Prof Terence Turney - Researcher Profile

Terence Turney

Address

Centre for Green Chemistry
PO Box 23, Clayton

Biography

Terry Turney is a Professorial Fellow in the Centre for Green Chemistry and in the Department of Materials Engineering

Terry Turney (PhD, FTSE, FRACI) holds a Professorial Fellow’s position in the Departments of Chemistry and Materials Engineering at Monash University. In addition, he is CTO of both Sonic Essentials Pty Ltd, a micronutrient manufacturer for the agricultural sector, and of Micronisers Australasia Pty Ltd, a diverse nanoparticle manufacturer. He was previously Director of the Nanotechnology Centre in Australia’s Government R&D Organization, CSIRO, where he worked as a scientist in various roles in materials research for over 28 years. His groups’ scientific activities have resulted in over 25 patents, 100 published scientific papers and a similar number of major reports to industry, resulting in several nanostructured products entering the marketplace. His current R&D interests include polymeric nanocomposite materials, and applications of nanoparticles and nanocomposites within the manufacturing, healthcare and personal care products sectors.

Qualifications

CHEMISTRY
Institution: ANU
Year awarded: 1972
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Institution: University of Sydney
Year awarded: 1969

Publications

Book Chapters

Turney, T.W., 2009, Future materials and performance, in Technology, Design and Process Innovation in the Built Environment, eds Peter Newton, Keith Hampson and Robin Drogemuller, Taylor & Francis, Oxon UK, pp. 31-53.

Greaves, B.C., West, B.O., Spiccia, L., Bayada, A., Turney, T.W., Casey, P., 1998, Aerogels: Agents for catalytic removal of gaseous pollutants, in Sol-Gel Processing of Advanced Materials, Americal Ceramic Society, USA, pp. 325-330.

Journal Articles

Lombi, E., Donner, E., Tavakkoli, E., Turney, T.W., Naidu, R., Miller, B.W., Scheckel, K.G., 2012, Fate of zinc oxide nanoparticles during anaerobic digestion of wastewater and post-treatment processing of sewage sludge, Environmental Science & Technology [P], vol 46, issue 16, American Chemical Society, United States, pp. 9089-9096.

Boskovic, C., Hill, A., Turney, T.W., Stevens, G., Gee, M.L., O'Connor, A.J., 2009, Micropore characterization of mesocellular foam and hybrid organic functional mesocellular foam materials, Journal of Physical Chemistry C [P], vol 113, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 21283-21292.

Pas, S.J., Tuomisto, F., Saarinen, K., Ammala, A., Turney, T.W., Hill, A.J., 2007, Stabiliser distribution and efficiency examined by depth profiling polypropylene using a positron beam, Surface Science, vol 601, Elsevier, The Netherlands, pp. 5750-5756.

Casey, P., Rossouw, C., Sasha, B., Lawrence, K., Turney, T., 2006, Incorporation of dopants into the lattice of ZnO nanoparticles to control photoactivity, Superlattices And Microstructures [P], vol 39, Elsevier, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 97-106.

Boskovic, S., Hill, A., Turney, T., Gee, M., Stevens, G., O'Connor, A., 2006, Probing the microporous nature of hierarchically templated mesoporous silica via positron annihilation spectroscopy, Progress in Solid State Chemistry [P], vol 34, Elsevier, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 67-75.

Ammala, A., Hill, A., Meakin, P., Pas, S.J., Turney, T.W., 2002, Degradation studies of polyolefins incorporating transparent nanoparticulates zinc oxide UV stabilizers, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, vol 4, issue 1-2, Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands, pp. 167-174.

Gutmann, N.H., Spiccia, L., Turney, T.W., 2000, Complexation of Cu(II) and Ni(II) by ntrilotriacetate intercalted in Zn-Cr layered double hydroxides, Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol 10, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 1219-1224.

Drljaca, A., Anderson, J.R., Spiccia, L., Turney, T.W., 1997, A new method for generating chromium(III) intercalated clays, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol 256, Elsevier, Netherland, pp. 151-154.

Drljaca, A., Spiccia, L., Anderson, J.R., Turney, T.W., 1997, Intercalation of montmorillonite clay with individual oligomeric rhodium(III) aqua cations, Inorganic Chimica Acta, vol 254, Elsevier, Netherland, pp. 219-224.

Conference Proceedings

Greaves, T.L., Cashion, J.D., Turney, T.W., 2001, Thermal decomposition and Mssbauer analysis of two iron hydroxy-carbonate complexes, Engineering Materials 2001, 23/09/01 to 26/09/01, Institute of Materials Engineering, Australasia Ltd, North Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 59-64.

Bayada, A., Greaves, B.C., Percy, M.J., Spiccia, L., Turney, T.W., Casey, P., West, B.O., 1998, Synthesis of novel aluminium phosphate aerogels, RACI Inorganic Chemistry Division Conference, Wollongong NSW 1-5/2/98, University of Wollongong, NSW Australia, p. 122.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Biomarkers of nanoparticle exposure from metabolomic profiling.
Supervisors:
Marriott, P (Joint), Turney, T (Joint-co).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Development of a photocatalytic greywater treatment system.
Supervisors:
Panther, B (Joint-co), Turney, T (Joint).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Flow-induced crystallization in polymers containing particles under shear..
Supervisors:
Turney, T (Main), Edward, G (Associate), Zhu, P (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Production of polyol carbonates and their intercalation into smectite clays..
Supervisors:
Patti, A (Joint-co), Turney, T (Joint).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Tuning nanoparticles for biological interaction.
Supervisors:
Martin, L (Joint), Turney, T (Joint-co).