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Qualifications
BSc (Hons), Paper Science (UMIST), 1989.
PhD, Paper Science (UMIST), 1992.
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Biography
Bill Sampson graduated from UMIST in 1989 with a BSc in Paper Science. In 1992, he graduated from the same department with a PhD and joined the staff as a Lecturer, becoming Senior Lecturer in 2004 and Professor in 2013. Bill's primary research activity concerns the structure and properties of heterogeneous materials, with particular focus on fibrous materials. His work involves the application of statistical geometry and probabilistic modelling to elucidate the influence of the morphology of the constituents of a given material on the structures arising when they are assembled stochastically.
The materials studied in Bill’s group range from paper and paperboard to composites, electrospun polymer fibre scaffolds for tissue engineering and gas diffusion layers for fuel cells. The techniques are currently being extended to the study of field-induced assembly in magneto-rheological fluids.
Research interests
- Dimensional change in cellulosic materials
- Inter-fibre bonding and the mechanical strength of paper.
- Statistical geometry of nanofibrous assemblies
- Structural modelling of clustered heterogeneous stochastic fibrous networks
- Field-induced assembly in magneto-rheological fluids
- Information geometry for classification of stochastic textures
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Sustainable Futures
- Christabel Pankhurst Institute
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Macromolecular crowding in chiral assembly of ellipsoidal nanoparticles
Hou, J., Sampson, W. & Dumanli, A. G., 7 Feb 2024, In: The Journal of chemical physics. 160, 5, 054905.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nanoplatelet Orientation and Young’s Modulus of Graphene/Phenoxy Nanocomposites
Lin, H., Potluri, P., Sampson, W. W. & Wilkinson, A. N., 19 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied Composite Materials.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biodegradation of Composites of Polylactic Acid and Microfibrillated Lignocellulose
Yetis, F., Liu, X., Sampson, W. & Gong, R., Feb 2023, In: Journal of Polymers and the Environment. 31, 2, p. 698-708 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dependence on fibre type of interlaminar fracture toughness enhancement in interleaved polymer composites
Sampson, W., Potluri, P. & Vallack, N., 18 Aug 2023, In: Composites Science and Technology. 241, 110135.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Low Energy Twist Defects in Pentatwinned Silver Nanowires.
Zhao, H., Liu, C., Sampson, W. W., Eggeman, A. S. & Derby, B., 11 Aug 2023, In: Advanced Engineering Materials.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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RAI: Centre for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Cangelosi, A. (PI), Lennox, B. (PI), Weightman, A. (CoI), Dennis, L. (CoI), Dixon, C. (CoI), Fisher, M. (CoI), Herrmann, G. (CoI), Dickson, A. (CoI), Lanzon, A. (CoI), Stancu, A. (CoI), Saiani, A. (CoI), Freitas, A. (CoI), Nini, A. (CoI), Voronkov, A. (CoI), Brass, A. (CoI), Vijayaraghavan, A. (CoI), Parslew, B. (CoI), crowther, W. (CoI), Grieve, B. (CoI), Adorno, B. (CoI), Jay, C. (CoI), Wang, C. C. L. (CoI), Todd, C. (CoI), Soutis, C. (CoI), Arsene, C. (CoI), Dresner, D. (CoI), Barrett, E. (CoI), Gowen, E. (CoI), Arvin, F. (CoI), Podd, F. (CoI), Brown, G. (CoI), Reger, G. (CoI), Cooper, G. (CoI), Mairs, H. (CoI), Yin, H. (CoI), Kinloch, I. (CoI), Eleftheriou, I. (CoI), Li, J. (CoI), Carrasco Gomez, J. (CoI), Ainsworth, J. (CoI), Sinha, J. (CoI), Ozanyan, K. (CoI), Smith, K. (CoI), Twomey, K. (CoI), Margetts, L. (CoI), Ren, L. (CoI), Zhang, L. (CoI), Cordeiro, L. (CoI), Rattray, M. (PI), Bissett, M. (CoI), Elliot, M. (CoI), Alvarez, M. (CoI), Luján, M. (CoI), Nabawy BSc, MSc, PhD, MRAeS, SMAIAA, FHEA, M. (CoI), Peek, N. (CoI), Marjanovic, O. (CoI), Dorn, O. (CoI), Dudek, P. (CoI), Green, P. (CoI), Connolly, P. (CoI), Da Silva Bartolo, P. J. (CoI), Gardner, P. (CoI), Martin, P. (CoI), Potluri, V. (CoI), Curtis, R. (CoI), Schmidt, R. (CoI), Banach, R. (CoI), Batista-Navarro, R. T. (CoI), Kaski, S. (CoI), Midson, S. (CoI), Watson, S. (CoI), Holm, S. (CoI), Furber, S. (CoI), Schlegel, V. (CoI), Mirihanage, W. (CoI), Mansell, W. (CoI), Pan, W. (CoI), Sampson, W. (CoI), Sellers, W. (CoI), Yang, W. (CoI), Cai, P. (CoI), Sun, Y. (CoI), Alharthi, A. (Researcher), Macario Rojas, A. (Researcher), Serhan, B. (Researcher), Yu, C. (Researcher), Abara, D. (Researcher), Lopez Pulgarin, E. (Researcher), Faruq, F. (Researcher), Tavella, F. (Researcher), Semeraro, F. (Researcher), Liu, G. (Researcher), Fang, G. (Researcher), Niu, H. (Researcher), Taylor, H. (PI), Zhu, H. (PGR student), Collenette, J. (Researcher), Amano, K. (Researcher), Lo, K. C. J. (PGR student), Raggioli, L. (Researcher), Romeo, M. (Researcher), Ruocco, M. (PGR student), Ghaffari Saadat, M. (Researcher), Walmsley, M. (Researcher), Mubarik, A. (Researcher), Vinanzi, S. (Researcher), Su, Y.-H. (PGR student), Mcaleese, H. (PGR student), Stringer, P. (PGR student), Stoican, R. (PGR student), Ye, R. (PGR student), Kurawa, S. S. (PGR student), Zhang, T. (PGR student), Krywonos, W. (PGR student), Xu, Y. (PGR student), Tian, Y. (PGR student), Henderson, A. (Technical team), Morley, D. (Support team), Tallentire, J. (Support team), Smith, J. (Support team), Hawthornthwaite, S. (Support team), Carlson, J. (Support team) & Baniqued, P. D. (Researcher)
Project: Research
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RE3 - Rethinking Resources and Recycling
Li, L. (PI), Azapagic, A. (CoI), Boons, F. (CoI), Browne, A. L. (CoI), Evans, J. (CoI), Garforth, A. (CoI), Hardacre, C. (CoI), Hoolohan, C. (CoI), Mativenga, P. (CoI), Raveendran Nair, R. (CoI), Sampson, W. (CoI), Sharmina, M. (CoI), Shaver, M. (CoI) & Turner, N. (CoI)
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Activities
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Pulp and Paper Fundamental Research symposium
Sampson, W. (Chair)
2017Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) (External organisation)
Sampson, W. (Academic expert member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association › Research
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Co-assembly of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Gold Nanorods: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Modelling
Hou, J. (Creator), Dumanli, A. G. (Contributor) & Sampson, W. W. (Creator), University of Manchester Figshare, 17 Jul 2024
DOI: 10.48420/26312386, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Co-assembly_of_Cellulose_Nanocrystals_and_Gold_Nanorods_Insights_from_Molecular_Dynamics_Modelling/26312386
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