Amanda Ellis

Quantifying environmental emissions of microplastics from urban rivers in Melbourne, Australia.

Subharthe Samandra, Jai Singh, Katie Plaisted, Olivia J Mescall, Bob Symons, Shay Xie, Amanda V Ellis, Bradley O Clarke

Journal article  |  2023  |  Mar Pollut Bull

This study aims to understand the amount and type of microplastics flowing into Port Phillip Bay from urban rivers around Melbourn..

Electrospinning Triboelectric Laminates: A Pathway for Scaling Energy Harvesters

Artis Linarts, Peter C Sherrell, Kaspars Malnieks, Amanda V Ellis, Andris Sutka

Journal article  |  2023  |  SMALL

Herein, a new paradigm of triboelectric polymers-the triboelectric laminate-a volumetric material with electromechanical response ..

Macro-Size Regenerated Cellulose Fibre Embedded with Graphene Oxide with Antibacterial Properties

Nyak Syazwani Nyak Mazlan, Kushairi Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Khalid Khairunnisa-Atiqah, Abdul Hair Ainul Hafiza, Marhaini Mostapha, Amanda V Ellis, Sarani Zakaria

Journal article  |  2023  |  POLYMERS

Macro-size regenerated cellulose fibres (RCFs) with embedded graphene oxide (GO) were fabricated by dissolving cellulose in a pre-..

Nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide/MoS2 'nanoflower' composites for high-performance supercapacitors

SW Bokhari, A Ellis, M Uceda, S Wei, M Pope, S Zhu, W Gao, PC Sherrell

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE

Mixed-phase (MP) metal disulfides have interesting electrochemical properties which originate from the generation of the abundance..

Smooth polymers charge negatively: Controlling contact electrification polarity in polymers

Osvalds Verners, Linards Lapcinskis, Liva Germane, Aarne Kasikov, Martin Timusk, Kaspars Pudzs, Amanda V. Ellis, Peter C Sherrell, Andris Sutka

Journal article  |  2022  |  NANO ENERGY

Contact electrification is a powerful tool to harvest energy from mechanical motion. However, current models of contact electrific..

Enhancement of DNAzymatic activity using iterative in silico maturation

Renzo A Fenati, Zifei Chen, Yasuko Yamagishi, Kaori Tsukakoshi, Kazunori Ikebukuor, Anjay Manian, Salvy P Russo, Tomohiko Yamazaki, Amanda Ellis

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B

DNAzyme-based (catalytic nucleic acid) biosensing technology is recognised as a valuable biosensing tool in diagnostic medicine an..

Energy Interplay in Materials: Unlocking Next-Generation Synchronous Multisource Energy Conversion with Layered 2D Crystals

Alexander Corletto, Amanda V Ellis, Nick A Shepelin, Marco Fronzi, David A Winkler, Joseph G Shapter, Peter C Sherrell

Journal article  |  2022  |  ADVANCED MATERIALS

Layered 2D crystals have unique properties and rich chemical and electronic diversity, with over 6000 2D crystals known and, in pr..

Non-templated manufacturing of patterned fluoropolymer membranes via immersion precipitation printing

Beenish Imtiaz, Peter C Sherrell, Anders J Barlow, Nick A Shepelin, Sandra E Kentish, Muhammad Yasir Khan, Amanda V Ellis

Journal article  |  2022  |  ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Fluoropolymers are amongst the most common polymers used for the fabrication of filtration membranes. Despite this, commercial pro..

Evaluation of a lanthanide nanoparticle-based contrast agent for microcomputed tomography of porous channels in subchondral bone

Mateus O Silva, Nicholas Kirkwood, Paul Mulvaney, Amanda Ellis, Kathryn S Stok

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic joint disease that causes disability and pain. The osteochondral interface is a gradient tissue r..

Assessing exposure of the Australian population to microplastics through bottled water consumption

Subharthe Samandra, Olivia J Mescall, Katie Plaisted, Bob Symons, Shay Xie, Amanda V. Ellis, Bradley O Clarke

Journal article  |  2022  |  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The presence of microplastics in the environment is substantially documented; however, the pathways of dietary exposure to micropl..