Abel Santos

Research Interests

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

APrf Abel Santos

Associate Professor

School of Chemical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information 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.

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

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 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

Date 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

Year Citation
2026 Tran, K. N., Gunenthiran, S., Tran, H. N. Q., Zhao, Z., Alwahabi, Z. T., Abell, A. D., . . . Santos, A. (2026). Single- and dual-band quantum dot-based nanoporous solid-state lasers for gas sensing. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 14(4), 1531-1546.
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2026 Law, C. S., Revink, J., Lee, J., Wang, J., Abell, A. D., Whelan, F., & Santos, A. (2026). Protein binding assessment of immobilized nanobody using interferometric nanoporous platform. View, 7(1), 20250182-1-20250182-15.
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2026 Zhao, Z., Law, C. S., & Santos, A. (2026). Single Atom-Modified TiO2-Based Catalysts for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: From Fundamentals to Future Prospects. Energy and Environmental Materials, 20 pages.
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2026 Vu, K. N., Lord, C., Wang, J., Abell, A. D., Lee, W., Santos, A., & Law, C. S. (2026). Understanding Ionic Flow in Nanofluidic Blind-Hole Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO) Membranes for Osmotic Energy Generation. Advanced Materials Technologies, 1-16.
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2025 Ngo, V. T., Gulati, K., Law, C. S., Tran, N. Q. H., Lin, J., Stachura, D. L., . . . Santos, A. (2025). Titania Nanopores as Photoelectrocatalysts for Coupling Hydrogen Production with Plastic Reformation. Advanced Science, 12(39), e09287-1-e09287-13.
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2025 Zhao, Z., Zhao, Y., Wang, W. -Q., Xin, X., Jiao, Y., Abell, A. D., . . . Santos, A. (2025). Coupling of Engineered High Entropy Alloys with Semiconducting TiO₂ Nanofilms for Scalable and Ultrafast Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Science, 13(2), e14558-1-e14558-14.
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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), 441-1-441-60.
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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.
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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.
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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), 021309-1-021309-30.
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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, 163453-1-163453-17.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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, 100265-1-100265-8.
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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), 2200480-1-2200480-32.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2020 Santos, A., Marsal, L. F., & Kumeria, T. (2020). Editorial: Engineered Nanoporous Materials for Chemical Sensors and Biosensors. Frontiers in Chemistry, 8, 1-2.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2018 Santos, A. (2018). Electrochemical engineering of nanoporous materials. Nanomaterials, 8(9), 691-1-691-2.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2017 Santos, A. (2017). Nanoporous anodic alumina photonic crystals: fundamentals, developments and perspectives. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5(23), 5581-5599.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2016 Santos, A., Pereira, T., Law, C., & Losic, D. (2016). Rational engineering of nanoporous anodic alumina optical bandpass filters. Nanoscale, 8(31), 14846-14857.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Scopus95 WoS99 Europe PMC39
2014 Santos, A., Kumeria, T., & Losic, D. (2014). Nanoporous anodic alumina: a versatile platform for optical biosensors. Materials, 7(6), 4297-4320.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2015 Losic, D., & Santos, A. (Eds.) (2015). Nanoporous Alumina Fabrication, Structure, Properties and Applications (Vol. 219). Switzerland: Springer.
2015 Losic, D., & Santos, A. (Eds.) (2015). Nanoporous Alumina Fabrication, Structure, Properties and Applications (Vol. 219). 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.
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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.
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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). HUMANA PRESS INC.
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2018 McInnes, S. J. P., Santos, A., & Kumeria, T. (2018). Porous Silicon Particles for Cancer Therapy and Bioimaging. In G. Goncalves, & G. Tobias (Eds.), NANOONCOLOGY: ENGINEERING NANOMATERIALS FOR CANCER THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS (pp. 305-340). SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG.
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2015 Losic, D., & Santos, A. (2015). Electrochemically Engineered Nanoporous Materials Methods, Properties and Applications Preface. In D. Losic, & A. Santos (Eds.), ELECTROCHEMICALLY ENGINEERED NANOPOROUS MATERIALS: METHODS, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS (Vol. 220, pp. V-VI). SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2025 Cruz, D., Parreira, T., Marques, A., Prates, P., Oliveira, M., Neto, D., . . . Pereira, A. (2025). Application of Recurrent Neural Networks in Uncertainty Analysis of Sheet Metal FormingDaniel. In P. A. F. Martins, A. D. Santos, & M. C. Oliveira (Eds.), 44TH CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEEP DRAWING RESEARCH GROUP, IDDRG 2025 Vol. 408 (pp. 6 pages). PORTUGAL, Lisbon: E D P SCIENCES.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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). SPAIN, Univ Santiago de Compostelea, Santiago de Compostela: IEEE.
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2026 Zhao, Z., Zhao, Y., Jiao, Y., Abell, A., Law, C., & Santos, A. (2026). Unravelling Support-Dependent Photoelectrocatalytic Activity of High-Valence Ir Single Atoms on TiO2 Nanofilms.
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2026 Zhao, Z., Law, C., & Santos, A. (2026). Single Atom-modified TiO2-based Catalysts for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: From Fundamentals to Future Prospects.
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2025 Law, C. S., Revink, J., Lee, J., Wang, J., Abell, A., Whelan, F., & Santos, A. (2025). Protein Binding Assessment of Immobilised Nanobody using Interferometric Nanoporous Platform.
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2025 Law, C. S., Revink, J., Lee, J., Wang, J., Abell, A., Whelan, F., & Santos, A. (2025). Protein Binding Assessment of Immobilised Nanobody using Interferometric Nanoporous Platform.
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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)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2026 Principal Supervisor Chemical Quantum Sensors. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Tingting Zhuang
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
2025 Co-Supervisor Shark-inspired remote sensor Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Sir Zijian Wang
2025 Co-Supervisor Evaluation and optimization of alkaline electrolytic seawater catalyst surface studies by molecular dynamics and density functional theory simulations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Fankai Zhu
2025 Co-Supervisor Evaluation and optimization of alkaline electrolytic seawater catalyst surface studies by molecular dynamics and density functional theory simulations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Fankai Zhu
2025 Principal Supervisor Enabling blue osmoticgreen hydrogen energy coupling Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Charles Lachlan Cameron Lord
2025 Co-Supervisor Enabling blue osmoticgreen hydrogen energy coupling Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zixiong Li
2025 Co-Supervisor Shark-inspired remote sensor Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Sir Zijian Wang
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
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
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
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 semiconductor structures for photocatalysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Van Truc Ngo

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 - 2026 Principal Supervisor Engineering of light–matter interactions in hybrid plasmonic structures for sensing and catalysis applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Nguyen Que Huong Tran
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

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