Demystifying the photo-enhancement effect of Au/TiO2 catalyst during Ethanol Oxidation

Studies showed that the Au/TiO2 has excellent potential in heterogeneous catalytic oxidation reactions due to localised surface plasmon resonance effect in the visible and spectral ranga of solar irradiation.

New Communication in Advanced Materials - Selective tuning ORR by heteroepitaxial growth of multishelled structures.

Hydrogen peroxide is one of the most important chemicals widely used in chemicals industry and mainly manufactured by the anthraquinone method.

Enhancing the thermal catalytic oxygen activation capacity of Au/TiO2

O2 activation is essential in life processes, in energy conversion (fuel cells), and in many catalysis applications (organic oxidation and hydrogenperoxide production).

Front cover in ACS catalysis - Novel bimetallic AuPd/3DOM LSMO catalyst for methane oxidation

Catalytic combustion of methane is regarded as an efficient way to conventional thermal combustion for energy production. Research showed that Pt or Pd alloyed with Au displayed high catalytic activities for H2O2 synthesis, N2O decomposition, toluene oxidation, and methane combustion.

Emma won the NSW JCEC Postgraduate Symposium 2016

UNSW Chemical Engineering PhD student Emma Lovell and U Sydney Chemical Engineering PhD student Iman Manavi have won the JCEC (NSW Joint Chemical Engineering Committee) 2016 Postgraduate Symposium competition.

EMU Image of the Month by Helena Yuan Wang

Congratulations Helena for getting your SEM image selected as EMU image of the month for August 2016.

Research gate most read author this week

With 193 reads this week (total reads of 21,439), Professor Rose Amal is the most read author in the department according to Research Gate.

Congratulations world changers in the making!!

Congratulations to four Partcat students: Eeteng Kho, Emma Lovell, Tze Hao Tan and Vita Wonoputri for your thesis submission. The three students, Eeteng, Emma and Tze Hao were former Chemical Engineering graduates (2012) who found their passion in research when they joined Partcat as summer research student and continued on with their honour thesis.

Critical Review on Biofilm Growth in drinking water distribution system - EST publication

This critical review published in Environmental Science and Technology journal is expected to provide insights into the susceptibility of water distribution systems to biofilm growth, featuring the potential for manipulation operational parameters as well as the selection of the right technologies for the challenging issue of biofilm monitoring and control.