By Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla

Journal articles

Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Witteveen E; Banerjee A; Joe B; Prusty G; Dippenaar R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Hybrid structure of white layer in high carbon steel – Formation mechanism and its properties', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 13288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13749-7

Ellamparuthy G; Mukherjee PS; Khanna R; Jayasankar K; Cayumil R; Ikram-Ul-Haq M; Sahajwalla V; Mishra BK, 2017, 'Environmental Impact of Recycling Electronic Waste Using Thermal Plasma: in-Depth Analysis of Aerosol Particulates Captured in Gas Filters', Current Environmental Engineering, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2212717804666170213104524

Kumar A; Choudhary V; Khanna R; Cayumil R; Ikram-ul-Haq M; Sahajwalla V; Angadi SKI; Paruthy GE; Mukherjee PS; Park M, 2017, 'Recycling polymeric waste from electronic and automotive sectors into value added products', Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11783-017-0991-x

Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Mansuri I; O’Kane P; Skidmore C; Jin Z; Fontana A; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Study of Reaction Between Slag and Carbonaceous Materials', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 48, pp. 2316 - 2323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11663-017-1020-y

Shokri A; Pahlevani F; Cole I; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Selective thermal transformation of old computer printed circuit boards to Cu-Sn based alloy', Journal of Environmental Management, 199, pp. 7 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.05.028

Rajagopal RR; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Synthesis of glass fiber-nano silicon carbide composite by using waste printed circuit boards and compact discs as resources', Composites Communications, 5, pp. 19 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coco.2017.05.002

Pahlevani F; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Effect of small addition of Cr on stability of retained austenite in high carbon steel', Materials characterization, 125, pp. 114 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2017.02.001

Liu P; Farzana R; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Lightweight expanded aggregates from the mixture of waste automotive plastics and clay', Construction and Building Materials, 145, pp. 283 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.04.009

Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Waste materials conversion into mesoporous silicon carbide nanocermics: Nanofibre/particle mixture', Journal of Cleaner Production, 157, pp. 213 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.109

Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Thermal Isolation of Rare Earth Oxides from Nd-Fe-B Magnets Using Carbon from Waste Tyres', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 6201 - 6208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01133

Echeverria C; Pahlevani F; Gaikwad V; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'The effect of microstructure, filler load and surface adhesion of marine bio-fillers, in the performance of Hybrid Wood-Polypropylene Particulate Bio-composite', Journal of Cleaner Production, 154, pp. 284 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.020

Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Bucknall M; Maroufi S; You Y; Liu Z; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Thermocatalytic Conversion of Automotive Shredder Waste and Formation of Nanocarbons as a Process Byproduct', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 5440 - 5448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00774

Mansuri I; Khanna R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Recycling Carbonaceous Industrial/Commercial Waste as a Carbon Resource in Iron and Steelmaking', Steel Research International, 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/srin.201600333

Kumar A; Choudhary V; Khanna R; Mukherjee PS; Cayumil R; Ikram-ul-Haq M; Jayasankar K; Mishra BK; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Polymer Composites Utilizing Electronic Waste as Reinforcing Fillers: Mechanical and Rheological Properties', Current Applied Polymer Science, 1, pp. 86 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2452271601666161114153139

Cholake ST; Rajarao R; Henderson P; Rajagopal RR; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Composite panels obtained from automotive waste plastics and agricultural macadamia shell waste', Journal of Cleaner Production, 151, pp. 163 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.074

Khanna R; Sahajwalla VH; Seetharaman S, 2017, 'Atomistic Monte Carlo Simulations on the Melting Transition of Iron at Ambient Pressure.', Research and Reports on Metals, 1, pp. 1 - 8, https://www.scitechnol.com/peer-review/atomistic-monte-carlo-simulations-on-the-melting-transition-of-iron-at-ambient-pressure-257N.php?article_id=6045

Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Novel Synthesis of Silicon Carbide Nanowires from e-Waste', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 4171 - 4178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00171

Li K; Khanna R; Bouhadja M; Zhang J; Liu Z; Su B; Yang T; Sahajwalla V; Singh CV; Barati M, 2017, 'A molecular dynamic simulation on the factors influencing the fluidity of molten coke ash during alkalization with K2O and Na2O', Chemical Engineering Journal, 313, pp. 1184 - 1193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.11.011

Saini R; Khanna R; Dutta RK; Cayumil R; Ikram-Ul-Haq M; Agarwala V; Ellamparuthy G; Jayasankar K; Mukherjee PS; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'A novel approach for reducing toxic emissions during high temperature processing of electronic waste', Waste Management, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2017.02.023

Ismail AN; Yunos NFM; Jamaludin SB; Idris MA; Ibrahim MH; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Influence of reduction temperatures on reduction of FeO-containing slag by agricultural waste', Materials Science Forum, 888 MSF, pp. 441 - 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.888.441

Park H; Sohn I; Freislich M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Investigation on the Reduction Behavior of Coal Composite Pellet at Temperatures between 1373 and 1573 K', Steel Research International, 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/srin.201600169

Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Maroufi S; Liu Z; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Waste conversion into high-value ceramics: Carbothermal nitridation synthesis of titanium nitride nanoparticles using automotive shredder waste', Journal of Environmental Management, 188, pp. 32 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.11.079

Rajagopal RR; Rajarao R; Cholake ST; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Sustainable composite panels from non-metallic waste printed circuit boards and automotive plastics', Journal of Cleaner Production, 144, pp. 470 - 481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.139

You Y; Deng J; Tan X; Gorjizadeh N; Yoshimura M; Smith SC; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK, 2017, 'On the mechanism of gas adsorption for pristine, defective and functionalized graphene.', Phys Chem Chem Phys, 19, pp. 6051 - 6056, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cp07654h

Gorjizadeh N; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Metallised plastic waste as a new resource – Study of electronic structure and chemical bond', Journal of Materials and Environmental Sciences, 8, pp. 1599 - 1606, http://www.jmaterenvironsci.com/Document/vol8/vol8_N5/170-JMES-2676-Gorjizadeh.pdf

Yin S; Rajarao R; Kong C; Wang Y; Gong B; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Sustainable fabrication of protective nanoscale TiN thin film on a metal substrate by using automotive waste plastics', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 1549 - 1556, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b02253

lian B; Deng J; leslie G; Bustamante H; Sahajwalla ; Nishina Y; Joshi RK, 2017, 'Surfactant modified graphene oxide laminates for filtration', Carbon, 116, pp. 240 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.01.102

Shokri A; Pahlevani F; Levick K; Cole I; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Synthesis of copper-tin nanoparticles from old computer printed circuit boards', Journal of Cleaner Production, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.11.017

Cayumil R; Ikram-Ul-Haq M; Khanna R; Saini R; Mukherjee PS; Mishra BK; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'High temperature investigations on optimising the recovery of copper from waste printed circuit boards', Waste Management, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2017.01.001

Khanna R; Ikram-Ul-Haq M; Rajarao R; Cayumil R; Rawal A; Sahajwalla V; Mukherjee PS, 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

Farzana R; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Reaction mechanism of ferrosilicon synthesis using waste plastic as a reductant', ISIJ International, 57, pp. 1780 - 1787, http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.ISIJINT-2017-199

Kumar U; Maroufi S; Rajarao R; Mayyas M; Mansuri I; Joshi RK; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Cleaner Production of Iron by using Waste Macadamia Biomass as a Carbon Resource', Journal of Cleaner Production, 158, pp. 218 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.115

Deng J; You Y; Bustamante H; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK, 2017, 'Mechanism of Water Transport in Graphene Oxide Laminates', Chemical Science, 8, pp. 1701 - 1704, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6SC03909J

Pahlevani F; Kumar R; Gorjizadeh N; Hossain R; Cholake ST; Privat K; Sahajwalla V; Goda R, 2016, 'Enhancing steel properties through in situ formation of ultrahard ceramic surface', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 38740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep38740

Pahlevani F; Dippenaar R; Gorjizadeh N; Cholake ST; Hossain R; Kumar R; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Surface Modification of Steel Using Automotive Waste as Raw Materials', Procedia Manufacturing, 7, pp. 387 - 394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2016.12.007

Nair A; Vineesh T; Thomas S; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK; Alwarappan S; Kalarikkal N; Kala M, 2016, 'Boron doped graphene wrapped silver nanowires as an efficient electrocatalyst for molecular oxygen reduction', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 37731, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37731

Tickner J; Rajarao R; Lovric B; Ganly B; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Measurement of Gold and Other Metals in Electronic and Automotive Waste Using Gamma Activation Analysis', Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 2, pp. 296 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40831-016-0051-y

Cayumil R; Khanna R; Rajarao R; Mukherjee PS; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Concentration of precious metals during their recovery from electronic waste', Waste Management, 57, pp. 121 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2015.12.004

Rajagopal RR; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'High temperature transformations of waste printed circuit boards from computer monitor and CPU: Characterisation of residues and kinetic studies', Waste Management, 57, pp. 91 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2015.11.016

Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Quadir MZ; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Stability of retained austenite in high carbon steel under compressive stress: An investigation from macro to nano scale', Scientific Reports, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep34958

Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'A cleaner, sustainable approach for synthesising high purity silicon carbide and silicon nitride nanopowders using macadamia shell waste', Journal of Cleaner Production, 133, pp. 1277 - 1282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.029

Ikram-ul-Haq M; Khanna R; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Interfacial reactions between alumina and carbon refractories and molten iron at 1,823 K', High Temperature Materials and Processes, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/htmp-2015-0127

Sahajwalla V; Pahlevani F; Maroufi S; Rajarao R, 2016, 'Green Manufacturing: A Key to Innovation Economy', Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 2, pp. 273 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40831-016-0087-z

Rajagopal RR; Aravinda LS; Rajarao R; Bhat BR; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Activated carbon derived from non-metallic printed circuit board waste for supercapacitor application', Electrochimica Acta, 211, pp. 488 - 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.06.077

Handoko W; Pahlevani F; Emmanuelawati I; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Transforming automotive waste into TiN and TiC ceramics', Materials Letters, 176, pp. 17 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2016.04.066

Mayyas M; Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Liu Z; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'From automotive shredder residue to nano-ceramics and graphitic carbon—Thermal degradation kinetics', Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 120, pp. 60 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2016.04.010

Kumar A; Choudhary V; Khanna R; Tripathi SN; Ikram-Ul-Haq M; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Structural, thermal, morphological and dynamic mechanical characteristics of waste-reinforced polypropylene composites: A novel approach for recycling electronic waste', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.43389

Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Handoko W; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Preliminary investigation on the thermal conversion of automotive shredder residue into value-added products: Graphitic carbon and nano-ceramics', Waste Management, 50, pp. 173 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2016.02.003

Suriani AB; Nurhafizah MD; Mohamed A; Masrom AK; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK, 2016, 'Highly conductive electrodes of graphene oxide/natural rubber latex-based electrodes by using a hyper-branched surfactant', MATERIALS & DESIGN, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2016.03.067

Farzana R; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Characteristics of waste automotive glasses as silica resource in ferrosilicon synthesis', Waste Management and Research, 34, pp. 113 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242X15617010

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