Peter Matthews

Professor Peter Matthews

Job title: Professor, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Address: Room 602, Davy Building, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Telephone: +441752584798
Facsimile: +44 (0)1752 233021
Email: P.Matthews@plymouth.ac.uk

Role

Professor of Applied Physical Chemistry

Research. Leader of the Environmental and Fluid Modelling Group, comprising 1 MPhil, 2 PhD students, 1 post-doctoral fellow and 1 research associate.
Teaching. Environmental Science: modelling the geosphere (stage 2) and global change (stage 3). Chemistry: computer interfacing and programming (stage 1), thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, reaction kinetics and electrochemistry (stage 2), and advanced theory of molecular interactions (stage 3).
3rd leg. Leader of the Pore-Cor Research Suite software development project, which has achieved sales of £18k per annum for the last 4 years, and lead supervisor of one KTP student.
Management. Resourcing Advisor for the Faculty of Science and Technology

Full cv updated August 2011.

Qualifications & background
MA (Natural Sciences, Chemistry) and D.Phil (Thermophysical properties of simple gases and their mixtures), Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.
Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Oxford University Department of Education.
College lecturer in Physical Chemistry, St Catherine’s College, Oxford University, and experimental officer in charge of the Oxford University Physical Chemistry Teaching laboratories, 1980 - 84.

Professional membership
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Member of the Society of Core Analysts
Co-ordinating Member of the British Soil Water Physics Group

Roles on external bodies
Associate Editor, European Journal of Soil Science
Founding editor, newsletter of InterPore (the International Society for Porous Media research)

Teaching interests
Current teaching interests

Environmental Science
- Modelling the geosphere (stage 2). A course involving a field trip to IGER, with theory based on the fundamental work behind the current £1.1m BBSRC Soil Programme for Quality and Resilience, of which Matthews is P.I. One of the themes is how poor husbandry of soil can lead to run-off of nutrients and emission of nitrous oxide which is a greenhouse gas monitored under the Kyoto protocol. (Module leader 2004-7, module leader designate 2008-9)
- Global change (stage 3). A course centred around presentation of the latest frontline research work on a wide range of consequences of anthropogenically induced global change. (Module leader 2004-7 ).

Chemistry

Computer interfacing and programming (stage 1)
Thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, reaction kinetics and electrochemistry (stage 2). (Module leader)
Advanced theory of molecular interactions (stage 3), including virtual reality simulations which are featured (with the students) in a film for the Immersive Vision Theatre. (Module leader)

Educational publications

Experimental Physical Chemistry, by G.P.Matthews, 500pp, Oxford University Press (1985).
4 refereed papers describing new experiments with which to teach school and undergraduate level physical chemistry
Molecular Dynamics software CD published by Education in Chemistry (American Chemical Society).
Virtual reality teaching package developed to teach the modelling of soil void structure using the in-house Pore-Cor software

Accreditation/validation activity

HEFCE National Assessor for Chemistry and Environmental Science, leading to inspections at Imperial College, Warwick, Leicester de Montfort and Cheltenham and Gloucester College

Chairing of 10 degree validation panels within the university and its partner colleges, including:

Cert HE Combined Arts (English and History), Penwith College, 2006.
Media Practice and Society, Plymouth, 2004.
History, Heritage and Archaeology, Truro College, 2003

Other activities:

mock QAA assessments for the University of Plymouth, Environmental Sciences at Plymouth and Agricultural Studies at Seale Hayne
external advisor for the combined honours scheme, Oxford Brookes University

Staff serving as external examiners
Since 2004:

External examiner, University of Manchester MSc by Research in Textile Technology, Paper Making and Paper Science, Sep 2006 to Aug 2009
PhD External examiner / opponent for

Nuradeen Tanko, Transport Relationships in Porous Materials as a model for Oil Reservoir Rocks, University of Bath, November 2010.
Philip Gerstner, Heat Transfer through Porous Multiphase Systems, Aalto University, October 2010.
David Cowieson, Novel Solid Phase Functionalisation of Sintered Porous High Density Polyethylene "Vyon", School of Health Studies, University of Cranfield, April 2008
Department of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, 2007

Scottish Informatics , Biology and Statistics research centre (SIMBIOS) , University of Abertay, Dundee, 2007

Opponent for successful PhD defense by Par Wedin, 'Drying of Granular Films', Division of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Karlstad University, Sweden, 2004.

Research interests

Peter Matthews' research interests are currently concerned with fluid flow in porous materials, particularly when this has environmental importance. His research group currently comprises 3 PhD students and a post-doctoral fellow, and he has previously supervised 17 PhDs to successful and timely completion (14 as P.I.). He has attracted over £2m of research funding to date, the majority of which is from research councils (BBSRC, NERC and EPSRC). He has had 98 refereed works published to date and 33 consultancy reports, including a 500-page textbook on Experimental Physical Chemistry (Oxford University Press). For January to April 2007 he was Royal Society visiting associate professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra.

His current research effort has centred on the development and application of Pore-Cor Research Suite (Pore-Cor = Pore fluids properties Correlator). This unique, world-leading software has been used in 40 countries worldwide to

optimise porous materials to improve properties for applications such as oil recovery, paper coating, catalysis, impregnation, sinter strength and soil structure,
get more information from mercury porosimetry and water retention experiments, and
view pore-fluid behaviour in a virtual reality environment.

The software generates a model of the behaviour of fluids within porous media at a scale of a few pores to a few thousand pores. Different behaviours of the fluids, such as percolation, permeability and flow in the presence of colloids, are correlated by use of a common void structure, based on percolation characteristics measured by mercury porosimetry.

Four research projects are currently under way:

Understanding Soil Quality and Resilience: Effects of Perturbations and Natural Variations on Nitrous Oxide Emission, Water Retention and Structure. P.I. of a £1.1m project funded by the BBSRC Agri-Food committee. With D Scholefield (IGER), RWhalley (Rothamsted Research), N. Bird (Rothamsted Research) and I. Young (SIMBIOS, Unversity of Abertay). Also includes funding for postdoctoral fellows including G.M.Laudone and D.Holtham.
Fundamental and applied studies of mineral particle properties for the adsorption of stickies from recycling of paper. PhD project funded by the Higher Education Initiative Fund 3 and Omya AG . 3 years from Sep 2006.
Talc and modified calcium carbonate formulations for the control of pitch in paper production. Part-time PhD project funded by the Higher Education Initiative Fund 3 and Omya AG . Minimum 3 years from Sep 2006.
Development of improved technology for the security protection of banknotes in transit. KTP project. 2 years from April 2008.

The Environmental and Fluid Modelling Group has won numerous prizes for best presentations at international conferences.

UoP Research group membership

Centre for Research in Earth Sciences (CRES)
Chemical Sciences
Environmental and Fluid Modelling

Other research

Research degrees awarded to supervised students

The following PhDs by research have been awarded since 1999 to students with Peter Matthews as Principal Investigator:

J.C.Price. A study of wicking and depth filtration. 2008
D.A.Holtham, Measurement and modelling of soil structruing under white clover. 2006
G.M.Laudone, Environmentally Friendly Technology: The Behaviour of Natural and Synthetic Binder Systems within Paper Coatings, 2005
A. Johnson, Modelling and prediction of pollutant flow in natural and perturbed soils, 2004.
P. A. Bodurtha, Cleaner technology - optimising absorption and optical characteristics of novel paper coating formulations, 2003.
J. Schoelkopf, Cleaner technology - wetting characteristics of pigment structures, 2002.
L.A. MacDonald, Sub-surface migration of an oil pollutant into aquifers, 2000.
T.J. Mathews, Void structure, colloid and tracer transport properties of stratified porous media, 1999.

Grants & contracts

Research grants, total £2.14m. Recent grants:

Knowledge Transfer Partnership. Development of an improved security inking system for the protection of banknotes in transit, with Spinnaker International. G.P.Matthews as lead invistigator with M.Foulkes as support academic. £78.6k. May 2008 – May 2010.
Royal Society travel bursary for sabbatical with Prof Mark Knackstedt, Australian National University, Canberra, £5.2k, January - April 2007.
G.P.Matthews (Principal Investigator and co-ordinator), with D Scholefield (IGER), RWhalley (Rothamsted Research), N. Bird (Rothamsted Research) and I. Young (SIMBIOS, Unversity of Abertay). Understanding Soil Quality and Resilience: Effects of Perturbations and Natural Variations on Nitrous Oxide Emission, Water Retention and Structure. BBSRC Agri-Food. £1.1m, BBSRC fEC contribution £876k, BBSRC fEC contribution to Plymouth £232k. Sep 2006 - August 2009.
Fundamental and applied studies of mineral particle properties for the adsorption of stickies from recycling of paper. PhD project funded by the Higher Education Initiative Fund 3 and Omya AG . £50k. 3 years from Sep 2006.

Talc and modified calcium carbonate formulations for the control of pitch in paper production. Part-time PhD project funded by the Higher Education Initiative Fund 3 and Omya AG . £42k. Minimum 3 years from Sep 2006.

G.P.Matthews,Cleaner technology: Study of the drying of carbonate slurry coating structures ,Omya AG, £26k, 2003-2006.
G.P.Matthews,Improved hazard assessment for cable oil leaks from sub-terranean point sources,National Grid Transco, £13k, 2003.
G.P.Matthews,Cleaner technology: Modelling and optimisation of high-performance filtration systems,Porvair Filtration Systems, £50k, 2003-2006.
G.P.Matthews,Cleaner technology: improving the function of natural binder systems within paper coatings,Omya AG and Plymouth Dept of Env. Science, £36k, 2000-2003.
G.P.Matthews,Development of an expert system for the prediction of pollutant flow characteristics in soil,National Grid Co. plc, £26k, 2000-2001.
G.P.Matthews and D.Scholefield,Is organic farming really environmentally friendly? Mechanisms of accelerated and enhanced soil structuring under leguminous swards,Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, and University of Plymouth, £36k, 2000-2003.
G.P.Matthews, P.J. Worsfold and K.N.Andrew,Modelling and prediction of pollutant flow in natural and perturbed soils,National Grid Co. plc, £40k, 1999-2002.

Conferences organised

Conference Papers

Matthews, GP. (2000) 'Computer modelling of fluid permeation in porous coatings and paper - an overview' Paper and Coating Chemistry Symposium 2000. STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 06/06/2000 - 08/06/2000 ARBOR PUBLISHING AB pp 476 - 485

Schoelkopf, J., Gane, PAC., Ridgway, CJ. & Matthews, GP. (2000) 'Influence of inertia on liquid absorption into paper coating structures' Paper and Coating Chemistry Symposium 2000. STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 06/06/2000 - 08/06/2000 ARBOR PUBLISHING AB pp 422 - 430

Matthews, GP. & Ridgway, CJ. (1999) 'Simulation of resin intrusion during injection moulding' 5th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials. UNIV PLYMOUTH, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND 12/07/1999 - 14/07/1999 ADVANCED COMPOSITES MANUFACTURING CENTRE pp 91 - 97

MATTHEWS, GP., MOSS, AK., SPEARING, MC. & VOLAND, F. (1993) 'NETWORK CALCULATION OF MERCURY INTRUSION AND ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY IN SANDSTONE AND OTHER POROUS-MEDIA' SYMP ON ATTRITION AND WEAR IN POWDER TECHNOLOGY. UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA LAUSANNE pp 95 - 107

MATTHEWS, GP. & SPEARING, MC. (1992) 'MEASUREMENT AND MODELING OF DIFFUSION, POROSITY AND OTHER PORE LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS OF SANDSTONES' MEETING ON THE GEOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. GEOL SOC, LONDON, ENGLAND 15/05/1990 - 16/05/1990 BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMANN LTD pp 146 - 154

Gribble, CM., Matthews, GP., Turner, A., Gantenbein, D., Schoelkopf, J. & Gane, PAC. 'A model description of adsorption of surfactant-rich stickies onto hydrophobic mineral surfaces.' 7th International Paper and Coating Chemistry Symposium. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 10/06/2009 - 12/06/2009

Journals

Articles

Gribble, CM., Matthews, GP., Gantenbein, D., Turner, A., Schoelkopf, J. & Gane, PA. (2010) 'Adsorption of surfactant-rich stickies onto mineral surfaces.' J Colloid Interface Sci 352 (2), pp 483 - 490 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.07.062

Gregory, AS., Bird, NRA., Whalley, WR., Matthews, GP. & Young, IM. (2010) 'Deformation and Shrinkage Effects on the Soil Water Release Characteristic' SOIL SCI SOC AM J 74 (4), pp 1104 - 1112 , DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0278

Gregory, AS., Bird, NRA., Whalley, WR. & Matthews, GP. (2010) 'Estimating Relative Hydraulic Conductivity from the Water Release Characteristic of a Shrinking Clay Soil' SOIL SCI SOC AM J 74 (4), pp 1113 - 1118 , DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0356

Gantenbein, D., Schoelkopf, J., Gane, PAC. & Matthews, GP. (2010) 'Influence of pH on the adsorption of dissolved and colloidal substances in a thermo-mechanical pulp filtrate onto talc' NORD PULP PAP RES J 25 (3), pp 288 - 299

Matthews, GP., Laudone, GM., Gregory, AS., Bird, NRA., Matthews, AGD. & Whalley, WR. (2010) 'Measurement and simulation of the effect of compaction on the pore structure and saturated hydraulic conductivity of grassland and arable soil' WATER RESOUR RES 46, , DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007720

Gregory, AS., Webster, CP., Watts, CW., Whalley, WR., Macleod, CJA., Joynes, A., Papadopoulos, A., Haygarth, PM., Binley, A., Humphreys, MW., Turner, LB., Skot, L. & Matthews, GP. (2010) 'Soil Management and Grass Species Effects on the Hydraulic Properties of Shrinking Soils' SOIL SCI SOC AM J 74 (3), pp 753 - 761 , DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0284

Price, JC., Matthews, GP., Quinlan, K., Sexton, J. & Matthews, AGD. (2009) 'A Depth Filtration Model of Straining Within the Void Networks of Stainless Steel Filters' AICHE J 55 (12), pp 3134 - 3144 , DOI: 10.1002/aic.11925

Gantenbein, D., Schoelkopf, J., Hunziker, P., Matthews, GP. & Gane, PAC. (2009) 'Efficiency of colloidal pitch adsorption onto phyllosilicates: Comparing talc, chlorite and pyrophyllite' NORD PULP PAP RES J 24 (4), pp 448 - 458

Laudone, GM., Matthews, GP. & Gane, PAC. (2008) 'Modelling diffusion from simulated porous structures' CHEM ENG SCI 63 (7), pp 1987 - 1996 , DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.12.031

Matthews, GP., Watts, CW., Powlson, DS., Price, JC. & Whalley, WR. (2008) 'Wetting of agricultural soil measured by a simplified capillary rise technique' EUR J SOIL SCI 59 (4), pp 817 - 823 , DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2008.01039.x

Laudone, GM., Matthews, GP., Gane, PAC., Matthews, AG., Ridgway, CJ., Schoelkopf, J. & Huggett, SA. (2007) 'Estimation of structural element sizes in sand and compacted blocks of ground calcium carbonate using a void network model' Transport in Porous Media 66 (3), pp 403 - 419

Holtham, DAL., Matthews, GP. & Scholefield, DS. (2007) 'Measurement and simulation of void structure and hydraulic changes caused by root-induced soil structuring under white clover compared to ryegrass' Geoderma 142 (1-2), pp 142 - 151

Laudone, GM., Matthews, GP. & Gane, PAC. (2006) 'Effect of latex volumetric concentration on void structure, particle packing, and effective particle size distribution in a pigmented paper coating layer' Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 45 (6), pp 1918 - 1923

Laudone, GM., Matthews, GP. & Gane, PAC. (2006) 'Modelling the shrinkage in pigmented coatings during drying: A stick-slip mechanism' Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 304 (1), pp 180 - 190

Matthews, GP., Canonville, CF. & Moss, AK. (2006) 'Use of a void network model to correlate porosity, mercury porosimetry, thin section, absolute permeability, and NMR relaxation time data for sandstone rocks' Physical Review e 73 (3),

Laudone, GM., Matthews, GP., Gane, PAC., Ridgway, CJ. & Schoelkopf, J. (2005) 'Estimation of the effective particle sizes within a paper coating layer using a void network model' Chemical Engineering Science 60 (23), pp 6795 - 6802

Bodurtha, PA., Matthews, GP., Kettle, JP. & Roy, LM. (2005) 'Influence of anisotropy on the dynamic wetting and permeation of paper coatings' Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 283 (1), pp 171 - 189

Laudone, GM., Matthews, GP. & Gane, PAC. (2004) 'Observation of shrinkage during evaporative drying of water-based paper coatings' Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 43 (3), pp 712 - 719

Johnson, A., Roy, IM., Matthews, GP. & Patel, D. (2003) 'An improved simulation of void structure, water retention and hydraulic conductivity in soil with the Pore-Cor three-dimensional network' European Journal of Soil Science 54 (3), pp 477 - 489

Johnson, A., Mathews, TJ., Matthews, GP., Patel, D., Vorsfold, PJ. & Andrew, KN. (2003) 'High-resolution laboratory lysimeter for automated sampling of tracers through a 0.5m soil block' Journal of Automated Methods & Management in Chemistry 25 (2), pp 43 - 49

Johnson, A., Mathews, TJ., Matthews, GP., Patel, D., Vorsfold, PJ. & Andrew, KN. (2003) 'High-resolution laboratory lysimeter for automated sampling of tracers through a 0.5m soil block' J AUTOM METHOD MANAG 25 (2), pp 43 - 49 , DOI: 10.1080/1463924031000096507

Schoelkopf, J., Ridgway, GCJ., Spielmann, DC. & Matthews, GP. (2003) 'Imbibition behavior of offset inks Part 1: Gravimetric determination of oil imbibition rate into pigmented coating structures' Tappi Journal 2 (6), pp 9 - 13

Schoelkopf, J., Gane, PAC., Ridgway, CJ., Spielmann, DC. & Matthews, GP. (2003) 'Imbibition behavior of offset inks part 2: Gravimetric determination of ink imbibition rate into pigmented coating structures' Tappi Journal 2 (7), pp 19 - 23

Laudone, GM., Matthews, GP. & Gane, PAC. (2003) 'Indirect measurement of the shrinkage forces acting during the drying of a paper coating layer' Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Vol 3 3, pp 479 - 500

Schoelkopf, J., Gane, PAC., Ridgway, CJ. & Matthews, GP. (2002) 'Practical observation of deviation from Lucas-Washburn scaling in porous media' Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 206 (1-3), pp 445 - 454

Matthews, GP. & Heald, EF. (2001) 'Molecular-dynamics simulator. In: Advanced Chemistry Collection CD, 2nd edition' Journal of Chemical Education 78, p 1558

Ridgway, CJ., Schoelkopf, J., Matthews, GP., Gane, PAC. & James, PW. (2001) 'The effects of void geometry and contact angle on the absorption of liquids into porous calcium carbonate structures' Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 239 (2), pp 417 - 431

Gane, PAC., Schoelkopf, J., Spielmann, DC., Matthews, GP. & Ridgway, CJ. (2000) 'Fluid transport into porous coating structures: some novel findings' TAPPI J 83 (5), pp 77 - 78

Schoelkopf, J., Ridgway, CJ., Gane, PAC., Matthews, GP. & Spielmann, DC. (2000) 'Measurement and network modeling of liquid permeation into compacted mineral blocks' J COLLOID INTERF SCI 227 (1), pp 119 - 131

Peat, DMW., Matthews, GP., Worsfold, PJ. & Jarvis, SC. (2000) 'Simulation of water retention and hydraulic conductivity in soil using a three-dimensional network' EUR J SOIL SCI 51 (1), pp 65 - 79

Mathews, T., Matthews, GP. & Huggett, S. (1999) 'Estimating particle size distributions from a network model of porous media' POWDER TECHNOL 104 (2), pp 169 - 179

McKelvie, ID., Peat, DMW., Matthews, GP. & Worsfold, PJ. (1997) 'Elimination of the Schlieren effect in the determination of reactive phosphorus in estuarine waters by flow-injection analysis' ANAL CHIM ACTA 351 (1-3), pp 265 - 271

Mathews, T., Matthews, GP., Ridgway, CJ. & Moss, AK. (1997) 'Measurement of void size correlation in inhomogeneous porous media' TRANSPORT POROUS MED 28 (2), pp 135 - 158

Ridgway, CJ., Ridgway, K. & Matthews, GP. (1997) 'Modelling of the void space of tablets compacted over a range of pressures.' J Pharm Pharmacol 49 (4), pp 377 - 383

Peat, DM., McKelvie, ID., Matthews, GP., Haygarth, PM. & Worsfold, PJ. (1997) 'Rapid determination of dissolved organic phosphorus in soil leachates and runoff waters by flow injection analysis with on-line photo-oxidation.' Talanta 45 (1), pp 47 - 55

Matthews, GP., Dowdell, DC. & Wells, I. (1997) 'The measurement and estimation of the low-pressure gas viscosity of the replacement ternary blend halo-alkane refrigerant MP-39' J PHYS D APPL PHYS 30 (14), pp 2012 - 2017

Matthews, GP., Ridgway, CJ. & Small, JS. (1996) 'Modelling of simulated clay precipitation within reservoir sandstones' MAR PETROL GEOL 13 (5), pp 581 - 589

Matthews, GP. (1996) 'Particle size distribution from tri-dimensional interpretation of porosimetry and image analysis' PART PART SYST CHAR 13 (6), pp 380 - 380

Gane, PA., Kettle, JP., Matthews, GP. & Ridgway, CJ. (1996) 'Void space structure of compressible polymer spheres and consolidated calcium carbonate paper-coating formulations' IND ENG CHEM RES 35 (5), pp 1753 - 1764

MATTHEWS, GP., MOSS, AK. & RIDGWAY, CJ. (1995) 'THE EFFECTS OF CORRELATED NETWORKS ON MERCURY INTRUSION SIMULATIONS AND PERMEABILITIES OF SANDSTONE AND OTHER POROUS-MEDIA' POWDER TECHNOL 83 (1), pp 61 - 77

MATTHEWS, GP., RIDGWAY, CJ. & SPEARING, MC. (1995) 'VOID SPACE MODELING OF MERCURY INTRUSION HYSTERESIS IN SANDSTONE, PAPER COATING, AND OTHER POROUS-MEDIA' J COLLOID INTERF SCI 171 (1), pp 8 - 27

DOWDELL, DC., MATTHEWS, GP. & WELLS, I. (1994) 'AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SENSITIVITY OF THE ATMOSPHERIC CHLORINE AND BROMINE LOADING USING A GLOBALLY AVERAGED MASS-BALANCE MODEL' ATMOS ENVIRON 28 (12), pp 1989 - 1999

HUNTER, IN., MARSH, G., MATTHEWS, GP. & SMITH, EB. (1993) 'ARGON PLUS CARBON-DIOXIDE GASEOUS MIXTURE VISCOSITIES AND ANISOTROPIC PAIR POTENTIAL-ENERGY FUNCTIONS' INT J THERMOPHYS 14 (4), pp 819 - 833

DOWDELL, DC. & MATTHEWS, GP. (1993) 'GAS VISCOSITIES AND INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS OF REPLACEMENT REFRIGERANTS HCFC-123 (2,2-DICHLORO-1,1,1-TRIFLUOROETHANE), HCFC-124 (2-CHLORO-1,1,1,2-TETRAFLUOROETHANE) AND HFC-134A (1,1,1,2-TETRAFLUOROETHANE)' J CHEM SOC FARADAY T 89 (19), pp 3545 - 3552

MATTHEWS, GP. & HEALD, EF. (1993) 'MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATOR' J CHEM EDUC 70 (5), pp 387 - 387

LYDENBELL, RM., WOODCOCK, LV., CLARKE, JHR., TILDESLEY, DJ., YARWOOD, J., NOBLE, RD., GUBBINS, KE., WALTON, JPRB., POZHAR, LA., PETROPOULOS, JH., MATTHEWS, GP., MORANTZ, DJ., SIEPMANN, JI., KLEIN, ML., THOMAS, RK., VESSAL, B., HILLMAN, AR., FERNANDEZ, ML., MEARES, P., SUFFRITTI, GB., BAROS, F. & CATES, ME. (1991) 'INTERFACIAL STRUCTURE FOR A COMPATIBLE POLYMER BLEND FOR SHORT AND INTERMEDIATE ANNEALING TIMES - DISCUSSION' J CHEM SOC FARADAY T 87 (13), pp 2063 - 2071

SPEARING, M. & MATTHEWS, GP. (1991) 'MODELING CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES OF SANDSTONES' TRANSPORT POROUS MED 6 (1), pp 71 - 90

HUNTER, IN., MATTHEWS, GP. & SMITH, EB. (1991) 'VISCOSITIES AND PAIR POTENTIAL-ENERGY FUNCTION FOR THE ARGON METHANE GAS-PHASE INTERACTION' J CHEM SOC FARADAY T 87 (14), pp 2161 - 2165

MATTHEWS, GP. & MARSDEN, NJH. (1990) 'CHEMISTRY - A CURRICULUM AT THE CROSSROADS' CHEM BRIT 26 (6), pp 553 - &

MATTHEWS, GP. & TOWNSEND, A. (1989) 'AN EFFECTIVE ISOTROPIC PAIR POTENTIAL-ENERGY FUNCTION FOR CARBON-DIOXIDE' CHEM PHYS LETT 155 (6), pp 518 - 520

HOBLEY, A., MATTHEWS, GP. & TOWNSEND, A. (1989) 'THE USE OF A NOVEL CAPILLARY-FLOW VISCOMETER FOR THE STUDY OF THE ARGON CARBON DIOXIDE SYSTEM' INT J THERMOPHYS 10 (6), pp 1165 - 1179

HUNTER, IN., MATTHEWS, GP. & SMITH, EB. (1989) 'VISCOSITIES OF GASEOUS ARGON HYDROGEN MIXTURES' MOL PHYS 66 (5), pp 887 - 895

DELAUNEY, L., MATTHEWS, GP. & TOWNSEND, A. (1988) 'CAPILLARY-FLOW VISCOMETER FOR CORROSIVE-GASES' J PHYS E SCI INSTRUM 21 (9), pp 890 - 895

MATTHEWS, GP. (1988) 'THE DEATH OF SCHOOL CHEMISTRY' CHEM BRIT 24 (1), pp 36 - 37

BASKETT, WP. & MATTHEWS, GP. (1985) 'AN EXPERIMENT TO MEASURE GAS IMPERFECTION' J CHEM EDUC 62 (4), pp 353 - 355

MATTHEWS, GP., BROOK, VG., ELLIOT, GS. & KHANGANDAPUR, TH. (1985) 'COGNITIVE STRUCTURE DETERMINATION AS A TOOL IN SCIENCE TEACHING .3. RESULTS' EUR J SCI EDUC 7 (3), pp 263 - 279

MATTHEWS, GP., BROOK, VG. & KHANGANDAPUR, TH. (1984) 'COGNITIVE STRUCTURE DETERMINATIONS AS A TOOL IN SCIENCE TEACHING .1. A NEW METHOD OF CREATING CONCEPT MAPS' EUR J SCI EDUC 6 (2), pp 169 - 177

MATTHEWS, GP., BROOK, VG. & KHANGANDAPUR, TH. (1984) 'COGNITIVE STRUCTURE DETERMINATIONS AS A TOOL IN SCIENCE TEACHING .2. THE MEASUREMENT OF PIAGET-SPECIFIC LEVELS' EUR J SCI EDUC 6 (3), pp 289 - 297

MATTHEWS, GP. (1984) 'LIGHT-SCATTERING BY POLYMERS - 2 EXPERIMENTS FOR ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATES' J CHEM EDUC 61 (6), pp 552 - 554

MATTHEWS, GP. (1982) 'AN EXAMPLE OF THE TEACHER EXPECTATION EFFECT IN MIXED ABILITY TEACHING' J RES SCI TEACH 19 (6), pp 497 - 502

MATTHEWS, GP. (1982) 'BROWNIAN-MOTION - AN UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY EXPERIMENT' J CHEM EDUC 59 (3), pp 246 - 248

MATTHEWS, GP., SCHOFIELD, H., SMITH, EB. & TINDELL, AR. (1982) 'VISCOSITIES OF GASEOUS ARGON-NITROGEN MIXTURES' J CHEM SOC FARAD T 1 78, pp 2529 - 2534

BARR, IA., MATTHEWS, GP., SMITH, EB. & TINDELL, AR. (1981) 'INTERMOLECULAR FORCES AND THE GASEOUS VISCOSITIES OF ARGON-XENON MIXTURES' J PHYS CHEM-US 85 (22), pp 3342 - 3347

Matthews, GP. & Smith, EB. (1976) 'INTERMOLECULAR PAIR POTENTIAL-ENERGY FUNCTION FOR METHANE' 32 (6), pp 1719 - 1729

CLIFFORD, AA., DICKINSON, E., MATTHEWS, GP. & SMITH, EB. (1976) 'TESTING INTERMOLECULAR POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS USING TRANSPORT PROPERTY DATA .3. BINARY DIFFUSON COEFFICIENT OF METHANE + PERFLUOROMETHANE' J CHEM SOC FARAD T 1 72, pp 2917 - 2922

MATTHEWS, GP., THOMAS, CMSR., DUFTY, AN. & SMITH, EB. (1976) 'VISCOSITIES OF OXYGEN AND AIR OVER A WIDE-RANGE OF TEMPERATURES' J CHEM SOC FARAD T 1 72, pp 238 - 244

Gough, DW., Matthews, GP. & Smith, EB. (1976) 'VISCOSITY OF NITROGEN AND CERTAIN GASEOUS MIXTURES AT LOW-TEMPERATURES' 72, pp 645 - 653

Gough, DW., Matthews, GP., Smith, EB. & Maitland, GC. (1975) 'DIRECT DETERMINATION OF PAIR POTENTIAL-ENERGY FUNCTIONS FOR MIXED INTERACTIONS - AR-KR' 29 (6), pp 1759 - 1765

Clancy, P., Gough, DW., Matthews, GP., Smith, EB. & Maitland, GC. (1975) 'SIMPLIFIED METHODS FOR INVERSION OF THERMOPHYSICAL DATA' 30 (5), pp 1397 - 1407

Other academic activities
Consultancy

The Environmental and Fluid Modelling Group laboratories, located in Davy Building 601 and 602, provide consultancy services for the characterisation of porous solids.

Equipment includes a mercury porosimeter, surface area analyser, helium and powder/envelope pycnometry, porometer and half-metre scale automated lysimeter.

The laboratory achieved full ISO 9001:2008 accreditation in August 2010, and all mercury porosimetry work is already done according to strict protocols which exceed those required by the instrument manufacturer.

Additional information

Peter Matthews takes a paternal delight in the achievements of his family, one of whom is featured at www.pore-cor.com/group.htm , and another at http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/stories/2010/inspire_competition/ .
With his wife Diane as main carer, Peter has extensive experience in the rehabilitation of babies and children following abuse, neglect or abandonment. The efforts of Peter and his wife were recognised in a prize and citation presented by Pirate FM, on behalf of Cornwall County Council Children's Services, at a celebration evening in Newquay in October 2008.

Peter is also a first bass, and choral scholarships coordinator, of the East Cornwall Bach Choir.

He is a keen photographer, with several photos published by local media, and has raised beef and dairy cattle, sheep and ponies in his SPS registered 0.9 hectare field.

Links
For details of Pore-Cor, research group members, latest news and access to publications, please see the research group website at http://www.pore-cor.com