Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
Name of Group Leader:
Professor Gordon G. WallacePhysical Address:
Intelligent Polymer Research InstituteUniversity of Wollongong
Northfields Avenue
Wollongong
NSW 2522
Australia
Phone:
(02) 42213127Fax:
(02) 42213114Email:
gwallace@uow.edu.auNanotechnology Research Programs/Activities:
The ability of Inherently Conducting Polymers (ICPs) or carbon nanotubes (CNTs)to act as the sensing and actuating elements within Intelligent material systems has clearly been demonstrated.We now expect to dramatically improve the inherent functional properties of these materials by exploring the effect of controlling their nanostructure. It has already been shown that electronic conductivity and switching speeds are vastly improved as we enter the nano-domain. It is also expected that novel photoelectrochemical properties will be revealed. These studies are also expected to uncover novel processing and fabrication strategies that will allow practical devices composed of nanocomponents to be realised.
ICP nanoparticles have been synthesised using emulsion polymerisation. Our current quest involves the synthesis of electronically conducting bioactive nanoparticles.
In addition our collaborative research program with Prof David Officer (Massey University, New Zealand) is involved with the development of appropriate chemistries that allows functional groups to be attached to carbon nanotubes (CNTs).
A number of approaches to the assembly of nanocomponents are currently being addressed.These include: synthesis of nanoparticles, fibrillar forests of ICPs, inverse opals, aligned CNTs and spinning carbon nanotube fibres.
Scale of Nanotechnology Research Effort:
The Intelligent Polymer Research Institute comprises of 40 personnel including 25 staff and 15 students. The Institute's budget is over $3 million per annum.Nanotechnology research facilities:
Electrochemical Mapping Facility comprising of Scanning Vibrating Electrochemical Technique (SVET), Localised Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (LEIS), Electrochemical Raman Mapping Spectroscopy, Electrochemical Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, and Electrochemical AFM with nano-manipulator. In addtion, there are SEM, TEM, and particle size/charge analyser facilities.Participants
- Miss Carly Baker
- Mrs Sujani Baddrika Yapa Abeywardena
- Miss Sara Ahmadi
- Mr Ali Aldalbahi
- Mr Dennis Antiohos
- Mrs Aynaz Asghari Yazdanseta
- Dr Mehrdad Bahrami-Samani
- Mr Robert Breukers
- Mr Joshua Brooks
- Miss Jennifer Causley
- Mr Kuan Phang CHAN
- Dr Tracey Clarke
- Mr Habib Dalal
- Mr Jeremy Dinoro
- Mr Matthew Dore
- Mr Shane Ellis
- Mrs Dorna Esrafilzadeh
- Mr. Cameron Ferris
- Dr Javad Foroughi
- Mr Joseph Giorgio
- Miss Willo Grosse
- MR MOHAMMAD H.S.JAVADI
- Mr Nuwan Dhanushka Hegoda Arachchi
- Dr Michael Higgins
- Mr Thomas Higgins
- Mr. Yuyang Hou
- Dr Marc in het Panhuis
- Dr Peter Innis
- Mr Sina Jamali
- Ms Dharshika Kongahage
- Mr George Lee
- Dr Chong-Yong Lee
- Mr Shannon Little
- Ms Xiao Liu
- Mr Salvador Lobato Larios
- Dr Julie Locke
- Mr Troy Lowe
- Dr Carol Lynam
- Mr Chandrasekar M S
- Mr David Marshall
- MR KHAIRUL ANUAR MAT AMIN
- Doctor Donald McCallum
- Mr Munavvar Fairoos Mele Kavungathodi
- Mr Charles Mire
- Dr Simon Moulton
- Doctor Attila Janos Mozer
- Dr. Eoin Murray
- Dr. Andrew Nattestad
- Dr. Tuan Anh Nguyen
- Mr Cathal O'Connell
- Professor David Officer
- Mr Dillip Kumar Panda
- Dr Joselito Razal
- Mr Mark Romano
- Dr Gregory Ryder
- Dr Maryam Salari
- Mr Danial Sangian
- Dr. Sepidar Sayyar
- Dr. Sepidar Sayyar
- Dr. Damyanti Sharma
- Miss Elise Stewart
- Mr Luke Sweetman
- Mr. Alireza Talaei
- Ms Brianna Thompson
- Dr Pawel Wagner
- Dr Klaudia Wagner
- Holly Warren
- Dr Philip Whitten
- Mr Liang Wu
- Mr Yang Xiao
- Mr Dan Yang
- Miss Binbin Zhang
- Mr Hongrui Zhang
- Mr Shayan Ziabari Seyedin
