Research articles and publications

Academic excellence

In using an Elsevier ranking tool to look at the scholarly output of the top hundred institutions in the field of electronic waste recycling, the University of New South Wales’s ranking is 7^thin world and 1^st in the Asia Pacific region with 40 scholarly outputs, from which 33 were produced by the SMaRT Centre.

From 2014 to 2020, SMaRT Centre researchers published:

Published 210 journal papers (more than 90% in the Q1 ranked journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Nature journals, Recourse, Conservation & Recycling, etc.).
Prepared 20 conference papers and 4 scholarly book chapters.
Gave over 246 Plenary/keynote lecturers in scientific/professional conferences.
Reviewed numerous journals, conference abstract and research grant applications as editor and reviewers.

Journal articles

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Li K; Khanna R; Bouhadja M; Zhang J; Liu Z; Su B; Yang T; Sahajwalla V; Singh CV; Barati M, 2017, 'A molecular dynamic simulation on the factors influencing the fluidity of molten coke ash during alkalization with K2O and Na2O', Chemical Engineering Journal, 313, pp. 1184 - 1193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.11.011

2017
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lian B; Deng J; leslie G; Bustamante H; Sahajwalla ; Nishina Y; Joshi RK, 2017, 'Surfactant modified graphene oxide laminates for filtration', Carbon, 116, pp. 240 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.01.102

2017
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Liu P; Farzana R; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Lightweight expanded aggregates from the mixture of waste automotive plastics and clay', Construction and Building Materials, 145, pp. 283 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.04.009

2017
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Mansuri I; Khanna R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Recycling Carbonaceous Industrial/Commercial Waste as a Carbon Resource in Iron and Steelmaking', Steel Research International, 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/srin.201600333

2017
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Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Thermal Isolation of Rare Earth Oxides from Nd-Fe-B Magnets Using Carbon from Waste Tyres', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 6201 - 6208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01133

2017
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Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Mansuri I; O’Kane P; Skidmore C; Jin Z; Fontana A; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Study of Reaction Between Slag and Carbonaceous Materials', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 48, pp. 2316 - 2323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11663-017-1020-y

2017
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Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Nano-carbons from waste tyre rubber: An insight into structure and morphology', Waste Management, 69, pp. 110 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2017.08.020

2017
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Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Novel Synthesis of Silicon Carbide Nanowires from e-Waste', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 4171 - 4178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00171

2017
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Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Waste materials conversion into mesoporous silicon carbide nanocermics: Nanofibre/particle mixture', Journal of Cleaner Production, 157, pp. 213 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.109

2017
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Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Bucknall M; Maroufi S; You Y; Liu Z; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Thermocatalytic Conversion of Automotive Shredder Waste and Formation of Nanocarbons as a Process Byproduct', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 5440 - 5448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00774

2017
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Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Maroufi S; Liu Z; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Waste conversion into high-value ceramics: Carbothermal nitridation synthesis of titanium nitride nanoparticles using automotive shredder waste', Journal of Environmental Management, 188, pp. 32 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.11.079

2017

Preprints

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Lian B; De Luca S; You Y; Alwarappan S; Yoshimura M; Sahajwalla V; Smith SC; Leslie G; Joshi RK, 2017, Extraordinary water adsorption characteristics of graphene oxide, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1707.09502

2017

Conference Abstracts

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Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'A Sustainable Approach for Waste Management: Automotive Waste Transformation into High Value Titanium Nitride Ceramic', in A Sustainable Approach for Waste Management: Automotive Waste Transformation into High Value Titanium Nitride Ceramic, ICST 2017: 19th International Conference on Sustainable Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, presented at ICST 2017: 19th International Conference on Sustainable Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 10 July 2017 - 11 July 2017, https://www.waset.org/abstracts/61761

2017
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Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'A Sustainable Approach for Waste Management: Automotive Waste Transformation into High Value Titanium Nitride Ceramic', in A Sustainable Approach for Waste Management: Automotive Waste Transformation into High Value Titanium Nitride Ceramic, ICST 2017: 19th International Conference on Sustainable Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, presented at ICST 2017: 19th International Conference on Sustainable Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 10 July 2017 - 11 July 2017, https://www.waset.org/abstracts/61761

2017

Conference Papers

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Pahlevani F; Dippenaar, R. ; Gorjizadeh, N. ; Cholake, S. T. ; Hossain, R. ; Kumar, R. ; Sahajwalla VH, 2017, 'Surface Modification of Steel Using Automotive Waste as Raw Materials', in Surface Modification of Steel Using Automotive Waste as Raw Materials, International Conference on Sustainable Materials Processing and Manufacturing, SMPM 2017, Kruger National Park, South Africa, presented at International Conference on Sustainable Materials Processing and Manufacturing, SMPM 2017, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 23 January 2017 - 25 January 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2016.12.007

2017
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Pahlevani F; Dippenaar, R. ; Gorjizadeh, N. ; Cholake, S. T. ; Hossain, R. ; Kumar, R. ; Sahajwalla VH, 2017, 'Surface Modification of Steel Using Automotive Waste as Raw Materials', in Surface Modification of Steel Using Automotive Waste as Raw Materials, International Conference on Sustainable Materials Processing and Manufacturing, SMPM 2017, Kruger National Park, South Africa, presented at International Conference on Sustainable Materials Processing and Manufacturing, SMPM 2017, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 23 January 2017 - 25 January 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2016.12.007

2017
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Pahlevani F; Dippenaar, R. ; Gorjizadeh, N. ; Cholake, S. T. ; Hossain, R. ; Kumar, R. ; Sahajwalla VH, 2017, 'Surface Modification of Steel Using Automotive Waste as Raw Materials', in Surface Modification of Steel Using Automotive Waste as Raw Materials, International Conference on Sustainable Materials Processing and Manufacturing, SMPM 2017, Kruger National Park, South Africa, presented at International Conference on Sustainable Materials Processing and Manufacturing, SMPM 2017, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 23 January 2017 - 25 January 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2016.12.007

2017
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Pahlevani F; Echeverria Encina CA; Handoko W; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Mattresses and fabrics as new resources for innovative building material', in Mattresses and fabrics as new resources for innovative building material, Australian Industrial Ecology Conference 2017, Hunter Valley, NSW, presented at Australian Industrial Ecology Conference 2017, Hunter Valley, NSW, 06 September 2017 - 08 September 2017

2017