Publications

Journal Articles

Misiiuk, K., Nowak, S., Blaikie, R., Sommers, A. and Lowrey, S., 2025. Transport of Water Droplets on Metallic Topographic Gradients under Forced Vibration. Physics of Fluids. Accepted July 2025. IF = 4.1.

Howell, Y., Blaikie, R. and Lowrey, S., 2025. Wetting of soap bubbles on topographic surfaces. Journal of colloid and interface science, 677, pp.1014-1021. IF = 9.4.

Misiiuk, K., Braud, A., Blaikie, R., Sommers, A. and Lowrey, S., 2024. Mechanical Durability Testing and Self-Recovery of Topographically Modified Superhydrophobic Surfaces. Tribology Letters, 72(4), p.133. IF = 2.9.

Misiiuk, K., Braud, A., Blaikie, R., Sommers, A. and Lowrey, S., 2024. Mechanical Durability Testing and Self-Recovery of Topographically Modified Superhydrophobic Surfaces. Tribology Letters, 72(4), p.133. IF = 2.9.

Bertelsen, J.M., Lowrey, S. and Sommers, A.D., 2024. Facilitating water droplet removal from surfaces using air flow and wettability gradients. Applied Thermal Engineering, p.124590. IF = 6.1.

Misiiuk, K., Willmott, G.R., Blaikie, R.J., Sommers, A.D., Pandian, S.K. and Lowrey, S., 2024. Surveying the Directional Transport of Water Droplets upon Impact on Metallic Topographic Gradients. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 16(18), pp.24094-24107. IF = 8.3.

Misiiuk, K., Blaikie, R., Sommers, A. and Lowrey, S., 2023. New testing method for the evaluation of topographical gradients of varying strength. Physics of Fluids; 35 (5): 052013. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0147239. IF = 4.1.

Misiiuk, K., Blaikie, R., Sommers, A. and Lowrey, S., 2023. Force balance model for spontaneous droplet motion on bio-inspired topographical surface tension gradients. Physics of Fluids, 35(2), p.024108. IF = 4.1.

Misiiuk, K., Blaikie, R., Sommers, A. and Lowrey, S., 2023. Direction, Shape, and Scale Dependence of Ice Adhesion on Topographical Wetting Gradients. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, pp.1-13. IF = 2.2.

Sinha Mahapatra, P., Ganguly, R., Ghosh, A., Chatterjee, S., Lowrey, S., Sommers, A.D. and Megaridis, C.M., 2022. Patterning Wettability for Open-Surface Fluidic Manipulation: Fundamentals and Applications. Chemical Reviews. IF = 51.4.

Prime, H., Lowrey, S., Blaikie, R., Sommers, A., Sun, Z. & Juras, J., 2022. Micro-fabricated aluminium surfaces for reduced ice adhesion. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 136, p.110646. IF=2.8.

Misiiuk, K., Lowrey, S., Blaikie, R., Juras, J. and Sommers, A., 2022. Development of a Coating-Less Aluminium Superhydrophobic Gradient for Spontaneous Water Droplet Motion using One-Step Laser-Ablation. Langmuir, 38(6), pp.1954-1965. IF=3.9.

Misiiuk, K., Lowrey, S., Blaikie, R. and Sommers, A., 2022. Study of Micro- and Nano-patterned Aluminium Surfaces using different Microfabrication Processes for Water Management. Langmuir, 38(4), pp.1386-1397. IF=3.9.

Misiiuk, K., Lowrey, S., Blaikie, R., Juras, J., Sommers, A. and Leveneur, J., 2021. Surface wetting on micromilled and laser-etched aluminum with ion-beam postprocessing. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: Materials, Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena, 39(6), p.062206. IF=1.5.

Lowrey, S., Misiiuk, K., Blaikie, R. & Sommers, A. 2021. Survey of micro/nanofabricated chemical, topographical and compound passive wetting gradient surfaces. Langmuir, 38(2), pp.605-619. IF=3.9.

Lowrey, S., Hughes, C. and Sun, Z., 2021. Thermal-hydraulic performance investigation of an aluminium plate heat exchanger and a 3D-printed polymer plate heat exchanger. Applied Thermal Engineering, 194, p.117060. IF=6.4.

Lowrey, S., Dupas, J. & Laing, R. 2021. Heat-and-Vent Electric Dryer for Textiles in Household Conditions: a New Zealand Case Study. Energy Efficiency. IF=3.2.

Javadpour, A., Najafi, M. & Lowrey, S. 2021. Experimental study of natural convection heat transfer from horizontal cam tubes in a vertical array under constant heat flux. J Therm Anal Calorim. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-021-11119-0. IF=3.

Lowrey, S. and Reboux, G. 2020. Rotary Compressor Performance at Low Ambient Temperatures. International Journal of Air-conditioning and Refrigeration. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010132520500376 28(04). IF=0.8.

Lowrey, S., Le Bonniec, G. and Sun. Z, 2019. Fluid Flow Modulation in a Domestic Refrigerative Dehumidifier with Air-Side Gearing. International Journal of Refrigeration. IF=8.7.

Lowrey, S. and Blaikie, R., 2018. Novel prism designs for solid immersion optical lithography in the ultra high-NA regime. International Journal of Nanotechnology, 15(8-10), pp.714-720. IF=0.3.

Lowrey, S. & Sun Z. 2018. Experimental Investigation and Numerical Modelling of a Compact Wet Air-to-Air Plate Heat Exchanger. Applied Thermal Engineering, 131, pp.89-101. IF=6.4.

Meredith, L., Farella, M., Lowrey, S., Cannon, R.D. & Mei, L. 2017. Atomic force microscopy analysis of enamel nanotopography after interproximal reduction. Am. J. Orthod. Dentofac. Orthop. IF=2.7.

Lowrey, S. & Blaikie, R. 2015. Solid immersion optical lithography – index matching and resonant reflectors for large exposure field, high aspect ratio imaging in the ultrahigh numerical aperture regime,” J. Micro/Nanolith. MEMS MOEMS. 14(4), 043510. doi: 0.1117/1.JMM.14.4.043510. IF=2.3.

Lowrey, S. & Sun Z., 2015. A numerical model for a wet air-side economiser. International Journal of Refrigeration. 60:38-53. IF=8.7.

Lowrey, S., Bourke, L., Ding, B. & Blaikie, R. 2014. Ultra-high NA, High Aspect Ratio Interference Lithography with Resonant Dielectric Underlayers. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B. 32, 06FE01; http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.4894168. IF=1.5.

Lowrey, S., Carrington, G. Sun, Z. 2014. Adapting the Geared Domestic Refrigerative Dehumidifier for Low-Temperature Operation. Int. J. Refrig. 41: 137-146. IF=8.7.

Lowrey, S., Carrington, G., Sun, Z. & Cunningham, M. 2012. Experimental investigation of geared domestic refrigerative dehumidifier performance in New Zealand household climates. Int. J. Refrig. 35(4): 750-756. IF=8.7.

Hodgkinson, I.J., Lowrey, S., Bourke, L., Parker, A., & McCall, M.W. 2010. Mueller-matrix characterization of beetle cuticle: polarized and unpolarized reflections from representative architectures. APPL OPTICS, 49, 4558-4567. IF=1.9.

Lowrey, S., De Silva, L., Hodgkinson, I.J. & Leader, J. 2007. Observation and modelling of polarized light from scarab beetles. JOSA, 24, 2418-2425. IF=1.9.

Conference Proceedings

Lowrey, S. From Microfluidics to Engineering Thermodynamics – An Overview of the Energy Technology Lab at Otago. 11th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology (AMN 11). 9-13, February, 2025, Christchurch, NZ.

Misiiuk, K. Blaikie, R. and Lowrey, S. Femtosecond Laser Processing and Other Methods for Creating Micropatterned Surfaces for Energy Applications. 11th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology (AMN 11). 9-13, February, 2025, Christchurch, NZ. Oral Presentation.

Tiffen, C., Misiiuk, K., Lowrey, S. and Marshall, A. 2025. Unveiling Structure Selectivity Relationships in CO2 Reduction Using Patterned Electrodes. 11th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology (AMN 11). 9-13, February, 2025, Christchurch, NZ. Oral Presentation.

Hughes, C., Blaikie, R., Sommers, A., Sun, Z. & Lowrey, S. Coating-free Surface-tension Gradient Networks for Enhanced Heat Exchanger Condensation. 10th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology (AMN10). February 2023, Rotorua Energy Events Centre. Poster Presentation.

Misiiuk, K., Blaikie, R., Sommers, A., Leveneur, J., Willmott, G. & Lowrey, S. 2023. Topographical surface tension gradients for passive motion of water micro-droplets. 10th International Conference on Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology (AMN10), Rotorua, New Zealand, Feb 2023. Oral Presentation.

Misiiuk, K., Lowrey, S., Blaikie, R. & Sommers, A. 2022. Laser Ablated Aluminium Superhydrophobic Gradients for Spontaneous Water Droplet Motion. Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Nanofabrication (2022), USA, New Orleans (online participation), May 31 – June 3. Oral Presentation.

Misiiuk, K., Lowrey, S., Blaikie, R., Juras, J., Sommers, A. Leveneur, J. 2021. Surface wetting on micro-milled or laser-etched aluminium with ion-beam post-processing. Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, 2021 (the 64th international conference).

Ijaz, M., Ding, B., Lowrey, S., Chen, K., Geiregat, P. & Blaikie, R. 2021. Coupling of Plasmonic Nano-Gratings with CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Quantum Dots. Dodd-Walls Centre symposium, Auckland June 30-July 2 2021.

Misiiuk, K., Lowrey, S., Blaikie, R., Juras, J., Sommers, A. 2021. Development of coating-free super water-repellent micropatterned aluminium for spontaneous droplet motion. Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, (the 64th international conference). Oral Presentation; Virtual.

Lowrey, S. D. C., & Blaikie, R. J. (2017). Optical lithography in the ultra high-NA regime using novel solid immersion media. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN8). (pp. 363). Poster presentation.

Lowrey, S., & Blaikie, R. J. (2015). Solid immersion optical lithography: Tuning the prism/sample interface for improved ultra high-NA, high aspect ratio resist patterns over large exposure fields. Proceedings of SPIE (Vol. 9423): Alternative Lithographic Technologies VII. 94231W.

Bourke, L., Lowrey, S. & Blaikie, R. Evanescent-Coupled Anti-Reflection Coatings. AMN-7: Seventh International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Nelson, NZ, 2015. Poster presentation.

Lowrey, S., Bourke, L., Ding, B. & Blaikie, R. Ultra-high NA, High Aspect Ratio Interference Lithography with Resonant Dielectric Underlayers. The 58^th international conference on electron, ion, and photon beam technology & nanofabrication. Washington, DC, May 27 – May 30, 2014. Oral Presentation.

Lowrey, S., Carrington, G., Sun, Z. & Cunningham, M. 2011. Experimental investigation of geared domestic refrigerative dehumidifier performance in New Zealand household climates. The 23^rd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, Prague, Czech Republic, Abstract ID: 149, p62. Oral Presentation.

Lowrey, S., Fraser, C, Bourke, L., De Silva, L. & Hodgkinson, I. Southland Chafer Beetles and Nanoengineered Chiral Photonic Flake. Presented at AMN-4: Fourth International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Dunedin, NZ, 2009. Poster presentation.

Lowrey, S., De Silva, L., Hodgkinson, I., Leader, J & Warrington, D. 2007. Multiple Bragg Reflectors in Natural and Nanoengineered Systems –Inspiration from Scarab Beetles. Presented at AMN-3: Third International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Wellington, NZ, (Programme and Abstract Book, PF50, p406). Poster Presentation.

Hodgkinson, I., Lowrey, S., De Silva, L., Warrington, D. & Leader, J. 2007.Characterization of elliptically – polarizing natural and nanoengineered Bragg reflectors. 4th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, Stockholm Sweden, Abstract ML.1, p195. Oral presentation.

De Silva, L., Lowrey, S., Hodgkinson, I.J. & Leader, J. 2006. Nanoengineered Equichiral and Ambichiral Bragg reflectors – Inspiration from Scarab Beetles. 3^rd IUPAC-sponsored International Symposium on Macro- and Supramolecular Architectures and Materials, Waseda, Tokyo, Japan, Paper OP46, p132. Oral presentation.