By Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla

Book Chapters

Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2026, 'Chapter 19 - Plastic waste in aquatic systems: Circular economy approaches for sustainable resource transformation', in Plastic Pollution in Aquatic Systems Challenges, Strategies, and Innovative Solutions for a Circular Economy, Elsevier, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-45248-2.00026-2

Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2026, 'Chapter 5 Waste reduction and recycling initiatives for net zero', in Net ZERO, Elsevier, pp. 225 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-44454-8.00015-7

Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Green Manufacturing Utilising the Problematic Plastic Waste and the Future of Green Plastic', in Comprehensive Green Materials, pp. Vol3 - V177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15738-7.00044-1

Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2025, '3.08 Green Manufacturing Utilising the Problematic Plastic Waste and the Future of Green Plastic', in Comprehensive Green Materials, Elsevier, pp. 162 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-15738-7.00044-1

Sarmadi N; Pahlevani F; Udayakumar S; Biswal S; Ulrich C; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Effect of Si on Microstructural and Magnetic Behaviour of Heat-Treated High Carbon Steel', in , pp. 3 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50304-7_1

Udayakumar S; Pahlevani F; Biswal S; Sarmadi N; Hemati S; Wesley C; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'A Study of the Reducing Potential of Waste Plastics in Hematite Reduction', in Proceedings of the 62nd Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2023, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 883 - 884, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38141-6_112

Maroufi S; Echeverria CA; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Green manufacturing: From waste to value added materials', in Crocker R; Saint C; Chen G; Tong Y (ed.), Unmaking Waste in Production and Consumption Towards the Circular Economy, pp. 261 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78714-619-820181021

Maroufi ; Echeverria Encina C; Pahlevani ; Sahajwalla , 2018, 'Green Manufacturing: Unmaking Waste to Value Added Material', in Unmaking Waste in Production and Consumption: Towards Circular Economy, Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 251 - 269

Khanna R, 2016, 'Environmental Impact of Processing Electronic Waste: Key Issues and Challenges', in Electronic Waste, Intech, Croatia

Maroufi S; Mansuri I; O'Kane P; Skidmore C; Jin Z; Fontana A; Zaharia M; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Waste to Value in Steelmaking', in , Wiley, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119333197.ch1

Cayumil R; Khanna R; rajarao ; Ikram-Ul-Haq M; Mukherjee PS; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Environmental impact of processing electronic waste: Key issues and challenges', in Florin-Constantin M (ed.), E-Waste in Transition – From Pollution to Resource, Intech, Croatia, pp. 9 - 35

Maroufi S; Mansuri I; O’Kane P; Skidmore C; Jin Z; Fontana A; Zaharia M; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Waste to Value in Steelmaking', in Advances in Molten Slags, Fluxes, and Salts: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Molten Slags, Fluxes and Salts 2016, Springer International Publishing, pp. 3 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48769-4_1

Khann R; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2015, 'Wettability of Carbonaceous Materials with Molten Iron at 1550°C', in Surface Energy and Wetting, pp. 357- - 357-, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/61198

Ikram-Ul-Haq M; Khanna R; Sahajwalla V, 2015, 'Influence of Wettability and Reactivity on Refractory Degradation: Interactions of Molten Iron and Slags with Steelmaking Refractories at 1550 °C', in Aliofkhazraei M (ed.), Surface Energy and Wetting, Intech, Croatia, pp. 271 - 294

Khanna R; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Chapter 2.3 Atomistic Simulations of Properties and Phenomena at High Temperatures', in Treatise on Process Metallurgy, Elsevier, pp. 287 - 393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-096986-2.00009-6

Hayes P; Jak E; Waseda Y; Egry I; Mills KC; Hayashi M; Wang L; Watanabe T; Khanna R; Sahajwalla V; Morita K; Sano N; Iwase M; Hasegawa M; Ono H; Miki T; Hirato T; Nurni VN; Ballal NB; Ballal BN; Seetharaman S; Sridhar S, 2014, 'Contributors to volume 1', in Treatise on Process Metallurgy, Elsevier, pp. xxv - xxvi, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-096986-2.09990-2

Lu L; Devasahayam S; Sahajwalla V, 2013, 'Evaluation of coal for metallurgical applications', in Coal Handbook Towards Cleaner Production, pp. 352 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1533/9781782421177.3.352

Farzana R; Sahajwalla V, 2013, 'Recycling Automotive Waste Glass and Plastic — An Innovative Approach', in PRICM, Wiley, pp. 2267 - 2276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118792148.ch282

Lu L; Devasahayam S; Sahajwalla V, 2013, '14 Evaluation of coal for metallurgical applications', in The Coal Handbook: Towards Cleaner Production, Elsevier, pp. 352 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1533/9781782421177.3.352

Khanna R; Sahajwalla V, 2013, 'Atomistic simulations of properties and phenomena at high temperatures', in Seetharaman S (ed.), Treatise on Process Metallurgy, Elsevier, Chennai, India, pp. 287 - 393, https://www.elsevier.com/books/treatise-on-process-metallurgy-volume-1-process-fundamentals/seetharaman/978-0-08-096986-2

Osborne D; Clemente J; Clemente F; Nelson PF; Fečko P; Tora B; Tod M; Alderman JK; Fikkers A; Caldeira JG; Kuznetsov PN; Ilyushechkin Y; Singh AK; Choudhury A; Bhattacharya S; Stanford CE; Mao JX; Tong HL; Zheng L; Yan J; Babich A; Senk D; Juniper L; Schumacher G; Lu L; Devasahayam S; Sahajwalla V; Harris DJ; Roberts DG; Eyre DJ; Goldsworthy P; Osborne D; Sharples M; Lien L; Schumacher G; Babich A; Harris DJ; Carras J, 2013, 'Contributor contact details', in The Coal Handbook: Towards Cleaner Production, Elsevier, pp. xiii - xvi, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-78242-116-0.50021-9

Farzana R; Sahajwalla V, 2013, 'Recycling Automotive Waste Glass and Plastic — an Innovative Approach', in Proceedings of the 8th Pacific Rim International Congress on Advanced Materials and Processing, Springer International Publishing, pp. 2267 - 2276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48764-9_282

Khanna R; Lee SH; Gupta SK; Sahajwalla V; Lindblom B; Hallin M, 2012, 'Reduction, Softening and Melting Behaviour of Olivine Pellets in the Experimental Blast Furnace', in Van Dijk G; Berg VVD (ed.), Zircon and Olivine: Characteristics, Types and Uses, pp. 67 - 92

Journal articles

Saudi AU; Salehi H; Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2026, 'Oxidation-Assisted Solvent Extraction (OA-SX) for Selective Cerium Separation from Mixed Rare Earth Oxides', Minerals Engineering, 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2026.110652

Payel S; Pahlevani F; Paolini R; Sahajwalla V, 2026, 'Breaking down building plastics: Exploring UV-induced degradation pathway and its impact on structural integrity and microplastics formation', Materials Today Communications, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2026.116042

Hajian Foroushani M; Khayyam Nekouei R; Maroufi S; Abideen ZU; Sahajwalla V, 2026, 'Waste-Derived Onion-Like Carbon Nanoparticles/Recycled Silicon Composite for Sustainable High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries', Chemelectrochem, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/celc.70290

Sarkar M; Hossain R; Ghinangju BS; Privat K; Bhattacharyya SK; Sahajwalla V, 2026, 'In Situ Carbothermic Reduction of Black Mass from Spent Li-Ion, Ni-MH, and Alkaline Batteries for Ni-Based Superalloy Synthesis', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 18, pp. 37617 - 37627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c19451

Payel S; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2026, 'Solid-state thermal aging promotes mechanical fragmentation and microplastic release in polypropylene', npj Materials Degradation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41529-026-00819-3

Shoeib T; Hossain R; Álvarez R; Teymourian H; Sahajwalla V; Merkoçi A; Wang J, 2026, 'Repurposing waste streams for a new generation of sensors', Nature Sensors, 1, pp. 471 - 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44460-026-00070-y

Payel S; Pahlevani F; Paolini R; Sahajwalla V, 2026, 'Unveiling the degradation dynamics of packaging plastics: Insights into the onset of microplastics formation through photodegradation', Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2026.101213

Sarkar M; Hossain R; Peng J; Thilakarathna DK; Wang Y; Yao Y; Sharma N; Sahajwalla V, 2026, 'Tuning Li+ and Na+ Functionality in Renewable Carbon Electroactive Material Through Site-Specific Nanostructural Disorder', Advanced Science, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202523383

Hossain R; Ghinangju B; Sarkar M; Sahajwalla V, 2026, 'Detecting the Invisible: Analytical Advances and Regulatory Gaps in Tyre and Road Wear Particle Pollution', Microplastics, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microplastics5010047

Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2026, 'A comprehensive toolkit for micro- to manoplastic analysis', Environmental Science Nano, 13, pp. 122 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5en00856e

Ghinangju BS; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2026, 'Thermo-oxidative decoating of laminated aluminum aerosol cans: degradation kinetics, emission profiling, and high-value recovery', Green Chemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d6gc03696a

Hossain R; Ali A; Sarkar M; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Understanding the multiple characteristics of microplastics generated from polypropylene bottles', Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring and Management, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enmm.2025.101103

Abideen ZU; Nekouei RK; Hajian-Foroushani M; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Greening of coffee waste through its transformation into clean and structurally stable activated carbon for energy storage applications', Nanoscale Advances, 7, pp. 7930 - 7942, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5na00658a

Foroushani MH; Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Aziz M; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Sustainable and dual-optimized electrode design from waste resources for high-energy lithium–sulfur batteries', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.118114

Heriyanto ; Ghose A; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Novel upcycling of mixed textile waste into valuable activated carbon: A circular economy solution', Resources Conservation and Recycling, 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108526

Siddika A; Hajimohammadi A; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Sintering Behaviour, Physical Properties and Environmental Assessment of Glass Foam from Waste Glass', Waste and Biomass Valorization, 16, pp. 4479 - 4490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12649-025-02929-6

Salehi H; Maroufi S; Kh. Nekouei R; Chinu K; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Tailored separation of light rare earth elements using combined oxidative precipitation and multi-stage solvent extraction techniques', Separation and Purification Technology, 364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2025.132566

Hossain R; Ghose A; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Microplastics pollution in Australia: Sources, impacts, and mitigation strategies', Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cscee.2024.101036

Ali A; Hossain R; Heriyanto ; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Valorisation of plastic and wood waste through the incorporation in basalt fibre reinforced polymeric composites: A critical review', Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2025.107016

Abideen ZU; Khayyam Nekouei R; Hajian Foroushani M; Maroufi S; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Regenerated and reformed gold and titanium dioxide quantum dots from waste for sustainable and efficient environmental monitoring', Nanoscale, 17, pp. 14368 - 14380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4nr04726e

Behera PR; Farzana R; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Simultaneous thermal preparation of ultra-pure ZnO nano-wires and recovery of pure MnO from waste alkaline batteries', Ceramics International, 51, pp. 17593 - 17606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.01.533

Hajian Foroushani M; Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Artificial solid electrolyte interphase: The Holy Grail for Li-S batteries', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2025.115453

Hossain R; Ghose A; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Circular economy of the materials in the healthcare industry: Opportunities and challenges', Resources Conservation and Recycling, 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.108041

Payel S; Pahlevani F; Ghose A; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'From bulk to bits: Understanding the degradation dynamics from plastics to microplastics, geographical influences and analytical approaches', Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 44, pp. 895 - 915, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/etojnl/vgaf037

Kumar R; Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'In-situ carbon-coated iron oxide (ISCC-Fe3O4) as an efficient electrode material for supercapacitor applications', Ceramics International, 51, pp. 12312 - 12320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.01.071

Kh. Nekouei R; Salehi H; Hajian Foroushani M; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Microrecycling of waste solar cells via an in-situ fluorine-generating thermal treatment for high purity silicon recovery', Resources Conservation and Recycling, 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108150

Hajian Foroushani M; Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2025, 'Waste-Derived Zn-Based ASEI Layer for Enhanced Lithium Anodes in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries', Advanced Sustainable Systems, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202401055

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