The Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) is a key research strength at the University of Wollongong and is the lead node of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) and lead node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) - Materials node. Professor Gordon Wallace and his team at IPRI are recognised internationally as world leaders in the development of 'intelligent' materials and nanotechnology. IPRI is renowned for expertise in the electrochemistry of organic conductors; especially when those conductors are used in the applications of artificial muscles, photovoltaics, batteries, and biomedical applications.
Theses from 2023
Direct Visualization of Single-Molecule Protein Dynamics on Silica Nanoparticle Coating Surfaces Using High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy, Nuwan Dhanushka Hegoda Arachchi
Creating New MOF-based Interfaces for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction, Lisha Jia
Development of Redox-Gel Electrolyte for Wearable Thermocells, Yuetong Zhou
Theses from 2022
A Novel Injection Technique for Developing Extruded Nano-Composite Filament for use in Fused Deposition Modelling, Joshua Brooks
Electrochemical exfoliation of graphite to graphene, Md Habibullah Dalal
Fabrication of Bioinks to Regenerate Cartilage for Auricular Cartilage Reconstructions, Steven Posniak
Coil Antennas for Cochlear Implants, Grishmi Rajbhandari
Evaluation of Marine Collagen for 3D Bioprinting, Borja Sanz Gutierrez
Graphene-based fiber for energy and health, Kezhong Wang
Versatile Fabrication Methods for Wearable Thermo-electrochemical Cells, Shuai Zhang
Catechol-functionalized hyaluronic acid and its application in tissue engineering, Ying Zhou
Theses from 2021
Reactive Printing of Metal-Organic Interfaces, Fatimah Abdulhasan Nader Al-Ghazzawi
Co-axial printing of growth factor-laden microspheres for pancreatic islet transplantation, Ane Urigoitia Asua
3D printed degradable stents with controlled drug delivery capabilities, Maxim Noel Brodmerkel
Fabrication of ulvan based structure for skin tissue engineering and wound healing application, Xifang Chen
Effects of Molecular Structure on Interfacial Electron Transfer Explained by Marcus Theory, Inseong Cho
Fabricating delivery platforms for wound management and tissue regeneration, Luciana Yumiko Daikuara
Hydrogel-based 3D hybrid bioprinting towards cartilage application, Yuchao Fan
Advanced Biofabrication of Functional Silk Fibroin Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications, Abdul Moqeet Hai
Biofabricated platforms for wound healing and skin regeneration, Lingzhi Kang
Development of the nano-filled bio-thermoplastics as print media for 3D-additive fabrication, Hadis Khakbaz
Development of textile-based 3D constructs as novel electrofluidic substrates, Jawairia Umar Khan
Twisted Fibre Artificial Muscles, David Jarrod Shepherd
Novel Fabrication and Characterisation Techniques for Tailoring the Physicochemical Properties of Hydrogels for Cartilage Tissue Engineering, Alireza Talaei
Engineering of nanostructured metal-based catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2, Amruthalakshmi Vijayakumar
Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formate, Jinshuo Zou
Theses from 2020
Optimizing the bioinks for islet tissue engineering by using a customized coaxial bioprinter, Narangerel Gantumur
Parameter optimisation of coaxial Melt Electrowriting, Anne-Katrin Gruska
Addressing the Challenges of Triplet-Triplet Annihilation In Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Applications, Sameh Nady Saad Hamzawy
Development of p-type dye sensitized electrodes decorated with silver for photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, Mehmood Irfan
Effect of draw solution on nutrient transport through forward osmosis membranes, Hamza Mukhtar
Suspension Near-Field Electrospinning: a Nanofabrication Method of Polymer Nanoarray Architectures for Tissue Engineering, Alexander R. Nagle
Development of a Platform for the Biofabrication of Endocrine Pancreatic Tissue Constructs through Co-Axial Micro-Extrusion, Max Jurie Renes
Hydrogel Based Braided Artificial Muscles, Bidita Binte Salahuddin
Theses from 2019
Dual Drug-eluting Collagen Matrix for Epilepsy Treatment, Marius Berthel
Organic Ionic Plastic Crystal/Carbon Composites for Solid- State Battery Electrodes and supercapacitors, Karmjeet Kaur Buttar
HDPE Bone Graft Fabrication: Establishing Proprietary HDPE Fabrication Protocol by Selective Laser Sintering, Kuan Phang Chan
Electro-compacted collagen for corneal bioengineering, Zhi Chen
Development of New Device Structures for Dye Sensitised Solar Cells and their Applications, Joseph Giorgio
3D printed structures with biomimicry mechanical characteristics for auricular cartilage growth, Juliane Carolin Kade
Artificial Muscles for Smart Textiles and Healthcare, Dharshika Kongahage
3D printing of chitosan-based scaffolds for wound healing, Sulokshana Marks
FABRICATION OF HIGHLY ALIGNED BIOMIMETIC GELLAN GUM-CHITOSAN FIBRES USING 3D-PRINTING AND MICROFLUIDICS, Thomas Mark Robinson
Engineering cytocompatible conducting polymers for bio-related energy applications, Changchun Yu
Theses from 2018
New Catalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2, Jaecheol Choi
Two-Dimensional Materials Based Flexible Electrodes for Energy Storage, Yu Ge
Developing Electrically and Thermally Conductive Hydrogel Based on Graphene Suitable for Bio-Thermistor, Mohammad Haj Seyed Javadi
Investigations on Reaction Chemistry of Aprotic Lithium-air Batteries, Yuyang Hou
Poly-Lactic Acid Magnetoelectric Microspheres for Drug Release Applications, Gunawardhana Liyanage Lakshani Randitha
Facile Fabrication of Flexible Supercapacitors for Wearable Applications, Yuqing Liu
Direct Probing of Neural Stem Cell Interactions on Hydrogel Electrodes using Atomic Force Microscopy, Christina Puckert
Towards an in vitro innervated model of the cornea, Gilles Sebastiaan van Tienderen
Fabrication of customisable collagen-based medical devices, Gregor Weisgrab
Theses from 2017
A further study of the inverse finite element approach for pricing American-style options, Bolujo Joseph Adegboyegun
Polymer Fibre Artificial Muscle, Shazed Md Aziz
Functional tissues from intelligent materials, 3D printing and stem cells, Qi Gu
Biocompatible/Biodegradable Materials for Implantable Mg-Air Batteries, Xiaoteng Jia
Developing novel spinning methods to fabricate continuous multifunctional fibres for bioapplications, Azadeh Mirabedini
High photo-voltage multijunction polymer solar cells for water splitting, Chaiyuth Sae-kung
Development and Characterization of Polymer-based Magnetoelectric Nanofibers, Tian Zheng
Theses from 2016
3D/4D printing tough hydrogel composites: a pathway to functional devices, Shannon Edward Bakarich
3D printing PhycoTrix™ for wound healing, Jeremy Nicolas Dinoro
Developing scanning electrochemical microscopy method for studying bio-corrosion of magnesium alloys and protective surface treatments, Sina S. Jamali
New types of McKibben artificial muscles, Danial Sangian
Flexible graphene based materials for energy storage, Kewei Shu
Materials and processes for the biofabrication of peripheral nerve guides, Leo Robert Stevens
Development of conducting polymer based wearable supercapacitors, Chen Zhao
Theses from 2014
Nanostructured ICP-CNT Electrodes for Capacitive Deionisation and Water Clean Up, Mohammed Suliman Almoiqli
Carbon nanomaterials as electrodes in thermogalvanic cells for waste heat recovery, Mark S. Romano
The development of graphene/biocomposites for biomedical applications, Sepidar Sayyar
Novel Cathode Materials for Bioelectric Batteries, Yang Yang
Theses from 2013
Nanostructured carbon electrodes, Dennis Antiohos
Fabrication and characterisation of conducting fibres for use in biomedical applications, Dorna Esrafilzadeh
Bio-inks for drop-on-demand cell printing, Cameron Ferris
Controlled drug delivery from polypyrrole powered by enzymatic bioelectrodes, Willo Grosse
Theses from 2012
Fabrication of dual layer conducting polymer electrochromic devices using novel electrolytes, Satyen S. Desai
Charge generation and recombination in porphyrin based dye sensitized solar cells, Matthew James Griffith
Wet-spinning of nanostructured fibres, Rouhollah Jalili
Carbon nanotube architectures with metallic nanoparticles towards energy applications, Peter Sherrell
Theses from 2011
Novel graphene composite materials, Widsanusan Chartarrayawadee
Chemically Converted Graphene Dispersions and Graphene Films, Marc Benjamin Müller
Nanostructured organic solar cells, Dillip Kumar Panda
Analysis of high performance polypyrrole actuators, Wen Zheng
Theses from 2010
Novel polythiophene materials for bionic applications, Robert Breukers
The chemical properties and characterisation of photomorphic silver nanoparticles and their application as an antimicrobial agent, George Patrick Lee
Improving the performance metrics of enzymatic biofuel cells, Shannon Little
Printing conducting polymer structures on and embedded in biopolymer platforms, Charles A. Mire
Carbon nanotube composite architectures for use as a novel electrodes, Suriya Ounnunkad
Conducting composite fibres, Alberto Javier Granero Rodriguez
The controlled release of dexamethasone from polyterthiophene-based conducting polymers, Grace Stevenson
Nanostructured catalytic electrodes for fuel cells, Weimin Zhang
Theses from 2009
Development of novel nanostructured conducting polypyrrole fibres, Javad Foroughi
Effective control of cell behavior on conducting polymers, Xiao Liu
The controlled release of neurotrophic proteins from the conducting polymer polypyrrole to improve the nerve/cochlear implant interface, Brianna C. Thompson