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Honours projects

  A cell wall model - lipid bilayer membranes supported on a polymer hydrogel cushion

A microfluidic device for detection of circulating cancer cells

A novel physicochemical method of promoting germination of seeds of endangered Australian plants

A physicochemical approach for optimizing drug delivery from BiosiliconTM

A study of protein-based elastomer

Advanced biomimetic membranes for the study of membrane-active proteins

Advanced coating of heterogeneous surfaces with complex fluids

Advanced gold nanoparticle hybrids for photothermal therapy

Amphiphilic block copolymers at the solid/liquid interface

Barrier thin polymer film on metallic substrate

Bioactive polymeric nanocomposites for bone tissue engineering

Biodegradable microporous scaffold from polymer blends and copolymers

Bioremediation of heavy-metal polluted water

Capillary flow in gas-bubbles decorated walls capillaries

Chemotaxis under boundary controlled signalling-agent gradients

Coal flotation: Bubble, particle and solution chemistry and process modelling

Confinement-induced enhancement of diffusiophoretic forces on self-propellers

Consequences of protein adsorption on bioactive coatings

Controlled detachment of colloidal particles from fluid interfaces

Controlling interfacial forces with polymers

Designed surfaces of controlled wettability

Development of multilayered packaging materials with controlled barrier properties

Dielectric properties and biological interactions of ultrathin polymeric coatings

Electrokinetic dewatering of mineral waste tailings

Electrowetting of responsive surfaces

Engineered nanotube membranes for molecular separation

Exploring potential technological applications of nanostructured biosilica

Exploring transport properties of engineered nanotube membranes

Fabrication of teflon-like ultra thin plasma polymer films on silicon wafer surface

Foamability and dynamic surface tension of polymeric surfactant

Functional nanomaterials for cancer diagnosis and lymph node imaging

Host-guest interaction

Immunotargeted nanoparticulate MRI contrast agents

Immunotargeting of drug-loaded silica nanoparticles

Impact of recycled and low quality process water for sustainable mineral processing practices

Influence of the mixed velocity and chemistry dependence of the contact angle on the liquid flow through patterned capillary

In situ reinforcement of elastomeric nanocomposites

In situ studies of molecular adsorption onto mineral nanoparticles - Total Internal Reflection (TIR) Raman Spectroscopy

In situ studies of polymeric biolubricants in aqueous systems

Interaction of polyester polyols with nano-titanium dioxide

Interfacial properties of dendrimers for improved pharmaceutical activity

Lipid adsorption on synthetic biomaterials

Modelling coordination effects on XPS core-line binding energies on sulfide minerals

Molecular surface design: Light induced wettability of structured surfaces

Nanomaterials based on block copolymers

Nanoparticle coatings for improved pharmaceutical delivery

Nanoscopic templates from domain forming block copolymer

Nanostructured organic-inorganic hybrid for protective surface coating

Nanostructured surfaces engineered by template synthesis

New high temperature proton conducting polymer electrolyte for sustainable energy conversion applications

Novel methods for the development of pharmaceutical nanoparticles

Novel self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on metal surfaces

Optimising the separation of sulphide minerals in the flotation of copper or copper-nickel ores

Particle-bubble collection

Polymers at mineral interfaces

Raman spectroscopy of oxide-coated gold nanoparticles

Rheological investigations in correlation with surface analysis and cell hydrodynamics to improve the flotation performance of sulfide minerals

Robust immobilization of antibodies onto magnetic nanoparticles

Studies in nano-structure composed of organic molecules on various inorganic substrates

Surface engineered nanoparticles for water treatment - Desalination

Surface speciation of pentlandite as a function of particle size by synchrotron and conventional x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)

Thin film stability and nanostructured surfaces

Wetting and coating of heterogeneous surfaces with complex fluids

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