Prof Joe Shapter

Position/s:	Dean of School School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Phone:	work+61 8 82012005
Email:	joe.shapter@flinders.edu.au
Location:	Physical Sciences (202)
Postal address:	GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

I obtained my Ph. D. from the University of Toronto in 1990 working with Prof. J. C. Polanyi on the detection of small molecules and the determination of their energies. From 1990 to 1996, I worked at the University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario) building a scanning tunnelling microscope and lecturing first year chemistry.

I was appointed as a lecturer at Flinders in 1996, promoted to Senior lecturer at the start of 2000, promoted to Associate Professor in 2004 and made full Professor in June 2008.

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Toronto (1990)

B. Sc. (Hons) from Memorial University of Newfoundland (1985)

Honours, awards and grants

2009 ATLC Award for Teaching Excellence
2007 Carrick Institute Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
2003 Flinders Vice-Chancellor Award for Teaching
1991-1993 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship
1985-1989 NSERC 1967 Science and Engineering Scholarship
1985 Gold Medal in Chemistry (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
1985 Second Prize-Oral Presentation; Atlantic CIC Student Conference
1984 H. J. Anderson Award
1984 NSERC Summer Undergraduate Award
1983 H. J. Anderson Award
1983 NSERC Summer Undergraduate Award
1981-1982 Centenary of Responsible Government Scholarship
1980-1981 Centenary of Responsible Government Scholarship

Key responsibilities

Dean of School of Chemical & Physical Sciences
Course Coordinator Bachelor of Science in Nanotechnology (Honours)
Associate Dean (Teaching) Faculty of Science and Engineering
Member of the Board, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
Deputy Director of the South Australian Regional Facility for Microscopy and Microanalysis (SARF)
Member of the Operations Committee for the Australian Microscopy and Microanalaysis Research Facility (AMMRF)

Teaching

Teaching interests

I believe these are exceptionally challenging times for university educators. Both students and staff seem to have less time for education. Given this there are several roles I play to make education a rewarding and worthwhile experience for both student and teacher.

In my own teaching, I try to do two things. The first is to make the experience enjoyable and even entertaining. My second effort in teaching is to always relate topic material to real-world examples that people can understand.

The energy required to ensure a chemical reaction occurs might be a difficult concept for some but everyone understands what happens when cars collide and the effect of speed on this process. Ultimately, I don't think I, or any other teacher, can make people learn. The role of educators must be in the facilitation of learning through guiding and stimulating interest and motivation such that students learn because they want to learn.

The most important outcome for any educator is that students enjoy learning and thus progress to become complete, independent life-long learners. As associate dean (teaching) my role is to help present everyone with new approaches to teaching with an eye to improving teaching for both students and teachers. This might mean the use of new technology, new approaches or simply different methods of presentation.

Topic Coordinator:

CHEM2701 Chemical Reactivity
NANO1101/8111 Fundamentals of Nanotechnology
NANO4711/8711 Advanced Nanotechnology

Topic Lecturer:

CHEM1101 Chemistry 1A
CHEM2701 Chemical Reactivity
NANO1101 Nanotechnoloy 1
NANO3702 Frontiers of Nanotechnology
NANO4711 Advanced Nanotechnology
SERC1012 Introduction to Research

Research and consultancy

Research interests

Our research group is very lucky in a sense. Our work centres around the use of a technique called scanning probe microscopy (SPM).

In simple terms, this is a relatively new form of microscope (invented in the earlier 1980s) which has the capability to see the finest detail of material (atoms). Our ability to image atoms and molecules is among the best in the world and this has lead to many national and international collaborations and has the added bonus of seeing our group involved in many and varied research areas.

Selected Research areas:

Biosensors

Work with colleagues at UNSW has seen the development of a glucose biosensor. This is important work for diabetics who must continuously monitor their glucose level to determine if they need an insulin injection. Our sensor is much more efficient than current methods but still have the weakness of low term stability. Our work to address this continues.

Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes are a new form of carbon with amazing properties such as the ability to conduct electrons better that copper and strength higher than steel. We have developed new ways to attach these nanotubes to silicon which is of great interest in areas such as

electronics, biosensors and solar cells. We have expanded our work into the area of microfluidics and this work was done at Cambridge University.

Biological Membranes

A recent area of interest in collaboration with Prof. J. Miners has been the examination of biological membranes. Our work has used novel scanning probe techniques which has revealed unprecedented resolution of membrane dynamics when the temperature is changed or when the membrane is exposed to a drug.

Postgraduate research supervision

Lintern Fairbrother - Expected Completion 2011
Mark Bissett - Expected Completion 2011
Cameron Shearer - Expected Completion 2011
Leomora Velleman - Expected Completion 2010
Igor Nerush - Expected Completion 2010
Ben Flavel - Completed 2009
Matthew Nussio - Completed 2009
Jingxian Yu - Completed 2008
Laura Weeks - Completed 2006

Publications

Book chapters

Leifert, W.R., Glatz, R.V., Bailey, K., Cooper, T.H., Bally, M., Stadler, B.M., Reimhult, E., & Shapter, J.G., 2009. Nanoscale biosensors and biochips. In The annual review of nanoresearch. London: World Scientific Publishing, pp. 1-82.

Shapter, J.G. & Gooding, J.J., 2008. Teaching undergraduates nanotechnology. In Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education. California, USA: American Scientific Publishers, pp. 421-457.

Gooding, J. & Shapter, J.G., 2005. Carbon nanotubes systems to communicate with enzymes. In Protein Nanotechnology: Protocols, instrumentation and Applications. Totowa, New Jersey: Humana Press, pp. 225-242.

Refereed journal articles

Shearer, C.J., Fahy, A., Barr, M.G., Moore, K.E., Dastoor, P.C., & Shapter, J.G., 2012. Field emission from single-, double-. and multi-walled carbon nanotubes chemically attached to silicon. Journal of Applied Physics, 111, 044326-1-044326-8.

Zoehrer, R., Perilli, E., Kuliwaba, J., Shapter, J.G., Fazzalari, N., & Voelcker, N.H., 2012. Human bone material characterization: integrated imaging surface investigation of male fragility fractures. Osteoporosis International, 23(4), 1297-1309.

Zoehrer, R., Perilli, E., Kuliwaba, J.S., Shapter, J.G., Fazzalari, N.L., & Voelcker, N.H., 2012. Human bone material characterization: integrated imaging surface investigation of male fragility fractures. Osteoporosis International, 23(4), 1297-1309.

Macdonald, T.J., Gibson, C., Constantopoulos, K.T., Shapter, J.G., & Ellis, A.V., 2012. Functionalization of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes with polystyrene via surface initiated reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. Applied Surface Science, 258(7), 2836-2843.

Bissett, M., Barlow, A.J., Shearer, C.J., Quinton, J.S., & Shapter, J.G., 2012. Comparison of carbon nanotube modified electrodes for photovoltaic devices. Carbon, 50, 2431-2441.

Bandaru, N., Zeile, S., Nambiar, M., Nussio, M.R., Gibson, C., Shapter, J.G., Jayaraman, N., & Voelcker, N.H., 2012. Self assembly of bivalent glycolipids on single walled carbon nanotubes and their specific molecular recognition properties. RSC Advances, 2, 1329-1333.

Yu, J., Zvarec, O., Huang, D.M., Bissett, M., Scanlon, D.B., Shapter, J.G., & Abell, A.D., 2012. Electron transfer through Î±-peptides attached to vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays: a mechanistic transition. Chemical Communications, 48(8), 1132-1134.

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Book chapters

Shapter, J.G. & Gooding, J.J., 2008. Teaching undergraduates nanotechnology. In Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education. California, USA: American Scientific Publishers, pp. 421-457.

Refereed journal articles

Yu, Y., Kant, K., Shapter, J.G., Addai-Mensah, J., & Losic, D., 2012. Gold nanotube membranes have catalytic properties. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 153, 131-136.

Larsen, L.J., Tune, D.D., Kemppinen, P., Winzenberg, K.N., Watkins, S., & Shapter, J.G., 2012. Increased performance of single walled carbon nanotube photovoltaic cells through the addition of dibenzo[b,def]chrysene derivative. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY, 235, 72-76.

Bissett, M., Barlow, A.J., Shearer, C.J., Quinton, J.S., & Shapter, J.G., 2012. Comparison of carbon nanotube modified electrodes for photovoltaic devices. Carbon, 50, 2431-2441.

Bissett, M., Koper, I., Quinton, J.S., & Shapter, J.G., 2011. Dendron growth from vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotube thin layer arrays for photovoltaic devices. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13, 6059-6064.

Bissett, M., Barlow, A.J., Shapter, J.G., & Quinton, J.S., 2011. Transition from single to multi-walled carbon nanotubes grown by inductively coupled plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Journal of Applied Physics, 110(3), 034301-1-034301-6.

Cribb, B., White, T., Shapter, J.G., Muhling, J., Soon, L., Ringer, S., Grinan, E., Frost, C., & Munroe, P., 2011. Advanced Microscopic Characterisation through Integrated Learning Tools. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS, 17(S2), 870-871.

Dronov, R.V., Jane, A., Shapter, J.G., Hodges, A., & Voelcker, N.H., 2011. Nanoporous alumina-based interfermetric transducers ennobled. Nanoscale, 3(8), 3109-3114.

Flavel, B.S., Nambiar, M., & Shapter, J.G., 2011. Electrochemical Detection of Copper Using a Gly-Gly-His Modified Carbon Nanotube Biosensor. Silicon, 3(4), 163-171.

Flavel, B.S., Sweetman, M., Shearer, C.J., Shapter, J.G., & Voelcker, N.H., 2011. Micropatterned Arrays of Porous Silicon: Toward Sensory Biointerfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 3(7), 2463-2471.

Garvey, M., Griesser, S.S., Griesser, H.J., Thierry, B., Nussio, M.R., Shapter, J.G., Ecroyd, H., Giorgetti, S., Bellotti, V., Gerrard, J., et al., 2011. Enhanced molecular chaperone activity of the small heat-shock protein {alpha}B-crystallin following covalent immobilization onto a solid-phase support. Biopolymers, 95(6), 376-389.

Moore, K.E., Flavel, B.S., Ellis, A.V., & Shapter, J.G., 2011. Comparison of double-walled with single-walled carbon nanotube electrodes by electrochemistry. Carbon, 49(8), 2639-2647.

Moore, K.E., Flavel, B.S., Shearer, C.J., Ellis, A.V., & Shapter, J.G., 2011. Electrochemistry of polystyrene intercalated vertically aligned single- and double-walled carbon nanotubes on gold electrodes. Electrochemistry Communications, 13(11), 1190-1193.

Plummer, A.M., Kuznetsov, V., Joyner, T., Shapter, J.G., & Voelcker, N.H., 2011. The Burning Rate of Energetic Films of Nanostructured Porous Silicon. Small, 7(23), 3392-3398.

Sweetman, M., Shearer, C.J., Shapter, J.G., & Voelcker, N.H., 2011. Dual Silane Surface Functionalization for the Selective Attachment of Human Neuronal Cells to Porous Silicon. Langmuir, 27(15), 9497-9503.

Trewartha, S., Shapter, J.G., Gibson, C., Mikajlo, E.A., & Jones, A., 2011. Determination of Deterrent Profiles in Nitrocellulose Propellant Grains Using Confocal Raman Microscopy. PROPELLANTS EXPLOSIVES PYROTECHNICS, 36(5), 451-458.

Velleman, L., Bruneel, J., Guillaume, F., Losic, D., & Shapter, J.G., 2011. Raman spectroscopy probing of self-assembled monolayers inside the pores of gold nanotube membranes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13(43), 19587-19593.

Vogt, A.P., Gibson, C., Tune, D.D., Bissett, M., Voelcker, N.H., Shapter, J.G., & Ellis, A.V., 2011. High-order graphene oxide nanoarchitectures. Nanoscale, 3(8), 3076-3079.

Bissett, M. & Shapter, J.G., 2011. Electrochemistry and Photocurrent Response from Vertically-Aligned Chemically-Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays. JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 158(3), K53-K57.

Bhosale, S.V., Jani, C.H., Lalander, C.H., Langford, S.J., Nerush, I., Shapter, J.G., Villamaina, D., & Vauthey, E., 2011. Supramolecular construction of vesicles based on core-substituted naphthalene diimide appended with triethyleneglycol motifs. Chemical Communications, 47(29), 8226-8228.

Bissett, M., Koper, I., Quinton, J.S., & Shapter, J.G., 2011. Dye functionalisation of PAMAM-type dendrons grown from vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotube arrays for light harvesting antennae. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(46), 18597-18604.

An, H., Nussio, M.R., Huson, M.G., Voelcker, N.H., & Shapter, J.G., 2010. Material Properties of Lipid Microdomains: Force-Volume Imaging Study of the Effect of Cholesterol on Lipid Microdomain Rigidity. Biophysical Journal, 99(3), 834-844.

Bissett, M. & Shapter, J.G., 2010. Photocurrent response from vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotube arrays. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114, 6778-6783.

Constantopoulos, K.T., Shearer, C.J., Ellis, A.V., Voelcker, N.H., & Shapter, J.G., 2010. Carbon Nanotubes Anchored to Silicon for Device Fabrication. Advanced Materials, 22, 557-571.

Deslandes, A., Jasieniak, M., Ionescu, M., Shapter, J.G., & Quinton, J.S., 2010. Hydrogenation of sp2-bonded carbon surfaces using methane plasma. Applied Surface Science, 256(6), 1888-1894.

Flavel, B.S., Garrett, D.J., Lehr, J., Shapter, J.G., & Downard, A.J., 2010. Chemically immobilised carbon nanotubes on silicon : stable surfaces for aqueous electrochemistry. Electrochimica Acta, 55, 3995-4001.

Garrett, D.J., Flavel, B.S., Shapter, J.G., Baronian, K.H., & Downard, A.J., 2010. Robust Forests of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Chemically Assembled on Carbon Substrates. Langmuir, 26(3), 1848-1854.

Kant, K., Low, S.P., Marshal, A., Shapter, J.G., & Losic, D., 2010. Nanopore Gradients on Porous Aluminum Oxide Generated by Nonuniform Anodization of Aluminum. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2(12), 3447-3454.

Malec, C.D., Voelcker, N.H., Shapter, J.G., & Ellis, A.V., 2010. Carbon nanotubes initiate the explosion of porous silicon. Materials Letters, 64, 2517-2519.

Nussio, M.R., Lowe, R.D., Voelcker, N.H., Flavel, B.S., Gibson, C., Sykes, M.J., Miners, J.O., & Shapter, J.G., 2010. Nanoscale structure of lipid domain boundaries. Soft Matter, 6, 2193-2199.

Nussio, M.R., Voelcker, N.H., Miners, J.O., Lewis, B.C., Sykes, M.J., & Shapter, J.G., 2010. AFM study of the interaction of cytochrome P450 2C9 with phospholipid bilayers. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 163, 182-189.

Shearer, C.J., Ellis, A.V., Shapter, J.G., & Voelcker, N.H., 2010. Chemically Grafted Carbon Nanotube Surface Coverage Gradients. Langmuir, 26(23), 18468-18475.

Tune, D.D., Flavel, B.S., Quinton, J.S., Ellis, A.V., & Shapter, J.G., 2010. Single walled carbon nanotube network electrodes for dye solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94, 1665-1672.

Velleman, L., Shearer, C.J., Ellis, A.V., Losic, D., Voelcker, N.H., & Shapter, J.G., 2010. Fabrication of self-supporting porous silicon membranes and tuning transport properties by surface functionalization. Nanoscale, 2, 1756-1761.

Fairbrother, L.G., Shapter, J.G., Brugger, J., Southam, G., Pring, A., & Reith, F., 2009. Effect of the cyanide-producing bacterium Chromobacterium violaceum on ultraflat Au surfaces. Chemical Geology, 265(3-4), 313-320.

Deslandes, A., Jasieniak, M., Ionescu, M., Shapter, J.G., Fairman, C., Gooding, J.J., Hibbert, D.B., & Quinton, J.S., 2009. ToF-SIMS characterisation of methane-and hydrogen-plasma-modified graphite using principal components analysis. Surface and Interface Analysis, 41, 216-224.

Flavel, B.S., Nussio, M.R., Quinton, J.S., & Shapter, J.G., 2009. Adhesion of chemically and electrostatically bound gold nanoparticles to a self-assembled silane monolayer investigated by atomic force volume spectroscopy. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 11(8), 2013-2022.

Flavel, B.S., Yu, J., Ellis, A.V., & Shapter, J.G., 2009. Electroless plated gold as a support for carbon nanotube electrodes. Electrochimica Acta, 54(11), 3191-3198.

Flavel, B.S., Yu, J., Shapter, J.G., & Quinton, J.S., 2009. Patterned polyaniline & carbon nanotube-polyaniline composites on silicon. Soft Matter, 5(1), 164-172.

Velleman, L., Triani, G., Evans, P.J., Shapter, J.G., & Losic, D., 2009. Structural and chemical modification of porous alumina membranes. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 126(1-2), 87-94.

Nussio, M.R., Oncins, G., Ridelis, I., Szili, E., Shapter, J.G., Sanz, F., & Voelcker, N.H., 2009. Nanomechanical characterization of phospholipid bilayer islands on flat and porous substrates: a force spectroscopy study. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113(30), 10339-10347.

Nussio, M.R., Sykes, M.J., Miners, J.O., & Shapter, J.G., 2009. Kinetics membrane disruption due to drug interactions of chlorpromazine hydrochloride. Langmuir, 25(2), 1086-1090.

Poh, Z., Flavel, B.S., Shearer, C.J., Shapter, J.G., & Ellis, A.V., 2009. Fabrication and electrochemical behavior of vertically-aligned carbon nanotube electrodes covalently attached to p-type silicon via a thioester linkage. Materials Letters, 63(9-10), 757-760.

Velleman, L., Shapter, J.G., & Losic, D., 2009. Gold nanotube membranes functionalised with fluorinated thiols for selective molecular transport. Journal of Membrane Science, 328(1-2), 121-126.

Md Jani, A., Anglin, E.J., McInnes, S.J., Losic, D., Shapter, J.G., & Voelcker, N.H., 2009. Nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide membranes with layered surface chemistry. Chemical Communications, 3062-3064.

Flavel, B.S., Yu, J., Ellis, A.V., Quinton, J.S., & Shapter, J.G., 2008. Solution chemistry approach to fabricate vertically aligned carbon nanotubes on gold wires: towards vertically integrated electronics. Nanotechnology, 19(44).

Bhosale, S.V., Bissett, M., Forsyth, C., Langford, S.J., Neville, S.M., Shapter, J.G., Weeks, L., & Woodward, C.P., 2008. Designing Functionalized Porphyrins Capable of Pseudo-2D Self-Assembly on Surfaces. Organic Letters, 10(14), 2943-2946.

Flavel, B.S., Yu, J., Shapter, J.G., & Quinton, J.S., 2008. Electrochemical characterisation of patterned carbon nanotube electrodes on silane modified silicon. Electrochimica Acta, 53(18), 5653-5659.

Yu, J., Mathew, S., Flavel, B.S., Johnston, M.R., & Shapter, J.G., 2008. Ruthenium Porphyrin Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays-A Step Toward Light Harvesting Antenna and Multibit Information Storage. Journal of The American Chemical Society, 130(27), 8788-8796.

Yu, J., Flavel, B.S., & Shapter, J.G., 2008. Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays to Silicon (100) Surfaces. Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, 16(1), 18-29.

Shearer, C.J., Yu, J., O'Donnell, K.M., Thomsen, L., Dastoor, P., Quinton, J.S., & Shapter, J.G., 2008. Highly resilient field emission from aligned single-walled carbon nanotube arrays chemically attached to n-type silicon. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18(47), 5753-5760.

Quinton, J.S., Deslandes, A., Barlow, A.J., Shapter, J.G., Fairman, C., Gooding, J., & Hibbert, D.B., 2008. RF Plasma Functionalized Carbon Surfaces for Supporting Sensor Architectures. Current Applied Physics, 8(3-4), 376-379.

Nussio, M.R., Voelcker, N.H., Sykes, M.J., McInnes, S.J., Gibson, C., Lowe, R.D., Miners, J.O., & Shapter, J.G., 2008. Lateral heterogeneities in supported bilayers from pure and mixed phosphatidylethanolamine demonstrating hydrogen bonding capacity. Biointerphases, 3(4), 96-104.

Norman, J.A., Shapter, J.G., Short, K., Smith, L.J., & Fazzalari, N., 2008. Micromechanical properties of human trabecular bone: A hierarchical investigation using nanoindentation. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 87A(1), 196-202.

Harmer, S.L., Mierczynska-Vasilev, A., Beattie, D.A., & Shapter, J.G., 2008. The effect of bulk iron concentration and heterogeneities on the copper activation of sphalerite. Minerals Engineering, 21(12-14), 1005-1012.

Nussio, M.R., Sykes, M.J., Miners, J.O., & Shapter, J.G., 2007. Characterisation of the Binding of Cationic Amphiphilic Drugs to Phospholipid Bilayers using Surface Plasmon Resonance. ChemMedChem, 2(3), 366-373.

Nussio, M.R., Liddell, M., Sykes, M.J., Miners, J.O., & Shapter, J.G., 2007. Dynamics of Phospholipid Membrane Growth and Drug-Membrane Interactions Probed by Atomic Force Microscopy. Journal of Scanning Probe Microscopy, 2(1-2), 41-45.

Gooding, J.J., Chou, A., Liu, J.Q., Losic, D., Shapter, J.G., & Hibbert, D.B., 2007. The Effects of the Lengths and Orientations of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes on the Electrochemistry of Nanotube-modified Electrodes. Electrochemistry Communications, 9(7), 1677-1683.

Flavel, B.S., Yu, J., Shapter, J.G., & Quinton, J.S., 2007. Patterned attachment of carbon nanotubes to silane modified silicon. Carbon, 45(13), 2551-2558.

Flavel, B.S., Yu, J., Shapter, J.G., & Quinton, J.S., 2007. Patterned Ferrocenemethanol Modified Carbon Nanotube Electrodes on Silane Modified Silicon. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17(45), 4757-4761.

Yu, J., Shapter, J.G., Johnston, M.R., Quinton, J.S., & Gooding, J., 2007. Electron-transfer characteristics of ferrocene attached to single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) arrays directly anchored to silicon(1 0 0). Electrochimica Acta, 52(21), 6206-6211.

Yu, J., Shapter, J.G., Quinton, J.S., Johnston, M.R., & Beattie, D.A., 2007. Direct attachment of well-aligned single-walled carbon nanotube architectures to silicon (100) surfaces: a simple approach for device assembly. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 9(4), 510-520.

Marshall, M.W., Popa-Nita, S., & Shapter, J.G., 2006. Measurement of functionalised carbon nanotube carboxylic acid groups using a simple chemical process. Carbon, 44(7), 1137-1141.

Shapter, J.G., Weeks, L., Thompson, L.K., Pope, K., Xu, Z., & Johnston, M.R., 2006. Scanning tunneling microscopy investigation of nonanuclear [3 x 3] MnII supramolecular grids. Smart Materials and Structures, 15(1), 171-177.

Yu, J., Losic, D., Marshall, M.W., Bocking, T., Gooding, J., & Shapter, J.G., 2006. Preparation and characterisation of an aligned carbon nanotube array on the silicon (100) surface. Soft Matter, 2(12), 1081-1088.

Losic, D., Shapter, J.G., & Gooding, J., 2005. Mapping of defects in self-assembled monolayers by polymer decoration. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 9(7), 512-519.

Losic, D., Shapter, J.G., Mitchell, J.G., & Voelcker, N.H., 2005. Fabrication of gold nanorod arrays by templating from porous alumina. Nanotechnology, 16(10), 2275-2281.

Hale, P., Maddox, L.M., Shapter, J.G., & Gooding, J., 2005. Surface pKa of self-assembled monolayers. Journal of Chemical Education, 82(5), 779-781.

Hale, P., Maddox, L.M., Shapter, J.G., Voelcker, N.H., Ford, M., & Waclawik, E.R., 2005. Growth kinetics and modelling of ZnO nanoparticles. Journal of Chemical Education, 82(5), 775-778.

Snow, M., Pring, A., Self, P., Losic, D., & Shapter, J.G., 2004. The origin of the colour of pearls in iridescence from nano-composite structures of the nacre. American Mineralogist, 89, 1353-1358.

Rogers, B.L., Shapter, J.G., & Ford, M.J., 2004. Absorption energetics and simulation of STM images for fluorobenzene on the Cu(110) surface. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 12(6), 1109-1120.

Rogers, B.L., Shapter, J.G., & Ford, M.J., 2004. Ab initio study of benzene absorption on the Cu(11o) surface and simulation of STM images. Surface Science, 548(1-3), 29-40.

Losic, D., Short, K., Gooding, J., & Shapter, J.G., 2004. Scanning probe microscopy characterisation of immobilised enzyme molecules on a biosensor surface: visualisation of individual molecules. Journal of The Serbian Chemical Society, 69(2), 93-106.

Zhao, L., Xu, Z., Grove, H., Milway, V.A., Dawe, L.N., Abedin, T.S., Thompson, L.K., Kelly, T.L., Harvey, R.G., Miller, D.O., et al., 2004. Supramolecular Mn(II) and Mn(III) Grid Complexes with [Mn9(u2-O)12] Core Structures - Structural, Magnetic, Redox Properties, and Surface Studies. Inorganic Chemistry, 43(13), 3812-3824.

Ford, M., Hale, P., Shapter, J.G., Voelcker, N.H., & Waclawik, E.R., 2004. Liquid Crystal Displays: Fabrication and Measurement of a Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display. Journal of Chemical Education, 81(6), 854-858.

Losic, D., Gooding, J., Zhao, M., & Shapter, J.G., 2003. Which Parameters Affect the Response of the Channel Biosensor?. Electroanalysis, 15(3), 183-199.

Losic, D., Gooding, J., Short, K., & Shapter, J.G., 2003. Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging of Glucose Oxidase Using Chemically Modified Tips. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 56(10), 1039-1043.

Gooding, J., Wibowo, R., Liu, J., Yang, W., Losic, D., Orbons, S.M., Mearns, F.J., Shapter, J.G., & Hibbert, D.B., 2003. Protein Electrochemistry Using Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Electrode Arrays. Journal of The American Chemical Society, 125(30), 9006-9007.

Shapter, J.G. & Gascooke, J.R., 2003. Electronic Spectra of Benzene: An APCELL Experiment. Australian Journal of Education in Chemistry, 61, 26-29.

Weeks, L., Thompson, L.K., Shapter, J.G., Pope, K., & Xu, Z., 2003. Scanning tunnelling microscopy imaging of [3x3] Mn nonanuclear grids. Journal of Microscopy-Oxford, 212(2), 102-106.

Shapter, J.G., Ford, M.J., Maddox, L.M., Hale, P., & Waclawik, E.R., 2003. Teaching Undergraduates Nanotechnology. World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, 2(2), 299-303.

Johnson, D.L., Maxwell, C.J., Losic, D., Shapter, J.G., & Martin, L.L., 2002. The influence of promoter and of electrode material on the cyclic voltammetry of Pisum sativum plastocyanin. Bioelectrochemistry, 58(2), 137-147.

Losic, D., Shapter, J.G., & Gooding, J., 2002. Integrating polymers with alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs): blocking SAM defects with electrochemical polymerisation of tyramine. Electrochemistry Communications, 4(12), 953-958.

Losic, D., Shapter, J.G., & Gooding, J., 2002. Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of glucose oxidase on gold surfaces. Langmuir, 18(14), 5422-5428.

Mazukiewicz, J.H., Mearns, F.J., Losic, D., Weeks, L., Waclawik, E.R., Rogers, C.T., Shapter, J.G., & Gooding, J., 2002. Cryogenic Cleavage Used in Gold Surface Production. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 20(6), 2265-2270.

Pope, K., Smith, J.L., & Shapter, J.G., 2002. Imaging molecular adsorbates using scanning tunneling microscopy and image processing. Smart Materials and Structures, 11(5), 679-685.

Shapter, J.G., Ford, M.J., Maddox, L.M., & Waclawik, E.R., 2002. Teaching undergraduates nanotechnology. International Journal of Engineering Education, 18(5), 512-518.

Erokin, P., Losic, D., Gooding, J., Yang, W., Policarpio, V., Liu, J., Ho, F., Situmorang, M., Hibbert, D.B., & Shapter, J.G., 2001. Parameters Important in Fabricating Enzyme Electrodes Using Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkanethiols. Analytical Sciences, 17(1), 3-9.

Losic, D., Gooding, J., & Shapter, J.G., 2001. Influence of Surface Topography on Alkanethiol SAMs Assembled from Both Solution and via Microcontact Printing. Langmuir, 17(11), 3307-3316.

Losic, D., Gooding, J., Shapter, J.G., Hibbert, D.B., & Short, K., 2001. The Influence of the Underlying Gold Substrate on Gluciose Oxidase Electrodes Fabricated Using Self-Assembled Monolayers. Electroanalysis, 13(17), 1385-1393.

Losic, D., Shapter, J.G., & Gooding, J., 2001. Concentration Dependance in Microcontact Printing of Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) of Alkanethiols. Electrochemistry Communications, 3(12), 722-726.

Losic, D., Shapter, J.G., & Gooding, J., 2001. Atomically Flat Gold for Bionolecule Immobilization and Imaging. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 54(9,10), 643-648.

Losic, D., Shapter, J.G., & Gooding, J., 2001. Concentration dependence in microcontact printing of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiols. Electrochemistry Communications, 3(12), 722-726.

Refereed conference papers

Bissett, M., Barlow, A.J., Shapter, J.G., & Quinton, J.S., 2011. Raman Characterisation of Carbon Nanotubes Grown by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition. Materials Science Forum: Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, 700, 112-115.

Velleman, L., Guillaume, F., Bruneel, J., Losic, D., & Shapter, J.G., 2010. Gold nanotube membranes; Fabrication of controlled pore geometries and tailored surface chemistries. Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference On Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN2010), 98-101.

Tune, D.D., Gibson, C., Quinton, J.S., Ellis, A.V., & Shapter, J.G., 2010. Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Array as Working Electrode for Dye Solar Cells. ICONN2010: International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 171-173.

Shearer, C.J., Velleman, L., Acosta, F., Ellis, A.V., Voelcker, N.H., Mattia, D., & Shapter, J.G., 2010. Water Transport Through Nanoporous Materials: Porous Silicon and Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN2010), 196-199.

Shapter, J.G. & Bissett, M., 2010. Photocurrent Response from Vertically-Aligned Chemically-Functionalised Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays. Proceedings of the International Conference on Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications.

Nambiar, M. & Shapter, J.G., 2010. Peptide modified SWNT array-based copper sensor. Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference On Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN2010), 124-127.

Bissett, M., Koper, I., & Shapter, J.G., 2010. Photocurrent Response from Vertically Aligned Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays. Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference On Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN2010), 10-13.

Nussio, M.R., Voelcker, N.H., Sykes, M.J., Flavel, B.S., Miners, J.O., & Shapter, J.G., 2008. High resolution chemical mapping of biomimetic membranes by force volume imaging. Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICONN 2008, 121-124.

Md Jani, A., Zhou, J., Nussio, M.R., Losic, D., Shapter, J.G., & Voelcker, N.H., 2008. Pore spanning lipid bilayers on silanised nanoporous alumina membranes. Proceedings of SPIE, 7267, 72670T-1-72670T-10.

Mathew, S., Yu, J., Johnston, M.R., Quinton, J.S., & Shapter, J.G., 2008. Surface mounted porphyrin-nanotube arrays: Towards energy-harvesting surfaces. Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICONN 2008, 206-209.

Flavel, B.S., Yu, J., Tune, D.D., Shapter, J.G., & Quinton, J.S., 2008. Patterned Attachment of Carbon Nanotubes to Silicon. ICONN 2008: International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 48-51.

Deslandes, A., Jasieniak, M., Ionescu, M., Shapter, J.G., & Quinton, J.S., 2008. Characterisation of Methane Plasma Treated Carbon Surfaces. Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICONN 2008, 24-27.

Constantopoulos, K.T., Shearer, C.J., Shapter, J.G., Voelcker, N.H., & Ellis, A.V., 2008. Preparation and characterization of multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)/polymer nanostructured materials. Proceedings of SPIE, 7267, 72670G-1-72670G-11.

Barlow, A.J., Shapter, J.G., & Quinton, J.S., 2008. Fluorinated carbon surfaces using radio frequency plasma modification. Australian Institute of Physics 18th National Congress, 85-88.

Ogden, S.G., Lewis, D.A., & Shapter, J.G., 2008. Silane functionalisation of iron oxide nanoparticles. Smart Materials V: Organic-inorganic nanostructured composites, 7267.

Yu, J., Mathew, S., Flavel, B.S., Quinton, J.S., Johnston, M.R., & Shapter, J.G., 2008. Mixed assembly of ferrocene/porphyrin onto carbon nanotube arrays towards multibit information storage. Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICONN 2008, 176-179.

Yu, J., Le Roux, R., Gu, Y., Yunus, K., Matthews, S., Shapter, J.G., & Fisher, A.C., 2008. Integration of enzyme immobilised single-walled carbon nanotube arrays into microfluidic devices for glucose detection. ICONN 2008: International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 137-140.

Velleman, L., Shapter, J.G., & Losic, D., 2008. Engineered gold nanotube membranes for molecular separations. ICONN 2008: International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 86-89.

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Professional and community engagement

I am a passionate science communicator and have given presentations to audiences ranging from 6 to 85 years of age using different media/settings such as radio, newspapers, schools, science clubs and community groups about topics ranging from nuclear power to nanotechnology.

I have spoken for example about nanotechnology or energetic materials to the Sydney Morning Herald and The West Australian as well as the ABC in Adelaide, Darwin and Sydney. When talking to the general pubic,

I explain in layman's words the value and relevance of science and its importance to society. When addressing school students, the message is the same with the added point that science is fun, interesting and can be a fulfilling career.

I believe that as our society becomes more technologically advanced, that it is critical that people have a basic understanding of science to appreciate their world and to be able to make informed judgements on what they think are reasonable advances and those that are best left alone.

Expertise for media contact

Surface Science studies of catalysis, corrosion etc
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy STM studies of biological samples

Subject/s

Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Surface Science

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