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.

Journal articles

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Sharma S; Khanna R; Mishra DD; Agarwala V; Sahajwalla V, 2013, 'Thermal Degradation Behavior of Mechanically Alloyed Mixtures of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and Petroleum Coke', Plastic and Polymer Technology (PAPT), 2, pp. 87 - 91

2013
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Wechsler A; Zaharia M; Crosky AG; Jones H; Ramirez MJ; Ballerini AA; Nunez MA; Sahajwalla VH, 2013, 'Macadamia shell and castor oil-based sustainable particleboard: a comparison of its properties with conventional wood based particleboard', Materials and Design, 50, pp. 117 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2013.03.008

2013
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Ye Z; Gupta S; Kerkkonen O; Kanniala R; Sahajwalla VH, 2013, 'SiC and Ferro-silicides formation in tuyere cokes', ISIJ International, 53, pp. 181 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.53.181

2013
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Zaharia M; Sahajwalla VH; Saha-Chaudhury NM; O Kane P; Fontana A; Skidmore C; Knights D, 2013, 'Recycling of rubber tyres in electric arc furnace steelmaking: Carbon/slag reactions of coke/rubber blends', High Temperature Materials and Processes, 31, pp. 593 - 602, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/htmp-2012-0096

2013
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Dankwah J; Koshy P; O''kane P; Sahajwalla VH, 2012, 'Reduction of FeO in EAF Steelmaking Slag by Blends of Metallurgical Coke and End-of-Life Tyre', Steel Research International, 83, pp. 766 - 774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/srin.201200019

2012
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Dhunna R; Jain IP; Sahajwalla VH, 2012, 'Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis of FeN thin films', Applied Radiation and Isotopes, pp. 2416 - 2420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.05.015

2012
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Fontana A; O'kane P; O'connell D; Sahajwalla VH; Zaharia M, 2012, 'Injection of Recycled Tyres in EAF Steelmaking as a Slag Foaming Agent', Steel Times International, 36, pp. 17 - 20

2012
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Grigore M; Sakurovs R; French D; Sahajwalla VH, 2012, 'Properties and CO2 reactivity of the inert and reactive maceral-derived components in cokes', International Journal of Coal Geology, 98, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2012.04.004

2012
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Ikram-ul haq M; Khanna R; Kongkarat S; Sahajwalla VH, 2012, 'Chemical interactions in Al 2O 3-C/Fe system at 1 823 K: Implications for refractory recycling', ISIJ International, 52, pp. 1801 - 1808, http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.52.1801

2012
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Khanna R; Kongkarat S; Seetharaman S; Sahajwalla VH, 2012, 'Carbothermic reduction of alumina at 1 823 K in the presence of molten steel: A sessile drop investigation', ISIJ International, 52, pp. 992 - 999, http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.52.992

2012
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Kongkarat S; Khanna R; Koshy P; Sahajwalla VH; O Kane P, 2012, 'Recycling Waste Polymers in EAF steelmaking: Influence of polymer composition on carbon/slag interactions', ISIJ International, 52, pp. 385 - 393, http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.52.385

2012
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Nath DCD; Mansuri I; Zaharia M; Chaudhury N-S; Sahajwalla VH; Saha Chaudhury N, 2012, 'Recycling of end-of-life melamine at 1 600°C for carbon dissolution into liquid iron', ISIJ International, 52, pp. 922 - 927, http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.52.922

2012
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Nath DCD; Sahajwalla VH, 2012, 'Analysis of Carbon Nanotubes Produced by Pyrolysis of Composite Film of Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) and Modified Fly Ash', Materials Sciences and Applications,, 3, pp. 103 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/msa.2012.32016

2012
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Nath DCD; Sahajwalla VH, 2012, 'Growth of Carbon Nanotubes by Pyrolysis of Composite Film of Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) and Modified Fly Ash', Materials Sciences and Applications,, 3, pp. 120 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/msa.2012.32019

2012
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Sahajwalla VH; Zaharia M; Kongkarat S; Khanna R; Rahman MM; Saha-Chaudhury NM; O Kane P; Dicker J; Skidmore C; Knights D, 2012, 'Recycling end-of-life polymers in an electric arc furnace steelmaking process: Fundamentals of polymer reactions with slag and metal', Energy and Fuels, 26, pp. 58 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef201175t

2012

Conference Papers

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Zaharia M; Yunos NF; Sahajwalla V, 2013, 'Recycled and renewable materials as resources for electric arc furnace steelmaking', in From Materials to Structures Advancement Through Innovation Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials Acmsm 2012, pp. 21 - 27

2013
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Inoue R; Nakamoto M; Pahlevani F; Yamamoto T; Kitamura S; Ariyama T, 2012, 'Removal of rare elements from iron ore using iron- and steelmaking processes', Dresden, Germany, presented at 5th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Steelmaking, Dresden, Germany, 01 October 2012 - 03 October 2012

2012

Book Chapters

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Khanna R; Lee SH; Gupta SK; Sahajwalla V; Lindblom B; Hallin M, 2012, 'Reduction, Softening and Melting Behaviour of Olivine Pellets in the Experimental Blast Furnace', in Van Dijk G; Berg VVD (ed.), Zircon and Olivine: Characteristics, Types and Uses, pp. 67 - 92

2012