Associate Professor Abel Santos

Associate Professor

School of Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

I have pursued an independent research leadership role in materials science, nanofabrication, nanophotonics, optical sensing and biosensing, drug delivery and nanotoxicity, and photocatalysis. I have held full-time positions since my PhD (Magna Cum Laude—highest distinction for a PhD in Spain), by the Rovira i Virgili University (URV, Spain). After a postdoctoral research position (2011–12) at the Department of Electronic Engineering (URV), I undertook an academic Level A position in the School of Chemical Engineering (SCE) at the University of Adelaide (UoA) in January 2012. I secured an ARC DECRA (2014–16), and took up a Level B position at UoA’s SCE in 2014. In September 2015, I was promoted to research-only Level C position. In 2016, I gained a competitive Vice-Chancellor Fellowship (2017–19) (success rate ~10%) by UoA in recognition of outstanding research performance during my DECRA (42 articles, two books, four book chapters, and four PhD completions, of which I was principal supervisor for one, and took the primary role for three; all completions gained Dean’s Commendations and two UoA medals).

In 2019, I was appointed Senior Lecturer and gained a permanent position at UoA’s SCE, and I was promoted to Associate Professor in November 2021. My current role incorporates research (60%), administration (10%), and teaching (30%). I lead a dynamic research group comprising two early career researchers, nine PhDs (eight principal supervisor and one co-supervisor), two research Masters (principal supervisor), five PhD and MPhil visitors, and four Honours students, and have a research laboratory for my group. I am also actively involved in teaching and hold several leadership positions at UoA’s SCE, including Associate Head of School (Research), PGC Coordinator, and and coordinator of UoA’s Quantum Materials Initiative for SCE.

I have a well-demonstrated ability to conduct high quality interdisciplinary research with an excellent publication track record: five books, eight book chapters and 120 research articles. I have been consistently productive throughout my career, publishing an average of ~10 papers per year with an average IF of 7.4. My publications have generated >5,200 cites (GS, one article >200 cites and 12 articles >100 cites), with an h-index of 45 (i10-index: 94 and total h-index >830), a Category Normalized Citation Impact of 1.3 (CNCI, InCites), and a Field Weighted Citation Impact of 1.76 (FWCI, Scival). >80% of my work has been published in the top 10% journals of the materials science discipline (Scival), ~75% of which have been published in journals with IF >8 and >80% in Q1 quartile journals of the materials science discipline. I have been corresponding author on ~75% of these publications, which further demonstrates my leadership and genuine contribution to science.

My Research
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Research Interests

TOPICS

Structural engineering of nanoporous materials by electrochemical oxidation (anodisation)
Photocatalysis, Electrophotocatalysis, and energy generation and storage
Nanophotonics and plasmonics
Optical sensing and biosensing
Surface coatings for biomedical applications
Iontronics and electrochemical sensing

SUPERVISION

Postdoctoral research fellows: three
PhDs supervised: 16 (eight as principal supervisor and one as co-supervisor) and six PhD/MPhil visitors
PhDs completions: seven (all Dean's Commendation and four University of Adelaide Medals)
PhDs in progress: nine (eight as principal supervisor and one as co-supervisor)
Research Masters: ten (nine completions and four in progress for timely completion)
Honours undergraduates: 32 completions

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2022 - ongoing	Associate Professor	The University of Adelaide
2019 - 2021	Senior Lecturer	The University of Adelaide
2016 - 2018	Research-only academic Level C	The University of Adelaide
2014 - 2016	Research-only academic Level B	The University of Adelaide

Language Competencies

Language	Competency
Catalan; Valencian	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
German	Can read, write, speak and understand spoken
Spanish; Castilian	Can read, write, understand spoken and peer review

Education

Institution name	Country	Title
Universitat Jaume I	Spain	Bachelor in Chemical Engineering
Universitat Rovira i Virgili	Spain	Master in Electronic Engineering
Universitat Rovira i Virgili	Spain	PhD in Electronic Engineering

Research Interests

Electrochemistry Nanophotonics Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications Nanofabrication, Growth and Self Assembly Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering

Journals

Year	Citation
2025	Tran, K. N., Tran, H. N. Q., Abell, A. D., Law, C. S., & Santos, A. (2025). Nanoporous anodic alumina-based gas sensors: insights into advances and perspectives. Microchimica Acta, 192(7), 60 pages. DOI
2025	Dar, G. I., Xifre-Perez, E., Santos, A., & Marsal, L. F. (2025). Engineering of hierarchical nano-convex polymer lattice SERS platforms by template replica-assisted nanoimprinting. View, 6(1), 20240077-1-20240077-16. DOI
2025	Xu, X., Han, X., Li, H., Santos, A., Zhao, J., & Idab, S. (2025). Enhancing CO<inf>2</inf> electrolysis performance in solid oxide electrolysis cell using La-doped SrTiO<inf>3-δ</inf> composites. Composites Part B: Engineering, 296, 112261. DOI
2025	Law, C. S., Wang, J., Nielsch, K., Abell, A. D., Bisquert, J., & Santos, A. (2025). Recent advances in fluidic neuromorphic computing. Applied Physics Reviews, 12(2), 30 pages. DOI Scopus1
2025	Wang, J., Law, C. S., Vu, K. N., Gunenthiran, S., Nielsch, K., Abell, A. D., & Santos, A. (2025). Engineering of asymmetric iontronic nanopores by electroporation for blue energy generation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 515, 17 pages. DOI
2024	Tran, H. N. Q., Tran, K. N., Gunenthiran, S., Wang, J., Law, C. S., Lim, S. Y., . . . Santos, A. (2024). Tailoring Tamm Plasmon Resonances in Dielectric Nanoporous Photonic Crystals. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(9), 11787-11799. DOI Scopus6 Europe PMC1
2024	Gunenthiran, S., Law, C. S., Wang, J., Lim, S. Y., Abell, A. D., Alwahabi, Z. T., & Santos, A. (2024). Engineering of Solid-State Nanoporous Laser through Dendrimer-Encapsulated Fluorophores. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, 16(12), 15059-15072. DOI Scopus2
2024	Vu, K. N., Law, C. S., Lord, C., Wang, J., Lim, S. Y., Horsley, J., . . . Santos, A. (2024). Harnessing the Intrinsic Ionic Rectification Properties of Blind-Hole Nanoporous Anodic Alumina for Osmotic Energy Generation. Advanced Functional Materials, 34(29), 2400697-1-2400697-15. DOI Scopus6
2024	Tran, K. N., Tran, H. N. Q., Lim, S. Y., Abell, A. D., Law, C. S., & Santos, A. (2024). Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds through Spectroscopic Signatures in Nanoporous Fabry-Pérot Optical Microcavities. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(19), 24961-24975. DOI Scopus5 Europe PMC2
2024	Bisquert, J., Sanchez-Mateu, M., Bou, A., Suwen Law, C., & Santos, A. (2024). Synaptic Response of Fluidic Nanopores: The Connection of Potentiation with Hysteresis. ChemPhysChem, 25(23), e202400265-1-e202400265-12. DOI Scopus5 Europe PMC2
2024	Zhao, Z., Law, C. S., Zhao, Y., Baron Jaimez, J. A., Talebian-Kiakalaieh, A., Li, H., . . . Santos, A. (2024). Elucidating Synergies of Single-Atom Catalysts in a Model Thin Film Photoelectrocatalyst to Maximize Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Science, 11(41), 2407598-1-2407598-5. DOI Europe PMC1
2024	Ngo, V. T., Lim, S. Y., Law, C. S., Wang, J., Hamza, M. A., Abell, A. D., . . . Santos, A. (2024). Semiconductor Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystals as a Model Photoelectrocatalytic Platform for Solar Light‐Driven Reactions. Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research, 5(11), 2400125-1-2400125-15. DOI Scopus2
2024	Gunenthiran, S., Wang, J., Law, C. S., Abell, A. D., Alwahabi, Z. T., & Santos, A. (2024). Nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals for solid-state lasing systems: state-of-the-art and perspectives. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 13(3), 985-1-985-28. DOI Scopus3
2023	Rojas Gómez, A., Acosta, L. K., Ferré-Borrull, J., Santos, A., & Marsal, L. F. (2023). Generation of Tamm Plasmon Resonances for Light Confinement Applications in Narrowband Gradient-Index Filters Based on Nanoporous Anodic Alumina. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6(7), 5274-5283. DOI Scopus8 WoS2 Europe PMC4
2023	Wang, J., Vu, K. N., Abell, A. D., Santos, A., & Law, C. S. (2023). Nanoporous anodic alumina-based iontronics: fundamentals and applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 11(27), 9051-9081. DOI Scopus11
2023	Wang, J., Law, C. S., Gunenthiran, S., Lim, S. Y., Vu, K. N., Ngo, V. T., . . . Santos, A. (2023). Understanding the Intrinsic Rectification Properties of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina by Selective Chemical Etching. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15(39), 45981-45996. DOI Scopus4 Europe PMC1
2023	Hedrich, C., Burson, A. R., González-García, S., Vega, V., Prida, V. M., Santos, A., . . . Zierold, R. (2023). Enhancing the Photocatalytic Activity by Tailoring an Anodic Aluminum Oxide Photonic Crystal to the Semiconductor Catalyst: At the Example of Iron Oxide. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10(36), 2300615-1-2300615-12. DOI Scopus8 WoS1
2023	Lim, S. Y., Law, C. S., Tran, K. N., Tran, H. N. Q., Abell, A. D., & Santos, A. (2023). Engineering Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Bilayered Interferometers for Liquid and Gas Sensing. ACS Applied Nano Material, 6(22), 20954-20969. DOI Scopus5
2023	Tran, K. N., Tran, H. N. Q., Gunenthiran, S., Wang, J., Law, C. S., Lim, S. Y., . . . Santos, A. (2023). Desorption Kinetics Profiling of Volatile Organic Compounds in Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystal Optical Microcavities. ACS Applied Optical Materials, 1(12), 1987-2003. DOI Scopus3
2022	Law, C. S., Wang, J., Gunenthiran, S., Lim, S. Y., Abell, A. D., Ahrens, L., . . . Voelcker, N. H. (2022). Real-time detection of per-fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) self-assembled monolayers in nanoporous interferometers. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 355, 1-10. DOI Scopus10 WoS2
2022	Bakshi, S., Snoswell, A. J., Kwok, K. Y., Cheng, L. H., Altalhi, T. A., Santos, A., . . . Kumeria, T. (2022). Spray-n-Sense: sprayable nanofibers for on-site chemical sensing. Advanced Functional Materials, 32(16), 12 pages. DOI Scopus7 WoS2
2022	Acosta, L. K., Law, C. S., Santos, A., Ferré-Borrull, J., & Marsal, L. F. (2022). Tuning intrinsic photoluminescence from light-emitting multispectral nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals. APL Photonics, 7(2), 12 pages. DOI Scopus12 WoS7
2022	Gunenthiran, S., Wang, J., Zhao, W., Law, S., Lim, S. Y., McInnes, J. A., . . . Santos, A. (2022). Lasing from Narrow Bandwidth Light-Emitting One-Dimensional Nanoporous Photonic Crystals. ACS Photonics, 9(4), 1226-1239. DOI Scopus8 WoS4
2022	Wang, J., Law, C. S., Gunenthiran, S., Tran, H. N. Q., Tran, N. K., Lim, S. Y., . . . Santos, A. (2022). Structural Engineering of the Barrier Oxide Layer of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina for Iontronic Sensing. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(18), 21181-21197. DOI Scopus12 WoS4 Europe PMC2
2022	Bachhuka, A., Chand Yadav, T., Santos, A., Marsal, L. F., Ergün, S., & Karnati, S. (2022). Emerging nanomaterials for targeting peroxisomes. Materials Today Advances, 15, 8 pages. DOI Scopus8 WoS4
2022	Lim, S. Y., Hedrich, C., Law, C. S., Abell, A. D., Blick, R. H., Furlan, K. P., . . . Santos, A. (2022). Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystals for Sunlight Harvesting Applications: A Perspective. Solar RRL, 6(10), 1-32. DOI Scopus4 WoS1
2022	Gunenthiran, S., Wang, J., Que Tran, H. N., Tran, K. N., Lim, S. Y., Law, C. S., . . . Santos, A. (2022). Engineering of Solid-State Random Lasing in Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystals. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(9), 12174-12188. DOI Scopus6 WoS1
2022	Lim, S. Y., Hedrich, C., Law, C. S., Abell, A. D., Blick, R. H., Furlan, K. P., . . . Santos, A. (2022). Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystals for Sunlight Harvesting Applications: A Perspective. Solar RRL, 6(10). DOI
2022	Tran, H. N. Q., Le, N., Le, Q. N., Law, S., Lim, S. Y., Abell, A. D., & Santos, A. (2022). Spectral Engineering of Tamm Plasmon Resonances in Dielectric Nanoporous Photonic Crystal Sensors. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(20), 22747-22761. DOI Scopus16 WoS6 Europe PMC3
2021	Lim, S. Y., Hedrich, C., Jiang, L., Law, S., Chirumamilla, M., Abell, A. D., . . . Santos, A. (2021). Harnessing Slow Light in Optoelectronically Engineered Nanoporous Photonic Crystals for Visible Light-Enhanced Photocatalysis. ACS Catalysis, 11(21), 12947-12962. DOI Scopus34 WoS20
2021	Liu, L., Lim, S. Y., Law, C. S., Acosta, L. K., Jin, B., Abell, A. D., . . . Santos, A. (2021). Optical engineering of nanoporous photonic crystals by Gaussian-like pulse anodization. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 312, 110770-1-110770-13. DOI Scopus11 WoS7
2021	Acosta, L. K., Law, S., Lim, S. Y., Abell, A. D., Marsal, L. F., & Santos, A. (2021). Role of spectral resonance features and surface chemistry in the optical sensitivity of light-confining nanoporous photonic crystals. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13(12), 14394-14406. DOI Scopus13 WoS6 Europe PMC4
2020	Santos, A., Marsal, L. F., & Kumeria, T. (2020). Editorial: Engineered Nanoporous Materials for Chemical Sensors and Biosensors. Frontiers in Chemistry, 8, 1-2. DOI Scopus2
2020	Liu, L., Lim, S. Y., Law, C. S., Jin, B., Abell, A. D., Ni, G., & Santos, A. (2020). Engineering of broadband nanoporous semiconductor photonic crystals for visible-light-driven photocatalysis. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(52), 57079-57092. DOI Scopus26 WoS15 Europe PMC2
2020	Lim, S. Y., Law, C. S., Jiang, L., Acosta, L. K., Bachhuka, A., Marsal, L. F., . . . Santos, A. (2020). Enhancing forbidden light propagation in nanoporous anodic alumina gradient-index filters by alcohol additives. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 3(12), 12115-12129. DOI Scopus10 WoS6
2020	Mahmoud, M. H. H., Hessien, M. M., Alsawat, M., Santos, A., El-Bagoury, N., Alanazi, A. K., & Alshanbari, N. A. (2020). Developed Process Circuit Flowsheet of Al Amar Ore for Production of Nanocrystalline Ferrite and Improving Gold Recovery.. ACS Omega, 5(48), 30858-30870. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2020	Law, C. S., Lim, S. Y., Liu, L., Abell, A. D., Marsal, L. F., & Santos, A. (2020). Realization of high-quality optical nanoporous gradient-index filters by optimal combination of anodization conditions. Nanoscale, 12(17), 9404-9415. DOI Scopus25 WoS17 Europe PMC4
2020	Acosta, L. K., Bertó-Roselló, F., Xifre-Perez, E., Law, C. S., Santos, A., Ferré-Borrull, J., & Marsal, L. F. (2020). Tunable nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals by Gaussian pulse anodization. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(17), 19778-19787. DOI Scopus28 WoS21 Europe PMC6
2020	Bachhuka, A., Madathiparambil Visalakshan, R., Law, S., Santos, A., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Karnati, S., & Vasilev, K. (2020). Modulation of macrophages differentiation by nanoscale-engineered geometric and chemical features. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 3(3), 1496-1505. DOI Scopus12 WoS8 Europe PMC7
2020	Domagalski, J. T., Xifre-Perez, E., Santos, A., Ferre-Borrull, J., & Marsal, L. F. (2020). Tailor-engineered structural and physico-chemical properties of anodic alumina nanotubes by pulse anodization: A step forward. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 303, 110264-1-110264-13. DOI Scopus13 WoS10
2020	Lim, S. Y., Law, C. S., Bertó-Roselló, F., Liu, L., Markovic, M., Ferré-Borrull, J., . . . Santos, A. (2020). Tailor-engineered plasmonic single-lattices: harnessing localized surface plasmon resonances for visible-NIR light-enhanced photocatalysis. Catalysis Science and Technology, 10(10), 3195-3211. DOI Scopus14 WoS9
2019	Acosta, L. K., Bertó-Roselló, F., Xifre-Perez, E., Santos, A., Ferré-Borrull, J., & Marsal, L. F. (2019). Stacked nanoporous anodic alumina gradient-index filters with tunable multispectral photonic stopbands as sensing platforms. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11(3), 3360-3371. DOI Scopus49 WoS39 Europe PMC10
2019	Kaur, S., Law, C. S., Williamson, N. H., Kempson, I., Popat, A., Kumeria, T., & Santos, A. (2019). Environmental copper sensor based on polyethylenimine-functionalized nanoporous anodic alumina interferometers. Analytical Chemistry, 91(8), 5011-5020. DOI Scopus52 WoS39 Europe PMC14
2019	Lim, S. Y., Law, C. S., Markovic, M., Marsal, L. F., Voelcker, N. H., Abell, A. D., & Santos, A. (2019). Rational management of photons for enhanced photocatalysis in structurally-colored nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2(2), 1169-1184. DOI Scopus28 WoS24
2019	Lim, S. Y., Law, S., Liu, L., Markovic, M., Abell, A. D., & Santos, A. (2019). Integrating surface plasmon resonance and slow photon effects in nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals for photocatalysis. Catalysis Science and Technology, 9(12), 3158-3176. DOI Scopus27 WoS15
2019	Liu, L., Lim, S. Y., Law, C. S., Jin, B., Abell, A. D., Ni, G., & Santos, A. (2019). Light-confining semiconductor nanoporous anodic alumina optical microcavities for photocatalysis. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(39), 22514-22529. DOI Scopus25 WoS22
2019	Eckstein., Law, C. S., Lim, S. Y., Kaur, S., Kumeria, T., Ferré-Borrull, J., . . . Santos, A. (2019). Nanoporous photonic crystals with tailored surface chemistry for ionic copper sensing. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7(39), 12278-12289. DOI Scopus16 WoS13
2019	Lim, S. Y., Law, C. S., Liu, L., Markovic, M., Hedrich, C., Blick, R. H., . . . Santos, A. (2019). Electrochemical engineering of nanoporous materials for photocatalysis: fundamentals, advances, and perspectives. Catalysts, 9(12), 988-1-988-34. DOI Scopus24 WoS10
2018	Nemati, M., Santos, A., & Losic, D. (2018). Fabrication and optimization of bilayered nanoporous anodic alumina structures as multi-point interferometric sensing platform. Sensors, 18(2), 470-1-470-18. DOI Scopus14 WoS11 Europe PMC6
2018	Law, C., Lim, S., & Santos, A. (2018). On the precise tuning of optical filtering features in nanoporous anodic alumina distributed Bragg reflectors. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 1-16. DOI Scopus39 WoS33 Europe PMC4
2018	Lim, S., Law, C., Marsal, L., & Santos, A. (2018). Engineering of hybrid nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals by heterogeneous pulse anodization. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 9455-1-9455-16. DOI Scopus23 WoS24 Europe PMC3
2018	Lim, S., Law, C., Markovic, M., Kirby, J., Abell, A., & Santos, A. (2018). Engineering the slow photon effect in photoactive nanoporous anodic alumina gradient-index filters for photocatalysis. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(28), 24124-24136. DOI Scopus33 WoS29 Europe PMC7
2018	Law, C., Lim, S., Abell, A., Marsal, L., & Santos, A. (2018). Structural tailoring of nanoporous anodic alumina optical microcavities for enhanced resonant recirculation of light. Nanoscale, 10(29), 14139-14152. DOI Scopus37 WoS24 Europe PMC3
2018	Law, C., Lim, S., Abell, A., & Santos, A. (2018). Real-time binding monitoring between human blood proteins and heavy metal ions in nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals. Analytical Chemistry, 90(16), 10039-10048. DOI Scopus30 WoS25 Europe PMC6
2018	Santos, A. (2018). Electrochemical engineering of nanoporous materials. Nanomaterials, 8(9), 691-1-691-2. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2018	Law, C., Lim, S., Abell, A., Voelcker, N., & Santos, A. (2018). Nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals for optical chemo-and biosensing: fundamentals, advances, and perspectives. Nanomaterials, 8(10), 788-1-788-47. DOI Scopus64 WoS48 Europe PMC14
2018	Law, S., Lim, S., Macalincag, R., Abell, A. D., & Santos, A. (2018). Light-confining nanoporous anodic alumina microcavities by apodized stepwise pulse anodization. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 1(9), 4418-4434. DOI Scopus22 WoS19
2017	Wang, Y., Zinonos, I., Zysk, A., Panagopoulos, V., Kaur, G., Santos, A., . . . Evdokiou, A. (2017). In vivo toxicological assessment of electrochemically engineered anodic alumina nanotubes: a study of biodistribution, subcutaneous implantation and intravenous injection. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 5(13), 2511-2523. DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC2
2017	Law, C., Sylvia, G., Nemati, M., Yu, J., Losic, D., Abell, A., & Santos, A. (2017). Engineering of surface chemistry for enhanced sensitivity in nanoporous interferometric sensing platforms. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(10), 8929-8940. DOI Scopus29 WoS26 Europe PMC6
2017	Kumeria, T., McInnes, S., Maher, S., & Santos, A. (2017). Porous silicon for drug delivery applications and theranostics: recent advances, critical review and perspectives. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 14(12), 1407-1422. DOI Scopus77 WoS56 Europe PMC26
2017	Maher, S., Santos, A., Kumeria, T., Kaur, G., Lambert, M., Forward, P., . . . Losic, D. (2017). Multifunctional microspherical magnetic and pH responsive carriers for combination anticancer therapy engineered by droplet-based microfluidics. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 5(22), 4097-4109. DOI Scopus37 WoS29 Europe PMC15
2017	Sukarno., Law, C., & Santos, A. (2017). Realisation and optical engineering of linear variable bandpass filters in nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals. Nanoscale, 9(22), 7541-7550. DOI Scopus24 WoS19 Europe PMC6
2017	Mezni, A., Saber, N., Almalki, A., Gobouri, A., Basiuk, E., Rizo, J., . . . Altalhi, T. (2017). Chemical functionalization of inner walls of carbon nanotubes with long-chain aliphatic amines. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 9(5), 712-718. DOI Scopus6 WoS8
2017	Santos, A. (2017). Nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals: fundamentals, developments and perspectives. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5(23), 5581-5599. DOI Scopus98 WoS77
2017	Alsawat, M., Altalhi, T., Santos, A., & Losic, D. (2017). Carbon nanotubes-nanoporous anodic alumina composite membranes: influence of template on structural, chemical, and transport properties. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(25), 13634-13644. DOI Scopus15 WoS14
2017	Mezni, A., Saber, N., Alhadhrami, A., Gobouri, A., Aldalbahi, A., Hay, S., . . . Altalhi, T. (2017). Highly biocompatible carbon nanocapsules derived from plastic waste for advanced cancer therapy. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 41, 351-358. DOI Scopus16 WoS10
2017	Mezni, A., Altalhi, T., Saber, N., Aldalbahi, A., Boulehmi, S., Santos, A., & Losic, D. (2017). Size-and shape-controlled synthesis of well-organised carbon nanotubes using nanoporous anodic alumina with different pore diameters. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 491, 375-389. DOI Scopus14 WoS14 Europe PMC3
2016	Santos, A., Yoo, J., Rohatgi, C., Kumeria, T., Wang, Y., & Losic, D. (2016). Realisation and advanced engineering of true optical rugate filters based on nanoporous anodic alumina by sinusoidal pulse anodisation. Nanoscale, 8(3), 1360-1373. DOI Scopus63 WoS56 Europe PMC16
2016	Maher, S., Kumeria, T., Wang, Y., Kaur, G., Fathalla, D., Fetih, G., . . . Losic, D. (2016). From the mine to cancer therapy: natural and biodegradable theranostic silicon nanocarriers from diatoms for sustained delivery of chemotherapeutics. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 5(20), 2667-2678. DOI Scopus47 WoS30 Europe PMC23
2016	Santos, A., Law, C., Chin Lei, D., Pereira, T., & Losic, D. (2016). Fine tuning of optical signals in nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals by apodized sinusoidal pulse anodisation. Nanoscale, 8(43), 18360-18375. DOI Scopus38 WoS33 Europe PMC8
2016	Santos, A., Law, C., Pereira, T., & Losic, D. (2016). Nanoporous hard data: optical encoding of information within nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals. Nanoscale, 8(15), 8091-8100. DOI Scopus40 WoS33 Europe PMC8
2016	Nemati, M., Santos, A., Law, C., & Losic, D. (2016). Assessment of binding affinity between drugs and human serum albumin using nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals. Analytical Chemistry, 88(11), 5971-5980. DOI Scopus22 WoS21 Europe PMC10
2016	Law, C., Santos, A., Nemati, M., & Losic, D. (2016). Structural engineering of nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals by sawtooth-like pulse anodization. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8(21), 13542-13554. DOI Scopus41 WoS38 Europe PMC11
2016	Alsawat, M., Altalhi, T., Santos, A., & Losic, D. (2016). Facile and controllable route for nitrogen doping of carbon nanotubes composite membranes by catalyst-free chemical vapour deposition. Carbon, 106, 295-305. DOI Scopus19 WoS9
2016	Alsawat, M., Kant, K., Altalhi, T., Santos, A., & Losic, D. (2016). Influence of surface chemistry on the ionic conductivity of vertically aligned carbon nanotube composite membranes. RSC Advances, 6(50), 44288-44296. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2016	Altalhi, T., Mezni, A., Aldalbahi, A., Alrooqi, A., Attia, Y., Santos, A., & Losic, D. (2016). Fabrication and characterisation of sulfur and phosphorus (S/P) co-doped carbon nanotubes. Chemical Physics Letters, 658, 92-96. DOI Scopus10 WoS9
2016	Santos, A., Pereira, T., Law, C., & Losic, D. (2016). Rational engineering of nanoporous anodic alumina optical bandpass filters. Nanoscale, 8(31), 14846-14857. DOI Scopus31 WoS28 Europe PMC10
2016	Wang, L., Kumeria, T., Santos, A., Forward, P., Lambert, M., & Losic, D. (2016). Iron oxide nanowires from bacteria biofilm as an edfficient visible-light magnetic photocatalyst. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8(31), 20110-20119. DOI Scopus31 WoS28 Europe PMC8
2015	Wang, Y., Kaur, G., Chen, Y., Santos, A., Losic, D., & Evdokiou, A. (2015). Bioinert anodic alumina nanotubes for targeting of endoplasmic reticulum stress and autophagic signaling: a combinatorial nanotube-based drug delivery system for enhancing cancer therapy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7(49), 27140-27151. DOI Scopus35 WoS27 Europe PMC11
2015	Santos, A., Deen, M., & Marsal, L. (2015). Low-cost fabrication technologies for nanostructures: state-of-the-art and potential. Nanotechnology, 26(4), 042001-1-042001-20. DOI Scopus72 WoS60 Europe PMC28
2015	Purdey, M., Connaughton, H., Whiting, S., Schartner, E., Monro, T., Thompson, J., . . . Abell, A. (2015). Boronate probes for the detection of hydrogen peroxide release from human spermatozoa. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 81, 69-76. DOI Scopus39 WoS38 Europe PMC17
2015	Law, C., Santos, A., Kumeria, T., & Losic, D. (2015). Engineered therapeutic-releasing nanoporous anodic alumina-aluminum wires with extended release of therapeutics. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7(6), 3846-3853. DOI Scopus19 WoS15 Europe PMC6
2015	Wang, Y., Kaur, G., Zysk, A., Liapis, V., Hay, S., Santos, A., . . . Evdokiou, A. (2015). Systematic invitro nanotoxicity study on anodic alumina nanotubes with engineered aspect ratio: understanding nanotoxicity by a nanomaterial model. Biomaterials, 46, 117-130. DOI Scopus44 WoS36 Europe PMC16
2015	Chen, Y., Santos, A., Wang, Y., Kumeria, T., Li, J., Wang, C., & Losic, D. (2015). Biomimetic nanoporous anodic alumina distributed Bragg reflectors in the form of films and microsized particles for sensing applications. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7(35), 19816-19824. DOI Scopus57 WoS57 Europe PMC19
2015	Maher, S., Alsawat, M., Kumeria, T., Fathalla, D., Fetih, G., Santos, A., . . . Losic, D. (2015). Luminescent silicon diatom replicas: self-reporting and degradable drug carriers with biologically derived shape for sustained delivery of therapeutics. Advanced Functional Materials, 25(32), 5107-5116. DOI Scopus49 WoS34
2015	Alsawat, M., Altalhi, T., Kumeria, T., Santos, A., & Losic, D. (2015). Carbon nanotube-nanoporous anodic alumina composite membranes with controllable inner diameters and surface chemistry: Influence on molecular transport and chemical selectivity. Carbon, 93, 681-692. DOI Scopus34 WoS30
2015	Rahman, S., Ormsby, R., Santos, A., Atkins, G., Findlay, D., & Losic, D. (2015). Nanoengineered drug-releasing aluminium wire implants: comparative investigation of nanopore geometry, drug release and osteoblast cell adhesion. RSC Advances, 5(92), 75004-75014. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2015	Wang, Y., Santos, A., Evdokiou, A., & Losic, D. (2015). An overview of nanotoxicity and nanomedicine research: principles, progress and implications for cancer therapy. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3(36), 7153-7172. DOI Scopus126 WoS91 Europe PMC30
2015	Chen, Y., Santos, A., Wang, Y., Kumeria, T., Wang, C., Li, J., & Losic, D. (2015). Interferometric nanoporous anodic alumina photonic coatings for optical sensing. Nanoscale, 7(17), 7770-7779. DOI Scopus54 WoS52 Europe PMC15
2015	Kumeria, T., Yu, J., Alsawat, M., Kurkuri, M., Santos, A., Abell, A., & Losic, D. (2015). Photoswitchable membranes based on peptide-modified nanoporous anodic alumina: toward smart membranes for on-demand molecular transport. Advanced Materials, 27(19), 3019-3024. DOI Scopus35 WoS33 Europe PMC11
2015	Kumeria, T., Mon, H., Aw, M., Gulati, K., Santos, A., Griesser, H., & Losic, D. (2015). Advanced biopolymer-coated drug-releasing titania nanotubes (TNTs) implants with simultaneously enhanced osteoblast adhesion and antibacterial properties. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 130, 255-263. DOI Scopus126 WoS100 Europe PMC47
2015	Wang, Y., Chen, Y., Kumeria, T., Ding, F., Evdokiou, A., Losic, D., & Santos, A. (2015). Facile synthesis of optical microcavities by a rationally designed anodization approach: tailoring photonic signals by nanopore structure. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7(18), 9879-9888. DOI Scopus46 WoS39 Europe PMC13
2015	Kumeria, T., Yu, J., Alsawat, M., Kurkuri, M., Santos, A., Abell, A., & Losic, D. (2015). Membranes: Photoswitchable Membranes Based on Peptide-Modified Nanoporous Anodic Alumina: Toward Smart Membranes for On-Demand Molecular Transport (Adv. Mater. 19/2015). Advanced materials, 27(19), 2950. DOI
2015	Zhang, X., Heng, S., & Abell, A. (2015). Photoregulation of α-chymotrypsin activity by spiropyran-based inhibitors in solution and attached to an optical fiber. Chemistry, 21(30), 10703-10713. DOI Scopus12 WoS9 Europe PMC5
2015	Chen, Y., Santos, A., Ho, D., Wang, Y., Kumeria, T., Li, J., . . . Losic, D. (2015). On the generation of interferometric colors in high purity and technical grade aluminum: an alternative green process for metal finishing industry. Electrochimica Acta, 174, 672-681. DOI Scopus45 WoS39
2015	Gulati, K., Santos, A., Findlay, D., & Losic, D. (2015). Optimizing anodization conditions for the growth of titania nanotubes on curved surfaces. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(28), 16033-16045. DOI Scopus106 WoS82
2015	Saji, V., Kumeria, T., Gulati, K., Prideaux, M., Rahman, S., Alsawat, M., . . . Losic, D. (2015). Localized drug delivery of selenium (Se) using nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide for bone implants. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3(35), 7090-7098. DOI Scopus23 WoS22 Europe PMC5
2015	Nemati, M., Santos, A., Kumeria, T., & Losic, D. (2015). Label-free real-time quantification of enzyme levels by interferometric spectroscopy combined with gelatin-modified nanoporous anodic alumina photonic films. Analytical chemistry, 87(17), 9016-9024. DOI Scopus27 WoS24 Europe PMC12
2015	Chen, Y., Santos, A., Wang, Y., Kumeria, T., Ho, D., Li, J., . . . Losic, D. (2015). Rational design of photonic dust from nanoporous anodic alumina films: a versatile photonic nanotool for visual sensing. Scientific Reports, 5(1), 12893-1-12893-12. DOI Scopus32 WoS50 Europe PMC10
2015	Wang, Y., Santos, A., Evdokiou, A., & Losic, D. (2015). Rational design of ultra-short anodic alumina nanotubes by short-time pulse anodization. Electrochimica Acta, 154, 379-386. DOI Scopus53 WoS49
2015	Losic, D., Aw, M., Santos, A., Gulati, K., & Bariana, M. (2015). Titania nanotube arrays for local drug delivery: recent advances and perspectives. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 12(1), 103-127. DOI Scopus150 WoS122 Europe PMC52
2015	Purdey, M., Thompson, J., Monro, T., Abell, A., & Schartner, E. (2015). A dual sensor for pH and hydrogen peroxide using polymer-coated optical fibre tips. Sensors, 15(12), 31904-31913. DOI Scopus40 WoS35 Europe PMC13
2015	Alsawat, M., Altalhi, T., Gulati, K., Santos, A., & Losic, D. (2015). Synthesis of carbon nanotube-nanotubular titania composites by catalyst-free CVD process: insights into the formation mechanism and photocatalytic properties. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7(51), 28361-28368. DOI Scopus26 WoS20 Europe PMC4
2014	Kumeria, T., Santos, A., & Losic, D. (2014). Nanoporous anodic alumina platforms: engineered surface chemistry and structure for optical sensing applications. Sensors, 14(7), 11878-11918. DOI Scopus147 WoS119 Europe PMC41
2014	Kumeria, T., Rahman, M., Santos, A., Ferre-Borrull, J., Marsal, L., & Losic, D. (2014). Nanoporous anodic alumina rugate filters for sensing of ionic mercury: toward environmental point-of-analysis systems. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6(15), 12971-12978. DOI Scopus68 WoS65 Europe PMC23
2014	Santos, A., Kumeria, T., Wang, Y., & Losic, D. (2014). In situ monitored engineering of inverted nanoporous anodic alumina funnels: on the precise generation of 3D optical nanostructures. Nanoscale, 6(17), 9991-9999. DOI Scopus48 WoS41 Europe PMC19
2014	Wang, Y., Santos, A., Kaur, G., Evdokiou, A., & Losic, D. (2014). Structurally engineered anodic alumina nanotubes as nano-carriers for delivery of anticancer therapeutics. Biomaterials, 35(21), 5517-5526. DOI Scopus58 WoS50 Europe PMC17
2014	Kumeria, T., Rahman, M., Santos, A., Ferré-Borrull, J., Marsal, L., & Losic, D. (2014). Structural and optical nanoengineering of nanoporous anodic alumina rugate filters for real-time and label-free biosensing applications. Analytical Chemistry, 86(3), 1837-1844. DOI Scopus93 WoS87 Europe PMC32
2014	Santos, A., Kumeria, T., & Losic, D. (2014). Nanoporous anodic alumina: a versatile platform for optical biosensors. Materials, 7(6), 4297-4320. DOI Scopus113 WoS91 Europe PMC24
2014	Santos, A., Sinn Aw, M., Bariana, M., Kumeria, T., Wang, Y., & Losic, D. (2014). Drug-releasing implants: current progress, challenges and perspectives. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2(37), 6157-6182. DOI Scopus133 WoS96 Europe PMC39
2014	Tieu, W., Jarrad, A. M., Paparella, A. S., Keeling, K. A., Soares da Costa, T. P., Wallace, J. C., . . . Abell, A. D. (2014). Heterocyclic acyl-phosphate bioisostere-based inhibitors of Staphylococcus aureus biotin protein ligase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 24(19), 4689-4693. DOI Scopus21 WoS17 Europe PMC8
2014	Kumeria, T., Santos, A., Rahman, M., Ferré-Borrull, J., Marsal, L., & Losic, D. (2014). Advanced structural engineering of nanoporous photonic structures: tailoring nanopore architecture to enhance sensing properties. ACS Photonics, 1(12), 1298-1306. DOI Scopus62 WoS59
2013	Santos, A., Kumeria, T., & Losic, D. (2013). Nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide for chemical sensing and biosensors. TRAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 44, 25-38. DOI Scopus227 WoS191
2013	Kumeria, T., Santos, A., & Losic, D. (2013). Ultrasensitive nanoporous interferometric sensor for label-free detection of gold(III) ions. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 5(22), 11783-11790. DOI Scopus67 WoS66 Europe PMC28
2013	Santos, A., Kumeria, T., & Losic, D. (2013). Optically optimized photoluminescent and interferometric biosensors based on nanoporous anodic alumina: a comparison. Analytical Chemistry, 85(16), 7904-7911. DOI Scopus66 WoS58 Europe PMC20
2013	Altalhi, T., Kumeria, T., Santos, A., & Losic, D. (2013). Synthesis of well-organised carbon nanotube membranes from non-degradable plastic bags with tuneable molecular transport: towards nanotechnological recycling. Carbon, 63, 423-433. DOI Scopus33 WoS24
2013	Kumeria, T., Gulati, K., Santos, A., & Losic, D. (2013). Real-time and in situ drug release monitoring from nanoporous implants under dynamic flow conditions by reflectometric interference spectroscopy. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 5(12), 5436-5442. DOI Scopus38 WoS34 Europe PMC16
2013	Urteaga, R., Acquaroli, L., Koropecki, R., Santos, A., Alba, M., Pallareìs, J., . . . Berli, C. (2013). Optofluidic characterization of nanoporous membranes. Langmuir, 29(8), 2784-2789. DOI Scopus26 WoS21 Europe PMC7
2012	Vojkuvka, L., Santos, A., Pallarès, J., Ferré-Borrull, J., Marsal, L., & Celis, J. (2012). On the mechanical properties of nanoporous anodized alumina by nanoindentation and sliding tests. Surface and Coatings Technology, 206(8-9), 2115-2124. DOI Scopus57 WoS47
2012	Santos, A., Formentín, P., Ferré-Borrull, J., Pallarès, J., & Marsal, L. (2012). Nanoporous anodic alumina obtained without protective oxide layer by hard anodization. Materials Letters, 67(1), 296-299. DOI Scopus42 WoS33
2012	Santos, A., Vojkuvka, L., Alba, M., Balderrama, V., Ferré-Borrull, J., Pallarès, J., & Marsal, L. (2012). Understanding and morphology control of pore modulations in nanoporous anodic alumina by discontinuous anodization. Physica Status Solidi A: Applications and Materials Science, 209(10), 2045-2048. DOI Scopus37 WoS28
2012	Rahman, M., Garcia-Caurel, E., Santos, A., Marsal, L., Pallarès, J., & Ferré-Borrull, J. (2012). Effect of the anodization voltage on the pore-widening rate of nanoporous anodic alumina. Nanoscale Research Letters, 7(1), 474-1-474-7. DOI Scopus47 WoS37 Europe PMC12
2012	Santos, A., Balderrama, V., Alba, M., Formentín, P., Ferré-Borrull, J., Pallarès, J., & Marsal, L. (2012). Tunable Fabry-Pérot interferometer based on nanoporous anodic alumina for optical biosensing purposes. Nanoscale Research Letters, 7(1), 370-1-370-4. DOI Scopus31 WoS29 Europe PMC15
2012	Santos, A., MacÍas, G., Ferré-Borrull, J., Pallarès, J., & Marsal, L. (2012). Photoluminescent enzymatic sensor based on nanoporous anodic alumina. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 4(7), 3584-3588. DOI Scopus75 WoS66 Europe PMC17
2012	Santos, A., Alba, M., Rahman, M., Formentín, P., Ferré-Borrull, J., Pallarès, J., & Marsal, L. (2012). Structural tuning of photoluminescence in nanoporous anodic alumina by hard anodization in oxalic and malonic acids. Nanoscale Research Letters, 7(1), 228-1-228-11. DOI Scopus56 WoS47 Europe PMC17
2012	Santos, A., Balderrama, V., Alba, M., Formentín, P., Ferré-Borrull, J., Pallarès, J., & Marsal, L. (2012). Nanoporous anodic alumina barcodes: toward smart optical biosensors. Advanced Materials, 24(8), 1050-1054. DOI Scopus115 WoS101 Europe PMC40
2011	Santos, A., Montero-Moreno, J., Bachmann, J., Nielsch, K., Formentín, P., Ferré-Borrull, J., . . . Marsal, L. (2011). Understanding pore rearrangement during mild to hard transition in bilayered porous anodic alumina membranes. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 3(6), 1925-1932. DOI Scopus44 WoS39 Europe PMC11
2011	Palacios, R., Formentín, P., Santos, A., Martínez-Ferrero, E., Ferré-Borrull, J., Pallarès, J., & Marsal, L. (2011). Template-assisted fabrication and characterization of photoluminescent polymer nanopillars. Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics, 8(9), 2612-2616. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2011	Santos, A., Ferré-Borrull, J., Pallarès, J., & Marsal, L. (2011). Hierarchical nanoporous anodic alumina templates by asymmetric two-step anodization. Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 208(3), 668-674. DOI Scopus40 WoS29
2011	Santos, A., Formentín, P., Pallarès, J., Ferré-Borrull, J., & Marsal, L. (2011). Structural engineering of nanoporous anodic alumina funnels with high aspect ratio. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 655(1), 73-78. DOI Scopus54 WoS46
2010	Santos, A., Formentín, P., Pallarés, J., Ferré-Borrull, J., & Marsal, L. (2010). Fabrication and characterization of high-density arrays of P3HT nanopillars on ITO/glass substrates. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94(7), 1247-1253. DOI Scopus39 WoS34
2010	Santos, A., Formentin, P., Pallarés, J., Ferré-Borrull, J., & Marsal, L. (2010). Quasi-ordered P3HT nanopillar-nanocap structures with controlled size. Materials Letters, 64(3), 371-374. DOI Scopus17 WoS17
2009	Santos, A., Vojkuvka, L., Pallarés, J., Ferré-Borrull, J., & Marsal, L. (2009). Cobalt and nickel nanopillars on aluminium substrates by direct current electrodeposition process. Nanoscale Research Letters, 4(9), 1021-1028. DOI Scopus42 WoS36 Europe PMC8
2009	Santos, A., Vojkuvka, L., Pallarés, J., Ferré-Borrull, J., & Marsal, L. (2009). In situ electrochemical dissolution of the oxide barrier layer of porous anodic alumina fabricated by hard anodization. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 632(1-2), 139-142. DOI Scopus62 WoS50
2009	Abell, A., Alexander, N., Aitken, S., Chen, H., Coxon, J., Jones, M., . . . Muscroft-Taylor, A. (2009). Synthesis of macrocyclic β-Strand memplates by ring closing metathesis. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 74(11), 4354-4356. DOI Scopus44 WoS39 Europe PMC14

Books

Year	Citation
2015	Losic, D., & Santos, A. (Eds.) (2015). Nanoporous Alumina Fabrication, Structure, Properties and Applications. Switzerland: Springer.
2015	Losic, D., & Santos, A. (Eds.) (2015). Electrochemically Engineered Nanoporous Materials: Methods, Properties and Applications. Switzerland: Springer.
2015	Losic, D., & Santos, A. (Eds.) (2015). Nanoporous Alumina. Springer International Publishing. DOI

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2020	Law, C. S., Marsal, L. F., & Santos, A. (2020). Electrochemically engineered nanoporous photonic crystal structures for optical sensing and biosensing. In C. M. Hussain (Ed.), Handbook of Nanomaterials in Analytical Chemistry: Modern Trends in Analysis (pp. 201-226). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. DOI Scopus16
2019	Kumeria, T., Qu, Z., Popat, A., Altalhi, T., & Santos, A. (2019). Luminescent porous silicon nanoparticles for continuous wave and time-gated photoluminescence imaging. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 2054, pp. 185-198). Springer New York. DOI Scopus1
2015	Losic, D., & Santos, A. (2015). Preface to 'Electrochemically Engineered Nanoporous Materials'. In D. Losic, & A. Santos (Eds.), Electrochemically Engineered Nanoporous Materials (Vol. 220, pp. v-vi). Springer.
2015	Kumeria, T., & Santos, A. (2015). Sensing and biosensing applications of nanoporous anodic alumina. In D. Losic, & A. Santos (Eds.), Electrochemically Engineered Nanoporous Materials: Methods, Properties and Applications (Vol. 220, pp. 187-218). Switzerland: Springer. DOI Scopus3
2015	Santos, A., & Kumeria, T. (2015). Electrochemical etching methods for producing porous silicon. In D. Losic, & A. Santos (Eds.), Electrochemically Engineered Nanoporous Materials: Methods, Properties and Applications (Vol. 220, pp. 1-36). Switzerland: Springer. DOI Scopus22
2015	Santos, A., & Kumeria, T. (2015). Nanoporous anodic alumina for optical biosensing. In D. Losic, & A. Santos (Eds.), Nanoporous Alumina: Fabrication, Structure, Properties and Applications (Vol. 219, pp. 219-247). Switzerland: Springer. DOI Scopus5
2015	Kumeria, T., & Santos, A. (2015). Nanoporous alumina membranes for chromatography and molecular transporting. In D. Losic, & A. Santos (Eds.), Nanoporous Alumina: Fabrication, Structure, Properties and Applications (Vol. 219, pp. 293-318). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. DOI Scopus6
2013	Santos, A., & Marsal, L. F. (2013). Engineering and understanding of nanoporous materials by electrochemical techniques. In Handbook of Functional Nanomaterials (Vol. 4, pp. 409-437).
2012	Ren, N., Wu, J., Jin, B., An, S., Abdullah, S., Bu, J., . . . Zhou, L. (2012). Preface. In Unknown Book (Vol. 524-527, pp. 3). SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. DOI

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2025	Vu, K. N., Law, C. S., & Santos, A. (2025). Utilising the intrinsic characteristics of blind-hole nanoporous anodic alumina for blue energy. In Materials Research Proceedings Vol. 53 (pp. 417-422). Sabah, Malaysia: Materials Research Forum LLC. DOI
2018	Lim, S., Law, C., & Santos, A. (2018). Enhanced visible light photocatalysis in titanium dioxide-functionalized nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers Vol. Part F119-FTS 2018 (pp. 1-2). online: OSA. DOI
2018	Lim, S., Law, C., & Santos, A. (2018). Fine tuning of transmission features in nanoporous anodic alumina distributed Bragg reflectors. In Proceedings of SPIE Nanophotonics Austalasia 2017 Vol. 10456 (pp. 1045659-1-1045659-15). United States: SPIE Press. DOI Scopus3
2018	Lim, S., Law, C., & Santos, A. (2018). Surface modification of nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals for photocatalytic applications. In Proceedings of SPIE Nanophotonics Austalasia Vol. 10456 (pp. 1045658-1-1045658-9). Melbourne: SPIE Press. DOI Scopus1
2016	Kumeria, T., Yu, J., Alsawat, M., Kurkuri, M., Santos, A., Abell, A., & Losic, D. (2016). Modulating molecular transport across peptide-modified nanoporous alumina membranes with light. In M. Hutchinson, & E. Goldys (Eds.), Proceedings: SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia Vol. 10013 (pp. 100131W-1-100131W-6). Adelaide, Australia: SPIE. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2012	Altalhi, T., Basiuk, E., Rizo, J., Basiuk, V., Ginic-Markovic, M., Clarke, S., & Losic, D. (2012). Chemical functionalization of inner walls of carbon nanotubes with long-chain aliphatic amines. In Proceedings of CHEMECA 2012 (pp. 1712-1722). online: Engineers Australia. DOI
2012	Marsal, L., Palacios, R., Formentín, P., Santos, A., Ferré-Borrull, J., & Pallarès, J. (2012). Effects of the nanostructure and fabrication process on the photoluminescence properties of PFO nanopillar arrays. In ECS Transactions Vol. 45 (pp. 199-206). Seattle, Washington: The Electrochemical Society. DOI
2011	Santos, A., Ferré-Borrull, J., Pallarés, J., & Marsal, L. (2011). Generation of guided pores in nanoporous anodic alumina by nanoimprinting. In Proceedings of the 8th Spanish Conference on Electron Devices, CDE'2011 (pp. 4 pages). Palma de Mallorca, Spain: IEEE. DOI Scopus1
2010	Marsal, L. F., Palacios, R., Santos, A., Formentín, P., Martinez-Ferrero, E., Ferré-Borrull, J., & Pallarès, J. (2010). Synthesis and characterization of photoluminescent polymer micro- and nanopillar arrays. In D. J. Lockwood, & P. Mascher (Eds.), Ecs Transactions Vol. 28 (pp. 105-113). CANADA, Vancouver: ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC. DOI
2009	Santos, A., Vojkuvka, L., Pallarés, J., Ferré-Borrull, J., & Marsal, L. F. (2009). Modified hard anodization procedure to fabricate hybrid nanoporous alumina. In A. G. Loureiro, N. S. Iglesias, M. A. A. Rodriguez, & E. C. Figueroa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2009 Spanish Conference on Electron Devices Cde 09 (pp. 436-439). Univ Santiago de Compostelea, Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN: IEEE. DOI Scopus3
2009	Palacios, R., Formentín, P., Santos, A., Trifonov, T., Pallarés, J., Alcubilla, R., & Marsal, L. F. (2009). Synthesis of ordered polymer micro and nanostructures via porous templates. In A. G. Loureiro, N. S. Iglesias, M. A. A. Rodriguez, & E. C. Figueroa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2009 Spanish Conference on Electron Devices Cde 09 (pp. 424-427). Univ Santiago de Compostelea, Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN: IEEE. DOI Scopus2 WoS2

RECENT POSITIONS

Associate Professor (2022—Present) The University of Adelaide, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Associate Head of School (Research) (2022—Present) The University of Adelaide, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Adelaide, SA, Australia
HDR Coordinator (2021—Present) The University of Adelaide, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Research Seminar Coordinator (2020—24) The University of Adelaide, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Director Master in Materials Engineering (2019—24) The University of Adelaide, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Senior Lecturer (2019—2021) The University of Adelaide, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Adelaide, SA, Australia
UoA 'Research for Impact' Fellow (2017—18) The University of Adelaide, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Adelaide, SA, Australia
ARC-DECRA Fellow (2014—16) The University of Adelaide, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Postdoctoral Fellow (2012—13) The University of Adelaide, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Postdoctoral Fellow (2011) Rovira i Virgili University, Departament of Electronic, Electric and Automatised Engineering, Tarragona, Spain

STUDENTSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS

UoA 'Research for Impact' Fellowship (2017—19) The University of Adelaide, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Australia
ARC - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Fellowship - DECRA (2014—17) The University of Adelaide, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Australia
Rovira i Virgili Fellowship (2011—12) Rovira i Virgili University, Departament of Electronic, Electric and Automatised Engineering, Tarragona, Spain
Fellowship for mobility to obtain the European Doctorate Award (2010) Rovira i Virgili University, Departament of Electronic, Electric and Automatised Engineering, Tarragona, Spain - Universität Hamburg, Institut für Angewandte Physik, Hamburg, Germany
Rovira i Virgili Studentship (2006—10) Rovira i Virgili University, Departament of Electronic, Electric and Automatised Engineering, Tarragona, Spain

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) (2023) Developing Enabling Technologies for Manufacture of Precision mRNA Vaccines
PIRSA - AgTech Growth Fund (2022) Smart Sensors for Animal Welfare Monitoring
ARC - Discovery Project: DP220102857 (2022) Bioinspired Photo-Iontronic Membranes for Smart Neuron-Mimicking Systems
Agrifood and Wine FAME Strategy (2021) Pesticide Biosensors for Viticulture and Winemaking Industries
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (EU COST) Action (2021) Netpore
ARC - LIEF: LE210100153 (2021) Integrated In situ-characterisation Facilities for Energy Studies
AISRF Round 13 COVID19 Collaborative Research Projects: AIRXIIICO000063 (2021) Photonic Viropsy: Harnessing Light on Chip for Precise SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis
ARC - Discovery Project: DP200102614 (2020) On-Chip Detection and Molecular Fingerprinting of Emerging Toxicants
ARC - LIEF: LE200100174 (2020) X-Ray Nanolithography Facility: Towards the Ultimate Resolution
Waite Research Institute Seed Funding (2019) Smart Colorimetric Labels for In-Field Risk Mitigation and Monitoring of Pesticides Use
APRIL Innovation and Commercialisation Project by the Australian Pork Research Institute Ltd (2019) A Lab on a Chip for Real Time Pain and Animal Welfare Biomarker Measurement
UoA 'Research for Impact' (2017) Label-Free Lab-on-a-Chip Nanophotonic Sensing System for Multiplexed and High-Throughput Detection of Cancer Biomarkers
National R&D Project (2017) Development of Photovoltaic Organic Solar Cells and Photonic Biosensors based on Micro-Nanoporous Structures and Nanostructured Polymers, the Spanish Ministry of Industry and Competitiveness as a Partner Investigator in collaboration with Prof. Marsal (URV, Spain)
ECMS OCL Travel Support Scheme (2016) 8th International Conference on Technological Advances of Thin Films and Surface Coatings (Singapore)
IPAS Best Paper Competition (2015) Realisation and Advanced Engineering of True Optical Rugate Filters Based on Nanoporous Anodic Alumina by Sinusoidal Pulse Anodisation
ARC - LIEF: LE150100187 (2015) SA Facility for High Resolution Imaging and Material Characterization
ARC - LIEF: LE150100040 (2015) Advanced Capabilities for Surface Engineering, Thin Films, Nanoparticles and Nano-Patterns Fabrications
ECMS Research Support Scheme (2014) Development of a Smart Point-of-Analysis System for Label-Free Fingerprint Identification of Wines by Optical Signatures
ARC - DECRA: DE14010054 (2014) Stratiform Optical Barcoding System for Cardiac Biomarkers: Towards Smart Computerised Clinical Prognosis of Cardiovascular Disease
ANFF-SA Start-UP Award (2013) Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Nanochannels for Chromatography-on-a-Chip

COURSES

CHEM_ENG_7046A/B — Masters Project (Semesters 1 & 2) (2012—Present)
CHEM_ENG_4055 — Research Practice (Semester 1) (2012—20)
CHEM_ENG_4054 — Research Project (Semester 2) (2012—Present)
CHEM_ENG_3029_7055 — Materials Science and Engineering (Semester 1) (2014—Present)
CHEM_ENG_7101 — Materials Characterisation (Semester 2) (2019—20)
CHEM_ENG_7104 — Advanced Optical Engineering of Materials (Semester 1) (2019—Present)
CHEM ENG_7107 — Engineering of Semiconductor Materials (Semester 1) (2021—Present)
CHEM_ENG_7122A/B — Materials Engineering Projects (Semesters 1 & 2) (2019—Present)

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2025	Principal Supervisor	Enabling blue osmotic–green hydrogen energy coupling	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Charles Lachlan Cameron Lord
2025	Co-Supervisor	Enabling blue osmotic–green hydrogen energy coupling	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Zixiong Li
2024	Co-Supervisor	Modelling quantum materials for quantum information processing	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Martin Leang Yiv
2024	Principal Supervisor	Development of Integrated Microfluidic Chips for mRNA nanomedicines	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Vijaykumar Devjibhai Bodarya
2024	Co-Supervisor	Designing Pico-Materials for Superconducting Quantum Devices	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Purna Indigahawela
2023	Principal Supervisor	Rational Design and Advanced Engineering of 1D nanoporous photonic crystals	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Zichu Zhao
2023	Principal Supervisor	Rational Design and Advanced Engineering of High-Quality Nanoporous Photonic Crystal Structures	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Jairo Alberto Baron Jaimez
2022	Principal Supervisor	Engineering of light-matter interactions in semiconductor structures for photocatalysis	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Van Truc Ngo
2022	Principal Supervisor	Bioinspired Engineering of Iontronic Membranes for Osmotic Energy Generation	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Khanh Nhien Vu
2022	Principal Supervisor	Engineering of light–matter interactions in hybrid plasmonic–photonic crystal structures	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Nguyen Que Huong Tran

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2021 - 2025	Principal Supervisor	Harnessing Light–Matter Interactions in Nanoporous Photonic Crystal Structures for Gas Sensing	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Khoa Tran
2020 - 2025	Principal Supervisor	Engineering the Iontronic Properties of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina and Its Applications	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Juan Wang
2020 - 2025	Principal Supervisor	Engineering of Light-Emitting Nanoporous Photonic Crystals	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Satyathiran Gunenthiran
2017 - 2020	Principal Supervisor	Advanced Photonic Crystals for Efficient Light-Trapping in Photocatalytic Applications	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Siew Yee Lim
2015 - 2019	Principal Supervisor	Advanced Engineering of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Photonic Crystals for Optical Sensing Applications	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Cheryl Suwen Law
2013 - 2015	Co-Supervisor	Synthesis of Anodic Alumina Nanotubes for Drug Delivery and Nanotoxicity Study: understanding of bio-nano interactions by a nanomaterial model	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Ye Wang
2013 - 2016	Co-Supervisor	Carbon Nanotubes Composites: Engineering, Properties and Applications	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Mohammed Obid Alsawat
2012 - 2014	Co-Supervisor	Carbon Nanotube Composites: Advanced Properties for Emerging Applications	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Tariq Ateeq J Altalhi
2012 - 2015	Co-Supervisor	Development of Nanopore Based Label-Free Optical Sensors	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Tushar Kumeria

Position: Associate Professor
Phone: 83135056
Email: abel.santos@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Engineering North, floor First Floor
Room: N117
Org Unit: Materials Engineering

Associate Professor Abel Santos

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