ASSOC. PROF. ANDREW MCDONAGH School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences UTS:SCIENCE UTS CRICOS PROVIDER CODE: 00099F science.uts.edu.au
CAPABILITIES Synthesis and characterisation of: • organic compounds, • organometallic compounds, • inorganic complexes, and • nanoparticles science.uts.edu.au
CASE STUDY 1 - THERMAL STABILITY OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES heat science.uts.edu.au
CASE STUDY 1 - THERMAL STABILITY OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES Source: Gold Bulletin 43(3) 2010 p181 science.uts.edu.au
CASE STUDY 1 - THERMAL STABILITY OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES Resistance as a function of temperature (solid line) and the calculated derivative (dashed line) for films of gold nanoparticles RuPc-AuNPs 1-butanethiol-stabilised AuNPs science.uts.edu.au
CASE STUDY 1 - THERMAL STABILITY OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES science.uts.edu.au
CASE STUDY 2 - IMPURITY PROFILING OF AMPHETAMINE-TYPE SUBSTANCES FROM COMMERCIAL STARTING MATERIALS science.uts.edu.au
CASE STUDY 2 - IMPURITY PROFILING OF AMPHETAMINE-TYPE SUBSTANCES FROM COMMERCIAL STARTING MATERIALS 50 45 40 35 30 Abundance (×10 5 ) 25 20 15 10 5 0 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 Time (min) Gas chromatogram of safrole synthesised from catechol science.uts.edu.au
OTHER COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS • Extraction of limonene from waste orange pulp • Metal chelators for the treatment of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases • Photodynamic therapy agents using porphyrins, phthalocyanines and phospholipids • Redox mediators for lithium-air batteries • Interactions in metal dithiocarbamate complexes science.uts.edu.au
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS Ac AcO OH AcO OAc H O 10 mol% Al(OTf) 3 O 5 mol% Al(OTf) 3 AcO + AcO AcO O DCE , 40 o C O Ac 2 O, DCM R AcO H AcO R R AcO O OAc OAc AcO 10 mol% Al(OTf) 3 , DCM AcO O O AcO H CH 3 COOH , Ac 2 O R R science.uts.edu.au
INDUSTRY CONSULTATION Consultation • petrochemical industry (synthesis and catalysis, commercialisation of 100 ktpa ethylene to 1-octene plant in USA; 100 ktpa 1-heptene to 1-octene plant in RSA) • industrial adhesives industry (mining epoxies and high performance mixed epoxy-urethane adhesives) • customs tariff classifications (pharmaceuticals, solvents, food additives) • expert witness work science.uts.edu.au
CONTACTS Assoc. Prof. Andrew McDonagh Andrew.mcdonagh@uts.edu.au Prof. Bradley Williams Bradley.williams@uts.edu.au Assoc. Prof. Alison Ung Alison.ung@uts.edu.au science.uts.edu.au
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