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Email

davids@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Chemical Engineering
Education

University of Melbourne
Doctorate (Coursework)
University of New South Wales
PhD
University of New South Wales
Masters (Coursework)
New South Wales University of Technology
ORCID

0000-0001-8765-7045

Prof David Solomon

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Chemical Engineering

321 Scholarly works
7 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2021

    Journal article

    The critical importance of adopting whole-of-life strategies for polymers and plastics
    DOI: 10.3390/su13158218
  • 2016

    Journal article

    Duolayers at the Air/Water Interface: Improved Lifetime through Ionic Interactions
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b04273
  • 2016

    Presentation

    On Living Radical Polymerisation and Plastic Banknotes
  • 2015

    Presentation

    Transforming currency: The research behind the world’s first plastic banknote
  • 2014

    Book

    The Plastic Banknote
    DOI: 10.1071/9781486300327
  • 2014

    Journal article

    Dynamic performance of duolayers at the air/water interface. 2. mechanistic insights from all-atom simulations
    DOI: 10.1021/jp506098d
  • 2014

    Journal article

    Dynamic performance of duolayers at the air/water interface. 1. Experimental analysis
    DOI: 10.1021/jp5060974
David Solomon

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2016
2011
For significant role in revolutionising polymer science. Prime Ministers Prize for Science 2011
2007
NES Award for Novel Engineering Solutions 2007 Institution of Chemical Engineers
2007
Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2013

    Journal article

    Molecular mechanism of stabilization of thin films for improved water evaporation protection
    DOI: 10.1021/la402275p
  • 2013

    Journal article

    Formation of dynamic duolayer systems at the air/water interface by using non-ionic hydrophilic polymers
    DOI: 10.1071/CH13094
  • 2013

    Journal article

    Molecular interactions behind the synergistic effect in mixed monolayers of 1-octadecanol and ethylene glycol monooctadecyl ether
    DOI: 10.1021/jp401027c

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2013

    Research Contracts

    Project 2.2 System for Controlling the Air-Water Interface and Reducing Evaporation From Water Storages
  • 2010

    Research Contracts

    Demonstration of a Novel System for Reducing Evaporation From Water Storages
  • 2006

    Research Contracts

    CRC for Polymers Project 3.5 - Polymers for Evaporation Mitigation Technologies (Submission Number - 0713665)
  • Research Grant

    The Synthesis and Evaluation of White Nano Particles That Reinforce the Mechanical Properties of Elastomers
  • Research Grant

    Preparations, Properties, and Applications of New Hydrogels

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