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About us
Project leaders
| Professor Doug MacFarlane |
Dr Ekaterina (Katya) Pas |
Professor Maria Forsyth |
Research interests
- Preparation and Characterization of Ionic Liquids and Ionic Materials
- Electrochemical Applications
- Green Chemistry
- Solar Cells
- Batteries
- Biotechnology including: Protein Stabilization and Biopreservation
- Cryobiology
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Research interests
- Studying Ionic Liquids from First Principles (Ab Initio) Calculations
- Ab Initio Methods for understanding Molecular, Thermodynamic and Transport Properties
- Fragment Molecular Orbital (MO) Approach for large-scale calculations
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Research interests
- Solid, Polymer, Composite, Gel and Ionic Liquid Electrolytes
- Electrolytes in Battery and Capacitor Technologies, Electrochromic Windows, Actuators, Solar Cells
- Control of Electrochemical Processes at Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces
- NMR Characterization of Materials
- Corrosion Monitoring
- Green Corrosion Inhibitors
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| Associate Professor Stuart Batten |
Professor Alan Bond |
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Research interests
- Crystal Engineering
- Coordination Polymers
- Metallosupramolecular Chemistry
- Chemistry of Pseudohalide Anions
- Interpenetration
- X-ray Crystallography
- Ionic Liquids
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Research interests
- Development and Application of Modern Electroanalytical Techniques
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Research Fellows
| Dr Peter Newman |
Dr Jenny Pringle |
Dr Vijay Ranganathan |
Research interests
- Heavy Metal Fluoride Glass
- Electroluminescence of ZnS quantum dots
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Research interests
- Electrosynthesis of Conducting Polymers
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Research interests
- Synthesis and Characterization of Biocompatible Ionic Liquids/Gels
- Enzyme Encapsulation
- Novel Ionic Biomaterials for Biomedical Devices
- Stabilization of Biomacromolecules in Biocompatible Ionic Liquids
- Ionic Liquids as Alternative Solvents
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| Dr Jiazeng Sun |
Dr Orawan Winther-Jensen |
Research interests
- Synthesis of Ionic Liquids for Electrochemical Purposes
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Research interests
- Gel-Ionic Liquid Electrolytes for Dye Sensitised Solar Cells (DSSCs)
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Research Assistants
| Dr Pamela Dean |
Ms Brianna Thompson |
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Research interests
- Anti-Crystal Engineering Approach to the Preparation of Pharmaceutically Active Ionic Liquids
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PhD Students
| Mr Gary Annat |
Ms Vanessa Armel |
Mr Huy Ha |
Research interests
- Physical Properties of Ionic Liquids
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Research interests
- Synthesis of Novel Ionic Liquids for Dye Sensitised Solar Cells
- Plastic Crystals
- Investigating Various Organic Dyes for DSSC
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Research interests
- Synthesis of Osmolytic Ionic Liquids
- Ionic Liquids for Protein Stabilization
- Computional Modelling of Ionic Liquids
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| Mr George Lane |
Mr Ming Liu |
Ms Radha Magnati |
Research interests
- Ionic Liquid Electrolytes
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Research interests
- Ionic Liquids for Carbon Capture Applications
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Research interests
- Synthesis of Ionic Liquids for DSSCs
- Computational Modelling for DSSCs
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| Ms Jelena Stoimenovski |
Ms Suzie Tan |
Ms Kylie Vongsanga |
Research interests
- Pharmaceutically Active Ionic Liquids (PAILs)
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Research interests
- Synthesis and Characterization of Ionic Liquids for Biomass Fractionation Purposes
- Testing Ionic Liquids in Biomass Fractionation
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Research interests
- Ionic Liquids as Solvents for the Dissolution of Cellulosic Products
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Molecule: Tricyanomethide anion, progenitor of very fluid ionic liquids (see S.A. Forsyth, S.R. Batten, Q. Dai, D.R. MacFarlane, Aust. J. Chem. 2004, 57, 121-124). Picture from a crystal structure by Dr Stuart Batten.
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