Senior Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow @RMIT Developing energy conversion solutions for a cleaner & brighter future. Views are my own. (RT =/= endorsement)
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Lovely write up of our @APSphysics article on stick-slip motion causing electrification in droplets by @physorg_com
This work flips droplet charging on its head, showing it happens dry to wet as well as wet to dry!
phys.org/news/2025-03-moveme…
doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.…
Wonderful to lead this with @dr_joeberry.
It's amazing that we still are finding out things ⚡️about something as simple as a water droplet! 💧 - this is why I got into science in the first place! ❤️
Have a read of the article in @APSphysics #PRL here:
doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.…
Researchers from RMIT University and @UniMelb have discovered #water generates an #electrical #charge up to 10 times greater than previously understood when it moves across a surface.💧Read more: rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/20…
@FEITUniMelb
ALT The team behind the water charging experiment: Dr Joe Berry, Dr Peter Sherrell and PhD scholar Shuaijia Chen (left to right) in a lab at RMIT University.
ALT A set up of an experiment in a lab measuring the electrical charge of water droplets.
ALT A close up of a drop of water on a plastic surface with a syringe going through the droplet. A turquoise light is used.
We're really excited about this work transforming #waste #polymers into #sustainable #energyharvesters, led out of @ResearchRMIT and with @AndrisSutka from Riga Technical University.
Read the work our innovation is based on here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
This new invention turns packaging waste into a device that can harvest static #electricity from motion and wind. ⚡️🎈
Learn More: rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/20…
ALT A person wearing blue gloves stretches a piece of white polystyrene material in front of a small fan.
ALT Eight packaging peanuts sit on a green background, next to a petri dish containing a white polystyrene patch that is made from them.
ALT Dr Peter Sherrell inspects white polystyrene patches held in front of his face. He wears a lab coat, blue gloves and glasses.
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A great talk from Professor Timothy Schmidt of UNSW Sydney on his work over the past decade on the search for intermediates in singlet fission/triplet fusion processes. #PhysChem24
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The first two hot topic talks by Dr Peter Watson of the University of Oxford on IR Action Spectroscopy and Ariel Jones from University of Melbourne on Time-Dependent DFT #PhysChem24
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We had a great second session of talks from Prof Evan Bieske from University of Melbourne, Prof Katya Pas from Monash University and Prof Ivan Kassal from University of Sydney #PhysChem24
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Excited about Ariel giving a talk in the upcoming session, talking about what else is happening in the group @RACI_PhysChem #ozchem
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Our #GRAPHERGIA partner Philippe Basset (@UGustaveEiffel) co-hosted a symposium on #nanogenerators at the EU Materials Research Society 2024 Spring Meeting
“It was a unique opportunity to discover the wealth of TENG activity in EU”, he said
Read more ➡ graphergia.eu/2024/06/25/a-g…
Excited to be at #EMRS in Strasbourg this week.
I'm presenting in session P today at 15.45 talking about our work on Energy Harvesters and Catalysis - come along!
#SpringEMRS
#EMRS2024
@ResearchRMIT
Our perspective on #electrocataylsis for #GreenChemistry is online in #AdvancedEnergyandSustainabilityResearch.
We tackle challenges facing cataylsis from Data Reporting 🔢to Characterisation 🔬 and Operating Conditions🔥
doi.org/10.1002/aesr.2024000…
@ResearchRMIT @AndrisSutka
Using Titanium Dioxide to split water seems an incredibly bad idea? 🤦♂️ - unless you decouple the half reactions. 🪓
In new research from @AndrisSutka and @ResearchRMIT we show how.
In Acid 🧪
With > 50% efficiency. ⚡
In @AdvSciNews
doi.org/10.1002/advs.2024012…
Great to be at #S24MRS to give an invited talk on our work understanding polymer energy harvesters.
Has been a wonderful event with great discussions with new and old friends and collaborators.
Thank you to the symposium organisers!
@Materials_MRS @ResearchRMIT @AndrisSutka
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Check out this wonderful Job Opportunity for Physical Chemists 👀
Great department to join!
Applications close 22nd May 2024
jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/9…
@RACInational #Ozchem #academicjob #Chemistry
Are you a physical chemist and want to become my colleague working in an awesome, very collegial department? Please repost and share this with suitable candidates you might be aware of. #ozchem @RACI_PhysChem jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/9…
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Are you a physical chemist and want to become my colleague working in an awesome, very collegial department? Please repost and share this with suitable candidates you might be aware of. #ozchem @RACI_PhysChem jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/9…
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Read my recent work on "Understanding and Controlling Electrostatic Discharge in Triboelectric Nanogenerators" now available online here -> lnkd.in/g2n8gSg6. In collaboration with Prof. Amanda Ellis, Dr. Peter Sherrell (@NanoIn3D), Dr. Joe Berry, and Dr. James Bullock.
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Registration for #PhysChem24 and the #HushSymposium is now open!
PhysChem24: 1st to 3rd of July
Hush Symposium: 4th of July
Both at the University of Sydney
Register early for discounted pricing to these events.
For more information and to Register: lnkd.in/gjPACuuR
New Paper in #Small @wileyinresearch.
We provide a perspective on polymer energy harvesters which can replace piezoelectric fluoropolymers (which are facing bans due to PFAS!).
Have a read: doi.org/10.1002/smll.2023115…
with @AndrisSutka and Martin Timusk.
@ResearchRMIT
Want Fast Charging #Batteries?
Donghuck Park and Prof. Amanda Ellis from @engunimelb have taken a quick, big, step for #cathodes - just by modifying the surface chemistry of Carbon Black!
Have a read:
doi.org/10.1039/D3TA05093A
@ResearchRMIT @JMaterChem