Research articles and publications

Academic excellence

In using an Elsevier ranking tool to look at the scholarly output of the top hundred institutions in the field of electronic waste recycling, the University of New South Wales’s ranking is 7^thin world and 1^st in the Asia Pacific region with 40 scholarly outputs, from which 33 were produced by the SMaRT Centre.

From 2014 to 2020, SMaRT Centre researchers published:

Published 210 journal papers (more than 90% in the Q1 ranked journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Nature journals, Recourse, Conservation & Recycling, etc.).
Prepared 20 conference papers and 4 scholarly book chapters.
Gave over 246 Plenary/keynote lecturers in scientific/professional conferences.
Reviewed numerous journals, conference abstract and research grant applications as editor and reviewers.

Patents

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Sahajwalla VH, 2016, Improvements in the production of ferro-alloys, South Korea, Patent No. Australia patent no. 2008247330; Brazil Pending with Application No. PI 0811299-1; Canada patent no. 2685210; China patent no. ZL200880013962.3; European Patent Office patent no. 08733455.3; India patent no. 286414; Japan patent no. 5439364; Mexico patent no. 300856; NZ patent no. 580591; Republic of Korea patent no. 10-1613191; Singapore patent no. 156269; South Africa patent no. 2009/07412; and USA patent no. 807084910-1613191

2016

Journal articles

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Suriani AB; Nurhafizah MD; Mohamed A; Masrom AK; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK, 2016, 'Highly conductive electrodes of graphene oxide/natural rubber latex-based electrodes by using a hyper-branched surfactant', MATERIALS & DESIGN, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2016.03.067

2016
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Tickner J; Rajarao R; Lovric B; Ganly B; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Measurement of Gold and Other Metals in Electronic and Automotive Waste Using Gamma Activation Analysis', Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 2, pp. 296 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40831-016-0051-y

2016
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You Y; Sahajwalla V; Yoshimura M; Joshi RK, 2016, 'Graphene and Graphene Oxide for Desalination', Nanoscale, 8, pp. 117 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5NR06154G

2016
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Bhat PB; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V; Bhat BR, 2015, 'Immobilized magnetic nano catalyst for oxidation of alcohol', Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, 409, pp. 42 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2015.08.012

2015
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Farzana R; Sahajwalla V, 2015, 'Novel Recycling to Transform Automotive Waste Glass and Plastics into SiC-Bearing Resource by Silica Reduction', Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 1, pp. 65 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40831-014-0004-2

2015
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Joshi RK; Alwarappan S; Yoshimura M; Sahajwalla V; Nishina Y, 2015, 'Graphene oxide: The new membrane material', Applied Materials Today, 1, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2015.06.002

2015
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Khanna R; Ikram-Ul-Haq M; Cayumil R; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2015, 'Novel carbon micro fibers and foams from waste printed circuit boards', Fuel Processing Technology, 134, pp. 473 - 479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2015.03.004

2015
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Kumar A; Khanna R; Ikram-ul-Haq M; Spink J; Sahajwalla V, 2015, 'Corrosion Behavior of Al2O3-C Refractories with Casting Mould Meniscus Slags at 1 550 °C', Steel Research International, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/srin.201400590

2015
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Kumar A; Khanna R; Ikram-Ul-Haq M; Spink J; Sahajwalla V, 2015, 'Effect of Glaze on the Corrosion Behavior of ZrO2-Graphite Insert of the Submerged Entry Nozzle in the Continuous Casting of Steel', Steel Research International, 86, pp. 1004 - 1013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/srin.201400266

2015

Preprints

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You Y; Deng J; Tan X; Gorjizadeh N; Yoshimura M; Smith SC; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK, 2016, On the mechanism of gas adsorption for pristine, defective and functionalized graphene, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1610.07290

2016

Other

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Hopkin M; Nicholas J (ed.), 2016, Steel from old tyres and ceramics from nutshells – how industry can use our rubbish, http://dx.doi.org/10.64628/aa.s6wdvfu9r

2016
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Hopkin M; Nicholas J (ed.), 2016, Steel from old tyres and ceramics from nutshells – how industry can use our rubbish, http://dx.doi.org/10.64628/aa.s6wdvfu9r

2016

Conference Papers

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Farzana R; Rajarao RAVINDRA; Sahajwalla VEENA, 2015, 'Transforming waste glass and plastic into SiC bearing resource for refractories', Novotel North Beach Hotel, Cliff Rd, North Wollongong, NSW Australia, presented at 9th National Conference of the Institute of Refractories Engineers, 2015, Novotel North Beach Hotel, Cliff Rd, North Wollongong, NSW Australia, 08 November 2015 - 09 November 2015

2015

Book Chapters

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Idapalapati S; Song X; Reddy V; Srikanth N; Pahlevani F; Narayanan KR; Zarinejad M, 2015, 'Materials in metal forming', in HandBook of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, Springer, pp. 231 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4670-4_42

2015
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Ikram-Ul-Haq M; Khanna R; Sahajwalla V, 2015, 'Influence of Wettability and Reactivity on Refractory Degradation: Interactions of Molten Iron and Slags with Steelmaking Refractories at 1550 °C', in Aliofkhazraei M (ed.), Surface Energy and Wetting, Intech, Croatia, pp. 271 - 294

2015
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Khann R; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2015, 'Wettability of Carbonaceous Materials with Molten Iron at 1550°C', in Surface Energy and Wetting, pp. 357- - 357-, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/61198

2015
Citation

Khann R; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2015, 'Wettability of Carbonaceous Materials with Molten Iron at 1550°C', in Surface Energy and Wetting, pp. 357- - 357-, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/61198

2015