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Phil Andrews Research Group
Educational qualifications
- Degree in Radioecology. International Sakharov Environmental University, Minsk (1996 -2001) Belarus, Specializations: "Radioecology" and "Ecologycal monitoring and audit".
- Master Degree in Environmental Sience. International Sakharov Environmental University, Minsk (2001 -2002) Belarus.
Research Areas
Title of the current project: Synthesis of precursors for Atmospheric Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition (APCVD).
Summary: The aim of the current work is to synthesise, characterise and deposit a range of precursors for Atmospheric Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition (APCVD). We are interested in depositing metal oxide and fluorine doped metal oxide films onto a variety of surfaces. Metals used during the synthesis include tin, bismuth, indium, and gallium. The most suitable precursors for oxide thin films are molecules that have metal-oxygen bonds. As such, we plan to use metal alkoxides M(OR)n (R = saturated or unsaturated organic group, alkyl or aryl), ß-diketonates M(ß-dik)n (ß-dik = RCOCHCOR') and metal carboxylates M(O2CR)n.
Conferences Attended
- Australian Postgraduate Award (2001)
- Dux of Honours – Monash School of Chemistry 2001 1997-1999 Dean’s Scholarship Recipient (2000 )
- Science Scholar Program Student (1997 )
- Monash Prize Recipient - Dux of Yr.11 Padua College, Mornington (1995)
Conferences Attended
- CRC Smartprint Conference (July 6-7, 2004), Monash University, Australia
- 59th Appita Annual Conference and Exhibition, Auckland, NZ (16/05/2005-19/05/2005)
- CRC Smartprint Conference (October 19, 2005), Hilton Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
- Inorganic Symposium, Melbourne (Desember, 2005). Poster presentation: "Solvent Free Synthesis of Fluorinated Bismuth Compounds"
- Australian Organometallic conference , “OZOM3-2006” at Monash University –Gippsland campus from 8 Jan to 11 Jan -2006. Oral presentation: "Synthesis and Characterisation of Indium and Gallium Complexes Isolated from Reactions of PhMgBr with GaCl3 and InBr3".
- 37TH International Conference of Coordination Chemistry, 13/08/2006-18/08/2006, Cape Town, South Africa. Poster presentation: Solvent-ffree Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Fluorinated Bismuth Oxo-clusters.
Work Experience
Teaching commitments
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CHM 1031: World of Chemistry 1-Practicals
- CHM 1011: Chemistry 1-Practicals
- CHM 1022: Chemistry 1-Practicals
- CHM 3931: Chemistry of Bioactive Compounds - Practicals.
Publication
“Complications in metathesesis reactions involving Grignard reagent: Effect of solvent on products obtained from the interaction of PhMgBr with GaCl3 or InBr3” . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Volume 691, Issue 16, 1 August 2006, Pages 3426-3433. Philip C. Andrews, Peter C. Junk, Iryna Nuzhnaya, Leone Spiccia and Nafty Vanderhoek.
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