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Rob Atkin is a physical chemist with research interests that span fundamental to applied areas including ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents, surfactant and polymer adsorption, surface coatings, lubricants, electrolytes, production of biofuels from coal and biomass, microencapsulation, preparation of 2D materials, and protein droplet formation in cells. Atkin makes extensive use of cutting edge facilities in the UWA Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, such as atomic force microscopy and external radiation scattering facilities such as ANSTO and the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source. Rob has collaborations with academics and industry partners in Australia and internationally.
Keywords
- Energy
- Mining and Resources
- Transport
- Agriculture and Food
- Surface science
- Physical chemistry
- Tribology
- lubrication
- Ionic liquids
- Deep eutectic solvents
- Biofuels
- Coatings
- Materials science
- Surfactants
- Polymers
- Particles
- Electrolytes
- Encapsulation
- Emulsions
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Ionic Liquids
Chemical Compounds
Ionic liquids
Engineering & Materials Science
liquids
Physics & Astronomy
Nanostructures
Chemical Compounds
Cations
Chemical Compounds
nitrates
Physics & Astronomy
Nitrates
Engineering & Materials Science
Atomic force microscopy
Chemical Compounds
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Research Output 2000 2019
2
Citations
(Scopus)
Catanionic and chain-packing effects on surfactant self-assembly in the ionic liquid ethylammonium nitrate
Bryant, S. J., Jafta, C. J., Atkin, R., Gradzielski, M. & Warr, G. G., 22 Mar 2019, In : Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 540, p. 515-523 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Ionic Liquids
Micelles
Ionic liquids
Surface-Active Agents
Self assembly
Dissolution and suspension of asphaltenes with ionic liquids
Zheng, C., Brunner, M., Li, H., Zhang, D. & Atkin, R., 15 Feb 2019, In : Fuel. 238, p. 129-138 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
DTAB micelle formation in ionic liquid/water mixtures is determined by ionic liquid cation structure
Lam, M. T., Adamson, W. D., Miao, S., Atkin, R. & Warr, G. G., 15 Sep 2019, In : Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 552, p. 597-603 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Ionic Liquids
Micelles
Ionic liquids
Cations
Positive ions
Effect of halides on the solvation of poly(ethylene oxide) in the ionic liquid propylammonium nitrate
Stefanovic, R., Chen, Z., FitzGerald, P. A., Warr, G. G., Atkin, R., Page, A. J. & Webber, G. B., 15 Jan 2019, In : Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 534, p. 649-654 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Nano- and macroscale study of the lubrication of titania using pure and diluted ionic liquids
Cooper, P. K., Staddon, J., Zhang, S., Aman, Z. M., Atkin, R. & Li, H., 1 Jan 2019, In : Frontiers in Chemistry. 7, APR, 287.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Ionic Liquids
Nanotribology
Lubrication
Lubricants
Titanium
Projects 2018 2020
Ionic Liquids for Scalable Production of Monolayer 2D Materials
Atkin, R., Warr, G., Tabor, R. & Padua, A.
1/01/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Bio-inspired ionic liquid solvents for biomass refining
Atkin, R., Li, H., Zhang, D., Simmons, B., Warr, G., Imberti, S. & Dutta, T.
University of Western Australia
1/01/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Research