Dr Stephen Ebbens

• Journal articles
• Chapters
• Conference proceedings papers
• Preprints

Journal articles

• Archer RJ, Ebbens SJ, Kubodera Y, Matsuo M & Nomura S-IM (2025) Menthyl acetate powered self-propelled Janus sponge Marangoni motors with self-maintaining surface tension gradients and active mixing. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 678, 11-19.
• Marchi PM, Marrone L, Brasseur L, Coens A, Webster CP, Bousset L, Destro M, Smith EF, Walther CG, Alfred V , Marroccella R et al (2022) C9ORF72-derived poly-GA DPRs undergo endocytic uptake in iAstrocytes and spread to motor neurons.. Life Sci Alliance, 5(9).
• Kumar P, Zhang Y, Ebbens SJ & Zhao X (2022) 3D inkjet printed self-propelled motors for micro-stirring. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 623, 96-108.
• Kumar P, Legge A, Gregory DA, Nichols A, Jensen H, Ebbens SJ & Zhao X (2022) 3D printable self-propelling sensors for the assessment of water quality via surface tension. JCIS Open, 5. View this article in WRRO
• Kirvin A, Gregory D, Parnell A, Campbell AI & Ebbens S (2021) Rotating ellipsoidal catalytic micro-swimmers via glancing angle evaporation. Materials Advances.
• Kumar P, Ebbens S & Zhao X (2021) Inkjet printing of mammalian cells – Theory and applications. Bioprinting, e00157-e00157.
• Archer RA, Howse JR, Fujii S, Kawashima H, Buxton GA & Ebbens SJ (2020) pH‐responsive catalytic janus motors with autonomous navigation and cargo‐release functions. Advanced Functional Materials. View this article in WRRO
• Campbell AI, Ebbens SJ, Illien P & Golestanian R (2019) Experimental observation of flow fields around active Janus spheres. Nature Communications, 10(1). View this article in WRRO
• Gregory DA, Kumar P, Jimenez-Franco A, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Ebbens SJ & Zhao X (2019) Reactive inkjet printing and propulsion analysis of silk-based self-propelled micro-stirrers. Journal of Visualized Experiments(146). View this article in WRRO
• Zhang Y, Gregory DA, Zhang Y, Smith PJ, Ebbens SJ & Zhao X (2019) Reactive Inkjet Printing of Functional Silk Stirrers for Enhanced Mixing and Sensing. Small, 15(1), 1804213-1804213. View this article in WRRO
• Ebbens SJ & Gregory DA (2018) Catalytic Janus Colloids: Controlling Trajectories of Chemical Microswimmers. Accounts of Chemical Research, 51(9), 1931-1939.
• Gregory DA & Ebbens SJ (2018) Symmetrical Catalytically Active Colloids Collectively Induce Convective Flow. Langmuir, 34(14), 4307-4313. View this article in WRRO
• Archer RJ, Parnell AJ, Campbell AI, Howse JR & Ebbens SJ (2018) A Pickering Emulsion Route to Swimming Active Janus Colloids. Advanced Science, 5(2). View this article in WRRO
• Campbell AI, Wittkowski R, ten Hagen B, Löwen H & Ebbens SJ (2017) Helical paths, gravitaxis, and separation phenomena for mass-anisotropic self-propelling colloids: Experiment versus theory. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 147(8). View this article in WRRO
• Nourhani A, Ebbens SJ, Gibbs JG & Lammert PE (2016) Spiral diffusion of rotating self-propellers with stochastic perturbation. Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics. View this article in WRRO
• Campbell A, Archer R & Ebbens S (2016) Preparation and 3D Tracking of Catalytic Swimming Devices. Journal of Visualized Experiments(113). View this article in WRRO
• Gregory DA, Zhang Y, Smith PJ, Zhao X & Ebbens SJ (2016) Reactive Inkjet Printing of Biocompatible Enzyme Powered Silk Micro-Rockets. Small, 12(30), 4048-4055. View this article in WRRO
• Ebbens SJ (2016) Active colloids: Progress and challenges towards realising autonomous applications. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 21, 14-23.
• Das S, Garg A, Campbell AI, Howse J, Sen A, Velegol D, Golestanian R & Ebbens SJ (2015) Boundaries can steer active Janus spheres. Nature Communications, 6. View this article in WRRO
• Dunderdale G & Ebbens S (2015) Directed Propulsion, Chemotaxis and Clustering in Propelled Microparticles. Current Physical Chemistry, 5(1), 91-106.
• Archer RJ, Campbell AI & Ebbens SJ (2015) Glancing angle metal evaporation synthesis of catalytic swimming Janus colloids with well defined angular velocity. Soft Matter, 11(34), 6872-6880. View this article in WRRO
• Gregory DA, Campbell AI & Ebbens SJ (2015) Effect of Catalyst Distribution on Spherical Bubble Swimmer Trajectories. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(27), 15339-15348. View this article in WRRO
• Taylor W, Ebbens S, Skoda MWA, Webster JRP & Jones RAL (2015) Mode of lysozyme protein adsorption at end-tethered polyethylene oxide brushes on gold surfaces determined by neutron reflectivity. The European Physical Journal E, 38, 14-14.
• Toolan DTW, Fujii S, Ebbens SJ, Nakamura Y & Howse JR (2014) On the mechanisms of colloidal self-assembly during spin-coating. Soft Matter, 10(44), 8804-8812.
• Haq EU, Toolan DTW, Emerson JA, Epps TH, Howse JR, Dunbar ADF & Ebbens SJ (2014) Real time laser interference microscopy for bar-spread polystyrene/poly(methyl methacrylate) blends. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, n/a-n/a.
• Campbell AI & Ebbens SJ (2013) Gravitaxis in spherical Janus swimming devices.. Langmuir, 29(46), 14066-14073. View this article in WRRO
• Toolan DTW, Haq EU, Dunbar A, Ebbens S, Clarke N, Topham PD & Howse JR (2013) Direct observation of morphological development during the spin-coating of polystyrene-poly(methyl methacrylate) polymer blends. Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 51(11), 875-881.
• Dunderdale G, Ebbens S, Fairclough P & Howse J (2012) Importance of particle tracking and calculating the mean-squared displacement in distinguishing nanopropulsion from other processes.. Langmuir, 28(30), 10997-11006.
• Ebbens S, Tu M-H, Howse JR & Golestanian R (2012) Size dependence of the propulsion velocity for catalytic Janus-sphere swimmers. PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 85(2).
• Ebbens S, Tu MH, Howse JR & Golestanian R (2012) Size dependence of the propulsion velocity for catalytic Janus-sphere swimmers.. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys, 85(2-1), 020401.
• Qi S, Litchfield R, Hutt DA, Vaidhyanathan B, Liu C, Webb P & Ebbens S (2012) Copper conductive adhesives for printed circuit interconnects. Proceedings - Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 1651-1655.
• Ebbens S (2012) A fantastic voyage?. Materials Today, 15(7-8), 294.
• Ebbens SJ, Buxton GA, Alexeev A, Sadeghi A & Howse JR (2012) Synthetic running and tumbling: an autonomous navigation strategy for catalytic nanoswimmers. SOFT MATTER, 8(11), 3077-3082.
• Ebbens S (2012) A fantastic voyage? The importance of autonomy in the design of nano-propulsive devices. MATERIALS TODAY, 15(7-8), 294-294.
• Ebbens SJ & Howse JR (2011) Direct observation of the direction of motion for spherical catalytic swimmers.. Langmuir, 27(20), 12293-12296.
• Ebbens S, Hodgkinson R, Parnell AJ, Dunbar A, Martin SJ, Topham PD, Clarke N & Howse JR (2011) In situ imaging and height reconstruction of phase separation processes in polymer blends during spin coating.. ACS Nano, 5(6), 5124-5131.
• Ebbens S, Sadeghi A, Howse J, Golestanian R & Jones R (2011) Controlling phoretic swimmer trajectory. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1346, 49-52.
• Sadeghi A, Howse J, Ebbens S & De Geest B (2011) Surface interactions for controlling the microfluidic separation of polymeric microspheres. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1357, 18-25.
• Ebbens S, Jones RAL, Ryan AJ, Golestanian R & Howse JR (2010) Self-assembled autonomous runners and tumblers. PHYS REV E, 82(1).
• Ebbens SJ & Howse JR (2010) Self-assembled phoretic swimmers. 7th Annual Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices, FNANO 2010, 108-109.
• Ebbens S, Hutt D & Liu C (2010) The thermal stability of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers on copper for fluxless soldering applications. IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, 33(2), 251-259.
• Thompson KL, Armes SP, Howse JR, Ebbens S, Ahmad I, Zaidi JH, York DW & Burdis JA (2010) Covalently cross-linked colloidosomes. Macromolecules, 43(24), 10466-10474.
• Ebbens SJ & Howse JR (2010) In pursuit of propulsion at the nanoscale. SOFT MATTER, 6(4), 726-738.
• Perkins M, Ebbens SJ, Hayes S, Roberts CJ, Madden CE, Luk SY & Patel N (2007) Elastic modulus measurements from individual lactose particles using atomic force microscopy.. Int J Pharm, 332(1-2), 168-175.
• Ebbens S, Hutt DA, Liu C & Williams O (2007) Surface micro-patterning with self-assembled monolayers selectively deposited on copper substrates by ink-jet printing. Proceedings - Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 1362-1367.
• Ebbens S, Hutt DA & Liu C (2006) Effect of temperature and storage environment on the preservation of copper surfaces for fluxless soldering. Proceedings - Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 2006, 1847-1852.
• Ebbens S, Hutt DA & Liu C (2006) Investigation of ink-jet printing of self-assembled monolayers for copper circuit patterning. Proceedings of the Electronic Packaging Technology Conference, EPTC, 46-52.
• Zhang J, Ebbens S, Chen X, Jin Z, Luk S, Madden C, Patel N & Roberts CJ (2006) Determination of the surface free energy of crystalline and amorphous lactose by atomic force microscopy adhesion measurement. Pharmaceutical Research, 23(2), 401-407.
• Ward S, Perkins M, Zhang J, Roberts CJ, Madden CE, Luk SY, Patel N & Ebbens SJ (2005) Novel methods to probe surface amorphous states. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 57, S98-S98.
• Le Roux D, Roberts CJ, Madden CE, Luk SY, Patel N & Ebbens SJ (2005) Raman microscopy investigation of the phase structure and interactions in hydoxypropyl methyl cellulose and ethyl cellulose blends. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 57, S9-S10.
• Perkins M, Zhang J, Roberts CJ, Madden CE, Luk SY, Patel N & Ebbens SJ (2005) Single particle surface energy and hardness screening using Atomic Force Microscopy. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 57, S59-S59.
• Ward SD, Perkins M, Ebbens SJ, Roberts CJ, Luk SY, Patel N & Madden CE (2005) Drug product analysis through multidisciplinary solid state characterisation. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 57, S90-S90.
• Perkins M, Zhang J, Roberts CJ, Madden CE, Luk SY, Patel N & Ebbens SJ (2005) Single particle surface energy and hardness screening using Atomic Force Microscopy. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 57, S3-S3.
• Ward S, Perkins M, Zhang J, Roberts CJ, Madden CE, Luk SY, Patel N & Ebbens SJ (2005) Identifying and mapping surface amorphous domains.. Pharm Res, 22(7), 1195-1202.
• Abdelhady HG, Allen S, Ebbens SJ, Madden C, Patel N, Roberts CJ & Zhang JX (2005) Towards nanoscale metrology for biomolecular imaging by atomic force microscopy. NANOTECHNOLOGY, 16(6), 966-973.
• Zhang J, Madden C, Hossainy S, Tang FW, Borgaonkar H, Ebbens S, Luk SY, Patel N & Roberts CJ (2004) Challenges in the development of drug eluting stents: swelling behaviour characterisation. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 56, S6-S7.
• Collins JA, Madden CE, Ebbens SJ, Luk SY, Roberts CJ & Patel N (2004) Screening of inhalation formulations: quantification of individual particulate interactions. J PHARM PHARMACOL, 56, S6-S6.
• Woodward I, Ebbens S, Zhang J, Luk S, Patel N & Roberts CJ (2004) A combined imaging, microthermal and spectroscopic study of a multilayer packaging system. Packaging Technology and Science, 17(3), 129-138.
• Spanos CG, Ebbens SJ, Badyal JPS, Goodwin AJ & Merlin PJ (2003) Surface segregation and plasma oxidation of polvethylene-poly(dimethylsiloxane) copolymer doped polyethylene films. MACROMOLECULES, 36(2), 368-372.
• Eve JK, Patel N, Luk SY, Ebbens SJ & Roberts CJ (2002) A study of single drug particle adhesion interactions using atomic force microscopy.. Int J Pharm, 238(1-2), 17-27.
• Spanos CG, Ebbens SJ, Badyal JPS, Goodwin AJ & Merlin PJ (2001) Surface segregation and plasma oxidation of poly(dimethylsiloxane)-doped polyolefins. MACROMOLECULES, 34(23), 8149-8155.
• Ebbens SJ & Badyal JPS (2001) Surface enrichment of fluorochemical-doped polypropylene films. LANGMUIR, 17(13), 4050-4055.
• Archer RJ & Ebbens SJ () Symmetrical Catalytic Colloids Display Janus‐Like Active Brownian Particle Motion. Advanced Science.
• Prihatin IA () ANALISIS FILM PUTIH ABU-ABU DAN SEPATU KETS MELALUI LAYANAN BIMBINGAN DAN KONSELING UNTUK MENCEGAH PERGAULAN BEBAS DI SMA KARYA 45 BANGUN REJO MUSI RAWAS. Empati : Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling, 9(1), 109-119.
• Gregory DA, Kumar P, Jimenez-Franco A, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Ebbens SJ & Zhao X () Reactive Inkjet Printing and Propulsion Analysis of Silk-based Self-propelled Micro-stirrers. Journal of Visualized Experiments(146).
• Kawashima H, Shioi A, Archer RJ, Ebbens SJ, Nakamura Y & Fujii S () Light-driven locomotion of a centimeter-sized object at the air–water interface: effect of fluid resistance. RSC Advances, 9(15), 8333-8339.
• Gregory DA, Zhang Y, Smith PJ, Ebbens SJ & Zhao X () Altering the Bubble Release of Reactive Inkjet Printed Silk Micro-rockets. NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference, 32(1), 452-456.
• Jamaludin NA, Basatvat S, Aboussahoud W, Elliott S, Hunt S, Peacock B, Ebbens S & Fazeli A () Characterisation of extracellular vesicles produced by the Porcine oviductal epithelial cells using size exclusion chromatography. Reproduction Abstracts.
• Campbell A, Archer R & Ebbens S () Preparation and 3D Tracking of Catalytic Swimming Devices. Journal of Visualized Experiments(113).
• Ebbens S, Gregory DA, Dunderdale G, Howse JR, Ibrahim Y, Liverpool TB & Golestanian R () Electrokinetic Effects in Catalytic Pt-Insulator Janus Swimmers.
• Pineda De La O E, Alhazmi N, Ebbens SJ & Dunbar ADF () Influence of Additives on the In Situ Crystallization Dynamics of Methyl Ammonium Lead Halide Perovskites. ACS Applied Energy Materials.

Chapters

• Gregory DA, Zhang Y, Ebbens SJ & Zhao X (2017) CHAPTER 8. Reactive Inkjet Printing of Regenerated Silk Fibroin as a 3D Scaffold for Autonomous Swimming Devices (Micro-rockets), Reactive Inkjet Printing (pp. 169-201). Royal Society of Chemistry
• Ebbens S, Howse J, Archer R, Gregory D, Campbell A & Dunderdale G (2017) Soft, Hard, and Hybrid Janus Structures: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Applications — Catalytic Janus Swimmers, Soft, Hard, and Hybrid Janus Structures (pp. 315-403). WORLD SCIENTIFIC (EUROPE)

Conference proceedings papers

• Gregory DA, Zhang Y, Smith PJ, Ebbens SJ & Zhao X (2016) Altering the Bubble Release of Reactive Inkjet Printed Silk Micro-rockets. International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies, Vol. 2016 (pp 452-456), 12 September 2016 - 12 September 2016. View this article in WRRO
• Das S, Garg A, Campbell A, Velegol D, Sen A, Golestanian R & Ebbens S (2015) Sustained quenching of rotational diffusional motion of catalytic Janus colloids. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 250
• Ebbens SJ, Hutt DA & Liu CQ (2007) Patterning copper using ink jet printing of Self Assembled Monolayers. 2007 9TH ELECTRONICS PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, VOLS 1 AND 2 (pp 114-119)
• Ebbens SJ, Hutt DA & Liu CQ (2006) Thermal stability of self-assembled monolayer copper preservatives for fluxless soldering. ESTC 2006: 1st Electronics Systemintegration Technology Conference, Vols 1 and 2, Proceedings (pp 1360-1366)
• Tang Z, Rossiter J & Panoutsos G () Disturbance observer-based optimal tracking control for slot coating process with mismatched input disturbances. CONTROL 2024: 14th United Kingdom Automatic Control Council (UKACC) International Conference on Control. Winchester, UK, 10 April 2024 - 10 April 2024. View this article in WRRO

Preprints

• Archer R, Kubodera Y, Ebbens S, Matsuo M & Nomura S-IM (2024) Active mixing by self-propelled Janus sponge Marangoni motors with self-maintaining surface tension gradients., American Chemical Society (ACS).
• Campbell AI, Ebbens SJ, Illien P & Golestanian R (2018) Experimental Observation of Flow Fields Around Active Janus Spheres, arXiv.
• Campbell AI, Wittkowski R, Hagen BT, Löwen H & Ebbens SJ (2017) Helical paths, gravitaxis, and separation phenomena for mass-anisotropic self-propelling colloids: experiment versus theory, arXiv.
• Nourhani A, Ebbens SJ, Gibbs JG & Lammert PE (2016) Spiral diffusion of rotating self-propellers with stochastic perturbation, arXiv.
• Ebbens S, Gregory DA, Dunderdale G, Howse JR, Ibrahim Y, Liverpool TB & Golestanian R (2013) Electrokinetic Effects in Catalytic Pt-Insulator Janus Swimmers, arXiv.
• Marchi PM, Marrone L, Brasseur L, Bousset L, Webster CP, Destro M, Smith EF, Walther CG, Alfred V, Marroccella R , Robinson D et al () C9orf72-derived poly-GA DPRs undergo endocytic uptake in iNPC-derived astrocytes and spread to motor neurons, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.