University of Adelaide, Polymer and Advanced Materials Groups_Sheng Dai

Name of Group Leader:

Associate Professor Sheng Dai  

Physical Address:

School of Chemical Engineering
Engineering North Building
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA  

Phone:

(61) 8 8313 1015  

Fax:

(61) 8 83134373  

Email:

s.dai@adelaide.edu.au  

Nanotechnology Research Programs/Activities:

Our typical research activities include:
(1) Synthesis, physics and applications of macromolecules
(2) Silica and titania nanoparticles for advanced applications in water-treatment
(3) Quantum dots (QD) and their applications in biological detection and solar energy
(4) Lanthanide nanoparticles for early-stage cancer detection and bio-imaging
(5) Gold nanoparticles and surface enhanced Raman scattering
(6) Self-assemble monolayers and self-assembly
(7) Gene and drug delivery
(8) Tissue engineering  

Scale of Nanotechnology Research Effort:

The research team has 2 postdocs and more than 10 PhD students.
The reserch grant from ARC DP is about 1.3 million dolloars.
Functional Polymers, Colloids and Emulsions
Nanomaterials
Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering  

Nanotechnology research facilities:

Hydrothermal Synthesis, vacuum manifolds for polymer synthesis, dynamic light scattering, high speed centrifuge, vacuum evaporator, freeze dryer, flow cytometer, rheometer, XRD, contact angle, Raman microscope, Fluorescence spectrophotometer, HPLC, GPC, etc.  

Participants

• Mr Hesamoddin Rabiee
• Mr Aabhash Shrestha
• Mrs Masoumeh Zargar

 

Collaboration Information

 

Group Websites:

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/s.dai