R. Strey,
Universität zu Köln

Research topics in general are interfaces, colloids and phase transitions. More specifically, (i) the microstructure, thermodynamics and kinetics of complex fluids, (ii) homogeneous nucleation, and (iii) the stability of foams are investigated.

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Strey

1978PhD in physical chemistry, University of Göttingen
1978-96senior scientist at the Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen
1993Habilitation at the University of Göttingen (venia legendi for physical chemistry)
1996Full-professor (C4) for Physical Chemistry at the University of Köln

B. Jakobs, T. Sottmann, R. Strey, J. Allgaier, L. Willner and R. Richter (1999). Amphiphilic Block Copolymers as Efficiency Boosters for Microemulsions. Langmuir 15, 6707-6711.

S. M. Choi, S. H. Chen, T. Sottmann, R. Strey (2002). The existence of three length scales and their relation to the interfacial curvatures in bicontinous microemulsions. Physica A 304, 85-92.

A. Khan, Ch. H. Heath, U. M. Dieregsweiler, B. Wyslouzil, and R. Strey (2003). Homogeneous nucleation rates for D2O in a supersonic Laval nozzle. J. Chem. Phys. 119, 3138-3147.

L. Belkoura, C. Stubenrauch, R. Strey (2004). Freeze Fracture Direct Imaging: A New Freeze Fracture Method for Specimen Preparation in Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscopy. Langmuir 20, 4391-4399 .

A. Zilman, S.A. Safran, T. Sottmann, R. Strey (2004). Temperature dependence of the thermodynamics and kinetics of micellar solutions. Langmuir 20, 2199.

C. Stubenrauch and R. Strey New equation of state for thin foam films J. Phys. Chem. B, 109 (42), 19798 (2005)

J. Wedekind, R. Strey, and D. Reguera New Method to Analyze Simulations of Activated Processes J. Chem. Phys. 126 (13), 134103 (2006).

Wyslouzil, Barbara E.; Wilemski, Gerald; Strey, Reinhard; Seifert, Soenke; Winans, Randall E. Small angle X-ray scattering measurements probe water nanodroplet evolution under highly non-equilibrium conditions PCCP 9 (39), 5353-5358 (2007).

Tobias Foster and Thomas Sottmann, Ralf Schweins, and Reinhard Strey Small-angle neutron scattering from giant water-in-oil microemulsion droplets. I. Ternary system J. Chem. Phys. 128, 054502 (2008).