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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Dankwah JR; Koshy P; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Reduction of FeO in EAF steelmaking slag by blends of metallurgical coke and end-of-life polyethylene terephthalate', Ironmaking & Steelmaking, 41, pp. 401 - 409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743281213Y.0000000125

2014
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Dhunna R; Khanna R; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Recycling waste bakelite as an alternative carbon resource for ironmaking applications', ISIJ International, 54, pp. 613 - 619, http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.54.613

2014
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Farzana R; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Synthesis of ferrosilicon alloy using waste glass and plastic', Materials Letters, 116, pp. 101 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2013.10.105

2014
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Farzana R; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Transforming waste plastic into reductants for synthesis of ferrosilicon alloy', Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 53, pp. 19870 - 19877, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie5041513

2014
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Ikram-ul-Haq M; Khanna R; Wang Y; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'A Novel X-ray Micro-diffraction Approach for Structural Characterization of Trace Quantities of Secondary Phases in Al2O3-C/Fe System', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 45, pp. 1970 - 1973, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11663-014-0201-1

2014
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khanna ; Cayumil R; mukherjee ; Sahajwalla VH, 2014, 'A novel recycling approach for transforming waste printed circuit boards into a material resource', Procedia Environmental Sciences, 21, pp. 42 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proenv.2014.09.006

2014
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Khanna R; Ikram-Ul-Haq M; Sadi SF; Sahajwalla V; Mukherjee PS; Seetharaman S, 2014, 'Reduction reactions in Al2O3-C-Fe and Al 2O3-Fe2O3-C systems at 1 823 K', ISIJ International, 54, pp. 1485 - 1490, http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.54.1485

2014
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Ko KH; Rawal A; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Analysis of thermal degradation kinetics and carbon structure changes of co-pyrolysis between macadamia nut shell and PET using thermogravimetric analysis and ¹³C solid state nuclear magnetic resonance', Energy Conversion and Management, 86, pp. 154 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2014.04.060

2014
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Ko KH; Sahajwalla V; Rawal A, 2014, 'Specific molecular structure changes and radical evolution during biomass-polyethylene terephthalate co-pyrolysis detected by ¹³C and ¹H solid-state NMR', Bioresource Technology, 170, pp. 248 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.06.109

2014
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Kumar A; Khanna R; Ikram-ul-Haq M; Spink J; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Effect of glaze on the corrosion behavior of ZrO2-graphite insert of the submerged entry nozzle in the continuous casting of steel', Steel Research International, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/srin.201400266

2014
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Kumar A; Khanna R; Spink J; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Fundamental investigations on the corrosion of ZrO2-C refractories during interaction with a casting mould meniscus slag', Steel Research International, 85, pp. 1185 - 1193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/srin.201300336

2014
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Li K; Khanna R; Zhang J; Liu Z; Sahajwalla V; Yang T; Kong D, 2014, 'The evolution of structural order, microstructure and mineral matter of metallurgical coke in a blast furnace: A review', Fuel, 133, pp. 194 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2014.05.014

2014
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Lundgren M; Khanna R; Ökvist LS; Sahajwalla V; Björkman B, 2014, 'The evolution of structural order as a measure of thermal history of coke in the blast furnace', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 45, pp. 603 - 616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11663-013-9977-7

2014
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Park H; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Effect of alumina and silica on the reaction kinetics of carbon composite pellets at 1 473 K', ISIJ International, 54, pp. 49 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.54.49

2014
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Park H; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Reduction behavior of carbon composite pellets including alumina and silica at 1273 K and 1373 K', ISIJ International, 54, pp. 1256 - 1265, http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.54.1256

2014

Book Chapters

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Hayes P; Jak E; Waseda Y; Egry I; Mills KC; Hayashi M; Wang L; Watanabe T; Khanna R; Sahajwalla V; Morita K; Sano N; Iwase M; Hasegawa M; Ono H; Miki T; Hirato T; Nurni VN; Ballal NB; Ballal BN; Seetharaman S; Sridhar S, 2014, 'Contributors to volume 1', in Treatise on Process Metallurgy, Elsevier, pp. xxv - xxvi, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-096986-2.09990-2

2014
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Khanna R; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Chapter 2.3 Atomistic Simulations of Properties and Phenomena at High Temperatures', in Treatise on Process Metallurgy, Elsevier, pp. 287 - 393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-096986-2.00009-6

2014

Conference Presentations

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Park K; Gupta S; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Effect of oxyfuel condition on char characteristics and burnout'

2014