasses. Journal of the American Ceramic Society.
Barlow ST, Fisher AJ, Bailey DJ, Blackburn LR, Stennett MC, Hand RJ, Morgan SP, Hyatt NC & Corkhill CL (2021) Thermal treatment of nuclear fuel-containing Magnox sludge radioactive waste. Journal of Nuclear Materials. View this article in WRRO
Fisher AJ, Imran MNB, Mann C, Gausse C, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC & Corkhill CL (2020) Short communication : the dissolution of UK simulant vitrified high-level-waste in groundwater solutions. Journal of Nuclear Materials. View this article in WRRO
Fisher AJ, Harrison MT, Hyatt NC, Hand RJ & Corkhill CL (2020) The dissolution of simulant UK Ca/Zn-modified nuclear waste glass : insight into Stage III behavior. MRS Advances, 5(3-4), 103-109. View this article in WRRO
Backhouse D, Corkhill C, Hyatt N & Hand R (2019) Investigation of the role of Mg and Ca in the structure and durability of aluminoborosilicate glass. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 512(1), 41-52. View this article in WRRO
Kaspar TC, Ryan JV, Pantano CG, Rice J, Trivelpiece C, Hyatt NC, Corkhill CL, Mann C, Hand RJ, Kirkham MA , Crawford CL et al (2019) Physical and optical properties of the International Simple Glass. npj Materials Degradation, 3(1). View this article in WRRO
Tan S, Kirk N, Marshall M, McGann O & Hand RJ (2019) Vitrification of an intermediate level Magnox sludge waste. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 515, 392-400. View this article in WRRO
McCloy JS, Marcial J, Patil D, Saleh M, Ahmadzadeh M, Chen H, Crum JV, Riley BJ, Kamat H, Bréhault A , Goel A et al (2019) Glass structure and crystallization in boro-alumino-silicate glasses containing rare earth and transition metal cations: a US-UK collaborative program. MRS Advances, 4(17-18), 1029-1043.
Fisher AJ, Hyatt NC, Hand RJ & Corkhill CL (2019) The Formation of Pitted Features on the International Simple Glass during Dynamic Experiments at Alkaline pH. MRS Advances, 4(17-18), 993-999. View this article in WRRO
Backhourse DJ, Fisher AJ, Neeway JJ, Corkhill CL, Hyatt NC & Hand RJ (2018) Corrosion of the International Simple Glass under acidic to hyperalkaline conditions. npj Materials Degradation, 2. View this article in WRRO
Heath PG, Corkhill CL, Stennett MC, Hand RJ, Whales KM & Hyatt NC (2018) Immobilisation of Prototype Fast Reactor raffinate in a barium borosilicate glass matrix. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 508, 203-211. View this article in WRRO
Hand RJ & Tan S (2018) Incorporation and phase separation of Cl in alkaline earth aluminosilicate glasses. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 507, 135-144. View this article in WRRO
Corkhill CL, Fisher AJ, Strachan DM, Hand RJ & Hyatt NC (2018) Corrigendum to “The dissolution rates of simulated UK Magnox – ThORP blend nuclear waste glass as a function of pH, temperature and waste loading” [Miner. Mag. 79, (2015) 1529–1542]. Mineralogical Magazine, 82(4), 939-942.
Ahmad SQS & Hand RJ (2017) Letter to the Editor: Concentrated Solar (CS) thermal melting versus photovoltaic (PV) based electric melting. Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A, 58(5), 156-158. View this article in WRRO
Hyatt NC, Corkhill CL, Bailey DJ, Fisher AJ & Hand RJ (2017) Comment on “Preliminary assessment of modified borosilicate glasses for chromium and ruthenium immobilization”, by Farid and Rahman. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 192, 29-32.
Ahmad SQS, Wieckert C & Hand RJ (2017) Glass melting using concentrated solar thermal energy. Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A, 58(2), 41-48. View this article in WRRO
Thorpe CL, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC, Kruger AA, Kosson DS, Schweiger MJ, Riley BJ & Corkhill CL (2017) Evaluation of novel leaching assessment of nuclear waste glasses. MRS Advances. View this article in WRRO
Cassingham NJ, Corkhill CL, Stennett MC, Hand RJ & Hyatt NC (2016) Alteration layer formation of Ca- and Zn-oxide bearing alkali borosilicate glasses for immobilisation of UK high level waste: A vapour hydration study. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 479, 639-646. View this article in WRRO
Tan S & Hand RJ (2016) Dissolution of molybdate anions in borosilicate glasses for nuclear waste vitrification use. Materials China, 35(7), 496-503. View this article in WRRO
Lloyd JW, Stennett MC & Hand RJ (2016) Silicon oxycarbide glass for the immobilisation of irradiated graphite waste. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 469, 51-56. View this article in WRRO
Kilinc E & Hand RJ (2015) Mechanical properties of soda–lime–silica glasses with varying alkaline earth contents. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 429, 190-197. View this article in WRRO
Cassingham N, Corkhill CL, Backhouse DJ, Hand RJ, Ryan JV, Vienna JD & Hyatt NC (2015) The initial dissolution rates of simulated UK Magnox–ThORP blend nuclear waste glass as a function of pH, temperature and waste loading. Mineralogical Magazine, 79(6), 1529-1542. View this article in WRRO
Zhang H, Corkhill CL, Heath PG, Hand RJ, Stennett MC & Hyatt NC (2015) Effect of Zn- and Ca-oxides on the structure and chemical durability of simulant alkali borosilicate glasses for immobilisation of UK high level wastes. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 462, 321-328. View this article in WRRO
Mohammed Sabri M, Hand RJ & Möbus G (2015) Zn nanodot patterning in borosilicate glasses by electron irradiation. Journal of Materials Research, 30(12), 1914-1924. View this article in WRRO
Tan S, Ojovan MI, Hyatt NC & Hand RJ (2015) MoO3 incorporation in magnesium aluminosilicate glasses. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 458, 335-342. View this article in WRRO
Zhang H, Hyatt NC, Stevens JR & Hand R (2015) Effect of ZnO and CaO on alkali borosilicate glass waste-form immobilizing simulated mixed HLW. Yuanzineng Kexue Jishu/Atomic Energy Science and Technology, 49(7), 1159-1164.
Shamsudin Z, Hodzic A, Soutis C, Hand RJ, Bond IP, Howard PJ & Szkoda I (2015) Investigation of the mechanical properties and fracture morphology of glass ceramic fibers. Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer & Composites Science, 1(2), 120-127.
Gashier W, Miura T, Hashimoto K, Hand RJ & Kinoshita H (2014) Leaching behaviour of cementitious nuclear wasteforms containing caesium and strontium. Advances in Applied Ceramics, 113(8), 447-452. View this article in WRRO
Ahmad SQS, Hand RJ & Wieckert C (2014) Use of concentrated radiation for solar powered glass melting experiments. Solar Energy, 109, 174-182. View this article in WRRO
Bingham PA, Hannant OM, Reeves-Mclaren N, Stennett MC & Hand RJ (2014) Selective behaviour of dilute Fe^{3 +} ions in silicate glasses: An Fe K-edge EXAFS and XANES study. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 387, 47-56.
Mayzan MZH, Stennett MC, Hyatt NC & Hand RJ (2014) Graphite immobilisation in iron phosphate glass composite materials produced by microwave and conventional sintering routes. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 454(1-3), 343-351.
Hyatt NC, Schwarz RR, Bingham PA, Stennett MC, Corkhill CL, Heath PG, Hand RJ, James M, Pearson A & Morgan S (2014) Thermal treatment of simulant plutonium contaminated materials from the Sellafield site by vitrification in a blast-furnace slag. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 444(1-3), 186-199. View this article in WRRO
Bingham PA, Hyatt NC, Hand RJ & Forder SD (2013) Vitrification of UK intermediate level radioactive wastes arising from site decommissioning. Initial laboratory trials. GLASS TECHNOLOGY-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GLASS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PART A, 54(1), 1-19.
Rodriguez JAG & Hand RJ (2013) Evolution of the modulus and hardness of the tin and air sides of float glass as a function of hydration time. GLASS TECHNOLOGY-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GLASS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PART A, 54(1), 36-41.
McGann OJ, Gandy AS, Bingham PA, Hand RJ & Hyatt NC (2013) The effect of γ-radiation on mechanical properties of model UK nuclear waste glasses. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1518, 41-46.
Heath PG, Stennett MC, McGann OJ, Hand RJ & Hyatt NC (2013) The use of high durability alumino-borosilicate glass for the encapsulation of High Temperature Reactor (HTR) fuel. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1518, 3-8.
Utton CA, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC, Swanton SW & Williams SJ (2013) Formation of alteration products during dissolution of vitrified ILW in a high-pH calcium-rich solution. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 442(1-3), 33-45.
Connelly AJ, Hyatt NC, Travis KP, Hand RJ, Stennett MC, Gandy AS, Brown AP & Apperley DC (2013) The effect of uranium oxide additions on the structure of alkali borosilicate glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 378, 282-289.
Heath PG, Corkhill CL, Stennett MC, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC & Meyer WCHM (2013) Encapsulation of TRISO particle fuel in durable soda-lime-silicate glasses. Journal of Nuclear Materials.
Utton CA, Hand RJ, Bingham PA, Hyatt NC, Swanton SW & Williams SJ (2013) Dissolution of vitrified wastes in a high-pH calcium-rich solution. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 435(1-3), 112-122.
Utton CA, Swanton SW, Schofield J, Hand RJ, Clacher A & Hyatt NC (2012) Chemical durability of vitrified wasteforms: Effects of pH and solution composition. Mineralogical Magazine, 76(8), 2919-2930.
Swait TJ, Rauf A, Grainger R, Bailey PBS, Lafferty AD, Fleet EJ, Hand RJ & Hayes SA (2012) Smart composite materials for self-sensing and self-healing. PLASTICS RUBBER AND COMPOSITES, 41(4-5), 215-224.
Bingham PA, Hyatt NC & Hand RJ (2012) Vitrification of UK intermediate level radioactive wastes arising from site decommissioning: Property modelling and selection of candidate host glass compositions. Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A, 53(3), 83-100.
McGann OJ, Bingham PA, Hand RJ, Gandy AS, Kavčič M, Žitnik M, Bučar K, Edge R & Hyatt NC (2012) The effects of γ-radiation on model vitreous wasteforms intended for the disposal of intermediate and high level radioactive wastes in the United Kingdom. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 429(1-3), 353-367.
McGann OJ, Bingham PA, Hand RJ, Gandy AS, Kavčič M, Žitnik M, Bučar K, Edge R & Hyatt NC (2012) The effects of γ-radiation on model vitreous wasteforms intended for the disposal of intermediate and high level radioactive wastes in the United Kingdom. Journal of Nuclear Materials.
El-Sayed T & Hand RJ (2012) Fractographic analysis of epoxy coated glass. Ceramics International, 38(3), 2543-2549.
Rauf A, Hand RJ & Hayes SA (2012) Optical self-sensing of impact damage in composites using E-glass cloth. Smart Materials and Structures, 21(4).
Riley BJ, Hrma PR, Vienna JD, Schweiger MJ, Rodriguez CP, Crum JV, Lang JB, Marra JC, Johnson FC, Peeler DK , Leonelli C et al (2011) The Liquidus Temperature of Nuclear Waste Glasses: An International Round-Robin Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED GLASS SCIENCE, 2(4), 321-333.
Bingham PA, Connelly AJ, Hyatt NC & Hand RJ (2011) Corrosion of glass contact refractories for the vitrification of radioactive wastes: a review. INT MATER REV, 56(4), 226-242.
Connelly AJ, Hyatt NC, Travis KP, Hand RJ & Maddrell ER (2011) Predicting the preference for charge compensation in silicate glasses. PHYS CHEM GLASSES-B, 52(2), 64-67.
Connelly AJ, Travis KP, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC & Maddrell E (2011) Composition-structure relationships in simplified nuclear waste glasses: 1. Mixed alkali borosilicate glasses. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 94(1), 151-159.
El-Sayed T & Hand RJ (2011) Modelling the strengthening of glass using epoxy based coatings. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 31(15), 2783-2791.
Hodzic A, Shamsudin Z, Hayes SA, Hand RJ, Bond IP & Soutis C (2011) CHARACTERISATION OF THERMO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 GLASS CERAMIC WITH DIFFERENT HEAT TREATMENT TEMPERATURES. Journal of Materials Science.
Connelly AJ, Hand RJ, Bingham PA & Hyatt NC (2011) Mechanical properties of nuclear waste glasses. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 408(2), 188-193.
Connelly AJ, Travis KP, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC & Maddrell E (2011) Composition-structure relationships in simplified nuclear waste glasses: 2. the effect of ZrO2 additions. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 94(1), 78-85.
Connelly AJ, Hyatt NC, Travis KP, Hand RJ, Maddrell ER & Short RJ (2011) The structural role of Zr within alkali borosilicate glasses for nuclear waste immobilisation. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 357(7), 1647-1656.
Bingham PA, Connelly AJ, Hand RJ & Hyatt NC (2010) Vitrification of legacy and intermediate level radioactive wastes: Opportunities and challenges. Nuclear Future, 6(5), 250-254.
Tadjiev DR, Hand RJ & Zeng P (2010) Comparison of glass hydration layer thickness measured by transmission electron microscopy and nanoindentation. MATER LETT, 64(9), 1041-1044.
Bingham PA, Connelly AJ, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC, Northrup PA, Mori RA, Glatzel P, Kavcic M, Zitnik M, Bucar K & Edge R (2010) A multi-spectroscopic investigation of sulphur speciation in silicate glasses and slags. GLASS TECHNOL-PART A, 51(2), 63-80.
Yang G, Cook S, Hand RJ & Mobus G (2010) CeO2 nano-precipitation in borosilicate glasses: A redox study using EELS. J EUR CERAM SOC, 30(4), 831-838.
Tadjiev DR & Hand RJ (2010) Surface hydration and nanoindentation of silicate glasses. J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, 356(2), 102-108. View this article in WRRO
Hand RJ & Tadjiev DR (2010) Mechanical properties of silicate glasses as a function of composition. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 356(44-49), 2417-2423.
Forder SD, Hannant OM, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2010) Concerning the use of standards for identifying coordination environments in glasses. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 217(1).
Ghosh SB, Jones FR & Hand RJ (2010) A novel indentation based method to determine the threshold stress intensity factor for sub-critical crack growth in glass. Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A, 51(4), 156-160.
Tadjiev DR, Hand RJ & Hayes SA (2010) Calibrating a nanoindenter for very shallow depth indentation using equivalent contact radius. PHILOS MAG, 90(13), 1819-1832.
Ghosh SB, Bhowmik D, Hand RJ & Jones FR (2010) A Micromechanical Model to Predict Mechanical Durability of Glass Multifilament Bundles in Rubber Composite. J ENG MATER-T ASME, 132(1).
Bingham PA, Hand RJ, Hannant OM, Forder SD & Kilcoyne SH (2009) Effects of modifier additions on the thermal properties, chemical durability, oxidation state and structure of iron phosphate glasses. J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, 355(28-30), 1526-1538.
Plummer JD, Figueroa IA, Hand RJ, Davies HA & Todd I (2009) Elastic properties of some bulk metallic glasses. J NON-CRYST SOLIDS, 355(6), 335-339.
Schofield JM, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2009) The immobilisation of a chloride containing actinide waste surrogate in calcium aluminosilicate glasses. Ceramic Transactions, 207, 69-80.
Hannant OM, Forder SD, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2009) Structural studies of iron in vitrified toxic wastes. Hyperfine Interactions, 192(1-3), 37-42.

Chapters

Hand RJ (2022) Nuclear Waste Vitrification and Chemical Durability, Advanced Structured Materials (pp. 243-263). Springer Nature Singapore
Hand RJ (2021) Mechanical Properties of Inorganic Glasses (pp. 379-390). Wiley
Hand RJ (2021) Soda-Lime-Silica Glasses, Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering Elsevier
Hand RJ (2021) Soda-Lime-Silica Glasses, Encyclopedia of Materials: Technical Ceramics and Glasses: Volume 1-3 (pp. V2-483-V2-495).
Hannant OM, Forder SD, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2009) Structural studies of iron in vitrified toxic wastes, ISIAME 2008 (pp. 539-544). Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Conference proceedings papers

Hyatt NC, Corkhill CL, Stennett MC, Hand RJ, Gardner LJ & Thorpe CL (2020) The HADES facility for high activity decommissioning engineering & science: part of the UK national nuclear user facility. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 818. Manchester, UK, 4 February 2020 - 5 February 2020. View this article in WRRO
Hyatt N (2018) Evaluation of Novel Leaching Assessment for Nuclear Waste Glasses. Proceedings of Waste Management 2018
Mann C, Thorpe C, Milodowski AE, Field LP, Shaw RP, Boast L, Hand R, Hyatt NC, Provis JL & Corkhill CL (2017) Interactions between Simulant Vitrified Nuclear Wastes and high pH solutions: A Natural Analogue Approach. MRS Advances, Vol. 2(12) (pp 669-674) View this article in WRRO
Wilson PR, Hayes SA & Hand RJ (2015) Practical demonstration of fibre evanescent wave spectroscopy for cure monitoring of epoxy resins using novel h-glass fibres. ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials, Vol. 2015-July
Tan S, Ojovan MI, Hyatt NC & Hand RJ (2015) MoO3 incorporation in alkaline earth aluminosilicate glasses. MRS Proceedings, Vol. 1744 (pp 67-72)
Wilson PR, Hayes SA & Hand RJ (2013) Structural glass fibres for optical damage, cure and moisture ingress sensing in advanced reinforced polymer composites. ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials, Vol. 2013-July (pp 4052-4060)
Yang G, Mobus G, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2009) Electron beam induced structure changes in borosilicate and borophosphate glasses: a comparison by energy loss spectroscopy. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF GLASSES-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GLASS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PART B, Vol. 50(6) (pp 378-383)
Bingham PA, Connelly AJ, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC & Northrup PA (2009) Incorporation and speciation of sulphur in glasses for waste immobilisation. GLASS TECHNOLOGY-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GLASS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PART A, Vol. 50(3) (pp 135-138)
Hannant OM, Forder SD, Bingham PA & Hand RJ (2009) Structural studies of iron in vitrified toxic wastes. ISIAME 2008 (pp 539-544)
Bingham PA, Hyatt NC, Hand RJ & Wilding CR (2009) Glass Development for Vitrification of Wet Intermediate Level Waste (WILW) From Decommissioning of the Hinkley Point 'A' Site. SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT XXXII, Vol. 1124 (pp 161-166)
Bailey PBS, Hayes SA, Hand RJ & Zhang B (2009) Chemical Monitoring of Composite Matrices by Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy. EMBODING INTELLIGENCE IN STRUCTURES AND INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, Vol. 56 (pp 297-302)

Presentations

Sabri MM, Hand RJ & Möbus G Nanoparticle Formation in Borosilicate Glasses under Electron Irradiation. The Octagon Centre, University of Sheffield. View this article in WRRO

Preprints

Thorpe C, Ravikumar R, Corkhill C, Walling S, Neeway J, Pearce C, Kruger A, Kosson D, Marcial J & Hand R (2024) The Effectiveness of TRIS and Ammonium buffers in Glass Dissolution Studies: A Comparative Analysis, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
Thorpe C, Fisher A, Manifold G, Creasey-Gray S, Jackson C, Stone J, Corkhill C, Boothman C, Lloyd J & Hand R (2024) Insights into long-term glass corrosion mechanisms from the Ballidon project: a 50-year-old glass burial experiment in an alkaline near surface environment., Research Square Platform LLC.

Teaching activities

Introduction to the mechanical properties of materials
Fracture mechanics
Glasses
Inorganic Materials ITP
Industrial Management/ Materials lifecycle

Professional activities and memberships

Fellow and former President of the Society of Glass Technology (FSGT)
Member of the Institute of Physics (MInstP, CEng)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Secretary to the Coordinating Technical Committee of the International Commission on Glass