Publications

2023

An exhaustive multiple knockout approach to understanding cell wall hydrolase function in Bacillus subtilis

SA Wilson, RKJ Tank, JK Hobbs, SJ Foster, EC Garner, MBio e0176023 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01760-23

The roles of GpsB and DivIVA in Staphylococcus aureus growth and division

JAF Sutton, M Cooke, M Tinajero-Trejo, K Wacnik, B Salamaga, C Portman-Ross, VA Lund, JK Hobbs, SJ Foster, Frontiers in Microbiology 14, 1241249 (2023) https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1241249

In situ visualization of Braun's lipoprotein on E. coli sacculi

Q Sheng, MY Zhang, SM Liu, ZW Chen, PL Yang, HS Zhang, MY Liu, K Li, LS Zhao, NH Liu, LN Liu, XL Chen, JK Hobbs, SJ Foster, YZ Zhang, HN Su, Science Advances 9(3) eadd8659 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add8659

2022

The Staphylococcus aureus cell division protein, DivIC, interacts with the cell wall and controls its biosynthesis

M Tinajero-Trefo, O Carnell, AF Kabli, L Pasquina-Lemonche, L Lafage, AD Han, JK Hobbs, SJ Foster, Communications Biology 5(1) 1228 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04161-7 

A review on mechanobiology of cell adhesion networks in different stages of sporadic colorectal cancer to explain its tumorigenesis

SH Ngalim, N Yusoff, RR Johnson, SRA Razak, XY Chen, JK Hobbs, YY Lee, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 175, 63-72 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2022.09.003

Penicillin-Binding Protein 1 (PBP1) of Staphylococcus aureus Has Multiple Essential Functions in Cell Division

K Wacnik, VA Rao, XY Chen, L Lafage, M Pazos, S Booth, W Vollmer, JK Hobbs, RJ Lewis, SJ Foster, MBio 13(4) e00669-22 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00669-22

Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Dimer Nanoantennas for Tailored Light-Matter Interactions

PG Zotev, Y Wang, L Sortino, TS Millard, N Mullin, D Conteduca, M Shagar, A Genco, JK Hobbs, TF Krauss, AI Tartakovskii, ACS Nano, 16(4) 6493-6505 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c00802

An Interplay of Mulitple Positive and Negative Factors Governs Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

BL Bilyk, W Panchal, M Tinajero-Trejo, JK Hobbs, SJ Foster, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 86(2) e0015921 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1128/mmbr.00159-21

FRET measurement of cytochrome bc1 and reaction centre complex proximity in live Rhodobacter sphaeroides cells

C. Vasilev, DJK Sainsbury, ML Catron, EC Martin, S Kumer, JK Hobbs, MP Johson, A Hitchcock, CN Hunter, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics 1863(2) 148508 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2021.148508 

2021

Demonstration of the Role of Cell Wall Homeostasis in Staphylococcus aureus Growth and the Action of Bactericidal Antibiotics

B Slamaga, L Kong, L Pasquina Lemonche, L Lafage, M von und zur Muhlen, JF Gibson, D Brybchuk, AK Tooke, V Panchal, EF Culp, E Tatham, ME O'Kane, TE Catley, SA Renshaw, GD Wright, P Plevka, PA Bullough, A Han, JK Hobbs, SJ Foster, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(44), e2106022118 (2021) http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2106022118

Atomic Force Microscopy Reveals the Mechanical Properties of Breast Cancer Bone Metastases

X Chen, R Hughes, N Mullin, RJ Hawkins, I Holen, NJ Brown, JK Hobbs, Nanoscale, 13(43), 18237-18246 (2021) http://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr03900h

Correlative Super-resolution Optical and Atomic Force Microscopy Reveals Relationships Between Bacterial Cell Wall Architecture and Synthesis in Bacillus subtilis

RKG Tank, VA Lund, S Kumar, RD Turner, L Lafage, L Pasquina Lemonche, PA Bullough, A Cadby, SJ Foster, JK Hobbs, ACS Nano, 15(10), 16011-16018 (2021) http://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c04375

Osteoblast-derived Paracrine and Juxtacrine Signals Protect Disseminated Breast Cancer Cells from Stress

R Hughes, X Chen, N Cowley, PD Ottewell, RJ Hawkins, KD Hunter, JK Hobbs, NJ Brown, I Holen, Cancers, 13(6), 1366 (2021) http://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13061366

Micro-homology Intermediates: RecA's Transient Sampling Revealed at the Single Molecule Level

AJ Lee, M Endo, JK Hobbs, AG Davies, C Walti, Nucleic Acids Research, 49(3), 1426-1435 (2021) http://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa1258

2020

Emergence of Highly Linearly Polarized Interlayer Exciton Emission in MoSe2/WSe2 Heterobilayers with Transfer-Induced Layer Corrugation

EM Alexeev, N Mullin, P Ares, H Nevison-Andrews, O Skrypka, T Godde, A Kozikov, L Hague, Y Wang, KS Novoselov, JK Hobbs, AI Tartakovskii, ACS Nano, 14(9), 11110-11119 (2020) http://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c01146

Evolving MRSA: High-level Beta-lactam Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is associated with RNA Polymerase Alterations and Fine Tuning of Gene Expression

VV Panchal, C Griffiths, H Mosaei, B Bilyk, JAF Sutton, OT Carnell, DP Hornby, J Green, JK Hobbs, WL Kelley, N Zenkin, SJ Foster, PLoS Pathogens, 16(7), e1008672 (2020) http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008672

Mechanical Heterogeneity in the Bone Microenvironment as Characterised by Atomic Force Microscopy

X Chen, R Hughes, N Mullin, RJ Hawkins, I Holen, NJ Brown, JK Hobbs, Biophysical Journal, 119(3), 502-513 (2020) http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.06.026

Architecture and Self-Assembly of Clostridium sporogenes and Clostridium botulinum Spore Surfaces Illustrate a General Protective Strategy Across Spore Formers

TK Janganan, N Mullin, A Dafis-Sagarmendi, J Brunt, SB Tzokov, S Stringer, A Moir, RR Chaudhuri, RP Fagan, JK Hobbs, PA Bullough, mSphere, 5, e00424-20 (2020) http://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00424-20

The Architecture of the Gram Positive Bacterial Cell Wall

L Pasquina-Lemonche, J Burns, RD Turner, S Kumar, R Tank, N Mullin, JS Wilson, B Chakrabarti, PA Bullough, SJ Foster, JK Hobbs, Nature,  582(7811), 294-297 (2020) http://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2236-6

Scratching the Surface: Bacterial Cell Envelopes at the Nanoscale

A Viljoen, SJ Foster, GE Fantner, JK Hobbs, YF Dufrene, mBio, 11(1), e03020 (2020) http://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03020-19

2019

Analysis of long dsRNA produced in vitro and in vivo using atomic force microscopy in conjunction with ion-pair reverse-phase HPLC.

Alison Nwokeoji, Sandip Kumar, Peter Kilby, David Portwood, Jamie K. Hobbs, and Mark Dickman,  The Analyst, 10.1039/C9AN00954J, (2019)

Bone Marrow Osteoprogenitors are Depleted Whereas Osteoblasts are Expanded Independent of the Osteogenic Vasculature in Response to Zoledronic Acid

R Hughes, X Chen, KD Hunter, JK Hobbs, I Holen, NJ Brown, The FASEB Journal, 33(11), 12768-12779 (2019) http://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201900553rr

2018

Molecular imaging of glycan chains couples cell-wall polysaccharide architecture to bacterial cell morphology

Robert Turner, Stéphane Mesnage, Jamie K. Hobbs, and Simon Foster, Nature Communications, 9 (10), 10.1038/s41467-018-03551-y, (2018)

Models and Mechanisms of Stomatal Mechanics

Hugh Woolfenden, Alice Baillie, Julie Gray, Jamie K. Hobbs, Richard Morris, and Andrew Fleming, Trends in Plant Science, 23, 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.06.003, (2018)

High-speed large area atomic force microscopy using a quartz resonator

Jau-Yi Wang, Nic Mullin, and Jamie K. Hobbs, Nanotechnology, 29, 10.1088/1361-6528/aac7a3, (2018)

Direct Single-Molecule Observation of Mode and Geometry of RecA-Mediated Homology Search

Andrew Lee, Masayuki Endo, Jamie K. Hobbs, and Christoph Walti, ACS Nano, 12, 272-278, 10.1021/acsnano.7b06208, (2018)

Dynamic thylakoid stacking regulates the balance between linear and cyclic  photosynthetic electron transfer

M Johnson, WHJ Wood, C MacGregor-Chatwin, S Barnett, G Mayneord, X Huang, J Hobbs, CN Hunter, Nature Plants, 4(-), 116-127, 10.1038/s41477-017-0092-7 (2018)

2017

Cooperative RecA clustering: the key to efficient homology searching

AJ Lee, R Sharma, JK Hobbs, C Walti, Nucleic Acids Research, 45(20), 11743-11751, (2017) https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx769 

Stomotal Opening Involves Polar, Not Radial, Stiffening of Guard Cells

R Carter, H Woolfenden, A Baille, S Amsbury, S Carroll, E Healicon, S Sovatzoglou, S Braybrook, JE Gray, J Hobbs, RJ Morris, AJ Fleming, Current Biology, 27(19), 2974-2983 10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.006 (2017)

From Monochrome to Technicolor: Simple Generic Approaches to Multicomponent Protein Nanopatterning Using Siloxanes with Phtoremovable Protein-Resistant Protecting Groups

O El Zubir, S Xia, RE Ducker, L Wang, N Mullin ML Cartron, AJ Cadby, JK Hobbs, CN Hunter, GJ Leggett, Langmuir 33(35), 8829-8837 (2017) 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01255

Formation of the Stomatal Outer Cuticular Ledge Requires aGuard Cell Wall Proline-Rich Protein

L Hunt, S Amsbury, AM Mitchell, A Baillie, M Afsharinafar, K Swarup, T Denyer, R Swarup J Hobbs, AJ Fleming, JE Gray, M Movahedi, Plant Physiology, 174(2), 689-699 (2017)  10.1104/pp.16.01715

Micrometre and Nanometre Scale Patterning of Binary Polymer Brushes, Supported Lipid Bilayers and Proteins

A Johnson, J Madsen, P Chapman, A Alswieleh, O Al-Jaf, P Bao, CR Hurley, ML Cartron, SD Evans, JK Hobbs, CN Hunter, SP Armes, GJ Leggett Chemical Science, 8(6), 4517-4526 (2017) 10.1039/C7SC00289K

Orientation Control and Crystallization in a Soft Confined Phase Separated Block Copolymer

LG Alharbe, RA Register, JK Hobbs, Macromolecules, 50(3), 987-996 (2017) http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02361

Direct Imaging of Protein Organization in an Intact Bacterial Organelle Using High-Resolution Atomic Force Microscopy

Sandip Kumar, Michaël L. Cartron, Nic Mullin, Pu Qian, Graham J. Leggett, C. Neil Hunter, and Jamie K. Hobbs, ACS Nano, 11 (1), 126-133, (2017) http://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b05647

2016

Characterization of the Spore Surface and Exosporium Proteins of Clostridium sporogenes: Implications for Clostridium botulinum group I Strains

TJ Janganan, N Mullin, SB Tzokov, S Stringer, RP Fagan, JK Hobbs, A Moir, PA Bullough, Food Microbiology, 59, 205-212, (2016) http://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2016.06.003

Atomic Force Microscopy Analysis of Bacterial Cell Wall Peptidoglycan Architecture

RD Turner, JK Hobbs, SJ Foster, Methods in Molecular Microbiology, 1440, 3-9 (2016) http://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3676-2_1

2015

Molecular conformation at the crystal amorphous interface in polyethylene

R. C. Savage, N. Mullin, J. K. Hobbs, Macromolecules, 48 (17), 61160 (2015)

Auxin influx importers modulate serration along the leaf margin

A. Kasprzewska, R. Carter, R. Swarup, M. Bennett, N. Monk, J. K. Hobbs, and A. Fleming, Plant Journal, 83 (4), 705 (2015)

Bacterial cell enlargement requires control of cell wall stiffness mediated by peptidoglycan hydrolases

R. Wheeler, R. D. Turner, R.G. Bailey, B. Salamaga, S. Mesnage, S. A. S. Mohamad, E. J. Hayhurst, M. Horsburgh, J. K. Hobbs, and S. J. Foster, mBio, 6 (4), e00660-15 (2015)

Tuning the translational freedom of DNA for high speed AFM

AJ Lee, M Szymonik, JK Hobbs, C Walti, Nano Research, 8(6), 1811-1821 (2015) http://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0681-y

Fabrication of Two-Component, Brush-on-Brush Topographical Microstructures by Combination of Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization with Polymer End-Functionalization and Photopatterning

P Chapman, RE Ducker, CR Hurley, JK Hobbs, GJ Leggett, Langmuir, 31(21), 5935-5944 (2015) http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01067

2014

The Interplay between Cell Wall Mechanical Properties and the Cell Cycle in Staphylococcus aureus

Richard G. Bailey, Robert D. Turner, Nic Mullin, Nigel Clarke, Simon J. Foster, and Jamie K. Hobbs, Biophysical Journal, 107 (11), 2538 (2014)

A non-contact, thermal noise based method for the calibration of lateral deflection sensitivity in atomic force microscopy

Nic Mullin and Jamie K. Hobbs, Review of Scientific Instruments, 85, 113703 (2014)

2013

Cell wall elongation mode in Gram-negative bacteria is determined by peptidoglycan architecture

Robert D. Turner, Alexander F. Hurd, Ashley Cadby, Jamie K. Hobbs and Simon J. Foster, Nature Communications, 4, 1496 (2013)

Reply to the ‘Comment on “The structure and formation of hydrogen-bonded molecular networks on Au(111) surfaces revealed by scanning tunnelling and torsional-tapping atomic force microscopy”‘ by I. Cebula, M. T. Raisanen, R. Madueno, B. Karamzadeh and M. Buck

Vladimir V. Korolkov, Nic Mullin, Stephanie Allen, Clive J. Roberts, Jamie K. Hobbs and Saul J. B. Tendler, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15, 14128-14129 (2013)

2012

The structure and formation of hydrogen-bonded molecular networks on Au(111) surfaces revealed by scanning tunnelling and torsional-tapping atomic force microscopy

Vladimir V. Korolkov, Nic Mullin, Stephanie Allen, Clive J. Roberts, Jamie K. Hobbs and Saul J. B. Tendler, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14, 15909-15916 (2012)

2011

The Snomipede: a parallel platform for scanning near-field lithography

E.U. Haq, Z.M. Liu, Y.A. Zhang, S.A.A. Ahmad, L.S. Wong, J.K. Hobbs, G.J. Leggett, J. Micklefield, C.J. Roberts, and J.M.R. Weaver, Journal of Materials Research, 26 (24), 2997-3008 (2011)

Super-resolution microscopy reveals cell wall dynamics and peptidoglycan architecture in ovococcal bacteria

R. Wheeler, S. Mesnage, I.G. Boneca, J.K. Hobbs, and S.J. Foster, Molecular Microbiology, 82 (5), 1096-1109 (2011)

Direct imaging of polyethylene films at single-chain resolution with torsional tapping atomic force microscopy

N. Mullin, and J. K. Hobbs, Physical Review Letters, 107, 197801 (2011)

Surface architecture of endospores of Bacillus cereus/anthracis/thuringiensis family at the subnanometer scale

L. Kailas, C. Terry, N. Abbott, R. Taylor, N. Mullin, S. B. Tzokov, S. J Todd, B. A. Wallace, J. K. Hobbs, A. Moir, and P. A. Bullough, PNAS, 108 (38), 16014 (2011)

Parallel scanning near-field photolithography in liquid: The snomipede

Z. M. Liu, E. ul-Haq, J. K. Hobbs, G. J. Leggett, Y. Zhang, J. M. R.  Weaver, and C. J. Roberts, Microelectronic Engineering, 88 (8), 2109 (2011)

Wet nanoscale imaging and testing of polymersomes

G. Battaglia, C. LoPresti, M. Massignani, N. J. Warren, J. Madsen, S. Forster, C. Vasilev, J. K. Hobbs, S. P. Armes, S. Chirasatitsin, and A. J. Engler, Small, 7 (14), 2010 (2011)

High speed nanometrology

A. D. L. Humphris, B. Zhao, D. Catto, J. P. Howard-Kinght, P. Kohli, and J. K. Hobbs, Review of Scientific Instruments, 82 (4), 043710 (2011)

Finite element modelling of atomic force microscopy cantilever dynamics during video rate imaging

J. P. Howard-Knight, and J. K. Hobbs, Journal of Applied Physics, 109 (7), 074309 (2011)

Complex multicolour tilings and critical phenomena in tetraphillic liquid crystals

X. B. Zeng, R. Kieffer, B. Glettner, C. Nurnberger, F. Liu, K. Pelz, M. Prehm, U. Baumeister, H. Hahn, H. Lang, G. A. Gehring, C. H. M. Weber, J. K. Hobbs, C. Tschierske, and G. Ungar, Science, 331 (6022), 1302 (2011)

Protein micro- and nanopatterning using aminosilanes with protein resistant photolabile groups

S. A. A. Ahmad, L. S. Wong, E. ul-Haq, J. K. Hobbs, G. J. Leggett, and J. Micklefield, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133 (8), 2749 (2011)

2010

Parallel scanning near-field lithography: The Snomipede

E.U. Haq, Z.M. Liu, Y.A. Zhang, S.A.A. Ahmad, L.S. Wong, S.P. Armes, J.K. Hobbs, G.J. Leggett, J. Micklefield, C.J. Roberts, and J.M.R. Weaver, Nano Letters, 10 (11), 4375-4380 (2010)

Transmission properties of plasmonic metamaterial quantum cascade lasers

D. Austin , N. Mullin, A. Bismuto, I. Luxmoore, A. M. Adawi, D. G. Revin, M. Soulby, J. W. Cockburn, Q. Jiang, A. B. Krysa, A. G. Cullis, J. Faist, J. K. Hobbs, and L. R. Wilson, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 22 (16), 1217-1219 (2010)

Peptidoglycan architecture can specify division planes in Staphylococcus aureus

R. D. Turner, E. C. Ratcliffe, R. Wheeler, R. Golestanian, J. K. Hobbs, and S. J. Foster, Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1025, (2010)

Body centered cubic phase in 3-arm star mesogens: a torsional tapping AFM and GISAXS study

C. H. M. Weber, F. Liu, X. B. Zeng, G. Ungar, N. Mullin, J. K. Hobbs, M. Jahr, and M. Lehmann, Soft Matter, 6 (21), 5390-5396 (2010)

X-shaped plasmonic antenna on a quantum cascade laser

D. Austin, N. Mullin, I. Luxmoore, I. C. Sandall, A. G. Cullis, A. Bismuto, J. Faist, J. K. Hobbs, and L. R. Wilson, Applied Physics Letters, 96 (15), 151105 (2010)

Variation of Lattice Parameters with Fold State in the Ultralong n-Alkanes

T. D. Lord, J. K. Hobbs, A. E. Terry, A. Kvick, and S. Hanna, Macromolecules, 43 (7), 3365-3375 (2010)

2009

Understanding self-poisoning phenomenon in crystal growth of short-chain polymers

Y. Ma, B. Qi, G. Ungar, J. K. Hobbs, and W. Hu, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113 (41), 13485-13490 (2009)

Large Scan area Atomic Force Microscope Using a resonant scanner

B. Zhao, J. Howard-Knight, A. D. L. Humphris, L. Kailas, E. Ratcliffe, S. Foster, and J. K. Hobbs, Review of Scientific Instruments, 80 (9), 093707 (2009)

Watching processes in soft matter with scanning probe microscopy

J. K. Hobbs, N. Mullin, C. H. M. Weber, O. E. Farrance, and C. Vasilev, Materials Today (invited review), 12 (7-8), 26-33 (2009)

How atomic force microscopy has contributed to our understanding of polymer crystallization

J. K. Hobbs, O. E. Farrance, and L. Kailas, Polymer (feature article – invited review), 50, 4281–4292 (2009)

Polymer crystallization under nano confinement of droplets studied by molecular simulations

Y. Ma, O. E. Farrance, J. K. Hobbs, G. Reiter, and W. B. Hu, Faraday Discussions, 143, 129-141 (2009)

The observation of rapid surface growth during the crystallization of polyhydroxybutyrate

Oliver E. Farrance, Richard A. L. Jones, and Jamie K. Hobbs, Polymer, 50, 3730-3738 (2009)

Immobilizing live bacteria for AFM imaging of cellular processes

L. Kailas, E. C. Ratcliffe, E. J. Hayhurst, M. G. Walker, S. J. Foster and J. K. Hobbs, Ultramicroscopy, 109, 775-780 (2009)

“Torsional tapping” atomic force microscopy using T-shaped cantilevers

Nic Mullin, Cvetelin Vasilev, Jaimey D. Tucker, C. Neil Hunter, Christa H. M. Weber and Jamie K. Hobbs, Applied Physics Letters, 94, 173109/1-173109/3 (2009)

Micrometer- and Nanometer-Scale Photopatterning Using 2-Nitrophenylpropyloxycarbonyl-Protected Aminosiloxane Monolayers

Shahrul A. Alang Ahmad, Lu Shin Wong, Ehtsham ul-Haq, Jamie K. Hobbs, Graham J. Leggett, and Jason Micklefield, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131 (4), 1513-1522 (2009)

2008

Video rate atomic force microscopy using low stiffness, low resonant frequency cantilever

J. P. Howard-Kinght, and J.K. Hobbs, Applied Physics Letters, 93, 104101 (2008)

Cell wall peptidoglycan architecture in Bacillus subtilis

Emma J. Hayhurst, Lekshmi Kailas, Jamie K. Hobbs, and Simon J. Foster, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105 (38), 14603-14608,S14603/1-S14603/14 (2008)

Torsional resonance atomic force microscopy in water

N. Mullin, and J. K. Hobbs, Applied Physics Letters, 92, 053103/1-053103/3 (2008)

Understanding crystal orientation in quasi-one-dimensional polymer systems

Yu Ma, Wenbing Hu, Jamie K. Hobbs, and Guenter Reiter, Soft Matter, 4 (3), 540-543 (2008)

2007

A Real-Time Study of Homogeneous Nucleation, Growth, and Phase Transformations in Nanodroplets of Low Molecular Weight Isotactic Polypropylene Using AFM

Lekshmi Kailas, Cvetelin Vasilev, Jean-Nicolas Audinot, Henri-Noeel Migeon, and Jamie K. Hobbs, Macromolecules, 40 (20), 7223-7230 (2007)

2006

In situ atomic force microscopy of the melting of melt crystallized polyethylene

JK Hobbs, Polymer 47(15), 556-5573 (2006)

Imaging block copolymer crystallization in real-time with the atomic force microscope

JK Hobbs , R Register, Macromolecules 39, 703-710 (2006)

VideoAFM - A new tool for high-speed surface analysis

JK Hobbs, C Vasilev, ADL Humphris, The Analyst 131, 251-256 (2006)

2005

Real time observation of crystallization in polyethylene oxide with video rate atomic force microscopy

JK Hobbs, C Vasilev, ADL Humphris, Polymer 46, 10226-10236 (2005)

A mechanical microscope - high speed atomic force microscopy

ADL Humphris, MJ Miles, JK Hobbs, Applied Physics Letters 86, 034106

2004

Crystallization of hydroxybutyrate oligomers. Part 3. Unfolding transitions followed in real-time using SAXS and WAXS

J Li, SJ Organ, AE Terry, JK Hobbs, PJ Barham, Polymer 45(26), 8937-8947 (2004)

Crystallization of hydroxybutyrate oligomers. Part 2. Growth and thickening of solution grown crystals observed in situ using synchrotron radiation

J Li, SJ Organ, AE Terry, JK Hobbs, PJ Barham, Polymer 45(26), 8925-8936 (2004)

Crystallization of hydroxybutyrate oligomers. Part 1. Morphology and folding

J Li, SJ Organ, AE Terry, JK Hobbs, PJ Barham, Polymer 45(26), 8913-8923 (2004)

In situ annealing and thickening of single crystals of C295H590 observed by atomic force microscopy

N Sanz, JK Hobbs, MJ Miles Langmuir 20(14), 5989-5997 (2004)

Supramolecular dendritic liquid quasicrystals

X Zeng, G Ungar, Y Liu, V Percec, AE Dulcey, JK Hobbs, Nature 428, 157-160 (2004)

2003

In-situ synchrotron study of the solution crysallization of ultralong alkanes from dilute solution

AE Terry, JK Hobbs, SJ Organ, PJ Barham, Polymer 44(10), 3001-3008 (2003)

Ultrahigh-speed scanning near-field optical microscopy capable of over 100 frames per second

ADL Humphris, JK Hobbs, MJ Miles, Applied Physics Letter 83(1), 6-8 (2003)

Tour de force microscope

MJ Miles, M Antongnozzi, H Haschke, J Hobbs, A Humphris, T McMaster, Materials Today 6(2), 30-37 (2003)

2002

Time-resolved WAXD and SAXS investigations of butyl branched alkane at elevated pressures

A Rastogi, JK Hobbs, S Rastogi, Macromolecules 35, 5861-5868 (2002)

2001

In-Situ atomic force microscopy of polyethylene crystallization 1. Crystallization from an oriented backbone

JK Hobbs, ADL Humphris, MJ Miles Macromolecules 34, 5508-5519 (2001)

Direct observation of polyethylene shish-kebab crystallization using in-situ atomic force microscopy

JK Hobbs, MJ Miles Macromolecules 34, 353-355 (2001)

Crystallization and isothermal thickening of single crystals of C246H494 in dilute solution

JK Hobbs, MJ Hill, PJ Barham, Polymer 42(5), 2167-2176 (2001)

2000

Annealing and melting of long-chain alkane single crystals observed by atomic force microscopy

AK Winkel, JK Hobbs, MJ Miles, Polymer 42(5), 8791-8800 (2000)

Isothermal thickening of single crystals of C294H590 in dilute solution

JK Hobbs, MJ Hill, PJ Barham, Polymer 41(25) 8761-8773 (2000)

Spiralling optical morphologies in spherulites of poly(hydroxybutyrate)

JK Hobbs, DR Binger, A Keller, PJ Barham, Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics 38(12), 1575-1583 (2000)

1999

Experimentally determined temperature-concentration phase diagrams of monodisperse alkanes with chains containing between 100 and 200 carbons

JK Hobbs, MJ Hill, A Keller, PJ Barham, Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics 37(22), 3188-3200 (1999)

The fracture of poly(hydroxybutyrate) part III: Fracture morphology in thin films and bulk systems

JK Hobbs, PJ Barham, Journal of Materials Science 34(19), 4831-4844 (1999)

1998

Correlation between main chain chirality and crystal "twist" direction in polymer spherulites

KL Singfield, JK Hobbs, A Keller, Journal of Crystal Growth 183(4), 683-689 (1998)

The fracture of poly(hydroxybutyrate) part II: Fracture mechanics study after annealing

JK Hobbs, PJ Barham, Journal of Material Science 33, 2515-2518 (1998)

The fracture of poly(hydroxybutyrate) part I: Fracture mechanics study during ageing

JK Hobbs, PJ Barham, Journal of Material Science 33, 2509-2514 (1998)

Direct observations of the growth of spherulites of poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-valerate) using atomic force microscopy

JK Hobbs, TJ McMaster, MJ Miles, PJ Barham, Polymer 39(12), 247-2446 (1998)

1997

AFM study of in situ real time polymer crystallization and spherulite structure

TJ McMaster, JK Hobbs, PJ Barham, MJ Miles, Probe Microscopy 1, 43-51 (1997)

The effect of water on the crystallization of poly(hydroxybutyrate)

JK Hobbs, PJ Barham, Polymer 38(15), 3879 (1997)

1996

Monitoring degradation of poly(hydroxybutyrate) by fracture toughness measurements

JK Hobbs, KE Sykes, TJ McMaster, PJ Barham, Journal of Environmental Polymer Degradation 4(4), 235-2441 (1996)

Cracking in spherulites of poly(hydroxybutyrate)

JK Hobbs, TJ McMaster, MJ Miles, PJ Barham, Polymer 37(15), 3241-3246 (1996)

1992

On the origin of the multiple endotherms in PEEK

M Lattimer, JK Hobbs, MJ Hill, PJ Barham, Polymer 33(18), 3971-3973 (1992)