Tom McCoy

Research Associate
Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Wolfson College

Research Interests

Film drying and cracking

Friction modification

Publications

• Stephens, A.D., Kölbel, J., Moons, R., Chung, C.W., Ruggiero, M.T., Mahmoudi, N., Shmool, T.A., McCoy, T.M., Nietlispach, D., Routh, A.F., Sobott, F., Zeitler, J.A., and Schierle, G.S.K. Decreased Water Mobility Contributes To Increased α‐Synuclein Aggregation** Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 2023

• Stephens, A.D., Kölbel, J., Moons, R., Chung, C.W., Ruggiero, M.T., Mahmoudi, N., Shmool, T.A., McCoy, T.M., Nietlispach, D., Routh, A.F., Sobott, F., Zeitler, J.A., and Schierle, G.S.K. Decreased Water Mobility Contributes To Increased α‐Synuclein Aggregation** Angewandte Chemie 2023

• McCoy, T.M., Armstrong, A.J., Moore, J.E., Holt, S.A., Tabor, R.F., and Routh, A.F. Spontaneous surface adsorption of aqueous graphene oxide by synergy with surfactants Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP 2022

• Stephens, A.D., Kölbel, J., Moons, R., Ruggerio, M.T., Mahmoudi, N., Shmool, T.A., McCoy, T.M., Nietlispach, D., Routh, A.F., Sobott, F., Zeitler, J.A., and Schierle, G.S.K. The role of water mobility in protein misfolding 2021

• Brossault, D.F.F., McCoy, T.M., and Routh, A.F. Self-assembly of TiO2/Fe3O4/SiO2 microbeads: A green approach to produce magnetic photocatalysts Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2021

• McCoy, T.M., Marlow, J.B., Armstrong, A.J., Clulow, A.J., Garvey, C.J., Manohar, M., Darwish, T.A., Boyd, B.J., Routh, A.F., and Tabor, R.F. Spontaneous Self-Assembly of Thermoresponsive Vesicles Using a Zwitterionic and an Anionic Surfactant Biomacromolecules 2020

• Marlow, J.B., McCoy, T.M., Ho, C.Q., de Campo, L., Knott, R., Bell, T.D.M., and Tabor, R.F. Tuning the structure, thermal stability and rheological properties of liquid crystal phases via the addition of silica nanoparticles Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP 2019

• McCoy, T.M., King, J.P., Moore, J.E., Kelleppan, V.T., Sokolova, A.V., de Campo, L., Manohar, M., Darwish, T.A., and Tabor, R.F. The effects of small molecule organic additives on the self-assembly and rheology of betaine wormlike micellar fluids JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 2019

• Moore, J.E., McCoy, T.M., Marlow, J.B., Pottage, M.J., Mudie, S.T., Pearson, G.R., Wilkinson, B.L., and Tabor, R.F. Rich liquid crystal phase behavior of novel alkyl-tri(ethylene glycol)-glucoside carbohydrate surfactants JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 2019

• Parks, H.C.W., McCoy, T.M., and Tabor, R.F. Carbon Quantum Dot Assisted Adsorption of Graphene Oxide to the Oil–Water Interface for Copper Sensing Emulsions Advanced Materials Interfaces 2019

• Moore, J.E., McCoy, T.M., Sokolova, A.V., de Campo, L., Pearson, G.R., Wilkinson, B.L., and Tabor, R.F. Worm-like micelles and vesicles formed by alkyl-oligo(ethylene glycol)-glycoside carbohydrate surfactants: The effect of precisely tuned amphiphilicity on aggregate packing JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 2019

• McCoy, T.M., Turpin, G., Teo, B.M., and Tabor, R.F. Graphene oxide: a surfactant or particle? Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 2019

• Marlow, J.B., Pottage, M.J., McCoy, T.M., De Campo, L., Sokolova, A., Bell, T.D.M., and Tabor, R.F. Structural and rheological changes of lamellar liquid crystals as a result of compositional changes and added silica nanoparticles Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP 2018

• Kelleppan, V.T., Moore, J.E., McCoy, T.M., Sokolova, A.V., de Campo, L., Wilkinson, B.L., and Tabor, R.F. Self-Assembly of Long-Chain Betaine Surfactants: Effect of Tailgroup Structure on Wormlike Micelle Formation Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids 2018

• Tabor, R.F., McCoy, T.M., Hu, Y., and Wilkinson, B.L. Physicochemical and Biological Characterisation of Azobenzene-Containing Photoswitchable Surfactants BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2018

• McCoy, T.M., Parks, H.C.W., and Tabor, R.F. Highly efficient recovery of graphene oxide by froth flotation using a common surfactant CARBON 2018

• Moore, J.E., McCoy, T.M., de Campo, L., Sokolova, A.V., Garvey, C.J., Pearson, G., Wilkinson, B.L., and Tabor, R.F. Wormlike micelle formation of novel alkyl-tri(ethylene glycol)-glucoside carbohydrate surfactants: Structure–function relationships and rheology JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 2018

• McCoy, T.M., de Campo, L., Sokolova, A.V., Grillo, I., Izgorodina, E.I., and Tabor, R.F. Bulk properties of aqueous graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide with surfactants and polymers: adsorption and stability Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP 2018

• Ali, M., McCoy, T.M., McKinnon, I.R., Majumder, M., and Tabor, R.F. Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene Oxide–Polystyrene Composite Capsules with Aqueous Cargo via a Water–Oil–Water Multiple Emulsion Templating Route ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017

• Acharya, S.S., Easton, C.D., McCoy, T.M., Spiccia, L., Ohlin, C.A., and Winther-Jensen, B. Diverse composites of metal-complexes and PEDOT facilitated by metal-free vapour phase polymerization Reactive and Functional Polymers 2017

• McCoy, T.M., Holt, S.A., Rozario, A.M., Bell, T.D.M., and Tabor, R.F. Surfactant‐Enhanced Adsorption of Graphene Oxide for Improved Emulsification of Oil in Water ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES 2017

• McCoy, T.M., Liu, A.C.Y., and Tabor, R.F. Light-controllable dispersion and recovery of graphenes and carbon nanotubes using a photo-switchable surfactant Nanoscale 2016

• Hazell, G., Hinojosa-Navarro, M., McCoy, T.M., Tabor, R.F., and Eastoe, J. Responsive materials based on magnetic polyelectrolytes and graphene oxide for water clean-up JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 2016

• McCoy, T.M., Valiakhmetova, A., Pottage, M.J., Garvey, C.J., de Campo, L., Rehm, C., Kuryashov, D.A., and Tabor, R.F. Structural Evolution of Wormlike Micellar Fluids Formed by Erucyl Amidopropyl Betaine with Oil, Salts, and Surfactants Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids 2016

• McCoy, T.M., Brown, P., Eastoe, J., and Tabor, R.F. Noncovalent Magnetic Control and Reversible Recovery of Graphene Oxide Using Iron Oxide and Magnetic Surfactants ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2015

• Shah, A., Sikandar, F., Ullah, I., Shah, A., Ud-Din Khan, S., Ali Rana, U., and McCoy, T. Spectrophotometric Determination of Trace Elements in various Honey Samples, Collected from different Environments Journal of Food and Nutrition Research 2014

• McCoy, T.M., Pottage, M.J., and Tabor, R.F. Graphene Oxide-Stabilized Oil-in-Water Emulsions: pH-Controlled Dispersion and Flocculation The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2014