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PROF ROBERT LAMB



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Organization: Chemistry
Position: CHAIR OF CHEMISTRY
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Work: 03 8540 4290
Building: Chemistry - Old
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science with Honours University of Melbourne 01-Dec-1980
Doctorate of Philosophy University of Melbourne 01-Dec-1984
Doctorate of Philosophy University of Cambridge 01-Dec-1987

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
THIN FILMS OF OXIDE CERAMICS Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 02/04/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Silica nano-particle super-hydrophobic surfaces: the effects of surface morphology and trapped air pockets on hydrodynamic drainage forces
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Faraday Discussions
    Volume: 143
    Page numbers: 151-168
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Synthesis of Poly(Methylmethacrylate) Latex with Enhanced Rigidity through Surfactant Control
    Year: 2009
    Event name: Materials Research Society 2008 Fall Meeting
    Conference Publication: Synthesis of Poly(Methylmethacrylate) Latex with Enhanced Rigidity through Surfactant Control
    Volume: 1134
    Page numbers: BB05-10
    Publisher: Materials Research Society(Pennsylvania)
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Electronic properties of oxygen vacancies in titania nanotubes
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Physica B
    Volume: 404
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 127-130
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  • High-Quality ZnxMg1-xO Thin Films Deposited from a Single Molecular Source.  Intimate Mixing as a Means to Improved Film Properties
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Chemistry of Materials
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 2008
    Page numbers: 2461-2467
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  • High-Quality ZnxMg1-xO Thin Films Deposited from a Single Molecular Source. Intimate Mixing as a Means to Improved Film Properties.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Chemistry of Materials
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 2461-2467
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  • Synthesis and isomerisation reactions of tetranuclear and octanuclear (carbamato) zinc complexes
    Year: 2008
    Journal: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 2024-2032
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  • Synthesis and properties of Zn-Mg heterobimetallic carbamates. Crystal structures of the first reported single source precursors for ZnxMg1-xO thin films.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Dalton Transactions
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 2751-2758
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  • The Stability of PEDOT:PSS Films Monitored by Electron Spin Resonance
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Korean Physical Society. Journal
    Volume: 52
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 621-626
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  • Thiolate layers on metal sulfides characterised by XPS, ToF-SIMS and NEXAFS spectroscopy
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Minerals Engineering
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 1026-1037
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Copper(II) sulfide?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Minerals Engineering
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 204-208
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  • Dispersion of organically modified clays within n-alcohols
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
    Volume: 297
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 541-545
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  • Dispersion of silicate nano-plates within poly(acrylic acid) and their interfacial interactions
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 786-791
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  • Growth mechanism of textured MgO thin films via SSCVD
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
    Volume: 110
    Issue: 18
    Page numbers: 9236-9240
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  • Nanostructural properties of zinc oxide thin films grown on non-planar substrates
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Surface and Interface Analysis
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 51-55
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  • Pentlandite sulfur core electron binding energies
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 445-456
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  • Preparation and microstructure properties of Al-doped TiO2-SiO2 gel-glass film
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Thin Solid Films
    Volume: 515
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 2055-2058
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  • Structural-chemical evolution within exfoliated clays
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Langmuir
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 15
    Page numbers: 6696-6700
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  • Sulfur electronic environments in alpha-NiS and beta-NiS: examination of the relationship between coordination number and core electron binding energies
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 98-105
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  • The oxidation states of copper and iron in mineral sulfides, and the oxides formed on initial exposure of chalcopyrite and bornite to air
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
    Volume: 70
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 2210-2228
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Growth of ZnS films by chemical vapor deposition of Zn[S2CN(CH3)(2)](2) precursor
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Applied Surface Science
    Volume: 241
    Issue: 3-4
    Page numbers: 493-496
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  • Influence of oxygen on the crystalline-amorphous transition in gallium nitride films
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
    Volume: 109
    Issue: 39
    Page numbers: 18348-18351
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  • Interactions of sodium montmorillonite with poly(acrylic acid)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
    Volume: 290
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 392-396
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  • Towards new precursors for ZnO thin films by single source CVD: the X-ray structures and precursor properties of zinc ketoacidoximates
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Inorganica Chimica Acta
    Volume: 358
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 201-206
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Cathodoluminescence of zinc sulfide films grown by single source chemical vapor deposition
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
    Volume: 108
    Issue: 24
    Page numbers: 8355-8358
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  • Microstructure control of ZnO thin films prepared by single source chemical vapor deposition
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Thin Solid Films
    Volume: 458
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 43-46
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  • Observation of nanometer waves along fracture surface
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Chemical Physics Letters
    Volume: 391
    Issue: 4-6
    Page numbers: 385-388
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  • Selective 1,3-complexation of p-Bu-t-calix[4]arene by [TiCP2Me2]
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Chemical Communications
    Volume: 2004
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 64-65
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  • Surface characterisation of Pd-Ag/Al2O3 catalysts for acetylene hydrogenation using an improved XPS procedure
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Applied Catalysis A: General
    Volume: 268
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 43-50
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • 2 : 1 Ba/Ti(IV) heterobimetallic complex based on two calix[6]arenes
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Chemical Communications
    Volume: 2003
    Issue: 18
    Page numbers: 2288-2289
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  • A heterobimetallic K2Ti2 complex incorporating two calix[5]arenes: A diverse array of metal-ligand interplay
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Chemical Communications
    Volume: 2003
    Issue: 14
    Page numbers: 1728-1729
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  • Characterization of the ZnO thin film prepared by single source chemical vapor deposition under low vacuum condition
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Science in China. Series E: Technological Sciences
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 355-360
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  • Heterobimetallic calix[4]arene complexes: Intercionversion of dimeric (Ca, Sr or Ba)/Ti-IV complexes with a monomeric K/Ti-IV complex
    Year: 2003
    Journal: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
    Volume: 2003
    Issue: 23
    Page numbers: 4153-4158
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  • Interaction of thiol collectors with pre-oxidised sulfide minerals
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal of Mineral Processing
    Volume: 72
    Issue: 1-4
    Page numbers: 163-174
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  • Selective synthesis of conformationally restricted mono-cyclopentadienyl titanium(IV) complexes of p-Bu-t-calix[6]arene
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Chemical Communications
    Volume: 2003
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1014-1015
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  • Structural order in oxygenated gallium nitride films
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
    Volume: 107
    Issue: 35
    Page numbers: 9256-9260
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  • Structure evolution in chemical vapor-deposited ZnS films
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
    Volume: 107
    Issue: 22
    Page numbers: 5208-5211
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  • Threshold AlKLL Auger spectra of oxidized aluminium foils
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Surface and Interface Analysis
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 922-931
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  • Titanocene dichloride route to a tetranuclear oxo-bridged monocyclopentadienyl titanium(IV) calix[4]arene complex
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Chemical Communications
    Volume: 2003
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1238-1239
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Impurity-free disordering mechanisms in GaAs-based structures using doped spin-on silica layers
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Applied Physics Letters
    Volume: 80
    Issue: 23
    Page numbers: 4351-4353
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  • Island formation at the initial stages of epitaxial ZnS films grown by single source chemical vapor deposition
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
    Volume: 106
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 352-355
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  • Nanocrystalline order of zinc oxide thin films grown on optical fibers
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Applied Physics
    Volume: 92
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 2996-2999
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  • Single-source chemical vapor deposition growth of ZnO thin films using Zn4O(CO2NEt2)(6)
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Chemistry of Materials
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 4339-4342
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  • Suppression of interdiffusion in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum-well structure capped with dielectric films by deposition of gallium oxide
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Applied Physics
    Volume: 92
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 3579-3583
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  • Surface modification of polyimide films via plasma polymerization and deposition of allylpentafluorobenzene
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Polymer
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 26
    Page numbers: 7279-7288
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