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Journal articles
2017, 'Nanosizing Ammonia Borane with Nickel: A Path toward the Direct Hydrogen Release and Uptake of B-N-H Systems', Advanced Sustainable Systems, 1, pp. 1700122 - 1700122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsu.201700122
,2017, 'Formation of carbyne-like materials during low temperature pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass: A natural resource of linear sp carbons', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 16832, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17240-1
,2017, 'The Effect of Drug Loading on Micelle Properties: Solid-State NMR as a Tool to Gain Structural Insight', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 56, pp. 8441 - 8445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201701471
,2017, 'The Effect of Drug Loading on Micelle Properties: Solid‐State NMR as a Tool to Gain Structural Insight', Angewandte Chemie, 129, pp. 8561 - 8565, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.201701471
,2017, 'Total quantification and extraction of shikimic acid from star anise (llicium verum) using solid-state NMR and cellulose-dissolving aqueous hydroxide solutions', Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 5, pp. 115 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2016.11.002
,2017, 'Nanoconfined lithium aluminium hydride (LiAlH
2017, 'Mechanisms of sodium insertion/extraction on the surface of defective graphenes', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9, pp. 431 - 438, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b13104
,2017, 'Lattice evolution and enhanced piezoelectric properties of hydrothermally synthesised 0.94(Bi
2017, 'Novel multidimensional carbons from structural transformations of waste lignin: A low temperature pyrolysis investigation', Fuel Processing Technology, 166, pp. 312 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2017.06.013
,2017, 'Photo-driven synthesis of polymer-coated platinized ZnO nanoparticles with enhanced photoelectrochemical charge transportation', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5, pp. 4568 - 4575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ta10665j
,2017, 'Preparation of composite zeolites in polymer hydrogels and their catalytic performances in the methanol-to-olefin reaction', Fuel Processing Technology, 165, pp. 87 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2017.05.018
,2017, 'Redox-state dependent spectroscopic properties of porous organic polymers containing furan, thiophene, and selenophene', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 70, pp. 1227 - 1234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH17335
,2017, 'Zirconium phosphonate sorbents with tunable structure and function', Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 252, pp. 90 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2017.05.059
,2016, 'Nanocellulose characteristics from the inner and outer layer of banana pseudo-stem prepared by TEMPO-mediated oxidation', Cellulose, 23, pp. 3023 - 3037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10570-016-1025-8
,2016, 'Evidence of decoupling protein structure from spidroin expression in spider dragline silks', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 17, pp. 1294, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms17081294
,2016, 'Mineral-Biochar Composites: Molecular Structure and Porosity', Environmental Science and Technology, 50, pp. 7706 - 7714, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00685
,2016, 'Sodium insertion/extraction from single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes: The differences and similarities', Journal of Power Sources, 314, pp. 102 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.03.014
,2016, 'Molecular structures driving pseudo-capacitance in hydrothermal nanostructured carbons', RSC Advances, 6, pp. 12964 - 12976, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ra26136h
,2016, 'Redox tunable viologen-based porous organic polymers', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4, pp. 2535 - 2544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6tc00132g
,2016, 'Site-specific synthesis of a hybrid boron-graphene salt', Chemical Communications, 52, pp. 1290 - 1292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cc07611k
,2015, 'Solid-state NMR as a probe of anion binding: Molecular dynamics and associations in a [5]polynorbornane bisurea host complexed with terephthalate', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17, pp. 22195 - 22203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cp03628c
,2015, 'The electronic, optical and magnetic consequences of delocalization in multifunctional donor-acceptor organic polymers', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17, pp. 11252 - 11259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cp00081e
,2015, 'Bioactive poly(methyl methacrylate) for bone fixation', RSC Advances, 5, pp. 60681 - 60690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ra08824k
,2015, 'Feeding Biochar to Cows: An Innovative Solution for Improving Soil Fertility and Farm Productivity', Pedosphere, 25, pp. 666 - 679, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0160(15)30047-3
,2014, 'Microstructural characterization of white charcoal', Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 109, pp. 215 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2014.06.009
,2014, 'Carborane functionalization of the aromatic network in chemically-synthesized graphene', Chemical Communications, 50, pp. 11332 - 11334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4cc04521a
,2014, 'Exploiting stable radical states for multifunctional properties in triarylamine-based porous organic polymers', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2, pp. 12466 - 12474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ta01925c
,2014, 'Solid-state NMR structure characterization of a 13CO-labeled Ir(I) Complex with a P, N -donor ligand including ultrafast MAS methods', Inorganic Chemistry, 53, pp. 7146 - 7153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic500128y
,2014, 'Superior chemotherapeutic benefits from the ruthenium-based anti-metastatic drug NAMI-A through conjugation to polymeric micelles', Macromolecules, 47, pp. 1646 - 1655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma402078d
,2014, 'Analysis of thermal degradation kinetics and carbon structure changes of co-pyrolysis between macadamia nut shell and PET using thermogravimetric analysis and 13C solid state nuclear magnetic resonance', Energy Conversion and Management, 86, pp. 154 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2014.04.060
,2014, 'Specific molecular structure changes and radical evolution during biomass-polyethylene terephthalate co-pyrolysis detected by 13C and 1H solid-state NMR', Bioresource Technology, 170, pp. 248 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.06.109
,2013, 'Templated and bioinspired aqueous phase synthesis and characterization of mesoporous zirconia', Science of Advanced Materials, 5, pp. 354 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/sam.2013.1465
,2013, 'Analysis of phase separation in high performance PbTe-PbS thermoelectric materials', Advanced Functional Materials, 23, pp. 747 - 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201201944
,2011, 'Reduced crystallinity and mobility of nylon-6 confined near the organic-inorganic interface in a phosphate glass-rich nanocomposite detected by 1H-13C NMR', Macromolecules, 44, pp. 8100 - 8105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma201756q
,2011, 'Understanding and controlling organic - Inorganic interfaces in mesostructured hybrid photovoltaic materials', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133, pp. 10119 - 10133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja200054z
,2011, 'Origins of saccharide-dependent hydration at aluminate, silicate, and aluminosilicate surfaces', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108, pp. 8949 - 8954, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1104526108
,2011, 'Biomimetic self-assembling copolymer-hydroxyapatite nanocomposites with the nanocrystal size controlled by citrate', Chemistry of Materials, 23, pp. 2481 - 2490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm200355n
,2010, 'Strongly bound citrate stabilizes the apatite nanocrystals in bone', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, pp. 22425 - 22429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1009219107
,2010, 'Molecular silicate and aluminate species in anhydrous and hydrated cements', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132, pp. 7321 - 7337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja908146m
,2010, 'Unifying design strategies in demosponge and hexactinellid skeletal systems', Journal of Adhesion, 86, pp. 72 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00218460903417917
,2008, 'Synthesis and characterization of ionic block copolymer templated calcium phosphate nanocomposites', Chemistry of Materials, 20, pp. 5922 - 5932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm703441n
,2008, 'Promotion of the γ-phase of polyamide 6 in its nanocomposite with phosphate glass', Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 46, pp. 857 - 860, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.21418
,2008, 'Dispersion of silicate in tricalcium phosphate elucidated by solid-state NMR', Chemistry of Materials, 20, pp. 2583 - 2591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm702928h
,2007, 'Synthesis and characterization of self-assembled block copolymer templated calcium phosphate nanocomposite gels', Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17, pp. 1570 - 1578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b613760a
,2007, 'A new NMR method for determining the particle thickness in nanocomposites, using T
2006, 'Detection of nanometer-scale mixing in phosphate-glass/ polyamide-6 hybrids by1H-31P NMR', Chemistry of Materials, 18, pp. 6333 - 6338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm0613410
,2005, 'Bulk magnetization and nuclear magnetic resonance of magnetically purified layered silicates and their polymer-based nanocomposites', Journal of Applied Physics, 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2139827
,Conference Papers
2020, 'Aliphatic hydrocarbon content of interstellar dust', in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, pp. 241 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1743921320000691
,2017, 'Effect of Polymer Blending on the Properties of Coal Tars Produced by Pyrolysis', in Zeng Q; Bandyopadhyay S (ed.), Proceedings of iCMEMS Conference 2017, Science, Technology and Management Crest Australia, Sydney, pp. 45 - 50, presented at 1st International Conference on Mineral Engineering and Materials Science (iCMEMS2017), Sydney, 20 November 2017 - 22 November 2017
,2009, 'New insights into the structure and hydration chemistry of white Portland and Oilwell cements by solid state NMR', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000207857802816&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
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