School of Chemistry

 

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N.S.W. 2006 Australia        

 

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Some recent publications:

 

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Journal Publications (2010-2011)

1.    Telford, A. M., Thickett, S. C., James, M. & Neto, C.

“Competition between Dewetting and Cross-Linking in Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)/Polystyrene Bilayer Films”

Langmuir 27, 14207-14217 (2011). [Abstract]

2.    S.C. Thickett, C. Neto, and A.T. Harris,

“Biomimetic Surface Coatings for Atmospheric Water Capture Prepared by Dewetting of Polymer Films”

Advanced Materials, 23, 3718-3722 (2011).  [Abstract]

3.    L. Zhu, P. Attard, C. Neto

“Reliable measurements of interfacial slip by colloid probe atomic force microscopy. I. Mathematical modeling”

Langmuir, 27, 6701-6711 (2011). [Abstract]

4.    Zhu, L; Attard, P and Neto, C.

“Reliable measurements of interfacial slip by colloid probe atomic force microscopy. II. Hydrodynamic force measurements”

Langmuir, 27, 6712-6719 (2011). [Abstract]

5.    G. R. Willmott, C. Neto, S.C. and Hendy;

“Uptake of water droplets by non-wetting capillaries”

 Soft Matter, 7 (6), 2165-3024, 2011. [Abstract]

6.    S.C. Thickett, A. Harris, C.  Neto;

“Interplay between dewetting and layer inversion in poly(4-vinylpyridine)/polystyrene bilayers”

Langmuir, 26, 15989-15999 (2010). [Abstract]

7.    A. M. Telford, M. James, L. Meagher, C. Neto

Thermally cross-linked PNVP films as antifouling coatings for biomedical applications.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2, 2399-2408 (2010). [Abstract]

8.    G. R. Willmott, C. Neto and S. C. Hendy

“An experimental study of microfluidic interactions between droplets and a nonwetting capillary”

Faraday Discussions, 146, 233-245 (2010). [Abstract]

9.    K. R. Joseph, C. Neto;

“On the superhydrophobic properties of crystallised stearic acid”

Austr. J. Chem. 63, 525-528 (2010). [Abstract]

10.  C. Martelli, J. Canning, T. Khoury, N. Skivesen, M. Kristensen, G. Huyang, C. Neto, T. J. Sum, M. B. Hovgaard, and M. J. Crossley;

“Self-assembled porphyrin microrods and observation of structure-induced iridescence”

J. Mater. Chem. 20, 2310 - 2316 (2010). [Abstract]

1.    W. Sriprom, C. Neto, S. Perrier;

“Ultrafast photochromic nanopatterns from block copolymers”

Soft Matter 6, 909-914 (2010). [Abstract]

 

 

Full list of publications

Research projects:

Current research projects:

  • superhydrophobicity

  • stability and dynamics of thin liquid films

  • competition between dewetting and other thin film processes

  • interfacial slip in simple liquids by colloid probe atomic force microscopy

  • micro-and nano-patterning of proteins and cells

  • functional micro-patterned surfaces for atmospheric water capture

  • atomic force microscopy (AFM, imaging and direct  measurement of forces)

Career in brief:

 

I am presently Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney. In 2003-2006 I worked as a ARC postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National University in the Department of Applied Mathematics. In 2002-2003 I worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Ulm in the Department of Applied Physics, headed by Prof. Stephan Herminghaus and Saarland University, in the group of Prof. Karin Jacobs. I received my Master in Chemistry (1998) and PhD (2001) at the University of Florence, Italy. 

 

Teaching:

I direct the physical chemistry third year labs, and I lecture a unit of first year Chemistry, a third year unit on Self-Assembly and Surfaces, and a postgraduate unit on Applied Molecular Biotechnology. (All links require password for access)

  

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(Updated:  November 2011)