CAMD_2015_Annual_Report

Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design
2015 Annual Report
Never Stand Still
Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design

Mission Statement
The Centre for Advanced Macromolecular
Design (CAMD) is a research centre in the
School of Chemical Engineering at the
University of New South Wales that is
dedicated to the synthesis and application of
polymers/polymeric nano-objects using a wide
range of modern polymerization techniques.
A significant portion of CAMD’s activities are
directed towards general and specific
applications in the areas of advanced materials,
as well as polymers for energy, sustainability
and health/bio applications.

Objectives
To continue to be recognised as a world leader
in macromolecular chemistry and employ
macromolecular science to address problems in
the areas of advanced materials, energy,
sustainability and human health
To further the fundamental understanding of
polymerization processes for the optimization
of synthetic polymer protocols
To produce high quality research leading to
publications in high impact journals
To attract and train outstanding PhD students
To provide a work environment that encourages
high quality research
To attract high quality industry partners and
help solve important problems
To work at the interface of nanotechnology and
polymer science

Steering
Committee
Prof Mark Hoffman (Presiding Dean)
Dean of Engineering
Prof Martina Stenzel (co-Director)
School of Chemistry
Prof Per Zetterlund (co-Director)
School of Chemical Engineering
Prof Scott Kable
School of Chemistry (HoS)
Prof Vicki Chen
School of Chemical Engineering (HoS)
Prof Peter Steinberg
School of Biological, Earth &
Environmental Sciences
Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation
Sydney Institute of Marine Science
(Director)
Prof Peter Lovibond
Senior Associate Dean (Faculty of
Science)
Mr Eh Hau Pan (Laboratory Manager)
School of Chemical Engineering

Directors
Report
The Centre for Advanced
Macromolecular Design (CAMD)
focuses on the synthesis of polymers
for advanced applications. This broad
research field encompasses the
development of new polymerization
techniques to create
polymers/polymeric nano-objects for
applications mainly in the areas of
advanced materials, health and
energy/environment.
The year 2015 was another successful
year for CAMD in terms of research
output. The centre has been highly
productive, publishing 56 papers or
book chapters in leading international
journals, including high impact
publications such as papers in
Chemical Reviews and JACS. CAMD
also hosted numerous visitors
throughout the year, including several
internationally renowned researchers
who gave presentations as part of the
CAMD lecture program. Strong
international links are also reflected in
a range of publications with
collaborators from around the world.
CAMD researchers were active in
attending conferences and giving
seminars, including a one day
workshop entitled Polymer Research
in NWS Symposium organized by
CAMD researchers at UNSW in
November 2015.
The year 2014 witnessed significant
change in terms of personnel. Dr
Stuart Thickett took up a position at
the University of Tasmania. Dr Peter
Roth left CAMD for a position at the
University of Surrey in the UK. Our
longstanding Centre Manager, Dr
Istvan Jacenyik, accepted a position at
Macquarie University. We thank them
for their hard work at CAMD and wish
all of them well in their future
endeavours. Several new staff also
joined CAMD – Dr Damia Mawad was
appointed Lecturer at the School of
Materials Science and Engineering
(Faculty of Science) at UNSW, and
joined CAMD shortly thereafter. Her
research is mainly concerned with
polymeric biomaterials applied in
tissue engineering and drug delivery.
Dr Robert Chapman arrived at CAMD
as a Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral
Research Fellow to work mainly on the
development of macromolecular
therapeutics able to control cell
behaviour through clustering of cell
receptor proteins.
In closing, we would like to thank all
the members of CAMD for their hard
work, and we also gratefully
acknowledge the ongoing support
from the School of Chemical
Engineering and the School of
Chemistry.
Prof Martina Stenzel
Prof Per Zetterlund
Directors

Centre for Advanced
Macromolecular Design
Staff

Professor Martina Stenzel
Dr.rer.nat.(PhD) (1999)
Polymer Chemistry
University of Stuttgart, Germany
Martina Stenzel studied chemistry at
the University of Bayreuth, Germany,
before completing her PhD in 1999 at
the Institute of Applied
Macromolecular Chemistry, University
of Stuttgart, Germany. She then
moved to UNSW, Australia, as a
postdoctoral fellow, sponsored by
DAAD and was later employed as
lecturer at UNSW. She is now a full
Professor and Co-director of the
Centre for Advanced Macromolecular
Design (CAMD), a UNSW research
Centre dedicated to the synthesis and
application of polymers.
Her research interest is focused on the
synthesis of functional polymers with
complex architectures such as
glycopolymers and other polymers for
biomedical applications, especially
polymers with in-built metal
complexes for the delivery of
metal-based anti-cancer drugs.
The aim is to create nanoparticles for
the treatment of cancer. One focal
point is the formation of hybrid
materials from biopolymers such as
polysaccharides and proteins with
synthetic polymers. Martina has
published more than 200 peer
reviewed papers, mainly on RAFT
polymerization and biomedical
applications. Martina currently serves
on eight editorial advisory boards in
the area of polymer science and
biomaterials and is a scientific editor of
RSC Materials Horizons.
She is a member of the ARC College of
experts and a member of the national
committee for chemistry of the
Australian Academy of Science.
Martina has received several awards
for her work including the 2011 Le
Fèvre Memorial Prize and the 2013
NSW Science and Engineering award -
Excellence in Engineering.

Professor Per Zetterlund
PhD 1998
Polymer Chemistry
University of Leeds, UK
Per Zetterlund graduated from The
Royal Institute of Technology in
Stockholm (Sweden) in 1994, obtained
his Ph.D. at Leeds University (UK) in
1998, and subsequently conducted
postdoctoral research at Griffith
University (Brisbane, Australia).
In 1999, he became Assistant
Professor at Osaka City University
(Japan) in the group of Prof. Yamada,
and moved to Kobe University (Japan)
in 2003 to join the team of Prof.
Okubo, where he was promoted to
Associate Prof in 2005. Since 2009,
he is working at The Centre for
Advanced Macromolecular Design
(CAMD) at The University of New
South Wales (Sydney, Australia),
where he is currently full Professor
and co-Director of the Centre.
hybrid polymeric materials with a
variety of applications ranging from
materials science to nanomedicine.
Important aspects of his research
include the use of environmentally
friendly carbon dioxide in polymer
(nanoparticle) synthesis, as well as
experimental/theoretical studies of
polymerization in nanoreactors. He
has to date published ~150
peer-reviewed papers, and currently
serves on the editorial boards of the
journals Macromolecular Theory and
Simulations and Polymer Chemistry.
Prof Zetterlund’s research is concerned
with the synthesis of polymer,
polymeric nanoparticles, as well as

Associate Professor Cyrille Boyer
PhD (2006)
Polymer Chemistry
University of Montpellier II, France
Cyrille Boyer received his PhD in
polymer chemistry from the University
of Montpellier II in 2006. In 2010, he
was appointed as a lecturer and he
received an Australian Research
Council Fellow (APD-ARC). In 2012,
Cyrille was promoted Senior Lecturer
at the School of Chemical Engineering
and he was awarded an Australian
Research Council Future Fellowship.
cover the preparation of hybrid
organic-inorganic nanoparticles for
imaging & drug delivery and the use
of photoinduced living polymerization
(photopolymerization).
Cyrille serves on the editorial boards of
Polymer Chemistry and European
Polymer Journal.
He received several awards, including
the Scopus Young Researcher of the
Year Award 2012, UNSW Research
Excellence Award and was listed as
finalist of NSW innovation award in
2014. In 2013, Cyrille was promoted to
Associate Professor.
Cyrille has published over 135 research
articles, 19 conference papers, 5
granted patents and 2 provisional
patents, which have garnered over
5200 citations (his H-index is 43).
Cyrille’s research interests mainly

Associate Professor Frank Lucien
PhD (1997)
Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Frank Lucien received his PhD in
Chemical Engineering in 1997 from
the University of New South Wales.
His doctoral research was concerned
with solubility enhancement of solids
in supercritical CO 2 .
polymeric nanoparticles (with Prof. Per
Zetterlund). He has published over 80
scientific papers, including 4 book
chapters and 1 patent.
He carried out postdoctoral research at
F. Hoffmann-La Roche (Basel,
Switzerland) and continued work on
high pressure processes involving CO 2 .
He was appointed as a lecturer in the
School of Chemical Engineering &
Industrial Chemistry at UNSW in
1997.
His early work involved the use of
CO 2 -expanded liquids as reaction
media, focusing on catalytic
hydrogenation and catalytic chain
transfer polymerization. He was
promoted to A/Prof. in 2009 and is
currently conducting research on
radical polymerization in CO 2 -induced
emulsions for the synthesis of

Dr Anthony Granville - Lecturer
PhD (2004)
Polymer Chemistry
University of Akron, USA
Anthony Granville graduated from
Stevens Institute of Technology (New
Jersey, USA) with a degree in
chemistry before going on to the
University of Akron (Ohio, USA) and
completing his PhD in polymer
chemistry.
Upon completing postdoctoral work in
CAMD, he was appointed as an
Academic Fellow to the School of
Chemical Engineering at UNSW
before being converted to a full-time
lecturer at the school.
their capabilities as osteoblast
promoters, and new surface
polymerisations from these constructs
using UV irradiation.
Tony is secretary of the RACI NSW
POLY group as well as on several
academic boards at UNSW.
Tony’s current research interests deals
with the investigating novel synthetic
molecules capable of undergoing the
mussel-inspired self-polymerisation
process as well as their applications to
health, water purification, and energy.
This work has led to investigations into
the radiolabelling of nanocapsules of
these materials (in the form of an
AINSE grant at ANSTO), investigating

Dr Peter Roth - Research Fellow
PhD (2009)
Chemistry
University of Mainz, Germany
Peter Roth studied chemistry at the
University of Mainz (Germany), the
University of Massachusetts (USA),
and Seoul National University (South
Korea), obtaining his PhD in 2009 in
the group of Patrick Theato (Mainz).
His PhD work focused on the end
group modification of RAFT-made
(co)polymers using activated esters
and functional thiosulfonates.
After obtaining a pre-diploma in
Psychology in 2010 from the
University of Mainz, he did
postdoctoral research at the University
of New South Wales, Sydney, working
with Profs Tom Davis and Andrew
Lowe on the self-assembly of
homopolymers into vesicles from
2010–2012.
His group’s research focused on novel
smart materials responding to
(multiple) external stimuli such as
temperature (including rare aqueous
UCST systems), presence of specific
chemical analytes, pH, and mechanical
agitation; the use and development of
efficient post-polymerization
modification reactions; and the use of
multicomponent reactions in the
design and preparation of novel
multifunctional materials.
He received an ARC DECRA on the
development of novel stimulus
responsive polymers in 2012 and was
promoted to Research Fellow in 2013.

Dr Stuart Thickett - Research Fellow
PhD (2008)
Chemistry
University of Sydney
Stuart Thickett received his BSc (Hons)
from The University of Sydney in
2004 and completed his PhD with
Professor Robert Gilbert at The
University of Sydney in 2008.
He has since held post-doctoral
positions at The University of Toronto,
Canada (with Professor Mitchell
Winnik) and The University of Sydney
(with Associate Professor Chiara Neto).
He is interested in the underlying
kinetic and mechanistic phenomena
that govern such systems, with the
goal of using this knowledge to create
new materials with specific properties
and attributes.
In 2012 he was awarded a
Vice-Chancellor's Post-Doctoral
Fellowship to join the School of
Chemical Engineering at UNSW. His
work focuses on the physical
chemistry of soft matter, specifically
polymers, colloids, nanoparticles and
thin films.

Dr Pu Xiao - Research Fellow
PhD (2009)
Polymer Chemistry and Physics
Wuhan University, China
Dr. Pu Xiao obtained his Bachelor’s
degree (2004) in Chemistry and PhD
(2009) in Polymer at Wuhan
University (China).
He started his academic career as a
Scientific Associate at the University of
Applied Sciences and Arts
Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW,
Switzerland) from 2009. In 2012, he
moved to the Institute of Materials
Science of Mulhouse (IS2M, CNRS,
France) and worked as a Post-doctoral
Fellow.
nanodiamond/polymer hybrid
nanomarials as drug delivery systems).
He has published >65 peer-reviewed
papers, most of which are concerned
with novel photoinitiating systems of
polymerization.
Since 2014, he has been working as a
Research Fellow (ARC DECRA) in Prof
Stenzel’s group at CAMD at UNSW.
His research interests are focused on
the fabrication of polymeric materials
in a green environment such as mild
visible light and nanomaterials for
environmental or biomedical
applications (e.g.

Dr Hongxu Lu - DECRA research
fellow
PhD (2009)
Biomaterials
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Hongxu Lu obtained his BSc and MSc
degrees from Ocean University of
China in 1998 and 2006,
respectively. He completed his PhD in
Materials Science and Engineering
(Biomaterials) in 2009 from the joint
PhD program of University of Tsukuba
and National Institute for Materials
Science of Japan (NIMS). From 2009
to 2012, he worked as a postdoc
researcher in the same lab of his PhD
study at NIMS under the supervision
of Prof. Guoping Chen.
medicine and investigation of
cell-biomaterials interactions. Dr. Lu
was awarded with the Young
Investigator Award from Japanese
Society for Regenerative Medicine
(Japan, 2012) and the Young Scientist
Award from International Symposium
of Materials on Regenerative
Medicine (Taiwan, 2010). He has
published more than 50 peer reviewed
journal papers with more than 600
citations. His current H-index is 13.
Since 2012, he has been working at
UNSW mentored by Prof. Martina
Stenzel. In 2015, Dr. Hongxu Lu was
awarded an ARC DECRA Research
Fellowship. His research focuses on the
development of nano drug carriers and
novel 2D and 3D cellular models for
the evaluation of nano drug carriers.
He is also interested in the
development of 3D scaffolds for tissue
engineering and regenerative

Dr Damia Mawad
Lecturer
PhD (2007)
Biomedical Engineering
University of New South Wales
Australia
Damia Mawad received her PhD in
Biomedical Engineering in 2007 from
University of New South Wales. She
started her academic career as a
post-doctoral fellow in University of
Lyon, France. From 2008 to 2012,
she was a Research Fellow at the
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
(IPRI), University of Wollongong. She
was then awarded IN 2013 a Marie
Curie International Incoming
Fellowship hosted by Imperial College
London, UK. In August 2015, she has
been appointed a lecturer at the
School of Materials Science and
Engineering, UNSW.
Her research interests are in polymeric
biomaterials applied in tissue
engineering and drug delivery. One of
her main investigations is
development of electroactive and
conductive scaffolds for biomedical
applications with emphasis on the
material chemistry and design
strategies that transition from a
monomer to a polymer to 3D
construct. Examples include conductive
porous hydrogels that induce cell
attachment, proliferation and
differentiation and conductive
bioadhesives with micropatterned
surfaces for cell alignment and
photoadhesion to tissue. Recent
research interests include control of
the conduction anisotropy in
conjugated polymers to better match
the hierarchical organization and
sophisticated architectures found in
biological tissues.

Dr Robert Chapman
Vice-Chancellor research fellow
PhD (2013)
Chemistry
University of Sydney
Australia
Robert Chapman completed a BE
(Hons I) in Industrial Chemistry at
UNSW in 2007 and a PhD in
Chemistry at the University of Sydney
in 2013, where he studied the
synthesis and self-assembly of cyclic
peptide - polymer conjugates under
Prof. Sebastien Perrier. He
subsequently worked as a research
associate in the lab of Prof. Molly
Stevens at Imperial College London
(2013-15) on the development of
nanomaterial based biosensors for
diagnosis of disease at point of care,
and on polymer scaffolds for tissue
engineering. In 2016 he returned to
UNSW as a Vice Chancellor’s
Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
Robert’s research focuses on the
development of macromolecular
therapeutics able to control cell
behaviour through clustering of cell
receptor proteins. Through the
development of combinatorial
approaches to polymer synthesis he is
investigating the effect that polymer
architecture and rigidity has on
biological activity.

Dr Istvan Jacenyik - Centre Manager
DPharm (2009)
Semmelweis University, Hungary
Eh Hau Pan - Technical Officer
BE - Industrial Chemistry (2006)
UNSW
Research Associates:
Dr Florent Jasinski
Dr ChangKui Fu
Dr Antoine Tardy
Dr Jiangtao Xu
Postgraduates:
Nik Nik Mohd Adnan
Sri Agustina
Rhiannon Batchelor
Kash Bhullar
Teddy Chang
Fan Chen (Charles)
Nathaniel Corrigan
Alice Du
Ka Wai Fan
Noor Hadzuin Nik Hadzir (Awin)
Fumi Ishizuka
Yanyan Jiang
Kenward Jung
Yee Yee Khine
Haiwang Lai
Mingxia Lu (Mia)
Russul Mamdooh
Diep Nguyen
Thuy Khanh Nguyen
Janina Miriam Noy
Susan Oliver
Alberto Piloni
Narasinga Rao Hanumanth Rao
Sivaprakash Shanmugam (Siva)
Jiaying Su (Amanda)
Victoria Teo
Haiqiao Wang
Chin Ken Wong (Ken)
Jonathan Yeow
Yujian Zhai
Jiacheng Zhao
New PhD Students (2015)
Nathaniel Corrigan
Yee Yee Khine
Haiwang Lai
Russul Mamdooh
Janina Miriam Noy
Susan Oliver
Alberto Piloni
Haiqiao Wang

PhD Completions:
Yan Jin (Joey)
Surface Modification of Optical Fibers
and Waveguides for Creating
Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance
Biosensors (Dr Anthony Granville)
Siming Dong (Sam)
Radical Polymerizations in Dispersed
Systems (Prof Per Zetterlund)
Yicheng Zhu (Mike)
Thermoresponsive Polymers with
Aqueous LCST and/or UCST through
Postpolymerization Modification
(Dr Peter Roth)
Visitors:
Bandit Thong-On
Neomy Zaquen
Kilian Wuest
Ann-Katrin Friedrich
Jonas Kolsch
Timos Hees
Masayoshi Tokuda
Dr Kazuaki Taguchi
A/Prof. Jianbo Qu

Collaborators
UNSW
Prof Rose Amal (Chemical
Engineering)
Prof Robert Burford (Chemical
Engineering)
Dr Nicolas Barraud (BABS)
Dr Rita Henderson (Water Research)
Prof Naresh Kumar (Chemistry)
Dr Megan Lord (GSBmE)
Dr Penny Martens (GSBmE)
Prof David Morris (St George Hospital)
Dr Yun Hau Ng (Chemical Engineering)
Prof Laura Poole-Warren (GSBmE)
Dr Robert Taylor (Mech & Man Eng)
Dr Renee Whan (Biomedical Imaging)
Prof John Whitelock (GSBmE)
A/Prof Jia-Lin Yang (Prince of Wales)
Prof Melissa Knothe-Tate (Biomedical
Engineering)
Domestic
Prof Paul de Souza (Ingham Institute)
A/Prof Brian Hawkett (University of
Sydney)
Dr Kristopher Thurecht (UQ)
Prof Gunther Andersson (Flinders
University)
International
Dr Fawaz Aldabbagh (Ireland, Galway)
Prof Christopher Barner-Kowollik (KIT,
Germany)
Prof Laurent Billon (Pau, France)
Prof B. Boutevin (Montpellier II,
France)
Prof Jerome Claverie (Montréal,
Canada)
Dr Ghislain David (Montpellier II,
France)
Prof Filip Du Prez (Ghent, Belgium)
Prof Laurent Fontaine (Mans, France)
Prof David Haddleton (Warwick, UK)
A/Prof Atsushi Kajiwara (Nara Uni.,
Japan)
Dr Sophie Laurent (Mons, Belgium)
Prof H.-U. Moritz, (Hamburg,
Germany)
Prof Rachel O’Reilly (Warwick, UK)
A/Prof Nicolay Tsarevsky (Sthn
Methodist, USA)
Prof Philipp Vana (Göttingen,
Germany)
Prof Tanja Weil (Ulm, Germany)
A/ Prof Hideto Minami (Kobe, Japan)
Prof Sebastien Perrier (Warwick, UK)
Dr Michael Gottschalt (Jena, Germany)
Prof Stephan Förster (Bayreuth,
Germany)
A/ Prof Emily Pentzer (Case Western
Reserve University, USA)
A/Prof Lacey McNally (University of
Louisville)
Prof Jingquan Liu (Qiandao University,
China)
Prof. Lei Tao (Tsinghua University,
China)
Dr Simon Harrisson (Universite´ Paul
Sabatier Toulouse, France)
Industrial
Henkel (Ireland)
Nubian Water Systems (Australia)
Nuplex Industries (Australia)
Novogen (Australia)

Polymer Sunthesis

Polymer
Synthesis
CAMD continues to make significant
contributions in advanced polymer
synthesis. Most efforts are centred on
RAFT polymerization, a controlled/living
radical polymerization technique
investigated to great length at CAMD over
the last decade. Current research aims
both at improving the scope of RAFT as
method and at exploiting its inherent
advantages for state-of the art design of
advanced macromolecules. Whereas
conventional RAFT polymerization is
sensitive to oxygen impurity and may not
be controlled through external stimuli, a
recent development of photoinduced
RAFT polymerization eliminates these
shortcomings while offering
polymerization control over conjugated
and unconjugated monomers. This
method employs trace amounts of a
photoredox catalyst which allows
polymerizations to be reversibly stopped
and continued by way of a visible light
trigger. Taking advantage of the controlled
nature of RAFT polymerization and its
ability to produce well-defined A-B
diblock copolymers, well-defined
nanoparticles can be produced in onestep
RAFT dispersion polymerisation. In this
technique, a soluble macro-RAFT agent is
used to polymerize a second monomer in
a selective solvent that causes
self-assembly of the growing second block
giving access to distinct morphologies
depending on recipe and reaction time.
Recent research at CAMD has widened
the scope of this technique, successfully
applying it to a variety of functional
monomers which has allowed, for
example, simple preparation of gold
nanoparticle-functional microparticles.
nanoreactors may be exploited in tandem
with template polymerization has led to a
biomimetic approach based on template
polymerization involving nucleobase
containing vinyl monomers in a
segregated environment achieved via
self-assembly of template diblock
copolymers. A further synthetic technique
applied and progressed at CAMD is
postpolymerization modification, the
chemical transformation of reactive,
pre-made (co)polymers. This method takes
advantage of the high compatibility of the
RAFT process with functional chemical
groups. Using a variety of reactive
precursors, we can introduce virtually any
chemical functional group into a
polymeric material, including groups that
may not be compatible with the
polymerization procedure. This gives
access to a very wide range of functional
materials with tuneable properties— see
also Advanced Materials section.
Control over polymer microstructure is
also being explored at the fundamental
level using the combined approach of (i)
biomimetic template radical
polymerization and (ii) polymerization in
nanoreactors in the form of
submicron-sized micelles or droplets. The
realization that the concept of

Advanced Materials

Advanced
Materials
A number of projects deal with synthesis
of advanced materials, e.g. stimulus
responsive, “smart” polymers and
nanocomposite materials. “Smart”
polymers exhibit drastic changes of their
physical properties in response to external
stimuli such as temperature, light, certain
gases, mechanical agitation, pH changes
and specific chemical substances, and
these materials offer great potential for
applications in separation science, sensing
and detection, and microfluidics. At
CAMD, we aim to develop novel smart
polymers, understand and improve their
behaviour. Another area of research is
surface modification of polymeric optical
fibres for chemo- and biosensor
technology, which involves generation of
gold coated surfaces as a platform for
various polymerisation and surface
binding techniques.
The material graphene was discovered in
2004 (Noble Prize awarded in 2010) – it
is the strongest material ever measured,
and this is accompanied by a range of
other extraordinary physical properties
such as high thermal conductivity and
high electrical conductivity. Graphene is
seen as the material of the future, with the
potential to revolutionize a wide range of
industries from electronics to healthcare,
and there is currently immense worldwide
research activity in this area. At CAMD,
we are interested in preparing novel
polymeric nanocomposite materials with
superior physical properties using
graphene and graphene oxide.
polymers, and do not form homogeneous
polymer composites. We specifically
address these issues by employing various
techniques involving (controlled/living)
radical polymerization in aqueous
dispersed systems for synthesis of
polymer/graphene nanocomposite
materials. The key in our approach is to
exploit the amphiphilic properties of
graphene oxide – it can behave as a
surfactant in aqueous emulsions of oil
(vinyl monomer) under suitable conditions.
We thus conduct various types of
dispersed phase polymerizations
(emulsion, miniemulsion) using graphene
oxide as surfactant, thereby accessing a
novel route to graphene/polymer
nanocomposite materials.
Fig. 2. TEM image and schematic illustration
of hollow polymeric nanoparticle coated with
graphene oxide nanosheets.
The addition of graphene as a component
of polymer nanocomposites results in
superior material properties over the more
common fillers such as carbon black. In
order to fulfil the potential of such
nanocomposites, a high degree of
dispersion of graphene as individual
two-dimensional sheets in the polymer
matrix is essential. However, both pristine
graphene and graphene oxide are
incompatible with most hydrophobic

Energy &
Environment

Energy &
Environment
A number of active research themes are
focused on energy/environment, including
projects as diverse as development of
environmentally friendly aqueous
coatings, micropatterned surfaces or the
efficient collection of water directly from
the atmosphere, hybrid inorganic/organic
nanomaterials for hydrogen storage,
synthesis of various types of emulsions
using carbon dioxide, and environmentally
friendly synthesis of polybenzimidazoles
for use in the in the energy storage and
transfer realms.
Hydrogen could be the ultimate energy
carrier enabling energy security and
global sustainability in this 21st century. In
the sun, hydrogen releases the energy
that sustains life on Earth, while hydrogen
bonded to carbon provides us with the
so-called fossil fuels that have powered
our industrial revolution. Unfortunately, a
heavy reliance on finite resources and the
adverse effects of fossil fuels on global
climate are now threatening further
development. In its purest form hydrogen
has high energy content, and therefore
hydrogen has naturally emerged as the
only possible synthetic energy carrier with
sufficient versatility to replace oil.
However, the effective storage of
hydrogen in a compact manner remains
the central difficulty for its widespread
use. Efforts over the last decades have
targeted a range of materials capable of
storing hydrogen with high density in the
form of a hydride, e.g. MgH2, but the
realization of successful strategies to
control and balance competitive
thermodynamics/kinetics requirements
for the effective storage of hydrogen
remains unanswered. The aim of this
project is to develop a method for the
facile production of MgH2 nanoparticles
and their assembly into a tertiary
structure providing remarkable stability to
the magnesium nanoparticles against
agglomeration and sintering.
Fig. 3. Self-assembly of magnesium
nanoparticles in polymer structures and
SEM/TEM micrograph showing the self
assembly in fibre structure
Mussels and other bivalves excrete a
natural polymeric adhesive shown to be
water insoluble, tough, and nontoxic. This
material can be synthetically
manufactured using dopamine as the
monomeric material in a rather simple,
weakly basic, aqueous solution. The
dopamine compound will cyclise to form
an indole intermediate before crosslinking
to form the desired polymer. When a
substrate is immersed in the aqueous
solutions system, the polydopamine will
form a homogeneous coating on the
substrate surface. This paves the way for
simple, benign coatings of a controlled
thickness to be used for drug delivery,
surface modification, and metal binding
for electronic applications. The
universality of this approach is being
investigated with a focus on
polybenzimidazoles, which are renowned
for their high temperature properties as
well as their ability to be used as proton
exchange membranes when doped with
acids.

Polymers
for Health

Polymers
for Health
The area of biomedical engineering has a
strong need for new polymers to be able
to finetune the interface between
synthetic materials and the biological
environment. RAFT (reversible
addition-fragmentation chain transfer)
polymerization is an excellent tool to
address this need.
Polymers can be synthesized to suit
different applications and CAMD
researchers are active in the area of
synthesis of nanoparticles for drug
delivery to grafting of polymers from
various surfaces to adjust their
biocompatibility. In particular the area of
drug delivery and imaging of
nanoparticles is one of the main themes at
CAMD. Self-assembled aggregates such
as micelles, rod-like micelles and vesicles
are proposed as drug carriers due to their
hydrophobic interior, while size and shape
is easily controlled by the underlying
polymer. The nature of the block
copolymer can be adjusted to solve a
range of drug delivery problems. This
includes traditional anti-cancer drugs, but
also other, more challenging bioactive
molecules such as DNA, heparin, peptides
and metal-based drugs. The central
questions are how can we design suitable
polymers to encapsulate the drug and
how does the polymer affect the
properties of the nanoparticle?
Next to self-assembled block copolymers
CAMD researchers are focussing on
coating of inorganic nanoparticles such as
gold nanoparticles or nanodiamonds to
generate drug carriers that have added
features such as they can be imaged or
they can be used in hypothermia. On the
quest for suitable drug delivery carriers for
various drugs we developed a synthetic
tool kit to achieve the best possible
cellular uptake. We are interested in
stabilizing the micelles by crosslinking,
which often leads to better cell uptake. In
addition, by replacing the more tradition
PEG shell of micelles by other polymers
such as polymers with a zwitterionic
structure, we can create drug carriers that
are not only nontoxic, but also show very
high uptake efficiency.
CAMD researchers are inspired by
Nature’s building blocks such as sugars,
proteins and polysaccharides. Synthetic
routes are developed to create drug
carriers that combine the tailored
properties of synthetic polymers with the
bioactivity of natural products. Drug
carriers coated with albumin or sugars
show high bioactivity, while at the same
time the synthesis of these carriers can be
very simple.
In vitro
In vivo
Fig. 4. Preparation of self-assembled
core-shell nanoparticles for the delivery of
drugs into cancer cells, and the subsequent
study of the movement of these nanoparticles
in multicellular cancer models and in vivo.

Research
Grants 2015
•MREII grant for FT-IR system, $110,894
(Granville/Zetterlund/Stenzel/Boyer/Luci
en)
•Emerging anode materials for li-s
batteries - ba14017, Gentle, Ian; Wang,
Da-wei; Aguez-Zinsou, Kondo-Francois;
Boyer, Cyrille. (BAOSTEEL-AUSTRALIA
Joint research & development centre
shared grant); $250,000
•Beamtime application at Australian
Synchrotron, including travel grant
(Zetterlund)
•Internal equipment grant from Chem Eng
to purchase new GPC system (about 60k)
– (Boyer)
•Expanding quartz crystal microbalance
(QCM) capabilities for solid-liquid
interfaces ($5.6 K) (Granville)

Publications
in 2015
pH-, thermo- and electrolyte-responsive polymer
gels derived from a well-defined,
RAFT-synthesized, poly
(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethylazlactone) homopolymer via
one-pot post-polymerization modification
European Polymer Journal (2015), 62, 204–213
Y. Pei, O. R. Sugita, J. Y. Quek, P. J. Roth, A. B. Lowe
Nanoparticles Based on Star Polymers as
Theranostic Vectors: Endosomal-Triggered Drug
Release Combined with MRI Sensitivity
Advanced Healthcare Materials (2015), 4, 148–156
Y. Li, H. T. T. Duong, S. Laurent, A. MacMillan, R. M.
Whan, L. Vander Elst, R. N. Muller, J. Hu, A. Lowe ,
C. Boyer, T. P. Davis
Simultaneous ROMP and Titania Sol-Gel
Reactions and a New Approach to Nanodispersed
Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials
Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2015), 3,
693–702. J. A. van Hensbergen, M. Liu, R. P.
Burford, A. B. Lowe
Thiol-reactive Functional Poly(meth)acrylates:
Multicomponent Monomer Synthesis, RAFT
(Co)polymerization and Highly Efficient
Thiol–para-Fluoro Postpolymerization
Modification
Polymer Chemistry (2015), 6, 436–447
J.-M. Noy, M. Koldevitz, P. J. Roth
RAFT Dispersion Polymerization in Nonpolar
Media: Polymerization of 3 Phenylpropyl
Methacrylate in n Tetradecane with Poly(stearyl
methacrylate) Homopolymers as Macro Chain
Transfer Agents
Macromolecules (2015), 18 (1), 236-244
Y. Pei, L. Thurairajah, O. R. Sugita, A. B. Lowe
Graphene Oxide (GO) Nanosheets as Oil-in-Water
Emulsion Stabilizers: Influence of Oil Phase
Polarity
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2015),
442, 67–74
S. C. Thickett, P. B. Zetterlund
Multicomponent Isocyanide-based Synthesis of
Reactive Styrenic and (Meth)acrylic Monomers
and their RAFT (Co)polymerization
Polymer Chemistry (2015) ,6, 44-54
S. Schmidt, M. Koldevitz, J.-M. Noy, P. J. Roth
ROMP Synthesis of Novel Thermo, pH and Salt
Responsive (Co)Polymers Containing the
Morpholino Functional Group
Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer
Chemistry (2015), 53, 50-58
J. A. van Hensbergen, S. Ganda, P. J. Roth, R. P.
Burford, A. B. Lowe
RAFT-prepared α-Difunctional
Poly(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethylazlactone)s and their
Derivatives: Synthesis and Effect of End Groups on
Inverse Aqueous Temperature Solubility
Polymer Chemistry (2015) ,6, 118-127
J. Y. Quek, X. Liu, T. P. Davis, P. J. Roth, A. B. Lowe
Surface modification of polydopamine coated
particles via glycopolymer brush synthesis for
protein binding and FLIM testing
Polymer Chemistry (2015) ,6, 2504–2511
S. P. Le-Masurier, H. T. T. Duong, C. Boyer, A. M.
Granville
Biocompatible Glycopolymer Nanocapsules via
Inverse Miniemulsion Periphery RAFT
Polymerization for the Delivery of Gemcitabine
Biomacromolecules (2015), 16 (7), 2144–2156
R. H. Utama, Y. Jiang, P. B. Zetterlund, M. H. Stenzel
RAFT Polymerization in Supercritical Carbon
Dioxide Based on an Induced Precipitation
Approach: Synthesis of 2-Ethoxyethyl
methacrylate/Acrylamide Block Copolymers
Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer
Chemistry (2015), 53, 2351–2356
G. Hawkins, P. B. Zetterlund, F. Aldabbagh
An Innovative Approach to Implementation of
Organotellurium-Mediated Radical Polymerization
(TERP) in Emulsion Polymerization
Macromolecules (2015), 48 (13), 4312–4318
Y. Sugihara, S. Yamago, P. B. Zetterlund
Polymerization Induced Self-Assembly: Tuning of
Nano-Object Morphology by Use of CO2
Polymer Chemistry (2015), 6, 2249 - 2254
S. Dong, W. Zhao, F. P. Lucien, S. Perrier, and P. B.
Zetterlund
Factors Influencing the Preparation of Hollow
Polymer-Graphene Oxide Nanocapsules via
Pickering Miniemulsion Polymerization
Polymer (2015), 63, 1-9
G. H. Teo, Y. H. Ng, P. B. Zetterlund, S. C. Thickett
Online SAXS Analysis of Shell Formation during
Nanocapsule Synthesis via Inverse Miniemulsion
Periphery RAFT Polymerization (IMEPP)
Macromolecular Rapid Communications (2015), 36,
1267-1271. R. H. Utama, M. Dulle, S. Förster, M. H.
Stenzel, P. B. Zetterlund
Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization in
Dispersed Systems: An Update
Chemical Reviews (2015), 115 (18),9745-9800
Per B. Zetterlund, Stuart C. Thickett, Sébastien
Perrier, Elodie Bourgeat-Lami, Muriel Lansalot

Publications
in 2015
Synthesis of Crosslinked Polymeric Nanocapsules
using Catanionic Vesicle Templates Stabilized by
Compressed CO2
Soft Matter (2015), 11, 8613-8620
S. Dong, P. T. Spicer, F. P. Lucien, P. B. Zetterlund
Visible-Light-Regulated Controlled/Living Radical
Polymerization in Miniemulsion
ACS Macro Letters (2015), 4 (10), 1139–1143,
K. Jung, J. Xu, P. B. Zetterlund, C. Boyer
Surface Modification of Polydivinylbenzene
Microspheres with a Fluorinated Glycopolymer
using Thiol-Halogen Click Chemistry
Macro-Glycoligands – Methods and Protocols
(2015), Chapter 10, 123-135
Song, Wentao; Granville, Anthony M
Copolymerization of an indazole ligand into the
self-polymerization of dopamine for enhanced
binding with metal ions
Journal of Materials Chemistry B (2015), 3, 7457 –
7465. Fan, Ka Wai; Roberts, Justine J.; Martens,
Penny J.; Stenzel, Martina H.; Granville, Anthony M
RAFT Inverse Miniemulsion Periphery
Polymerization in Binary Solvent Mixtures for
Synthesis of Nanocapsules
European Polymer Journal (2015), 73, 324-334
F. Ishizuka, R. H. Utama, S. Kim, M. H. Stenzel, and
P. B. Zetterlund
Micropatterned Surfaces for Atmospheric Water
Condensation via Controlled Radical
Polymerization and Thin Film Dewetting
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2015), 7
(38), 21562–21570. Ian Wong,Guo Hui Teo, Chiara
Neto, and Stuart C. Thickett
Macromolecular and Inorganic Nanomaterials
Scaffolds for Carbon Monoxide Delivery: Recent
Developments and Future Trends
ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering (2015), 1
(10), 895–913. Nguyen, Diep; Boyer, Cyrille
Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly Using
Visible Light Mediated Photoinduced Electron
Transfer-Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain
Transfer Polymerization
ACS Macro Letters (2015), 4(9), 984-990
Yeow, Jonathan; Xu, Jiangtao; Boyer, Cyrille
Organic Electron Donor-Acceptor Photoredox
Catalysts: Enhanced Catalytic Efficiency toward
Controlled Radical Polymerization
ACS Macro Letters (2015), 4(9), 926-932.
Xu, Jiangtao; Shanmugam, Sivaprakash; Boyer,
Cyrille
CO-Releasing Polymers Exert Antimicrobial
Activity
Biomacromolecules (2015), 16(9), 2776-2786.
Nguyen, Diep; Nguyen, Thuy-Khanh; Rice, Scott A.;
Boyer, Cyrille
Stereo-, Temporal and Chemical Control through
Photoactivation of Living Radical Polymerization:
Synthesis of Block and Gradient Copolymers
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2015),
137(31), 9988-9999.
Shanmugam, Sivaprakash; Boyer, Cyrille
Exploiting Metalloporphyrins for Selective Living
Radical Polymerization Tunable over Visible
Wavelengths
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2015),
137(28), 9174-9185. Shanmugam, Sivaprakash; Xu,
Jiangtao; Boyer, Cyrille
Multi-responsive polymers
European Polymer Journal (2015), 69, 438-440
Boyer, Cyrille; Hoogenboom, Richard
Inhalable curcumin formulations: Micronization
and bioassay
Chemical Engineering Journal (2015), 279,
799-808. Kurniawansyah, Firman; Duong, Hien T.
T.; Luu, Thai Danh; Mammucari, Raffaella; Vittorio,
Orazio; Boyer, Cyrille; Foster, Neil.
Catalyst-free visible light-induced RAFT
photopolymerization
ACS Symposium Series (2015), volume 1187,
chapter13, 247-267. Xu, Jiangtao; Shanmugam,
Sivaprakash; Corrigan, Nathaniel Alan; Boyer,
Cyrille
Visible Light Photocatalytic Thiol-Ene Reaction: An
Elegant Approach for Fast Polymer
Postfunctionalization and Step-Growth
Polymerization
Macromolecules (2015), 48(3), 520-529
Xu, Jiangtao; Boyer, Cyrille
The use of nanoparticles to deliver nitric oxide to
hepatic stellate cells for treating liver fibrosis and
portal hypertension
Small 2015, 11(19), 2291-2304
Duong, Hien T. T.; Dong, Zhixia; Su, Lin; Boyer,
Cyrille; George, Jacob; Davis, Thomas P.; Wang,
Jianhua

Publications
in 2015
Nanoparticles Based on Star Polymers as
Theranostic Vectors: Endosomal-Triggered Drug
Release Combined with MRI Sensitivity
Advanced Healthcare Materials (2015), 4(1),
148-156. Li, Yang; Duong, Hien T. T.; Laurent,
Sophie; MacMillan, Alexandre; Whan, Renee
Megan; Vander Elst, Luce; Muller, Robert N.; Hu,
Jinming; Lowe, Andrew; Boyer, Cyrille
Utilizing the electron transfer mechanism of
chlorophyll a under light for controlled radical
polymerization
Chemical Science (2015), 6(2), 1341-1349.
Shanmugam, Sivaprakash; Xu, Jiangtao; Boyer,
Cyrille
Organo- photocatalysts for photoinduced electron
transfer-reversible addition-fragmentation chain
transfer (PET-RAFT) polymerization
Polymer Chemistry (2015), 6(31), 5615-5624
Xu, Jiangtao; Shanmugam, Sivaprakash; Duong,
Hien T.; Boyer, Cyrille
Carbohydrate-Specific Uptake of Fucosylated
Polymeric Micelles by Different Cancer Cell Lines
Biomacromolecules (2015), 16 (7), 1948-1957.
K. Babiuch, A. Dag, J. Zhao, H. Lu, M. H. Stenzel
Incorporating ruthenium into advanced drug
delivery carriers-an innovative generation of
chemotherapeutics
Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology
(2015), 90, 1177-1195.
B. M. Blunden, M. H. Stenzel
Correlation between Molecular Weight and Branch
Structure of Glycopolymers Stars and Their
Binding to Lectins
Macromolecules (2015), 48, 346-357.
Y. Chen, M. S. Lord, A. Piloni, M. H. Stenzel
Polymer-Albumin Conjugate for the Facilitated
Delivery of Macromolecular Platinum Drugs
Macromolecule Rapid Communications (2015),
36(10), 890-897
A. Dag, Y. Jiang, K. J. Abd Karim, G. Hart-Smith, W.
Scarano, M. H. Stenzel
Controlling the morphology of glyco-nanoparticles
in water using block copolymer mixtures: the effect
on cellular uptake
Polymer Chemistry (2015), 6, 7812-7820
A. Dag, H. Lu, M. H. Stenzel
Origami with ABC Triblock Terpolymers Based on
Glycopolymers: Creation of Virus-Like
Morphologies
ACS Macro Letters (2015), 4, 579-583
A. Dag, J. Zhao, M. H. Stenzel
Core-Cross-Linking Accelerates Antitumor
Activities of Paclitaxel-Conjugate Micelles to
Prostate Multicellular Tumor Spheroids: A
Comparison of 2D and 3D Models
Biomacromolecules (2015), 16, 1470-1479
A. W. Du, H. Lu, M. H. Stenzel
In Vivo Evaluation of Folate Decorated
Cross-Linked Micelles for the Delivery of Platinum
Anticancer Drugs
Biomacromolecules (2015), 16, 515-523.
J. Eliezar, W. Scarano, N. R. B. Boase, K. J. Thurecht,
M. H. Stenzel
An Oligonucleotide Transfection Vector Based on
HSA and PDMAEMA Conjugation: Effect of
Polymer Molecular Weight on Cell Proliferation
and on Multicellular Tumor Spheroids
Macromolecule Bioscience (2015), 15, 965-978.
Y. Jiang, C. K. Wong, M. H. Stenzel
Dual-Responsive pH and Temperature Sensitive
Nanoparticles Based on Methacrylic Acid and
Di(ethylene glycol) Methyl Ether Methacrylate for
the Triggered Release of Drugs
Macromolecule Bioscience (2015), 15, 1091-1104
Y. Y. Khine, Y. Jiang, A. Dag, H. Lu, M. H. Stenzel
Enhanced transcellular penetration and drug
delivery by crosslinked polymeric micelles into
pancreatic multicellular tumor spheroids
Biomaterial Science (2015), 3, 1085-1095
H. Lu, R. H. Utama, U. Kitiyotsawat, K. Babiuch, Y.
Jiang, M. H. Stenzel
Albumin nanoparticles increase the anticancer
efficacy of albendazole in ovarian cancer xenograft
model
Journal of Nanobiotechnology (2015), 13-25
L. Noorani, M. Stenzel, R. Liang, M. H.
Pourgholami, D. L. Morris
Glycopolymer Self-Assemblies with Gold(I)
Cornplexed to the Core as a Delivery System for
Auranofin
Macromolecules (2015), 48, 1065-1076
S. Pearson, H. Lu, M. H. Stenzel
Light-responsive azobenzene-based glycopolymer
micelles for targeted drug delivery to melanoma
cells
European Polymer Journal (2015), 69, 616-627.
S. Pearson, D. Vitucci, Y. Y. Khine, A. Dag, H. Lu, M.
Save, L. Billon, M. H. Stenzel

Publications
in 2015
Dual-drug delivery of curcumin and platinum drugs
in polymeric micelles enhances the synergistic
effects: a double act for the treatment of
multidrug-resistant cancer
Biomaterials Science (2015), 3, 163-174.
W. Scarano, P. de Souza, M. H. Stenzel
N-Vinylcarbazole as Versatile Photoinaddimer of
Photopolymerization under Household UV LED
Bulb (392 nm)
Macromolecular Rapid Communications (2015), 36,
1675-1680. P. Xiao, J. Lalevee, J. Zhao, M. H.
Stenzel
A new role of curcumin: as a multicolor
photoinitiator for polymer fabrication under
household UV to red LED bulbs
Polymer Chemistry (2015), 6, 5053-5061.
J. Zhao, J. Lalevee, H. Lu, R. MacQueen, S. H. Kable,
T. W. Schmidt, M. H. Stenzel, P. Xiao
Prepared from Thermoresponsive Fluorescent
Protein-Polymer Bioconjugates: Capture of and
Report on Drug and Protein Payloads
Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2015),
54, 5317-5322. C. K. Wong, A. J. Laos, A. H.
Soeriyadi, J. Wiedenmann, P. M. G. Curmi, J. J.
Gooding, C. P. Marquis, M. H. Stenzel, P. Thordarson
Iron oxide nanoparticle-mediated hyperthermia
stimulates dispersal in bacterial biofilms and
enhances antibiotic efficacy
Nature scientific reports (2015), 5, Article number:
18385. T.-K. Nguyen, H. TT Duong, R.
Selvanayagam, C. Boyer, N. Barraud

Highlights, Awards
& Other Activities
Awards:
Cyrille Boyer; 2015 Malcolm McIntosh
Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year -
one of the six Prime Minister's Science
Prizes.
Cyrille Boyer; Australian academy of
Science prize - Le Fèvre prize
Siva Shanmugam; Pacifichem 2015 poster
competition winner
Yanyan Jiang; RACI Polymer Division
O’Donnell award
CAMD seminar series:
Prof. Dr. Robert Luxenhofer, University of
Wuerzburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Philipp Vana,
Georg-August-University Göttingen,
Germany
Dr. James Oliver, Colorado School of
Mines, USA
High impact papers:
Utilizing the electron transfer mechanism
of chlorophyll a under light for controlled
radical polymerization
Chemical Science (2015), 6(2), 1341-1349.
Shanmugam, Sivaprakash; Xu, Jiangtao;
Boyer, Cyrille
Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization
in Dispersed Systems: An Update
Chemical Reviews, 2015,115 (18),
9745-9800
Per B. Zetterlund, Stuart C. Thickett,
Sébastien Perrier, Elodie Bourgeat-Lami,
Muriel Lansalot
Exploiting Metalloporphyrins for
Selective Living Radical Polymerization
Tunable over Visible Wavelengths
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2015), 137(28), 9174-9185
Shanmugam, Sivaprakash; Xu, Jiangtao;
Boyer, Cyrille
Stereo-, Temporal and Chemical Control
through Photoactivation of Living Radical
Polymerization: Synthesis of Block and
Gradient Copolymers
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2015), 137(31), 9988-9999.
Shanmugam, Sivaprakash; Boyer, Cyrille

Highlights, Awards
& Other Activities
Recognition and Services:
Cyrille Boyer selected as one of the 100
Innovators by Knowledge of Nation
Per Zetterlund appearing as Expert
Witness (topic: coatings) in hearing in
Melbourne in April
Cyrille Boyer nominated as High-end
Foreign Experts by Chinese Government
and invited professorship in China at
Qingdao University, Shandong, China
Cyrille Boyer - invited professorship in
France (Ecole Nationale Superieur de
Chimie de Montpellier, University of
Montpellier)
Editorial Publications:
Cyrille Boyer - Guest editor role: Special
issue on Stimuli Responsive Polymers
published by European Polymer Journal
Cyrille Boyer - Associate Editor for RSC
Advanced since August 2015
Martina Stenzel - Associate editor for
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
Martina Stenzel - Publication committee
of Materials Research Society
Per Zetterlund co-organizing symposium
entitled “Radical Polymerization Kinetics
and Process Modelling” at Pacifichem in
Dec 15 (Hawaii)
Per Zetterlund / Anthony Granville – 1
day Polymer Research in NSW
symposium (UNSW)
Martina Stenzel - Short film on UNSW
TV
Martina Stenzel - Postgraduate
coordinator in the school of chemistry

Highlights, Awards
& Other Activities
Invited keynote presentations:
Cyrille Boyer; invited by Chinese
Government as International Expert in
2015 (Lecture tour in China - Fudan,
Shanghai Univeristy, Qiangdao University,
Shanghai Jiao Tong, Beijing Institute of
Technology, Beijing University of Chemical
Technology, Soochow University)
Martina Stenzel; Polymer Pacific
Conference, 8th to 12th December 2015,
Hawaii, US
Seminars by CAMD researchers:
Per Zetterlund; Kobe University (Japan)
Per Zetterlund; Osaka City University
(Japan)
Cyrille Boyer; invited lectures at Polymer
Advanced Technology 2015 (June 2015,
Hangzhou, China)
Cyrille Boyer; invited lectures at American
Chemical Society National Conference in
2015
Cyrille Boyer; invited lecture at PACIFIC
CHEM in 2015 (Hawaii, USA)
Cyrille Boyer; invited lecture at Fusion
conference in 2015 (Ascott, UK)
Cyrille Boyer; invited lecture at
APNGM15, Sept 2015, Budapest, Hungry
Martina Stenzel; invited lectures at
Congress of European Polymer Federation
(June 2015, Dresden, Germany)
Martina Stenzel; invited lectures at
Functional Polymeric Materials, August
2015, (August 2015, Ascot, UK )
Martina Stenzel; invited lectures at ACS
meeting Polymers in Medicine
(September 2015, US)
Martina Stenzel; invited lectures at
NanoDDS (September 2015, US)
Martina Stenzel; 24th Annual Meeting of
the Australian Society of Biomaterials and
Tissue Engineering, 7 - 10 April 2015,
Sydney, Australia
Martina Stenzel; 35th Australian Polymer
Symposium, 12th – 15th July 2015, Gold
Coast, Australia