Dr Eric Waclawik

Teaching Areas

• Physical Chemistry

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Areas of Expertise

• Conductive Polymers
• Carbon Nanotubes
• Polymer Composites
• Organic Electronics
• Spectroscopy

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Professional Associations

• Member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, MRACI
• Member of the Society for Chemical Industry, SCI

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Current Grants

• Nunzio Motta, John Bell, Roland Goh, Tuquabo Tesfamichel, Eric Waclawik, Federico Rosei: Microscopic study of a polymer-nanotube mixture for organic photovoltaics applications; US Air Force: The Asian Office Of Aerospace Research & Development US$25 000
• Prof JM Bell, Prof Dr J Franzidis, Dr ER Waclawik, Dr R Morrison, Dr DJ Bernhardt, A/Prof A Oloyede: A Focussed Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope for Advanced Analytical and Nanotechnology Research in South East Queensland; ARC Linkage Infrastructure $680 000
• Ass. Prof. John Bell, Adj. Prof. Nunzio Motta, Dr. Eric Waclawik, Dr. Hao Zhou: NSF-Australia Materials Collaboration: Modifying Structure and Properties of Carbon Nanotubes for Device Applications; ARC Linkage International $150 000
• Martin Johnston, Joseph G. Shapter, Eric Waclawik: Development of an Adjustable Porphyrin-based Molecular Platform for Nanotechnology Applications; ARC Discovery $210 000 (funded $70k for three years, 2005 - 2007)

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Selected Research Projects

• Structure-Property Effects on Conductivity in Carbon Nanotube/Conductive Polymer Composites
• Electronic Transport in Organic Electronic Devices
• Molecular Resolution Studies of Polymer Self-Assembly at Carbon Nanotube Surfaces
• Organic Photovoltaics
• Synthesis and Characterisation of Titania Nanotubes

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Selected Publications

• R. G. S. Goh, N. Motta, J. M. Bell and E. R. Waclawik, Effects of substrate curvature on the absorption of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) on Single Walled Carbon nanotubes, Appl. Phys. Lett., 88 (2006) 053101-1 - 053101-3.
• T. Takami, D. P. Arnold, A. V. Fuchs, G. D. Will, R. G. S. Goh, E. R. Waclawik, J. M. Bell, P. S. Weiss, K. Sugiura, W. Liu and J. Jiang, Two-dimensional crystal growth and stacking of bis- and tri-phthalocyaninato rare earth sandwich complexes at the 1-phenyloctane/graphite interface, J. Phys. Chem. B., 110 (4) (2006) 1661 - 1664.
• J. Jasieniak, M. Johnston, and E. R. Waclawik, The Characterization of a Porphyrin-Containing Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, J. Phys. Chem. B., 108 (2004) 12962 - 12971.
• J. McCaffery, M. A. Osborne, R. J. Marsh, W. D. Lawrance and E. R. Waclawik, The role of angular momentum in collision-induced vibration-rotation relaxation in polyatomics, J. Chem. Phys.,121 (1) (2004) 169 - 180.
• J. Mazurkiewicz, F. J. Mearns, D. Losic, L. Weeks, E. R. Waclawik, C. T. Rogers, J. G. Shapter and J. J. Gooding, Cryogenic Cleavage Used In Gold Surface Production J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B., 20 (6) (2002) 2265-2270.

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Current Postgraduate Students

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