RMIT Univeristy: 2002 Research Publications

2002 Research Publications

Faculty of Applied Science 4

Applied Chemistry 4

Applied Physics 8

C.I.R.C.L.E. 13

Computer Science and Information Technology 13

Faculty Office: Applied Science 19

Food Science 19

Geospatial Science 20

Mathematics & Statistics 23

Multimedia Database Systems 26

Psychology & Disability Studies 28

Software Engineering Research Centre 29

Faculty of Art Design & Communication 30

Applied Communication 30

Art and Culture 31

Creative Media 31

Faculty Office: Art, Design and Communication 32

Fashion and Textiles 32

Faculty of Business 34

Accounting and Law 34

Business Information Technology 35

Centre for Management Quality Research 37

Economics & Finance 40

Faculty Office: Business 42

Management 43

Marketing 45

Research Development Unit 47

Teaching & Learning Unit 48

Transport Research Centre 48

Faculty of the Constructed Environment 49

Australia Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) 49

Building & Construction Economics 49

Centre for Applied Social Research 50

Faculty Office: Constructed Environment 50

Centre for Design 50

Architecture & Design 51

Social Science & Planning 56

Faculty of Education, Language and Community Services 60

Centre for Youth Affairs R&D 60

Faculty Office: Education, Language and Community Services 60

Industry, Professional and Adult Education 61

Justice and Youth Studies 63

Language and International Studies 63

School and Early Childhood Education 65

Faculty of Engineering 69

Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 69

Civil & Chemical Engineering 80

Electrical and Computer Engineering 84

Rheology & Materials Processing Centre 96

Sir Lawrence Wackett Centre for Aerospace Design Technology 97

Faculty of Life Sciences 100

Biotechnology & Environmental Biology 100

Complementary Medicine 102

Faculty Office: Life Sciences 103

Medical Sciences 103

Nursing and Midwifery 107

Other Areas at RMIT 108

Globalisation and Cultural Diversity Research Concentration 108

Information Technology Services 108

Learning Technology Services 108

PVC Learning & Scholarship 108

Research & Innovation Section 109


Faculty of Applied Science

Applied Chemistry

Book Chapter

Adams, M. 2002, 'Chemometric tools and techniques in environmental monitoring', in Environmental Monitoring Handbook, McGraw-Hill, New York, pp.26.1-26.30 ISBN: 0-07-135176-0

Crawford, R., Dann, J., Harding, I. and Mainwaring, D. 2002, 'Coprecipitation of oxide and related surfaces', in Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, Marcel Dekker, New York, pp.1266-1281 ISBN: 0-8247-0633-1

Marriott, P. 2002, 'Orthogonal GC-GC', in Multidimensional Chromatography, John Wiley, Chichester, UK, pp.77-108 ISBN: 0-471-98869-3

Journal Article

Akolekar, D., Bhargava, S., Shirgoankar, I. and Prasad, J. 2002, 'Catalytic wet oxidation: An environmental solution for organic pollutant removal from paper and pulp industrial waste liquor', in Applied Catalysis A, Elsevier, Amsterdam, vol.236, pp.255-262 ISSN: 0926-860X

Amiet, R., Hugel, H. and Nurlawis, F. 2002, 'The synthesis of the kynurenamides K1 and K21 metabolites of melatonin', in Synlett, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany, vol.3, pp.495-497 ISSN: 0936-5214

Bennett, M., Bhargava, S., Mohr, F., Welling, L. and Willis, A. 2002, 'Synthesis and X-ray structure of a heterovalent, cycloaurated pentafluorophenylgold(I)/pentafluorophenylgold(II) complex', in Australian Journal of Chemistry, CSIRO, Melbourne, vol.55, pp.267-270 ISSN: 0004-9425

Cornell, H., Rix, C. and Mcgranes, S. 2002, 'Viscometric properties of solutions of amylose and amylopectin in aqueous potassium thiocyanate', in Starch/Staerke, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, vol.54, pp.517-526 ISSN: 0038-9056

Cullis, P., McLachlan, A. and Cornell, H. 2002, 'The use of extended amino acid motifs for focussing on toxic peptides in coeliac disease', in Journal of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK, vol.6, pp.319-324 ISSN: 1025-8140

Drummond, K., Shanks, R. and Cser, F. 2002, 'Morphological analysis of linear low density polyethylene films by atomic force microscopy', in Journal of Applied Polymer Science, John Wiley, New York, vol.83, pp.777-784 ISSN: 0021-8995

Eyer, S., Bhargava, S., Tardio, J. and Akolekar, D. 2002, 'Selective organic removal from the alumina industrial liquor: Wet oxidation and catalytic wet oxidation of disodium malonate', in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, American Chemical Society, New York, vol.41, pp.1166-1170 ISSN: 0888-5885

Haglund, P., Harju, M., danielsson, C. and Marriott, P. 2002, 'Effects of temperature and flow regulated carbon dioxide cooling in longitudinally modulated cryogenic systems for comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography', in Journal of Chromatography A, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, vol.962, pp.127-134 ISSN: 1570-0232

Harris, P., Hugel, H. and Nurlawis, F. 2002, 'A review of the molecular conformations of melatonin ligands at the melatonin receptor', in Molecular Simulation, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK, vol.28, pp.889-902 ISSN: 0892-7022

He, W., Shanks, R. and Amarasinghe, G. 2002, 'Analysis of additives in polymers by thin-layer chromatography coupled with Fourier transform infrared microscopy', in Vibrational Spectroscopy, Elsevier, Amsterdam, vol.30, pp.147-156 ISSN: 0924-2031

Hodzic, A., Shanks, R. and Leorke, M. 2002, 'Polypropylene and diphatic polyester flax fibre composites', in Polymers and Polymer Composites, Rubber and Plastics Research Association (RAPRA), Shawsbury, UK, vol.10, pp.281-290 ISSN: 0967-3911

Hughes, J., Ragonese, R., Macka, M. and Petocz, P. 2002, 'The use of the Bon-Behnken experimental design in the optimisation and robustness costing of a capillary electrophoresis method', in Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Elsevier, Amsterdam, vol.27, pp.995-1007 ISSN: 0731-7085

Jackson, N. and Munk F, D. 2002, 'Health, safety and environment units in Australian undergraduate chemistry courses', in Journal of Occupational Health and Safety in Australia and New Zealand, CCH Australia, Sydney, vol.18, pp.273-278 ISSN: 0815-6409

Jackson, N., Munk F, D. and Elms, T. 2002, 'Heath, safety and environment curriculum in Australian MBA courses', in Journal of Occupational Health and Safety in Australia and New Zealand, CCH Australia, Sydney, vol.18, pp.155-160 ISSN: 0815-6409

Jakubov, T. and Mainwaring, D. 2002, 'Potential fields and barriers to diffusion in narrow cylindrical capillaries', in Molecular Simulation, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK, vol.28, pp.751-759 ISSN: 0892-7022

Jakubov, T. and Mainwaring, D. 2002, 'Modified Dubinin-Radushkevich/Dubinin-Astakhov absorption equations', in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Academic Press/ Elsevier, San Diego, vol.252, pp.263-268 ISSN: 0021-9797

Jakubov, T. and Mainwaring, D. 2002, 'Absorption-induced dimensional changes of solids', in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, vol.4, pp.5678-5682 ISSN: 1463-9076

Lee, J., Bruce, C., Tunstall, R., Cameron-Smith, D., Hugel, H. and Hawley, J. 2002, 'Interaction of exercise and diet on GLUT-4 protein and gene expression in Type I and Type II rat skeletal muscle', in Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, vol.175, no.1, pp.37-44 ISSN: 0001-6772

Li, J., Shanks, R., Bray, T., Lau, A. and Hubbert, M. 2002, 'Control of adhesion and removal of heat sealable tops on polymer containers', in Paper Film and Foil Converter, TAPPI Journal, TAPPI, Atlanta, Georgia, vol. January 20, pp.50-51 ISSN: 0734-1415

Li, J., Shanks, R. and Yu, L. 2002, 'Time-dependent morphology of polyethylene-polypropylene blends', in Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, Springer, Beijing, vol.20, pp.497-508 ISSN: 0256-7679

Lingham, A., Rook, T. and Hugel, H. 2002, 'Synthesis of some 3-furylamine derivatives', in Australia Journal of Chemistry, CSIRO, Melbourne, vol.55, pp.795-798 ISSN: 0004-9425

Marriott, P. and Shellie, R. 2002, 'Principles and applications of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography', in Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, vol.21, pp.573-582 ISSN: 0165-9936

McCallum, R., Roddick, F. and Hobday, M. 2002, 'Adsorption of MIB by activated carbons produced using several activation techniques', in Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, IWA Publishing, London, U.K., vol.2, no.5-6, pp.265-270 ISSN: 16069749

McLachlan, A., Cullis, P. and Cornell, H. 2002, 'Extraction of cereal prolamins and their toxicity in coeliac disease', in Journal of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK, vol.6, pp.151-158 ISSN: 1025-8140

Ong, C., Marriott, P., Morrison, P. and Haglund, P. 2002, 'Influence of chromatographic conditions on separation in comprehensive gas chromatography', in Journal of Chromatography A, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, vol.962, pp.135-152 ISSN: 1570-0232

Ong, C. and Marriott, P. 2002, 'A review of basic concepts in comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography', in Journal of Chromatographic Science, Preston Publications, Niles, USA, vol.40, pp.276-291 ISSN: 0021-9665

Pavel, D., Ball, J., Bhattacharya, S., Shanks, R., Hurduc, N. and Alazaroaie, S. 2002, 'Overview of liquid crystals and liquid crystalline polymers', in Memoriile Sectiilor Stiintifice, Academia Romana, Romania, vol.4, no.20, pp.177-193 ISSN: 1224-1407

Pavel, D., Hurduc, N., Toader, V., Ball, J., Bhattacharya, S. and Shanks, R. 2002, 'Review of fundamentals of molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics', in Memoriile Sectiilor Stiintifice, Academia Romana, Romania, vol.4, no.22, pp.153-175 ISSN: 1224-1407

Perera, R., Marriott, P. and Galbally, I. 2002, 'Headspace solid-phase microextraction-comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography of wound induced plant volatile organic compound emission', in Analyst, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, vol.127, pp.1601-1607 ISSN: 0003-2654

Rees, R., Snook, I. and Mainwaring, D. 2002, 'Structural characterisation of curved interfacial films of T and S-LJ fluid by molecular simulation', in Molecular Simulation, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK, vol.28, pp.917-925 ISSN: 0892-7022

Ren, Z., Shanks, R. and Rook, T. 2002, 'Processing and properties of polypropylene composites with high filler content', in Polymers and Polymer Composites, Rubber and Plastics Research Association (RAPRA), Shawsbury, UK, vol.10, pp.173-181 ISSN: 0967-3911

Romeo, M., Adams, M., Hind, A., Bhargava, S. and Grocott, S. 2002, 'Near infrared prediction of oil yield from oil shale', in Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, NIR Publications, UK, vol.10, pp.223-231 ISSN: 0967-0335

Sands, T., Caldwell, T., Farrell, J., Cattrall, R., Iles, P. and Kolev, S. 2002, 'A highly versatile stable optical sensor based on 4-decyloxy-2-(2-pyridylazo)-1-naphthol in Nafion for the determination of copper', in Sensors and Actuators B, Elsevier, Amsterdam, vol.85, pp.33-41 ISSN: 0925-4005

Shanks, R. and Pavel, D. 2002, 'Simulation of diffusion of O2 and CO2 in amorphous poly(ethylene terephthalate) and related alkylene and isomeric polyesters', in Molecular Simulation, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK, vol.28, pp.939-969 ISSN: 0892-7022

Shellie, R. and Marriott, P. 2002, 'Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with fast enantioseparation', in Analytical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, vol.74, pp.5426-5430 ISSN: 0003-2700

Shellie, R., Mondello, L., Marriott, P. and Dugo, G. 2002, 'Characterisation of lavender essential oils by using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with correlation of linear retention indices and comparison with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography', in Journal of Chromatography A, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, vol.970, pp.225-234 ISSN: 1570-0232

Shellie, R., Xie, L. and Marriott, P. 2002, 'Retention time reproducibility in comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography using cryogenic modulation: An intralaboratory study', in Journal of Chromatography A, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, vol.968, pp.161-170 ISSN: 1570-0232

Snook, I., Yarovsky, I., Hanley, H., Lin, M., Mainwaring, D., Rogers, H. and Zulli, P. 2002, 'Characterisation of metallurgical chars by small angle neutron scattering', in Energy & Fuels, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, vol.16, pp.1009-1015 ISSN: 0887-0624

Western, R., Lau, S., Marriott, P. and Nichols, P. 2002, 'Positional and geometric isomer separation of FAME by comprehensive 2-D GC', in Lipids, AOCS Press, Champaign, Illinois, vol.37, pp.715-724 ISSN: 0024-4201

Western, R. and Marriott, P. 2002, 'Retention correlation maps in comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography', in Journal of Separation Science, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim, Germany, vol.25, pp.832-838 ISSN: 0935-6304

Wong, S., Shanks, R. and Hodzic, A. 2002, 'Properties of poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid) composites with flax fibres modified by plasticiser absorption', in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim, Germany, vol.287, pp.647-655 ISSN: 1438-7492

Conference Publication

Bhargava, S., Akolekar, D., Tardio, J. and Eyer, S. 2002, 'Organics removal from alumina industrial liquor: Application of the catalytic wet oxidation process to natural and synthetic Bayer liquors', Proceedings of the 6th International Alumina Quality Workshop, S. Chandrashekar (ed.), AQW Inc, Australia (6th International Alumina Quality Workshop)

Booth, J., Nguyen, L., Rix, C., Mainwaring, D., Li, Y., Wlodarski, W., Moslih, S. and Russo, S. 2002, 'Study of Cr doped TiO2 derived from sol-gel process for gas sensing', Proceeding of Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, L.D. Broekman, B.F. Usher and J. D. Riley (ed.), LaTrobe University, Melbourne (COMMAD 2000)

Hodzic, A. and Shanks, R. 2002, 'Thermoplastic and biopolyester flax fibre composites', Proceedings of the Conference on ACUN-4 Composite Systems, S. Bandyopadhyay (ed.), UNSW, Sydney (ACUN-4 International Conference on Composite Systems)

Wong, S., Hodzic, A. and Shanks, R. 2002, 'Morphology and mechanical properties of modified natural fibre biopolyester composites', Proceedings of the Conference on ACUN-4 Composite Systems, S. Bandyopadhyay (ed.), UNSW, Sydney (ACUN-4 International Conference on Composite Systems)

Applied Physics

Journal Article

B, A., Russo, S. and Snook, I. 2002, 'Comparative Hartree-Fock and density-functional theory study of cubic and hexagonal diamond', in Philosophical Magazine B, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK, vol.82, pp.1767-1776 ISSN: 1364-2812

Barnard, A., Russo, S. and Leach, G. 2002, 'Nearest neighbour considerations in Stillinger-Weber type potentials for diamond', in Molecular Simulation, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK, vol.28, pp.761-771 ISSN: 0892-7022

Barnard, A. and Russo, S. 2002, 'Development of an improved Stillinger-Weber potential for tetrahedral carbon using ab initio (Hartree-Fock and MP2) methods', in Molecular Physics, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK, vol.100, pp.1517-1525 ISSN: 0026-8976

Bilek, M., Mckenzie, D., Tarrant, R., Lim, S. and McCulloch, D. 2002, 'Plasma-based ion implantation utilising a cathodic arc plasma', in Surface and Coatings Technology, Elsevier Science, Switzerland, vol.156, pp.136-142 ISSN: 0257-8972

Bryant, G., Williams, S., , L., Snook, I., Perez, E. and Pincet, F. 2002, 'How hard is a colloidal 'hard-sphere' interaction?', in Physical Review E, American Physical Society, College Park, Maryland, vol.66, pp.060501 ISSN: 1063-651X

Clift, M., Johnston, P. and Webb, D. 2002, 'A temporal method of avoiding the Cerenkov radiation generated in organic scintillator dosimeters by pulsed mega-voltage electron and photon beams', in Physics in Medicine and Biology, IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK, vol.47, pp.1421-1433 ISSN: 0031-9155

Francis, P., Martin, S., Bryant, G., Van Megen, W. and Wilksch, P. 2002, 'A Bragg scattering spectrometer for studying crystallization of colloidal suspensions', in Review of Scientific Instruments, American Institute of Physics, Melville, USA, vol.73, pp.3878-3884 ISSN: 0034-6748

Franich, R., Johnston, P., Bubb, I., Dytlewski, N. and Cohen, D. 2002, 'Efficiency enhancements to Monte Carlo simulation of heavy ion elastic recoil detection analysis spectra', in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, vol.190, pp.252-255 ISSN: 0168-583X

Grochola, G., Russo, S., Snook, I. and Yarovsky, I. 2002, 'Universal simulation method to compute surface and interfacial free energies of disordered solids', in Journal of Chemical Physics, American Institute of Physics, New York, vol.117, pp.7685-7690 ISSN: 0021-9606

Grochola, G., Russo, S., Snook, I. and Yarovsky, I. 2002, 'On simulation methods to compute surface interfacial free energies of disordered solids', in Journal of Chemical Physics, American Institute of Physics, New York, vol.116, pp.8547-8555 ISSN: 0021-9606