Marta Llusca is a Research Fellow at the University of South Australia’s (UniSA) Future Industries Institute (FII). She is a physics graduate and has a Master’s degree in Physical Engineering. She completed her PhD in Materials Science/Applied Physics at the University of Barcelona in 2015 and she joined UniSA as a postdoctoral researcher in March 2016. Since then, she has been working on high impact, industry-focused projects, undertaking fundamental science, and translating research into commercial products through meeting milestones under tight schedules. Marta’s research encompasses the engineering of surfaces via the application of thin film coatings, and extends to applications in the optical, automotive, defence,... Read more
About me
Marta Llusca is a Research Fellow at the University of South Australia’s (UniSA) Future Industries Institute (FII). She is a physics graduate and has a Master’s degree in Physical Engineering. She completed her PhD in Materials Science/Applied Physics at the University of Barcelona in 2015 and she joined UniSA as a postdoctoral researcher in March 2016. Since then, she has been working on high impact, industry-focused projects, undertaking fundamental science, and translating research into commercial products through meeting milestones under tight schedules. Marta’s research encompasses the engineering of surfaces via the application of thin film coatings, and extends to applications in the optical, automotive, defence, and renewable energy industry sectors.
Marta received a Cum Laude qualification for her PhD thesis on thin film silicon solar cells. She worked on light managements strategies to enhance the efficiency of solar cells: she nano-textured the substrates and the contacts and she also used light conversion techinques.
Upon competition of her PhD, she became part of the Thin Film Coatings Group, at FII. She started working in Concentrator Photovoltaics investigating low-cost heliostat mirrors. Afterwards, she became the principal investigator at the Plastic Glazing project funded by the Malaysian Automotive and Robotics IoT Institute (MARii). The project aim was to develop and commercialise a highly durable infrared reflective coating for light-weight windows for electric buses.
Marta is constantly participating in other projects such as her collaboration with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), developing a linear variable band pass filter, or her previous collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Group (DST), investigating mirror-like coatings for freeform optics for small satellites.
During her time at FII she has supervised over 10 international students from leading universities (ETH, Bath, Bordeaux, etc), 1 PhD student to completion, and is currently involved in supervising 4 full time PhD students.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Realising Net Zero Emissions - An Affordable Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST) Demonstrator for Industry and Agriculture, Australia's Economic Accelerator Ignite Grant, 20/06/2025 - 19/06/2026
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
Open access
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| 2025 |
Open access
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| 2025 |
Open access
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| 2024 |
1
1
2
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| 2024 |
Open access
20
17
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| 2024 |
9
|
| 2024 |
Open access
2
|
| 2023 |
Open access
1
1
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| 2023 |
Open access
6
1
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| 2023 |
Open access
20
19
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| 2022 |
Open access
8
3
|
| 2020 |
Open access
20
21
1
|
| 2018 |
Open access
14
14
|
| 2017 |
Open access
9
8
1
|
| 2016 |
Open access
7
4
1
|
| 2015 |
Open access
4
4
1
|
| 2015 |
Open access
14
13
1
|
| 2014 |
Open access
7
6
|
| 2014 |
Open access
41
37
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2014 |
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| 2014 |
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| 2014 |
4
2
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| 2014 |
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| 2013 |
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Research
| Details | Registry | Status |
|---|---|---|
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Coated articles with a low-e coating Jane, Marta Llusca; Pajak, Aleksandra; Zuber, Kamil; Switalska, Eliza; Murphy, Peter J |
World | Filed |
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Coated articles with a low-e coating and/or a hard coat Llusca Jane, Marta; Hall, Colin James; Pająk, Aleksandra; Patil, Apurva; Switalska, Eliza; Luqman, Nulhakim Yunos; Reeks, Lachlan Barry; Zuber, Kamil |
Australia | Filed |
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Signal friendly metallic surfaces Yunos, Luqman; Jane, Marta Llusca; Murphy, Peter; Zuber, Kamil |
World | Filed |
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| CIEMAT | SPAIN |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Grupo T-Solar | SPAIN |
| Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay | INDIA |
| Jülich Research Centre (Germany) | GERMANY |
| Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) | SWITZERLAND |
| Technical University of Madrid | SPAIN |
| The Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) | SPAIN |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Barcelona | SPAIN |
| University of Bath | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Invited TalkSPIE Optics + Photonics 2014, San Diego, United States |
2014 |
Invited Talk2nd International conference on Optoelectronic Materials and Thin films for Advanced Technology (OMTAT 2013) Kochi, India |
2013 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Air trapping nanoengineered materials for nitrogen carbon fixation | Current |
| Developing high-quality optical coatings for rare-earth doped fluoride glass waveguide lasers | Current |
| Environmentally durable low-e coatings | Completed |
| Investigation of conducting polymer:dopant systems for active IR modulation technology | Completed |
| Novel approaches in photoelectrode design for dye-sensitised solar cells | Completed |
| Towards the Next Generation Vehicle (NxGV): frequency selective surface on low emissivity plastic windows | Completed |
