Professor Denis Weaire
Fellow Emeritus, Physics
CRANN Board Member, CRANN
Biography
Denis Lawrence WEAIRE recently retired as Erasmus Smith Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy in the School of Physics of Trinity College Dublin. He is a an honorary Doctor of the Technical University of Lisbon, Member (and former VP) of the Royal Irish Academy, Member (and current VP) of the Academia Europaea, and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
He served on the interim Board of Science Foundation Ireland and as a member of the Scientific Council of the (EC)JRC, Editor-in-Chief of J Phys (Condensed Matter), a founder member and first Secretary/Treasurer of the European Association of Deans of Science, Chairman of the EU TMR Physics Networks Panel, and President of the European Physical Society. In TCD he has served as Dean of Science, and he has conducted numerous evaluations and reviews for the EU and governmental agencies.
In 2002 he was awarded the Cecil Powell Memorial Medal of the EPS. His work has also been recognized by prizes from Shell Amsterdam, the Japanese Society for Science on Form, and special public lectures. In February 2005 he is to be conferred with the Cunningham Medal, the most distinguished award of the Royal Irish Academy. In 2008 he received the Hollingweck Medal and prize, jointly awarded by the Intitute of Physics and the French Physical Society.
He was a director and co-founder of a successful spin-off technology company (Magnetic Solutions Ltd) engaged since 1994 in the manufacture and design of magnetic instrumentation and of magnetic annealing systems for the semiconductor industry.
He has acted as an advisor on science policy and evaluation to science agencies in France, Portugal, Brazil and Australia and is currently reviewing plans for major research centres in Australia.
Research interests have included computational physics, electronic structure, amorphous materials, magnetic devices, soft condensed matter (particularly foams), microfluidics, and the history of science. He has delivered many keynote and plenary lectures on these topics to leading international conferences in a variety of disciplines.
In addition he has strong interests in history of science (and has been chairman of the relevant boards of EPS and IOP) and arts-science interactions. He has assisted in the design of the Science Centre at Birr, organised the Quatercentenary Science Exhibition of TCD and other lesser exhibitions, and produced the play "Calculus". He is Chairman of the Library Committee of the Royal Society.
He is the author over three hundred and fifty publications and several books, most notably Physics of Foams (OUPP) and Pursuit of Perfect Packing (Taylor anf Francis,Second Edition 2008). His most notable research achievement was the 1994 paper, which overthrew a century-old conjecture of Lord Kelvin, regarding the structure of foam. The "Weaire-Phelan" structure, announced at that time, is to be the basis for the construction of one of the main buildings of the Beijing Olympics- the "Water Cube".
He has an extensive record of research grants in the USA, UK, the EU and Ireland.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Stefan Hutzler, Adil Mughal, John Ryan-Purcell, Ali Irannezhad, and Denis Weaire, Buckling of a linear chain of hard spheres in a harmonic confining potential: Numerical and analytical results for low and high compression, Physical Review E, 102, 2020, p022905-
Hutzler S, Dunne FF, Kraynik AM and Weaire D, The energy of fcc and hcp foams, Soft Matter, 16, 2020, p8262 - 8271
Denis Weaire, Ali Irannezhad, Adil Mughal and Stefan Hutzler, A simple experimental system to illustrate the nonlinear properties of a linear chain under compression., American Journal of Physics, 88, (5), 2020, p347 - 352
J Winkelmann, A Mughal, D. Weaire and S. Hutzler, Equilibrium configurations of hard spheres in a cylindrical harmonic potential., EPL Europhysics Letters, 127, 2019, p44002 - (7 pages)
J Winkelmann, A Mughal, DB Williams, D Weaire and S Hutzler, Theory of rotational columnar structures of soft spheres, Physical Review E (Rapid Communication), 99, 2019, p020602-
F.F. Dunne , J. Winkelmann, D. Weaire and S. Hutzler, Implementation of Morse-Witten theory for a polydisperse wet 2D foam simulation, Philosophical Magazine, 99, (18), 2019, p2303 - 2320
Höhler, R. and Weaire, D., Can liquid foams and emulsions be modeled as packings of soft elastic particles?, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 263, 2019, p19-37
A. Mughal, J. Winkelmann, D. Weaire and S. Hutzler, Columnar structures of soft spheres: Metastability and hysteresis, Physical Review E, 98, 2018, p043303 - (6 pages)
A. Mughal, S.J. Cox, D. Weaire, S.R. Burke and S. Hutzler, Demonstration and interpretation of 'scutoid' cells formed in a quasi-2D soap froth, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 98, 2018, p358 - 364
Hutzler, S. and Ryan-Purcell, J.C.F. and Dunne, F.F. and Weaire, D., A simple formula for the estimation of surface tension from two length measurements for a sessile or pendant drop, Philosophical Magazine Letters, (98), 2018, p9 - 16
Boland, C.S. and Khan, U. and Binions, M. and Barwich, S. and Boland, J.B. and Weaire, D. and Coleman, J.N., Graphene-coated polymer foams as tuneable impact sensors, Nanoscale, 10, (11), 2018, p5366-5375
Cox, S. J. and Kraynik, A. M. and Weaire, D. and Hutzler, S., Ideal wet two-dimensional foams and emulsions with finite contact angle, Soft Matter, 14, 2018, p5922 - 5929
F. F. Dunne and F. Bolton and D. Weaire and S. Hutzler, Statistics and topological changes in 2D foam from the dry to the wet limit, Philosophical Magazine, 97, (21), 2017, p1768 - 1781
J. Winkelmann, B. Haffner, D. Weaire, A. Mughal, and S. Hutzler, Simulation and observation of line-slip structures in columnar structures of soft spheres, Physical Review E, 96, 2017, p012610-1 - 012610-6
Mughal, A. and Weaire, D., Phyllotaxis, disk packing, and Fibonacci numbers, Physical Review E, 95, (2), 2017, p022401-
D Weaire, R Hoehler and S Hutzler, Bubble-bubble interactions in a 2D foam, close to the wet limit, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 247, 2017, p491 - 495
J Winkelmann, FF Dunne, VJ Langlois, ME Moebius, D Weaire, S Hutzler, 2D foams above the jamming transition: Deformation matters, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 534, 2017, p52 - 57
Emilie Forel, Emmanuelle Rio, Maxime Schneider, Sebastien Beguin, Denis Weaire, Stefan Hutzler and Wiebke Drenckhan, The surface tells it all: relationship between volume and surface fraction of liquid dispersions, Soft Matter, 12, 2016, p8025 - 8029
Heitkam S, Drenckhan W, Titscher T, Weaire D, Kreuter D.C, Hajnal D, Piechon F, Fröhlich J, Elastic properties of solid material with various arrangements of spherical voids, European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids, 59, 2016, p252 - 264
Heitkam S, Drenckhan W, Weaire D, Fröhlich J, Beam model for the elastic properties of material with spherical voids, Archive of Applied Mechanics, 86, (1-2), 2016, p165 - 176
Foams in, editor(s)N.J. Higham , Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2015, pp737 - 740, [D. Weaire and S. Hutzler]
Whyte, David S. , Murtagh, Robert P., Weaire, Denis L., Hutzler, Stefan, Applications and extensions of the Z-cone model for the energy of a foam, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 473, 2015, p115 - 122
Weaire, Denis, "Albert and Erwin: decline and fall", 2015, - 42-43
Drenckhan, W., Hutzler, S., Structure and energy of liquid foams, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 224, 2015, p1 - 16
Foams and analogous cellular systems in, E. Terentiev , The Oxford Handbook of Soft Condensed Matter, Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 2015, pp147 - 166, [Denis Weaire and Stefan Hutzler]
AJ Meagher, D Whyte, J. Banhart, S. Hutzler and F Garcıa-Moreno, Slow crystallisation of a monodisperse foam stabilised against coarsening, Soft Matter, 11, 2015, p4710 - 4716
R Murtagh, D Whyte, D Weaire and S Hutzler, Adaptation of the Z-cone model to the estimation of the energy of a bcc foam, Philosophical Magazine, 95, 2015, p4023 - 4034
D Whyte, D Weaire, W Drenckhan and S Hutzler, The relative energy of fcc and hcp foams, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 95, 2015, p319 - 323
Bergin, S.D., Hutzler, S., Weaire, D. , The drop heard round the world, Physics World, 27, (5), 2014, p26-29
S.T. Tobin, D. Weaire and S. Hutzler, Theoretical analysis of the performance of a foam fractionation column, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 470, 2014, p20130625 - (18 pages)
S. Hutzler , R.P. Murtagh, D. Whyte, S.T. Tobin, D. Weaire, Z-Cone model for the energy of an ordered foam, Soft Matter, 10, 2014, p7103 - 7108
Hutzler S, Murtagh R.P, Whyte D, Tobin S.T, Weaire D, Z-cone model for the energy of an ordered foam, Soft Matter, 10, (36), 2014, p7103 - 7108
A. Mughal and D. Weaire, Theory of cylindrical dense packings of disks, Physical Review E, 89, 2014, p042307-
A.J. Meagher, S. Hutzler and D. Weaire, Building the pyramids: perfect bubble crystals, Philosophical Magazine, 93, 2013, p4138 - 4150
Weaire D and O'Connor S , False starts and dead ends: the Irish contribution to late 19th century spectroscopy, The roots of physics in Europe - echophysics, Poellau, Austria, edited by P.M. Schuster, , Living Edition, 2013, pp113-123
S. Hutzler, S. T. Tobin, A. J. Meagher, A. Marguerite and D. Weaire, A model system for foam fractionation, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 469, 2013, p20120727 - (15 pages)
Adil Mughal, Ho-Kei Chan, Denis Weaire & Stefan Hutzler, Dense packings of spheres in cylinders: Simulations, Physical Review E, 85, (5), 2012, p051305-1 - 051305-17
R. Gabbrielli, A.J. Meagher, D. Weaire, K.A. Brakke and S. Hutzler, An experimental realisation of the Weaire-Phelan structure in monodisperse liquid foam, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 92, 2012, p1 - 6
Hutchie in, Donegan JF, Weaire D, Florides P , Hutchie - The life and works of Edward Hutchinson Synge, Poellauberg, Austria , Living Edition, 2012, pp147 , [Denis Weaire]
Edward Hutchinson Synge (1890-1957) - a fragmentary life in, editor(s)Donegan JF, Weaire D, Florides P , Hutchie - The life and works of Edward Hutchinson Synge, Poellauberg, Austria, Living Edition, 2012, pp1-49 , [Petros S Florides, Denis Weaire and John F Donegan]
Denis Weaire, John F Donegan and Petros S Florides, Unknown Genius, Physics World, December, 2012, p26-30
Foam Morphology in, editor(s)Paul Stevenson , Foam Engineering: Fundamentals and Applications, Wiley, 2012, pp7 - 26, [D. Weaire, S.T. Tobin, A.J. Meagher and S. Hutzler]
Denis Weaire, Hutchie - The life and works of Edward Hutchinson Synge, Poellauberg, Austria, Living Edition, 2012, 1-155pp
A.J. Meagher, M. Mukherjee, D. Weaire, S.Hutzler, J. Banhart and F. Garcia-Moreno, `Analysis of the internal structure of a monodisperse liquid foam by X-ray tomography, Soft Matter, 7, 2011, p9881 - 9885
Barry JD, Weaire D and Hutzler S, Nonlocal effects in the continuum theory of shear localisation in 2d foams, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 91, (6), 2011, p432 - 440
Adil Mughal, Ho-Kei Chan & Denis Weaire, Phyllotactic Description of Hard Sphere Packing in Cylindrical Channels, Physical Review Letters, 106, (11), 2011, p115704-1 - 115704-4
N Vandewalle, H Caps, G Delon, A Saint-Jalmes , E Rio , L Saulnier, M Adler, A L Biance, O Pitois, S Cohen Addad, R Hohler, D Weaire, S Hutzler, D Langevin, Foam Stability in Microgravity, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, International Symposium on Physical Sciences in Space, Bonn, Germany, July 11-15, 2011, edited by Andreas Meyer and Ivan Egry , 327, Institute of Physics Publishing, 2011, pp012024-
S. Hutzler and D. Weaire, The mechanics of liquid foams: history and new developments, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 382, (1-3), 2011, p3 - 7
Hutzler S, Loesch D, Carey E, Weaire D, Hloucha M and Stubenrauch C, Evaluation of a steady-state test of foam stability, Philosophical Magazine, 91, (4), 2011, p537 - 552
Weaire D, Barry JD and Hutzler S, The continuum theory of shear localization in two-dimensional foam, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 22, 2010, p193101 - (22pp)
Barry JD, Weaire D and Hutzler, Shear localisation with 2D Viscous Froth and its relation to the Continuum Model, Rheologica Acta, 49, 2010, p687 - 698
SJ Cox , D. Wearie , G. Mishuris, The viscous froth model: steady states and the high-velocity limit, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 465, (2108 ), 2009, p2391 - 2405
Weaire D, Kelvin's ideal foam structure, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 158, 2009, p012005-
Saadatfar M, Garcia-Moreno F, Hutzler S, Sheppard AP, Knackstedt MA, Banhart J and Weaire, Imaging of metallic foams using X-ray micro-CT, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 344, 2009, p107 - 112
Van der Net A, Weaire D and Hutzler, Rearrangement and elimination of ordered surface layers of crystalline bubble structures due to gas diffusion, Soft Matter, 5, 2009, p318 - 324
Weaire D and Rivier N, Soap, cells and statistics - random patterns in two dimensions (Reprinted from Contemporary Physics, vol 25, pg 59, 1984), Contemporary Physics, 50, (1), 2009, p199 - 239
Hutzler S, Barry J, Grasland-Mongrain P, Smyth D and Weaire D, Ordered packings of bubbles in columns of square cross-section, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 344, 2009, p37 - 41
A Mughal, D Weaire, Curvature in conformal mappings of two-dimensional lattices and foam structure, Proc. R. Soc. A, 465, 2009, p219 - 238
Denis Weaire and Stefan Hutzler, Foam as a complex system, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 21, 2009, p474227 - 474231
Weaire D, Clancy RJ and Hutzler S, A simple analytical theory of localisation in 2D foam rheology, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 89, (4), 2009, p294 - 299
Kelvin and Fitzgerald: Great Irish Physicists in, editor(s)Flood R, McCarthy M and Whitaker A , Kelvin: life, labours and legacy, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008, pp86 - 93, [Weaire D]
Weaire D, Kelvin's foam structure: a commentary, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 88, (2), 2008, p91 - 102
Carrier V, Hutzler S and Weaire D, Observations of a variety of drainage patterns in bamboo foams, Europhysics Letters, 83, 2008, p54005 - (5 pages)
Weaire D, Hutzler S, Langlois VJ and Clancy RJ, Velocity dependence of shear localisation in a 2D foam, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 88, 2008, p387 - 396
Saadatfar M, Barry J, Weaire D and Hutzler S, Ordered cylindrical foam structures with internal bubbles, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 88, 2008, p661 - 668
Barrett D, Daly EJ, Dolan M, Kelly S, Drenckhan W, Weaire D and Hutzler S, Taking Plateau into micro-gravity: the formation of an eight-fold vertex in a system of soap films, Microgravity - Science and Technology, 20, 2008, p17 - 22
Weaire D, Special issue dedicated to the memory of Professor Manuel Amaral Fortes - Foreword, 2008, -
D Weaire and W Drenckhan, Structure and dynamics of confined foams: A review of recent progress, Advances in colloid and interface science, 137, 2008, p20 - 26
Hutzler S, Saadatfar M, van der Net A, Weaire D and Cox SJ, The dynamics of a topological change in a system of soap films, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 323, 2008, p123 - 131
Langlois VJ, Hutzler S and Weaire D, Rheological properties of the soft disk model of 2D foams, Physical Review E, 78, 2008, p021401 - 021408
Aste T and Weaire D, Pursuit of Perfect Packing, 2nd Edition, London, Taylor and Francis, 2008
Carrier V, Hutzler S and Weaire D, Drainage of foams with regularly spaced parallel soap films, Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 309, 2007, p13 - 19
Janiaud E, Weaire D and Hutzler, A simple continuum model for the dynamcis of a a quasi two-dimensional foam, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 309, 2007, p125 - 131
D. L. Weaire and J. M. D. Coey, Mentor and constant friend: the life of George Francis Fitzgerald (1851 - 1901), The European Review , 15, (4), 2007, p513-521
van der Net A, Delaney GW, Drenckhan W, Weaire D and Hutzler S, Crystalline arrangements of microbubbles in monodisperse foams, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 309, 2007, p117 - 124
Hutzler S, Drainage induced convection rolls in foams, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 309, 2007, p33 - 37
N. Péron, S.J. Cox, S. Hutzler and D. Weaire, Steady drainage in emulsions: corrections for surface Plateau borders and a model for high aqueous volume fraction, European Physical Journal E: Soft Matter, 22, 2007, p341 - 351
Weaire D and Coey JMD, Mentor and Constant Friend: the Life of George Francis Fitzgerald (1851-1901), European Review, 15, 2007, p513 - 521
Weaire D, Time for a rethink of research proposal evaluation?, European Review, 15, 2007, p275 - 282
Weaire D, Vaz MF, Teixeira PIC, Fortes MA, Instabilities in liquid foams, Soft Matter, 3, 2007, p47 - 57
Hutzler S, Saadatfar M, van der Net A, Weaire D and Cox SJ, The dynamics of a topological change in a system of soap films, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2007
S. Hutzler, D. Weaire, S. J. Cox, A. van der Net and E. Janiaud, Pre-empting Plateau: The nature of topological transitions in foam, Europhysics Letters, 77, 2007, p28002-p1 - 28002-p5
Carrier V, Hutzler S and Weaire, Drainage of bamboo foams, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 309, 2007, p13 - 19
Saint-Jalmes A, Cox SJ, Marze S, Safouane M, Langevin D, Weaire D, Experiments and Simulations of Liquid Imbibition in Aqueous Foams under Microgravity, Microgravity: Science and Technology, 18 , (3-4), 2006, p108 - 111
Clancy RJ, Janiaud E, Weaire D and Hutzler S, The response of 2d foams to continuous applied shear in a Couette rheometer, European Physical Journal E: Soft Matter, 21, 2006, p123 - 132
A. Saugey, W. Drenckhan, D. Weaire, Wall slip of bubbles in foams, Physics of Fluids, 18, (5), 2006, p053101
Cox SJ, Alonso MD, Weaire D and Hutzler S, Drainage induced convection rolls in foams I: Convective bubble motion in a tilted tube, European Physical Journal E: Soft Matter, 19, 2006, p17 - 22
A. van der Net, W. Drenckhan, D. Weaire, S. Hutzler , The Crystal Structure of Bubbles in the Wet Foam Limit, Soft Matter, 2, (2), 2006, p129 - 134
Weaire D, A story of silicon, soap and serendipity, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 8 (6), 2006, p2011 - 2014
Weaire D, Janiaud E and Hutzler S, Two-dimensional foam rheology with viscous drag, Physical Review Letters, 97, 2006, p038302-
Weaire D and Brakke K, CS Smith's development of a viewpoint, Resonance, 11, (6), 2006, p31 - 41
W. Drenckhan, S. Cox, G. Delaney, H. Holste, D. Weaire, N. Kern , Rheology of ordered foams- on the way to Discrete Microfluidics, Cooloids and Surfaces A, 263, (1-3), 2005, p65 - 75
McGuinness P, Drenckhan W, Weaire D, The optimal tap: three dimensional nozzle design, Journal of Applied Physics D - Applied Physics, 38, (18), 2005, p3382 - 3386
Liquid Foams - Precursors for Solid Foams in, editor(s)Michael Sceffler and Paolo Colombo , Cellular Ceramics, Weinheim, WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH&Co. KGaA, , 2005, pp18 - 28, [Denis Weaire, Simon Cox and Ken Brakke]
Rioual F, Hutzler S and Weaire D, Elastic dilatancy in wet foams: A simple model, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 263, (1-3), 2005, p117 - 120
Marze, S, SaintJalmes, Cox SJ, Weaire D, Aqueous foam experiments in the Maxus 6 rocket: Towards the development of an ISS module, ESA SP Publications, 590, 2005, p573 - 578
Delaney G, Weaire D, Hutzler S and Murphy S, Random packing of elliptical disks, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 85, (2), 2005, p89 - 96
Delaney G W, Weaire D and Hutzler S, Onset of rigidity for stretched string networks, europhysics letters, 72, 2005, p990 - 996
Elias F, Bacri J-C, Flament C, Janiaud E, Talbot D, Drenckhan W, Hutzler S and Weaire D, Magnetic Soap Films and Magnetic Soap Foams, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 263, (1-3), 2005, p65 - 75
Ahern A, Verbist G, Weaire D, et al., The conductivity of foams: a generalisation of the electrical to the thermal case, Colloid Surface A, 263 , (1-3), 2005, p275 - 279
D. Weaire, W Drenckhan, S Hutzler, Foam physics; the simplest example of soft condensed matter, AIP Conference Proceedings, First International Conference on Modern Trends in Physics Research, 748, (1), 2004, pp22-28
D. Weaire, S Cox, N. Kern, S Hutzler, W Drenckhan, The Two Dimensional Viscous Froth Model for Foam Dynamics, Physical Review, 2004
S. Hutzler, N. Peron, D. Weaire, W. Drenckhan , The Foam/Emulsion Analogy in Structure and Drainage, European Journal of Physics E, 14, (4), 2004, p381 - 386
S Cox, D Weaire, J A Glazier, The rheology of two-dimensional foams, Rheologica Acta, 43, (5), 2004, p442 - 448
Drenckhan, W., Weaire, D. and Cox, S.J., The demonstration of conformal maps with two-dimensional foams, European Journal of Physics, 25, 2004, p429 - 438
W. Drenckhan, S. Gatz, D. Weaire , Wave patterns of a rivulet of surfactant solution in a Hele-Shaw cell, Physics of Fluids, 16, (8), 2004, p3115 - 3121
Kern N, Weaire D, Martin A, Hutzler S and Cox SJ, The two-dimensional viscous froth model for foam dynamics, Physical Review E, 70, 2004, p041411 - (13 pages)
M Durand, D.Weaire, Optimising Transport in a Homogeneous Network, Physical Review E, 70, (4), 2004, p046125
D Weaire, N Kern, G Verbist, Loaded Foam Structures, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 84, 2004, p117 - 125
S. Hutzler, G. Delaney, D. Weaire and F. McLeod, Rocking Newton's Cradle, American Journal of Physics, 72, (12), 2004, p1508 - 1516
SJ Cox, D Weaire, G Verbist, Comment on "Foam Imbibition in Microgravity, Eur J Phys, B, (40), 2004, p119 - 121
M Durand and D Weaire, Optimizing transport in a homogeneous network, Physical Review, 70, 2004, p046125
SJ Cox, D Weaire, G Verbist, Comment on "Foam Imbibition in Microgravity, Eur J Phys, B, (40), 2004, p119 - 121
Hutzler S, Delaney G, Weaire D and McLeod F, Rocking Newton"s Cradle, American Journal of Physics, 72, (12), 2004, p1508 - 1516
W. Drenckhan, F. Elias, S. Hutzler, D. Weaire, E. Janiaud, J.-C. Bacri , Bubble size control and measurement in the generation of ferrofluid foams, Journal of Applied Physics, 93, (12), 2003, p10078 - 10083
Cox, S.J., Vaz, M.F. and Weaire, D., Topological changes in a two-dimensional foam cluster, European Physical Journal E, 11, (1), 2003, p29 - 35
D. Weaire and S. Hutzler, Dilatancy in liquid foams, Philosophical. Magazine, 83, 2003, p2747 - 2760
D. Weaire, S. Hutzler, S. Cox, N. Kern, M.D. Alonso, and W. Drenckhan, The Fluid Dynamics of Foams, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 15, 2003, pS65-S73
Hard Magnets, M Amaral Fortes, P J Ferreira, Materiais Dois Mil, IST Press, 2003, pp277 - 282, [D. Weaire, JMD Coey]
N Kern and D Weaire, Approaching the dry limit in foam, Philosophical Magazine, 83, 2003, p2973 - 2987
Weaire D and Hutzler S, Dilatancy in liquid foams, Philosophical Magazine, 83, (23), 2003, p2747 - 2760
D. Weaire, Foam Physics, Advanced Engineering Materials, 4, 2002, p723 - 725
J.Banhart and D. Weaire, On the Road Again: Metal Foams Find Favor, Physics Today, 55, 2002, p37-42
S. Hutzler, D. Weaire, F. Elias, and E. Janiaud, Juggling with Bubbles in Cylindrical Ferrofluid Foams, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 82, 2002, p297 - 301
S.J. Cox, D. Weaire and M.F. Vaz, The transition from two-dimensional to three-dimensional foam structures, European Physical Journal, E 7, 2002, p311 - 315
D. Weaire, The Value of Useless Studies (Cecil Powell Lecture), Europhysics News, 2002, p170 - 173
Hutzler S, Weaire D, Elias F, Janiaud E, Juggling with bubbles in cylindrical ferrofluid foams, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 82, 2002, p297 - 301
D. Weaire, The science lecture: theatre in the round?, Europhysics News, 26, 2002
D Weaire, S.J. Cox and F. Graner, Uniqueness, Stability and Hessian eigenvalues for two-dimensional foam structures, European Physical Journal E, 7, 2002, p123 - 127
D. Weaire, Instabilities of two liquid drops in contact, Computing in Science and Engineering, 4, 2001, p564 - 574
S.J. Cox, G. Bradley and D. Weaire, Metallic foam processing from the liquid state: the competition between solidification and drainage, European Journal of Physics: Applied Physics, 14, 2001, p87 - 96
D. Weaire, S.J. Cox, S. Hutzler and G. Bradley, Foams in microgravity, Journal de Physique iv, 2001
Cox SJ and Weaire D, Comment on "Free drainage of aqueous foams: Container, Europhys. Lett., 55, (3), 2001, p445-
S.J. Cox, G. Bradley, S. Hutzler and D. Weaire, Vertex corrections in the theory of foam drainage, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 13, 2001, p4863 - 4869
S.J. Cox and D. Weai, Comment on 'free-drainage of aqueous foams: container shape effects on capillarity and vertical gradients', Europhysics Letters, 55, 2001, p445 - 446
Weaire D, Cox SJ, Hutzler S and Bradley G, Foams in microgravity, Journal de Physique IV France, 11, 2001, pPr6-213 - Pr6-220
S. Hutzler and D. Weaire, Foam coarsening under forced drainage, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 80, (6), 2000, p419 - 425
Hutzler S, Weaire D and Shah S, Bubble sorting under forced drainage, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 80, (1), 2000, p41 - 48
D Weaire, S Hutzler, G. Verbist, De schone schijn van schuim, Chemisch Weekblad, 9, 2000, p12 - 13
Cox S J, Weaire D, Hutzler S, Murphy J, Phelan R and Verbist G, Applications and generalisations of the foam drainage equation, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 456, (20002), 2000, p2441 - 2464
S Hutzler and D Weaire, Foam Coarsening under Forced Drainage, Phil Mag Letters, 80, (419), 2000
C Monnereau, N Pittet and D Weaire, An analysis of surface curvature and growth laws using the Surface Evolver, Europhys. Lett, 52, 2000, p3 - 8
T. R. Ní Mhíocháin, J.M.D. Coey, D. L. Weaire, S.M. McMurry, Torque in Nested Halbach Cylinders, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 35, (5 part 2), 1999, p3968 - 3970
G.Verbist, D. Weaire, R. Phelan, Rheology and Drainage of Liquid Foams, Foams and Emulsions, 1999, p303 - 314
T.R. Ní Mhíocháin, D. Weaire, S.M. McMurry, J.M.D. Coey, Analysis of Torque in Nested Halbach Cylinders, Journal of Applied Physics, 86, (11), 1999, p6412 - 6424
T Ni Mhiochain, JMD Coey, D Weaire and S McMurry, Torque in nested Halbach Cylinders, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 35, 1999, p3968 - 3970
D. Weaire, The Equilibrium Structure of Soap Froths: Inversion and Decoration, Phil.Mag., Letters, 79, 1999, p4921 - 4925
D. Weaire, Lord Kelvin's Model of the Ether, Physicalia, 21, 1999, p267 - 274
D Weaire and S Hutzler, Making, modelling and measuring foams, Europhysics News, 30, 1999, p73 - 75
R. Phelan, D. Weaire, S. McMurry, S. Cox, The Deformation of Soap Film Junctions by Applied Forces, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 79, (887), 1999
T Ni Mhiochain, D Weaire, S McMurry, JMD Coey, Analysis of Torque in nested Halbach cylinders, Journal of Applied Physics, 86, 1999, p6412 - 6424
D. Weaire, A Short History of Packing Problems, Forma, 14, 1999, p279 - 285
D.Weaire, On the Kelvin-Stamenovic estimate of the shear modulus of a foam, Phil.Mag., 77, (5), 1998, p257 - 260
Michael Coey and Dennis Weaire, Magnets, markets and magic cylinders, Industrial Physicist, September , 1998, p34- 36
Weaire D and Hutzler S, Nonlinear phenomena in soap froth, Physica A, 257, (1), 1998, p264 - 274
M. Coey and D. Weaire, Magnets, Markets and Magic Cylinders, The Industrial Physicist, 1998, p34 - 36
Hutzler S, Weaire D and Crawford R, Convective instability in foam drainage, Europhysics Letters, 41, 1998, p461 - 465
D. Weaire, Pride and Precedence in Victorian Science, Contemporary Physics, 39, 1998, p295 - 297
In het Panhuis M, Hutzler S, Weaire D and Phelan R, New variations on the soap film experiments of Plateau:I. Experiments under forced drainage , Philosophical Magazine B, 78, (1), 1998, p1 - 12
S. Stoyanov, C. Dushkin, D. Langevin, D. Weaire and G. Verbist, Effect of the Rheology on Foam Drainage, Langmuir, 14, 1998, p4663 - 4665
S.Hutzler, D.Weaire, R.Crawford, Convective instability in foam drainage, Europhysics Lett., 41, 1998, p4651 - 4655
S. Hutzler, D. Weaire, R. Phelan, New Variations on the Soap Film Experiments of Plateau: I. Experiments under Forced Drainage, Phil.Mag., B, (78), 1998, p1 - 12
D. Weaire and S. Hutzler, Nonlinear Phenomena in Soap Froth, Physica A, 257, 1998, p264 - 274
D.Weaire, S. Hutzler, S. Findlay, R. Phelan, Foam drainage, measurement and theory, Higher Institute of Food and Flavour Industries (HIFFI), Plovdiv-Scientific Works, XLIII, 1998, p145 - 150
D. Weaire, S. McMurry, Grain Boundary Motion in Idealised Models, Proc 7th Int Conf. on Intergranular and Interface Boundaries in Materials, Materials Science Forum, 1997, pp569 - 572
D. Weaire, Lord Kelvin e a Fisica do seu tempo, Colóquio/Ciências, (20), 1997, p67 - 75
D Weaire and S McMurry, Some Fundamentals of Grain Growth, Solid State Physics, 50, 1997, p1 - 36
Hutzler S, Weaire D and Crawford R, Moving boundaries in ordered cylindrical foam structures, Philosophical Magazine B, 75, (6), 1997, p845 - 857
D.Weaire, S. Hutzler, G.Verbist, EAJF Peters, A Review of Foam Drainage, Adv. in Chem. Phys, 102, 1997, p315 - 374
Hutzler S and Weaire D, Buckling properties of 2D regular elastomeric honeycombs, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 9, 1997, pL323 - L329
D Weaire, A Search for Structure - in the Footsteps of Cyril Stanley Smith, Katachi U Symmetry, 1996, p125 - 134
D Weaire, G Verbist, A Kraynik, The Foam Drainage Equation, J Phys: Condensed Matter, 8, 1996, p3715 - 3731
D. Weaire, Rich Silence: Some of the Contributions of GG Stokes to Physics, Mathematics Today, (May/June), 1996, p81 - 83
D Hobbs, D Weaire, S McMurry, O Zuchuat, The Computation of Linear and Nonlinear Optical Constants of Semiconductors, J. Phys: Condensed Matter, 8, 1996, p4691 - 4707
D. Weaire, R. Phelan, Cellular Structures in Three Dimensions, Phil. Trans Roy Soc A, 354, 1996, p1989 - 1997
D. Weaire, P Boltenhagen, N Rivier, N Pittet, Structural Transitions in Ordered Cylindrical Foam, Europhysics Letters, I, 1996, p547 - 552
R. Phelan, D. Weaire, EAJF Peters, G Verbist, The Conductivity of a Foam, J. Phys: Condensed Matter, 8, 1996, pL475 - L482
D Weaire and R Phelan, The Physics of Foam, J. Phys: Condensed Matter, 8, 1996, p9519 - 9524
D. Weaire, R Phelan and K Brakke, Computation of Equilibrium Foam Structures using the Surface Evolver, Exptl. Math, 4, 1996, p181 - 192
D Weaire and R Phelan, Vertex Instabilities in Foams and Emulsions, J. Phys: Condensed Matter, 8, 1996, pL37 - L43
J F McGilp, D Weaire and C H Patterson (eds), Epioptics - Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1995, 1 - 230pp
D. Weaire, Comment on Evolution of Two-Dimensional Soap Froth with a Single Defect, Physical Review Letters, 74, (3710), 1995
D Weaire, S Findlay, G Verbist, Measurement of Foam Drainage using AC Conductivity, P. Phys: Condensed Matter, 7, 1995, pL217 - L222
D. Weaire, R Phelan, A Counter-example to Kelvin's conjecture on minimal surfaces, Hyperspace, 1995
D. Weaire, M A Fortes, S Coughlan, The Modelling of Liquid and Solid Foams, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 55, (3-4), 1995, p178 - 185
D. Weaire, Young Man in a Hurry, Physics World, 8, 1995, p28 - 31
S McMurry, J Lunney, S Hutzler and D Weaire, Response to 'The Importance of Boundary Reflections in the Theory of Diffusive Light Scattering', Optical Engineering, 34, 1995, p3345 - 3346
D. Weaire, De la Burbuja a la Espuma, Mundo Cientifico, 157, (408), 1995
Hutzler S and Weaire D, The osmotic pressure of a two-dimensional disordered foam, Journal of Physics.: Condensed Matter, 7, 1995, pL657 - L662
S Hutzler, D Weaire, The Osmotic Pressure of a Two-Dimensional Foam, J. Phys: Condensed Matter, 7, 1995, pL657 - L662
D. Weaire, S Hutzler, Froth: A Cosmic Connection?, Irish Astronomy Journal, 22, (1), 1995, p39
Conclusions in, editor(s)J F McGilp, D Weaire and C H Patterson , Epioptics - Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces,, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1995, pp207 - 209, [J F McGilp]
D. Weaire, R Phelan, An Architectural Dome Construction based on the Weaire-Phelan Structure, Hyperspace, 4, (18), 1995
Hutzler S, Verbist G, Weaire D and Van der Steen J A, Measurement of Foam Density Profiles Using AC Capacitance, Europhysics Letters, 31, (8), 1995, p497 - 502
Hutzler S, Weaire D and Bolton F, The effects of Plateau borders in the two-dimensional soap froth, III. Further results, Philosophical Magazine B, 71, (3), 1995, p277 - 289
Second Harmonic and Sum Frequency Generation in, editor(s)J F McGilp, D Weaire and C H Patterson , Epioptics - Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1995, pp183 - 206, [J F McGilp]
N Pittet, N Rivier and D Weaire, Cylindrical Packing of Foam Cells, Forma, 10, 1995, p65 - 73
D. Weaire, De la Bulle à la Mousse, La Recherche, 274, (246), 1995
E Finch and D Weaire, The Long Life of an Atom Splitter, Physics World, 1995, p62 - 63
S Hutzler, D Weaire, G Verbist and J A Van der Steen, Measurement of Foam Density Profiles using AC Capacitance, Europhysics Letters, 31, (497), 1995
R Phelan, S Hutzler, G Verbist, Structure, Rheology and Drainage of Foams, Les Houches, Summer School Notes, (Feb.), 1995, p43 - 45
D. Weaire, David Hobbs, Electrons and Holes in a-Si, Phil Mag Letters, 69, (99), 1994
D. Weaire, R Phelan, A Counter-example to Kelvin's conjecture on minimal surfaces, Phil. Mag. Letters, 69, (99), 1994
Susmit Kumar; Stewart K. Kurtza; Denis Weaire, Average number of sides for the neighbours of a Poisson-Voronoi tesselation, Philosophical Magazine Part B, 69, (3), 1994, p69 - 31
D. Weaire, Froths, Foams and Heady Geometry, New Scientist, 142, (34), 1994
D. Weaire, Ordering disorder: Prospect and retrospect in condensed matter physics, AIP Conference Proceedings, AIP Conference , October 1 1992, edited by D. Weaire, V Srivastava, A K Bhatnagar, D G Nauler , 286, (21), 1994, 21-29
Mc Murry S, Weaire D, Lunney J and Hutzler S, Theory of diffusivelight scattering from disordered materials, Optical Engineering, 33, (12), 1994, p3849 - 3852
D. Weaire, R Phelan, Optimal Design of Honeycombs, Nature, 367, (123), 1994
D. Weaire, R. Fhelan, The Structure of Monodisperse Foam, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 70, (5), 1994, p345 - 350
D. Weaire, M A Fortes, Stress and Strain in Froths and Foams, Advances in Physics, 43, 1994, p685 - 738
D. Weaire, F Bolton, S Hutzler, The Effects of Plateau Borders in the 2dSoap froth, III Further Results, Phil. Mag., 70, (345), 1994
D. Weaire, S McMurry, S Hutzler, J Lunney, Theory of Diffusive Light Scattering from Disordered Materials, Optical Engineering, 33, (3849), 1994
D. Weaire, Structural transformations in foam?, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 69, (99), 1994, p99 - 105
D. Weaire, D Hobbs, Una Nuova Applicazione del metodo dell'equazione del moto: proprieta ottiche non lineari Atti Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti Classe I di Scienze, Fis. Mat. e Nat., 72, 1994, p583 - 590
D. Weaire, D Hobbs, G J Morgan, J M Holender, F Wooten, New Applications of the Equation-of-motion: Optical Properties, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids , 877, (2), 1993, p164 - 166
Weaire D, Pittet N, Hutzler S. and Pardal D, Steady-State Drainage of an Aqueous Foam, Physical Review Letters, 71, (16), 1993, p2670 - 2673
D. Weaire, G J Morgan, J Okumu, J M Holender and D Hobbs, Electrons, Holes and the Hall Effect in Amorphous Silicon, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 457, (1), 1993, p164 - 166
Weaire D, Hutzler S and Pittet N, Cylindrical Packings of Foam Cells, Forma, 7, (3), 1992, p259 - 263
C. H. Patterson, Bond calculation of optical second harmonic generation at gallium-terminated and arsenic-terminated Si(111) surfaces, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 4, 1992, p4017 - 4037
D. Weaire, A Tribute to Cyril Stanley Smith, Symmetry, Culture and Science, 1992, p441 - 442
Weaire, D., Kermode, J.P. , ELECTRON STATES IN THE GaAs-Ga//xAl//1// minus //xAs SUPERLATTICE, Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research , 127, (2), 1985, pk143-k145
Weaire, D., Kermode, J.P., Dwyer, V.M. , The role of diffraction in dispersive optical bistability, Optics Communications , 55, (3), 1985, 223-228
D. Weaire, Counting constraints for hard disks, Philosophical Magazine B: Physics of Condensed Matter; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties , 51, (2), 1985, pL19-L20
B.J Hickey, G.J Morgan, D.L Weaire and F Wooten, The density of states in amorphous Si , Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 77-78, (1), 1985, p67-70
Wooten, F. , Winer, K. , Weaire, D., Computer generation of structural models of amorphous Si and Ge, Physical Review Letters , 54, (13), 1985, p1392-1395
Wooten, F., Fuller, G.A., Winer, K., Weaire, D., Computer generation of structural models of amorphous Si: Studies of nucleation of crystallization, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids , 75, (1-3 ), 1985, p45-50
F. Wooten, W. Einer, D. Weare, Structural Model of Amorphous Silicon with Periodic Boundary Conditions, 17th Int. Conference Phys. of Semiconductors, San Francisco, edited by Chadi James D., Harrison Walter A. , 1984
Weaire, D., Kermode, J.P. , Computer simulation of a two-dimensional soap froth II. Analysis of results , Philosophical Magazine B: Physics of Condensed Matter; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties , 50, (3), 1984, p379-395
Weaire, D., Kermode, J.P. , Computer simulation of a two-dimensional soap froth. I. Method and motivation, Philosophical Magazine B: Physics of Condensed Matter; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties, 48, (3), 1983, p245-259
Weaire, D., O'Carroll, C. , A new model for the Giant's Causeway, Nature , 302, (5905), 1983, p240-241
Weaire, D. , Random network structures, Solar Energy Materials , 8, (1-3), 1982, p159-163
Kramer, B., MacKinnon, A., Weaire, D., Numerical study of conductivity for the Anderson model in two and three dimensions, Physical Review B , 23, (12), 1981, p6357-6370
Lambert, C.J., Weaire, D.L. , Theory of the arrangement of cells in a network, Metallography , 14, (4), 1981, 307-318
Miller, A., MacKinnon, A., Weaire, D. , Beyond the binaries - the chalcopyrite and related semiconducting compounds, Solid State Physics: Advances in Research and Applications , 36, 1981, p119-175
Weaire, D., Higgins, N., Marshall, I., Moore, P. , Model structure for hydrogenated amorphous silicon, Philosophical Magazine B: Physics of Condensed Matter; Statistical Mechanics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties , 40, (3), 1979, p243-245
Wilson, J.I.B., Weaire, D. , Prospects for the use of amorphous semiconductors in solar energy conversion, Nature , 275, (5676), 1978, p93-96
Alben, R., Steinhardt, P., Weaire, D. , Construction, Refinement and applications of structural models, AIP Conference Proceedings, AIP Conference, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA, Mar 20-22 , 2, (1), 1974, pp213-217
Alben, R., Steinhardt, P., Weaire, D. , Construction, Refinement and applications of structural models, AIP Conference Proceedings, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA, Mar 20-22 , 2, (1), 1974, pp213-217
Alben, R. and Weaire, D. and Smith Jr., J.E. and Brodsky, M.H., VIBRATIONAL DENSITY OF STATES AND THE INFRARED AND RAMAN SPECTRA OF AMORPHOUS SILICON AND GERMANIUM., 1974, p1231-1238
Thorpe, M.F. and Weaire, D., THEORY OF THE ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES IN AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS., 1973, p917-937
Alben, R., Goldstein, S., Thorpe, M.F., Weaire, D. , Band Structure of Si III and Ge III. , Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research, 53, (2), 1972, p545-552
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Bergin SD, Weaire D and Hutzler S, The Drop heard round the World, Physics World, May 2014, 2014, p26 - 29
The farmers and the cowboys should be friends in, editor(s)L. Wedlin, K. Sahlin and M. Grafstroem , Exploring the Worlds of Mercury and Minerva - Essays for Lars Engwall- Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis - Studia Oeconomiae Negotiorum 51, Uppsala, Uppsala University, 2009, pp113 - 122, [D. Weaire and P. Richmond]
Mughal A and Weaire D, Curvature in conformal mappings of 2D lattices and foam structures, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 465, (2101), 2009, pp219 - 238
Vignes-Adler M and Weaire D, New foams: Fresh challenges and opportunities, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 13, (3), 2008, pp141 - 149
Banhart J, Garcia-Moreno F, Hutzler S, Langevin D, Liggieri L, Miller R, Saint-Jalmes A and Weaire D, Foams and emulsions in space, Europhysics News, 39, 2008, p26 - 28
Weaire D, Hutzler S and Langlois VJ, Foam rheology in two dimensions, The XVth International Congress on Rheology, Monterrey, USA, American Institute of Physics, 2008, pp833 - 835
Andersson M, Banhart J, Caps H, Durian D, Garcia-Moreno F, Hutzler S, Kronberg B, Langevin D, Pitois O, Saadatfar M, Saint-Jalmes A, Vandewalle N, Vignes-Adler M, Weaire D, Foam Research in Microgravity, Journal of The Japan Society of Microgravity Application, 25, 2008, p241 - 244
Schuster PM and Weaire D(ed.), 1st EHoP Conference, Fitzgerald and Friends, Pöllauberg, 2008, 2008, 13-18 p
Saadatfar M, Hutzler S and Weaire D, Foams, Trinity College Dublin: interconnect, Scientific Computing and Visualisation Newsletter, (2), 2008, p8 - 9
L Engwall and D Weaire (editors), Wenner-Gren International Series, volume 84: The University in the Market, Portland Press, 2008, 1 - 153pp
Vignes-Adler M and Weaire D, New foams: Fresh challenges and opportunities, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 13, (3), 2008, pp141 - 149
Weaire D and Drenckhan W, Structure and dynamics of confined foams: a review of recent progress, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 137, 2007, p20 - 26
Foam as granular matter in, editor(s)Aste T, Di Matteo T and Tordesillas A , Granular and complex materials, World Scientific Lecture Notes in Complex Systems, New Jersey, World Scientific Publishing, 2007, pp1 - 26, [Weaire D, Langlois V, Saadatfar M and Hutzler S]
Dierdorf D & Enlow M, Applied Research Associates, Inc, Albuquerque, NM & Tyndall AFB, FL and Weaire D, Structure and Modelling of Aqueous Film Forming Foams over Ten Orders of Magnitude in Time and Space, 2007
Lloyd, Humphrey (1808 - 1881), Encyclopedia of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, 2007, pp472 - [Weaire D and Coey JMD]
Aref H, Weaire D and Hutzler S, Toying with physics, europhysics news, 38, (3), 2007, p23 - 26
Barrett DT, Kelly S, Daly EJ, Dolan MJ, Drenckhan W, Weaire D and Hutzler S, Taking Plateau into microgravity, 2007
Drenckhan W, Ritacco H, Saint Jalmes A, Saugey A, McGuinness P, van der Net A, Langevin D, Weaire D, Fluid dynamics of rivulet flow between plates, Physics of Fluids, 19, (10), 2007, p102101-102123
van der Net A, Delaney GW, Drenckhan W, Weaire D, Hutzler S, Crystalline structures of wet microbubbles, Journal of Colloids and Interfaces A (EUFoam Proceedings), 2006
Weaire D, Complex Ideas and their Demonstration in the 2D Soap Froth, Resonance, 11 (6), 2006, p31 - 40
van der Net A, Drenckhan W, Weaire D and Hutzler S, The Crystal Structure of Bubbles in the Wet Foam Limit (Amendment), Soft Matter, 2, 2006, p523 - 523
D. Weaire, S. Hutzler, W. Drenckhan, A. Saugey and S. J. Cox, The Rheology of Foams, Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science, 133, 2006, p100 - 105
Hutzler S, Weaire D, Saugey A, Cox S and Peron N, The physics of foam drainage, 52nd SEPAWA Congress including the European Detergent Conference, Wuerzburg, Germany, Oct. 12 - 14, 2005, edited by K. Henning , ISBN 3-9810074-1-7, Vereinigung der Seifen, Parfuem und Waschmittelfachleute e.V., 2005, pp191 - 206
Weaire, D., British Association for Advancement of Science, 2005
Caps H, Cox SJ, Decauwer H, Weaire D, et al., Capillary rise in foams under microgravity, Colloid Surface A, 261 (1-3), (Sp. Issue), 2005, p131 - 134
W. Drenckhan, S. Hutzler, D. Weaire, "Foam Physics: the simplest example of soft condensed matter, AIP Conference Procedings, Modern Trends of Physics Research 2004, Cairo, Egypt, Vol. 748, Melville, New York, 2005, pp22 - 28
Weaire, D., German Society for Colloids, Aachen, 2005
Weaire, D., Trends in Physics, Cairo, 2004
W. drenckhan, D. Weaire, Some confluences of art and science in the physics of foams, Journal of ISIS - Symmetry, 1-4, 2004, p54 - 57
M Durand, J-F Sadoc, D Weaire, Maximal Conductivity of a network made of uniform wires, Proc Roy Soc, A, (460), 2004, pp1471 - 2946
Weaire, D., Kern, N., Cox, S.J., Sullivan,, Pressures in periodic foams, Proceedings of the Royal Society of, A, (460), 2004, pp569 - 579
Weaire, D., Conference on Networks in Physics and Biology, Orleans, 2004
Weaire, D., IUTAM International Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Warsaw, 2004
M Durand, D Weaire and J Sadoc, Maximum Electrical Conductivity of a Network of Uniform Wires: The Lemlich Law as an Upper Bound, Proc Roy Soc London A, 4, 2004, pp1269 - 1284
John Joly 1857-1933, M. McCartney, A. Whitaker, Physicists of Ireland, Bristol, IOP, 2003, pp143 - 150, [D. Weaire and S. Coonan]
Hard Magnets, M Amaral Fortes, P J Ferreira, Materiais Dois Mil, IST Press, 2003, [D Weaire and JMD Coey]
Weaire, D., 2002 European Fluid Dynamics Conference, 2003
'William Thomson', 'Thomas Preston', 'Thomas Lyle', Mollan, W. Dave, B. Finnucane, Irish Innovators, 2002, Royal Irish Academy, 2002, pp134, 188, 190 , [D Weaire, D. Attis and S O'Connor]
Weaire, D., European Liquid Matter Conference, Konstanz, 2002
Weaire, D., CNRS Workshop, Carry Le Rouet, 2002
Interfaces, foams and emulsions in, editor(s)B. Fitton and B. Battrick , A world without gravity, Noordwijk, ESA, 2001, pp241 - 253, [A. Passerone and D. Weaire]
J. Banhart, F. Baumgartner, S.J. Cox, B. Kronberg, D. Langevin, S. Odenbach, D. Weaire and T. Wubben, Development of advanced foams under microgravity, Proceedings of the 1st international symposium on microgravity research and applications in physical sciences and biotechnology, Sorrento, Italy, 2001, pp589 - 596
Modelling metallic foam formation in, Cellular metals and metal foaming technology, Bremen, MIT-Verlag, 2001, pp99 - 104, [S.J. Cox, G. Bradley and D. Weaire]
Hard problems with soft materials in, editor(s)H. Aref and J.W. Philips , Mechanics for a new millennium, Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001, pp275 - 288, [D. Weaire and S. Hutzler]
Weaire, D., EPS General Conference, Budapest, 2001
D. Weaire, A philomorph looks at foam, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 4, 2001, pp564 - 574
Weaire, D., Marterialica Materials Week, Berlin, 2001
Rigidity loss transition in a disordered 2D froth in, editor(s)A.J. Liu and S.R. Nagel , Jamming and rheology, London, Taylor and Francis, 2001, pp167 - 169, [F. Bolton and D. Weaire]
D. Weaire, S.J. Cox and J. Banhart, Methods and models of metallic foam fabrication, Proceedings of the 8th annual international conference on composites engineering, edited by D. Hui , 2001, pp977 - 978
Interfaces, Foams and Emulsions in, editor(s)G. Seibert et al , A World without Gravity, Noordwijk, ESA, 2001, pp241 - 253, [A. Passerone and D. Weaire]
S.J. Cox, D. Weaire, S. Hutzler, J. Murphy, R. Phelan and G. Verbist, Applications and generalisations of the foam drainage equation, Proceeding of the Royal Society London, A, edited by 456 , 2000, pp2441 - 2464
Weaire, D., IUTAM Congress (ICTAM), Chicago, 2000
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin: George Francis Fitzgerald in, editor(s)K Houston , Creators of Mathematics: The Irish Connection, Dublin, UCD Press, 2000, pp55 - 62, [D. Weaire]
D. Weaire, T. Aste, The Pursuit of Perfect Packing, Bristol, IOPP, 2000
D. Weaire, P Kelly, D A Attis, Lectures on Natural Philosophy (Richard Helsham 1739), Physics Dept TCD, and IOP Publishing, 2000
Speculations and Calculations in the Physics of Foams in, editor(s)A T Skjeltorp and S F Edwards , Soft Condensed Matter: Configurations, Dynamics and Functionality, Kluwer, 2000, pp247 - 268, [D Weaire, G. Bradley and R Phelan]
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin 1824-1907 in, editor(s)K Houston , Creators of Mathematics: the Irish Connection, University College Dublin Press, 2000, pp55 - 62, [D. Weaire]
The Stokes experiment in a foam in, editor(s)Z Pacelli, J Banhart and G Verbist , Foams, emulsions and their applications, Bremen, Verlag MIT, 2000, pp282 - 289, [S.J. Cox, M.D. Alonso , S. Hutzler and D. Weaire]
Drainage phenomena in uniform and non-uniform foams in, editor(s)Z Pacelli, J Banhart and G Verbist , Foams, emulsions and their applications, Bremen, Verlag MIT, 2000, pp266 - 273, [S.J. Cox, D. Weaire, S. Hutzler and S. Verbist]
Weaire, D., Finnish Physical Society, Helsinki, 2000
Weaire, D., ESA Microgravity Conference, Sorrento, 2000
Preface: The many facets of foams in, editor(s)Z Pacelli, J Banhart and G Verbist , Foams, emulsions and their applications, Bremen, Verlag MIT, 2000, pp3 - 4, [D. Weaire, S. Hutzler and G. Verbist]
Weaire, D., American Philosophical Society, Washington, 2000
Speculations and calculations in the physics of foams in, editor(s)A T Skjeltorp and S F Edwards , Soft Condensed Matter: Configurations, Dynamics and Functionality, 2000, pp247 - 268, [D Weaire, G Bradley, R Phelan]
George Francis Fitzgerald 1851-1901 in, editor(s)K Houston , Creators of Mathematics: the Irish Connection, University College Dublin Press, 2000, pp89 - 96, [D. Weaire]
D. Weaire and S. Hutzler, The Physics of Foams, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1999
The Structure and Geometry of Foams in, editor(s)J.F.Sadoc, N. Rivier , Foams and Emulsions, Kluwer, 1999, pp287 - 302, [D.Weaire, R. Phelan, G. Verbist]
R. Phelan, G. Verbist, D. Weaire, Electrical and Thermal Transport in Foams, Foams and Emulsions, 1999, p315 - 322
D. Weaire, Let There Be Light, 1999, -
D. Weaire, J Banhart, Foams and Films, Verlag MIT Publishing, 1999
Weaire, D., NATO School, Geilo, 1999
Weaire, D., Belgium Physical Society, 1999
The Earls of Rosse , J S Bell, T Preston, Blackwell Companion to Irish Culture, Oxford, Blackwell Press, 1998, [D. Weaire]
Weaire, D., Danish Physical Society, 1998
Weaire, D., NATO School, Cargese, 1998
Weaire, D., EPS Condensed Matter Conference, 1998
Weaire, D., Larmor Lecture, Queen's University, Belfast, 1998
D.Weaire, S. Hutzler and F. Bolton, Model Simulations of two-dimensional liquid and solid foams, IMACS World Congress on Scientific Computing. Modelling and Apllied Mathematics, edited by A. Sydow , 3, WTV, 1997, pp227 - 282
Weaire, D., International Conference on Colloids and Interfaces, Sofia, 1997
D. Weaire, The Kelvin Problem, London, Taylor and Francis, 1997
Weaire, D., AMS Mathfest, Atlanta, 1997
D. Weaire, Computing Minimal Surfaces in the Theory of Foams, Conference on Scientific Computing in Europe, DCU Dublin, edited by HJ Ruskin, R O'Connor, Y. Feng , 1996
Introduction and Historical Summary (and reprinted papers) in, editor(s)D. Weaire , The Kelvin Problem: Special Issue of Forma, 1996, [D. Weaire]
Weaire, D., European Liquids Conference, 1996
Modelling the structure of Tetrahedrally Bonded Amorphous Materials in, editor(s)J Kalwas , Adaptation of Simulated Annealing to Chemical Problems, Elsevier, 1995, pp197 - 203, [D. Weaire, F. Wooten]
On the Theory of Second Harmonic Generation in, editor(s)J F McGilp, D Weaire, C H Patterson , Epioptics, Springer-Verlag, 1995, pp163 - 181, [A. d'Andrea, M. Cini, R. Del Sole, L Reining, C. Verdozzi, R. Girlanda, E. Piparo, D. Hobbs]
D. Weaire, JF McGilp, Ch Patterson, Epioptics, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1995
Weaire, D., APS Condensed Matter Meeting, Pittsburgh, 1994
Weaire, D., Katachi/Symmetry Conference (Plenary), Tsukuba, 1994
D. Weaire, A Soluble Model for Foam Drainage Europhysics, Letters, 23, (631), 1994
Weaire, D., IOP Condensed Matter Meeting (Plenary), Warwick, 1994
D. Weaire, Creativity in Science and Science Education, Proceedings of the 1993 Congress on Creativity, Madrid, 1993
Weaire, D., EPS General Meeting (Plenary), Prague, 1992
Weaire, D., Focus on Foams, , YorkInstitute for Applied Biology, 1989
Weaire, D., 60th Birthday Meeting for Sir Roger Elliott, 1989
Weaire, D., RSC Food Colloids Symposium, 1988
Weaire, D., Winter School on Amorphous Semiconductors, Folgaria, Italy, 1988
Weaire, D., Annual Meeting, Japan Society for Science on Form, 1988
Weaire, D., CECAM Planning Workshop, 1988
D. Weaire, Unweaving the Rainbow: a celebration of the achievements of 19th Century Spectroscopy, 1987, -
Weaire, D., Short School on Materials etc, Kingston, Jamaica, 1987
Weaire, D., Erhart Foundation Symposium, 1987
Weaire, D., West Indies Spring School, 1987
Weaire, D., Recent Advances in Many-body Theory, Oulu, Finland, 1987
Weaire, D., IBM Europe Institute, 1986
Weaire, D., International Conference on the Theory of Structures of Non-Crystalline Solids, Michigan, 1985
Weaire, D., Gordon Conference (Metallurgy), 1985
Weaire, D., MRS-Europe Conference, Strasbourg, 1984
Weaire, D., Workshop on Total Energy Calculations, Braunschweig, 1984
Weaire, D., Gordon Conference (Chemistry of Interfaces), 1984
Weaire, D., SERC Summer School, Leicester, 1983
Weaire, D., NATO Advanced Workshop, Cambridge, 1982
Weaire, D., Schwerpunkt Workshop, Bad Königstein, 1982
Weaire, D., Topical Meeting on Wave Propagation, Cambridge, 1982
Weaire, D., Taniguichi Symposium on Disordered Structures, Shimoda, 1982
Weaire, D., Mexican Winter School, Guernavaca, 1981
Weaire, D., NATO Summer School, Michigan, 1981
Weaire, D., Kyoto Summer School, Kyoto, 1980
Weaire, D., ICCTP Symposium, Trieste, 1980
Weaire, D., Daresbury Symposium, 1980
Weaire, D., Cambridge, Mass, 1979
Weaire, D., Symposium on Disordered Systems, Imperial College, 1979
Weaire, D., BAAS Meeting, Edinburgh, 1979
Weaire, D. Kramer, B., 8th International Conference on Amorphous and Liquid Semiconductors, 1978
Weaire, D., Amorphous and Liquid Semiconductors Meeting, Chelsea, 1977
Weaire, D., SRC Summer School, Leicester, 1977
Weaire, D., Latin American Summer School in Physics, Venezuela, 1976
Weaire, D., International Symposium 'Reinstoffe in Wissenschaft and Technik', Dresden, 1975
Weaire, D., NATO Summer School, Kingston, RI, 1974
Weaire, D., Amorphous and Liquid Semiconductor Meeting, Chelsea, 1974
Weaire, D., Gordon Conference, 1973
Weaire, D. Thorpe, M. F., Fifth International Conference on Amorphous and Liquid Semiconductors, 1973
Weaire, D., American Physical Society, March Meeting, 1972
Weaire, D., APS New England Section Meeting, 1972
Weaire, D., IBM Symposium, 1972
Weaire, D., Gordon Conference, 1971
Weaire, D., Midwinter Solid State Conference, Annaheim, California, 1971
Weaire, D., American Physical Society Annual Meeting, 1969
Weaire D, Verbist G, Cox SJ, Hutzler S, Pleanary Lecture: Frontiers of the Physics of Foams, Microgravity Research and Aplications in Physical Sciences and Biotechnology, Proceedings of the First International Symposium, Sorrento, Italy, 10-15 September 2000
Research Expertise
Description
My research has ranged over a number of areas in solid state physics, materials science and computational physics. Early work in Cambridge was in pseudopotential theory applied to metals: it resulted in an influential review article, but preceded the major expansion of that subject, in terms of local density approximations. At Harvard I was attracted to two themes in disordered materials: amorphous metals and amorphous silicon. The latter was to absorb my interest for many years, in the proof of theorems and computations that had to do with electronic and vibrational properties. The foremost of these rigorously established the existence of a band gap for an idealised ("Weaire-Thorpe") Hamiltonian, regardless of disorder, which was an important step in understanding a-Si. I also became interested in the process of building random network models for this material. Much later, I was to develop with others the WWW model, based on an algorithm of my own conception. This has been greatly used and highly cited ever since. Quite early in my career I recognised that foam structures, particularly in two dimensions, presented an opportunity for this kind of research, in tune with the growing interest in complex, disordered materials. This grew into a research programme that has by now excluded all else, and is partly encapsulated in the book Physics of Foams, now a standard reference. In 1984 we organised in Ireland the first of a series of conferences on the physics of foams, of which the latest was held in France this year, Attracting 200 participants. Starting at Yale, then at UCD and TCD, this research has produced many key results such as: the Aboav-Weaire Law for statistical correlations in cellular structures the first realistic computer simulation of a dry 2d foam the first realistic simulation for a wet foam the first account of the variation of elastic properties of a 2d foam with liquid fraction, based on simulation the discovery of many ordered cylindrical foam structures the discovery and theoretical analysis of a solitary wave in foam drainage the discovery of convective instability in foam drainage recently, the discovery of a remarkable new form of meandering rivulet instability However the most prominent outcome of our work at TCD was the Weaire-Phelan structure, the minimum energy structure (as far as we know) of a foam of equal-sized bubbles in three dimensions. This overthrew a century-old conjecture of Lord Kelvin (as recounted in The Kelvin Problem), and it attracted worldwide recognition. One of the main buildings for the Beijing Olympics is being constructed in the form of a framework explicitly based on this structure - the Water Cube. The mathematical questions surrounding foam structures are intriguing. I was invited to be the primary coordinator of a summer programme at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge in 2002, to which leading mathematicians came to discuss these topics intensively for one month. However this is not really characteristic of our general style of research, which combines theory, computation and simple experiments in the pursuit of many different physical properties and even their applications. Today most of these topics belong in some sense to fluid dynamics. This research line is continuing unabated into retirement, with some addition of themes from the history of science, which build upon longstanding interests.Recognition
Representations
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Vice-President, European Physical Society
Vice-President of the Academia Europaea
Birr Scientific and Heritage Trust(Charitable Foundation)
Magnetic Solutions Ltd (Manufacturing Company)
Awards and Honours
Cunningham Medal of the Royal Irish Academy
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellow of Trinity College Dublin
Research Fellow, Harvard University
Fellow of Clare College
Harkness Fellowship (Commonwealth Fund, New York)
Major Open Scholarship, Clare College, Cambridge
Cecil Powell Memorial Medal and Lecture, European Physical Society.
Larmor Lecture, Queens University Belfast.
Award for Outstanding Paper, Japanese Society for Science on Form.
Memberships
Elected Member of the Academia Europaea
President, European Physical Society
Member of the Royal Irish Academy
Belfast Royal Academy