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Supercritical Fluids Research

Welcome to the Supercritical Fluids Research Group

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December 2009
Luu Thai Danh attended 6th Internation Phytotechnology Society Conference in St. Louis, Missouri US.
Luu Thai Danh, Paul Truong, Raffaella Mammucari, Neil Foster. Calcium Impact on Growth Performance and Essential Oil Production of Chrysopogon Zizanioides Grown on Lead Contaminated Soils. Oral Presentation. 
 
ASX/Media Release: PRIMA BioMed to Undertake Research Program to Develop Oral Delivery System for Cervical Cancer Vaccine. SCF research group is working alongside with Prof. Ian Frazer, CSL and Merck Sharpe & Dome
 
Two new industrial training students; William Phu and Margarita Moya. They will be studying solubility of novel materials in supercritical fluids.
 
November 2009
Professor Foster wins R. K. Murphy Award
 
Roshan Yoganathan finished his PhD work titled, Polymer Processing using Dense Gas Technology, and is now working as a temporary postdoc in the lab.
 
August 2009
Roshan at High Pressure Conference
Roshan Yoganathan presents poster at High Pressure Science and Technology Conference in Tokyo, Japan.
Manuscript was accepted -
R. Yoganathan, R. Mammucari, N. R. Foster. Polycaprolactone synthesis and impregnation with ibuprofen using supercritical CO2., Journal of Physics : Conference series - International Conference on High Pressure Science and Technology. Tokyo, Japan. August 2009.
 
July 2009
Recent publication - Danh, L.T., R. Mammucari, P. Truong, and N. Foster, Response surface method applied to supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of Vetiveria zizanioides essential oil, Chemical Engineering Journal. In Press.
 
May 2009
 
Wendy, Adam and Jane in Bordeaux at ISSF2009
Wendy Lam, Adam Carr and Jane Beh attended 9th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids (ISSF 2009), Arcachon, France.
  • C.C. Beh, R. Mammucari, N. Foster. Formation of Vesicles by the Depressurization of an Expanded Solution Into Aqueous Media Process. Oral Presentation and Conference Proceedings
  • U.T. Lam, R. Mammucari, N. Foster. Formulation of a Controlled Release Chemotherapeutic System by the Atomised Rapid Injection Solvent Extraction Process. Oral Presentation and Conference Proceedings
  • R. Yoganathan, R. Mammucari, N. Foster. Polycarbonate/Polycaprolactone Blends via Supercritical CO2. Poster and Conference Proceedings.
  • A. Carr, R. Mammucari, N. Foster. Controlled Precipitation of Hydrophobic-Pharmaceuticals in Subcritical Water. Poster and Conference Proceedings.
 
 
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