Ian Ford’s publications (refereed journals and book chapters) to October 2022
1. I.J. Ford, R.H. Dalitz and J. Hoek, Potentials in
pure QCD on 324 lattices, Phys. Lett. B208 (1988)
286-290. download
2. I.J. Ford, Spin dependent potentials in QCD on a 324 lattice, J. Phys. G15 (1989) 1571-1589. download
3. I.J. Ford, The string tension and smeared Polyakov lines on 32^4 lattices, Mod. Phys. Lett. A19 (1989) 1855-1864.
4. I.J. Ford, Spin-orbit forces in P-wave baryons from a three-quark
flux-tube potential, J. Phys. G15 (1989) 1641-1651. download
5. C.F. Clement and I.J. Ford, Maximum aerosol densities from
evaporation-condensation processes, J. Aerosol Sci.
20 (1989) 293-302. download
6. I.J. Ford and C.F. Clement, The effects of temperature fluctuations
in homogeneous nucleation theory, J. Phys. A22 (1989)
4007-4018. download
7. R.F. Cameron, I.J. Ford, J.R. Matthews and R. Thetford, Development
and application of the TRAFIC code for the analysis of fast reactor safety
experiments, Nuclear Energy 29 (1990) 141-147.
8. I.J. Ford, Transgranular fracture of fast reactor irradiated
stainless steel, J. Nucl. Mat. 182 (1991) 52-59. download
9. I.J. Ford, Intergranular fracture of fast reactor irradiated
stainless steel, Acta Metallurgica et Materialia 40
(1992) 113-122. download
10. I.J. Ford and C.F. Clement, Comment on Nucleation of C60 clusters, Phys. Rev. Lett. 69 (1992)
387-387. download
11. I.J. Ford, Imperfect vapour-gas mixtures and homogeneous nucleation, J. Aerosol Sci. 23 (1992) 447-455. download
12. J.C. Barrett, C.F. Clement and I.J. Ford, The effect of
redistribution on aerosol removal rates, J. Aerosol
Sci. 23 (1992) 639-656. download
13. I.J. Ford, Axial crack propagation in fuel pin cladding tubes, Nucl. Eng. & Design 136 (1992) 243-254. download
14. J.C. Barrett, C.F. Clement and I.J. Ford, Energy fluctuations in
homogeneous nucleation theory for aerosols, J. Phys.
A26 (1993) 529-548. download
15. I.J. Ford, Sodium aerosol formation and removal mechanisms in the
fast reactor cover gas space, J. Aerosol Sci. 24
(1993) 237-253. download
16. I.J. Ford, Pure and mixed state calculations of the laser-induced
ionisation of uranium, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Phys. 26
(1993) 1569-1578. download
17. Y.L. Sinai, I.J. Ford, J.C. Barrett and C.F. Clement, Prediction of
coupled heat and mass transfer in the Fast Reactor cover gas: the C-GAS code, Nucl. Eng. & Design 140 (1993) 159-192. download
18. I.J. Ford, A. Laaksonen and M. Kulmala, Modification of the
Dillmann-Meier theory of homogeneous nucleation, J.
Chem. Phys. 99 (1993) 764-765. download
19. I.J. Ford, J.C. Barrett and M. Lazaridis, Uncertainties in cluster
energies in homogeneous nucleation theory, J. Aerosol
Sci. 24 (1993) 581-588. download
20. I.J. Ford and M.A. Mignanelli, The development of the ENPANNE code
to model failed fast reactor fuel pins, Proc.
Symposium on Fuels for Liquid Metal Reactors,
21. M. Lazaridis and I.J. Ford, A statistical mechanical approach to
heterogeneous nucleation, J. Chem. Phys. 99 (1993)
5426-5429. download
22. I.J. Ford, Roughness effect on friction for multi-asperity contact
between surfaces, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 26 (1993)
2219-2225. download
23. I.J. Ford, Rupture of pressurised tubes by multiple cracking and fragmentation, Int. J. Press. Vess.
& Piping 57 (1994) 21-29. download
24. I.J. Ford, A cavity model of the indentation hardness of a coated substrate, Thin Solid Films 245 (1994) 122-131. download
25. A. Laaksonen, I.J. Ford and M. Kulmala, A revised parametrisation
of the Dillmann-Meier theory of homogeneous nucleation, Phys. Rev.
E 49 (1994) 5517-5524. download
26. I.J. Ford, Elastic relaxation of indented coated substrates using a
coated cavity model, Surface and Coatings Technology
67 (1994) 119-123. download
27. J.M. Cunningham, I.J. Ford, J.A. Ogilvy and E.W. Roberts,
Interpretation of friction and wear properties of MoS2 coated steel substrates, Wear 177 (1994) 93-101. download
28. I.J. Ford, Rupture and fragmentation of pressurised pipes and fast
reactor fuel pins, Nuclear Engineering & Design
156 (1995) 401-410. download
29. I.J. Ford, Model of the competitive growth of amorphous carbon and
diamond films, J. Appl. Phys. 78 (1995) 510-513. download
30. I.J. Ford, A simple model of the formation of hollow particles by
water extraction from colloidal droplets, J. Mat.
Sci. Lett. 15 (1996) 304-306. download
31. I.J. Ford, Boundaries of the diamond domain in the C-H-O diagram of
carbon film deposition, J. Phys. D: Applied Physics
29 (1996) 2229-2234. download
32. P.D. Godwin, A.P. Horsfield, A.M. Stoneham, S.J. Bull, I.J. Ford,
A.H. Harker, D.G. Pettifor and A.P. Sutton, Computational materials synthesis
III: Synthesis of hydrogenated amorphous carbon from molecular precursors,
Phys. Rev. B-Condensed Matter 54 (1996) 15785-15794. download
33. I.J. Ford, Thermodynamic properties of critical clusters from
measurements of vapour-liquid homogeneous nucleation rates,
J. Chem. Phys. 105 (1996) 8324-8332. download
34. I.J. Ford, A virial/Fisher model of molecular cluster populations, J. Chem. Phys. 106 (1997) 9734-9741. download
35. I.J. Ford, Nucleation theorems, the statistical mechanics of
molecular clusters, and a revision of classical nucleation theory, Phys. Rev. E 56 (1997) 5615-5629. download
36. A.M. Stoneham, I.J. Ford and P. Chalker, Diamond films: recent
developments in theory and practice, Materials
Research Bulletin 28 (1998) 28-31.
37. C.F. Clement and I.J. Ford, Gas to particle conversion in the
atmosphere: I. Evidence from empirical atmospheric aerosols,
Atmos. Env. 33 (1999) 475-487. download
38. C.F. Clement and I.J. Ford, Gas to particle conversion in the
atmosphere: II. Analytical models of nucleation bursts,
Atmos. Env. 33 (1999) 489-499. download
39. H. Vehkamäki and I.J. Ford, Nucleation theorems applied to the
Ising model, Phys. Rev. E 59 (1999) 6483-6488. download
40. H. Vehkamäki and I.J. Ford, Critical cluster size and droplet
nucleation rate from growth and decay simulations of Lennard-Jones clusters, J. Chem. Phys. 112 (2000) 4193-4202. download
41. M. Knott, H. Vehkamäki and I.J. Ford, Energetics of small n-pentanol
clusters from droplet nucleation rate data, J. Chem.
Phys. 112 (2000) 5393-5398. download
42. C.F. Clement, I.J. Ford and C.H. Twohy, Mixing of atmospheric gas concentrations, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 4010-4013. download
43. H. Vehkamäki and I.J. Ford, Analysis of water-ethanol nucleation
rate data with two component nucleation theorems, J.
Chem. Phys. 113 (2000) 3261-3269. download
44. V. Mikheev, L. Laulainen, M. Knott and I.J. Ford, The laminar flow
tube reactor as a quantitative tool for nucleation studies: experimental
results and theoretical analysis of homogeneous nucleation of dibutylphthalate, J. Chem. Phys. 113 (2000) 3704-3718. download
45. I.J. Ford and M. Whitfield, Nucleation of polycrystalline diamond films, in Properties, Growth and Applications of Diamond,
Emis Datareviews Series 26 (2001) 273-278.
46. M. Knott and I.J. Ford, Phase coexistence in colloidal suspensions:
an analytical Poisson-Boltzmann treatment, Phys. Rev.
E 63 (2001) 031403. download
47. I.J. Ford and T.-L. Lee, Entropy
production and destruction in models of material evaporation, J. Phys. D: Applied Physics 34 (2001) 413-417. download
48. H. Vehkamäki and I.J. Ford, Excess energies of n- and i-octane
molecular clusters, J. Chem. Phys. 114 (2001)
5509-5513. download
49. I.J. Ford, Properties of ice clusters from an analysis of freezing nucleation, J. Phys. Chem. B 105, (2001) 11649-11655. download
50. M. Knott and I.J. Ford, Surface tension and nucleation rate of
phases of a charged colloidal suspension, Phys. Rev. E 65 (2002) 061401. download
51. C.F. Clement, I.J. Ford, C.H. Twohy, A. Weinheimer and T. Campos,
Particle production in the outflow of a mid-latitude storm,
J. Geophys. Res. D21 (2002) 4559. download
52. J.S. Bhatt and I.J. Ford, Kinetics of heterogeneous nucleation for
low mean cluster populations, J. Chem. Phys. 118
(2003) 3166-3176. download
53. S.A. Harris and I.J. Ford, A dynamical definition of quasi-bound
molecular clusters, J. Chem. Phys. 118 (2003)
9216-9223. download
54. A. A. Lushnikov, J.S. Bhatt and I.J. Ford, Stochastic approach to chemical
kinetics in ultrafine aerosols, J. Aerosol Sci. 34
(2003) 1117. download
55. S. Hussain, I.J. Youngs and I.J. Ford, The dielectric properties of
charged nanoparticle colloids at radio and microwave frequencies, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 37 (2004) 318-325. download
56. I.J. Ford and S.A. Harris, Molecular cluster decay viewed as escape
from a potential of mean force, J. Chem. Phys. 120
(2004) 4428-4440. download
57. I.J. Ford, Statistical mechanics of nucleation: a review, Proc. Instn Mech. Engrs 218 Part C: J. Mech. Eng.
Sci. (2004) 883-899. download
58. A.M.
59. S. Khakshouri and I.J. Ford, Thermodynamics of attractive hard
rods: a test of mean field density functional theory,
J. Chem. Phys. 121 (2004) 5081-5090. download
60. S.
61. C.F. Clement, L. Pirjola, C.H. Twohy, I.J. Ford and M. Kulmala,
Analytic and numerical calculations of the formation of a sulphuric acid
aerosol in the upper troposphere, J. Aerosol Sci. 37 (2006) 1717-1729. download
62. H.Y. Tang and I.J. Ford, Microscopic simulations of cluster decay:
does the carrier gas affect evaporation?, J. Chem. Phys. 125 (2006) 144316. download
63. S. Hussain, I.J. Youngs and I.J. Ford, The electromagnetic
properties of nanoparticle colloids at radio and microwave frequencies, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 (2007) 5331-5337. download
64. J.S. Bhatt and I.J. Ford, Investigation of MgO
as a candidate for the primary nucleating dust species around M-stars, Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 382 (2007) 291-298.
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65. S. Hussain and I.J. Ford, The dielectric properties of charged nanoparticle colloids at radio and microwave frequencies: high frequency relaxation, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41 (2008) 015302. download
66. I.J. Ford, Fluctuations within fluctuations: stochastic aspects of the theory of nucleation of nanoparticles, Proc. Int. Conference on Nanoscale Phenomena and Structures in Bulk and Surface Phases, Sofia, Bulgaria, 26 February – 2 March 2008 (eds. D. Kashchiev, Prof. M. Driniov Pub., Sofia 2008))
67.
C.M. Losert-Valiente Kroon and I.J. Ford, Becker–Döring rate
equations for heterogeneous nucleation, with direct vapour deposition
and surface diffusion mechanisms, Atmos. Res. 101 (2011) 553. download
68.
R.E. Spinney and I.J. Ford, Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of stochastic
systems with odd and even variables, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 (2012) 170603
download
69. R.E.
Spinney and I.J. Ford, Entropy production in full phase space for
continuous stochastic dynamics, Phys. Rev. E. 85 (2012) 051113 download
70.
D. Osmanovic, J. Bailey, A.H. Harker, A. Fassati, B.W. Hoogenboom and
I.J. Ford, Bistable collective behavior of polymers tethered in a
nanopore, Phys. Rev. E. 85 (2012) 061917 download
71.
I.J. Ford and R.E. Spinney, Entropy production from stochastic dynamics
in discrete full phase space, Phys. Rev. E 86 (2012) 021127 download
72.
I.J. Ford, D.S. Minor and S.J. Binnie, Symmetries of cyclic work
distributions for an isolated harmonic oscillator, Eur. J. Phys.
33 (2012) 1789-1801 download
73. R.E. Spinney and I.J. Ford, Fluctuation relations: a pedagogical overview, in Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics of Small Systems: Fluctuation Relations and Beyond, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, ISBN 978-3-527-41094-1, 2013. download
74. D. Osmanovic, A. Fassati, I.J. Ford and B.W. Hoogenboom, Physical modelling of the Nuclear Pore Complex, Soft Matter 9 (2013), 10442 - 10451. doi: 10.1039/C3SM50722J
75.
D. Osmanovic, I.J. Ford, and B.W. Hoogenboom, Model inspired by
nuclear pore complex suggests possible roles for nuclear transport
receptors in determining its structure, Biophys. J. 105 (2013)
2781-2789. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2013.11.013
76.
J.L. Stinson, S.M. Kathmann and I.J. Ford, Investigating the
significance of zero point motion in small molecular clusters of
sulphuric acid and water, J. Chem. Phys. 140 (2014) 024306. arXiv:1401.0962v1
77.
J. Posthuma de Boer, I.J. Ford, L. Kantorovich and D.D.
Vvedensky, Optimization algorithm for rate theories with an
application to epitaxial graphene, J. Phys. Condensed Matter 26 (2014)
185008. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/26/18/185008
78.
H. Tetlow, J. Posthuma de Boer, I.J. Ford, D. Vvedensky, J. Coraux and
L. Kantorovich, Growth of epitaxial graphene: theory and
experiment, Physics Reports 542 (2014) 195-295 download,
doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2014.03.003.
79. J.L. Stinson, S.M.
Kathmann and I.J. Ford, Dynamical consequences of a constraint on
the Langevin thermostat in molecular cluster simulation, Molecular
Physics 112 (2014) 2920-2923, doi:10.1080/00268976.2014.917732.
80.
A. Bestembayeva, A. Kramer, A.A. Labokha, D. Osmanovic, I.
Liashkovich, E.V. Orlova, I.J. Ford, G. Charras, A. Fassati and B.W.
Hoogenboom, Nanoscale stiffness topography reveals structure and
mechanics of the transport barrier in intact nuclear pore complexes,
Nature Nanotechnology 10 (2015) 60-64. doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.262
81.
D. Osmanovic, M. Kerr-Winter, R. Eccleston, B.W. Hoogenboom and I.J.
Ford, Effects of rotational symmetry breaking in polymer-coated
nanopores, J. Chem. Phys. 142 (2015) 034901. download
82.
H.Y. Tang and I.J. Ford, Free energies of molecular clusters
determined by guided mechanical disassembly, Phys. Rev. E. 91 (2015)
023308. download
83.
G.V. Lau, I.J. Ford, P.A. Hunt, E.A. Mueller and G.
Jackson, Surface thermodynamics of planar, cylindrical and
spherical vapour-liquid interfaces of water, J. Chem. Phys. 142 (2015)
114701. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4913371
84.
J. Burnett and I.J. Ford, Coagulation kinetics beyond mean field theory
using an optimised Poisson representation, J. Chem. Phys. 142 (2015)
194112. download
85.
I.J. Ford, Measures of thermodynamic irreversibility in
deterministic and stochastic dynamics, New J. Phys. 17 (2015) 075017. download
86.
B. Kaercher, U. Burkhardt, A. Bier, L. Bock and I.J. Ford, The
microphysical pathway to contrail formation, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.
120 (2015) 7893–7927, doi:10.1002/2015JD023491
87. I.J. Ford and R.W. Eyre, Work relations for a system governed by Tsallis statistics, Phys. Rev. E 92 (2015) 022143. download
88.
I.J. Ford, Z.P.L. Laker and H.J. Charlesworth, Stochastic entropy
production arising from nonstationary thermal transport, Phys. Rev. E.
92 (2015) 042108. download
89.
I.J. Ford, Maximum entropy principle for stationary states underpinned
by stochastic thermodynamics, Phys. Rev. E 92 (2015) 052142. download
90.
G.V. Lau, P.A. Hunt, E.A. Mueller, G. Jackson and
I.J. Ford, Water droplet excess free energy determined by cluster
mitosis using guided molecular dynamics, J. Chem. Phys. 143 (2015)
244709. download
95. H. Tetlow, J. Posthuma de Boer, I.J. Ford, D.D. Vvedensky, D. Curcio, L. Omiciuolo, S. Lizzit, A. Baraldi and L. Kantorovich, Ethylene decomposition on Ir(111): initial path to graphene formation, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18 (2016) 27897. download
96. H. Tetlow, I.J. Ford and L. Kantorovich, A free energy study of carbon clusters on Ir(111): Precursors to graphene growth, J. Chem. Phys. 146 (2017) 044702. download
97. S.R. Haqshenas, I.J. Ford and N. Saffari, Modelling the effect of acoustic waves on the thermodynamics and kinetics
of phase transformation in a solution: including mass transportation, J. Chem. Phys. 148 (2018) 0204102. download
98.
J. Posthuma de Boer, I.J. Ford, L. Kantorovich and D.D.
Vvedensky, Phase-field method for epitaxial kinetics on surfaces,
J. Chem Phys. 149 (2018) 194107.
99. K. Aouane, O. Sandre, I.J. Ford, T.P.
Elson and C. Nightingale, Thermogravitational cycles: theoretical
framework and example of an electric thermogravitational generator
based on balloon inflation/deflation, Inventions 3 (2018) 79.
100. L.K. Davis, I.J. Ford, A. Saric and B.W. Hoogenboom, Intrinsically
disordered nuclear pore proteins show ideal-polymer morphologies and
dynamics, Phys. Rev. E 101, 022420 (2020).
101. R.J. Martin and I.J. Ford, Stochastic entropy production in diffusive systems, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 53 255001 (2020).
102. A. Broad, I.J. Ford, D.M. Duffy and R. Darkins, Magnesium-rich
nanoprecipitates in calcite: atomistic mechanisms responsible for
toughening in Ophiocoma wendtii, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, 10056
(2020).
103. M.A. Lane, D. Matos, I.J. Ford and L. Kantorovich, Exactly
thermalised quantum dynamics of the spin-boson model coupled to a
dissipative environment, Phys. Rev. B 101, 224306 (2020).
104. D. Matos, M.A. Lane, I.J. Ford and L. Kantorovich, Efficient
choice of coloured noises in stochastic dynamics of open quantum
systems, Phys. Rev. E 102, 062134 (2020).
105. D.C. Green, R. Darkins, B. Marzec, M.A. Holden, I.J. Ford, S.W.
Botchway, B. Kahr, D.M. Duffy and F.C. Meldrum, Dichroic calcite
reveals the pathway from additive binding to occlusion, Crystal Growth
and Design 21,3746-3755 (2021).
106. L.K. Davies, I.J. Ford and B.W. Hoogenboom, Crowding-induced phase
separation of nuclear transport receptors in FG nucleoporin assemblies,
eLife 11:e72627 (2022) doi: 10.7554/eLife.72627.
107. R. Darkins, I.J. McPherson, I.J. Ford, D.M. Duffy, and P.R. Unwin,
Critical step length as an indicator of mass transport control, Crystal
Growth and Design 22, 982-986 (2022).
108. O. Nahi, A. Broad, A.N. Kulak, H.M. Freeman, S. Zhang, O.J. Cayre,
T.D. Turner, L. Roach, R. Darkins, I.J. Ford, and F.C. Meldrum,
Positively charged additives facilitate incorporation in inorganic
single crystals, Chem. Mater. 34, 4910-4923 (2022).
109. C. Cockrell and I.J. Ford, Stochastic thermodynamics in a non-Markovian dynamical system, Phys. Rev. E 105, 0614 (2022).
110. R. Darkins, Y.-Y. Kim, D.C. Green, A. Broad, D.M. Duffy, F.C.
Meldrum and I.J. Ford,, Calcite kinetics for spiral growth and 2D
nucleation, Crystal Growth and Design 22, 4431-4436 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00378
111. R. Darkins, A. Broad, D.M. Duffy, I.J. Ford, Nonequilibrium
capture of impurities that completely block kinks during crystal
growth, J. Crystal Growth 598, 126878 (2022).
112. A. Broad, R. Darkins, D.M. Duffy and I.J. Ford, Calcite kinks
propagate via a multi-step mechanism, J. Phys. Chem. C 126, 15980
(2022).