Mr Troy Lowe

 

PhD Student Northfields Avenue Wollongong NSW 2522 Research Group: Intelligent Polymer Research Institute   Email: link Phone: +61 407 958 664 Fax: +61 2 42213114

 

Current Research Activities

The work of my PhD thesis will focus on discovery of the chemical and structural composition of native metal oxide films and deposited oxide films on model samples fabricated using Al, Zn and their alloys. The surface of these samples will be engineered to have discrete and uniform features on the tens of microns scale. Characterisation of the metal surface, native oxide and deposited oxide composition will hopefully lead to a better understanding of the nature of Al-Zn alloy surfaces and the structure of deposited barrier oxides to affect processes like corrosion, biomedical compatibility and chemical compatibility with polymers.