Professor Jun Ma

Professor School of Engineering

Mawson Lakes Campus (J2-07)
tel +61 8 830 25117
fax +61 8 830 23380

email Jun.Ma@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

About me

I have conducted extensive research on the modification of nanosheets and the development of their polymer composites; a complete, most updated publication list is at Google Scholar. My team has the following research directions:

Most polymer/graphene composite studies utilized graphene oxide or reduced graphene oxide, which may be unsustainable. We developed a cost-effective approach (10–20 US$/kg) to fabricating graphene platelets and their composite (Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4578–86; Advanced Functional Materials, 2012, 22, 2735–43; Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2, 20382–92).
Our recent work investigates the effect of interface strength on polymer/graphene composites by using various modification... Read more

School of Engineering

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Research

Research themes

An age friendly world
Transforming industries
Transforming societies

Highlights

Functional polymer nanocomposites of high mechanical performance.

Polymers are of high specific strength and low manufacturing cost, but they inherently lack for functional properties, i.e. electrical/thermal conductivity and radiation shielding, and most polymers need either reinforcing or toughening. Graphene is hailed as the most promising material in engineering and science, because it is the stiffest and strongest material measure to-date and able to elongate 25% upon loading, with electrical and thermal conductivities higher than copper.

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2015	Araby, S, Saber, N, Ma, X, Kawashima, N, Kang, H, Shen, H, Zhang, L, Xu, J, Majewski, P & Ma, J 2015, 'Implication of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on polymer/graphene composites', Materials and Design, vol. 65, pp. 690-699. 49 45

Chapters

Year	Output
2015	Ma, J, Meng, Q, Dai, J & Saber, N 2015, 'Fabrication, structure, and properties of graphene platelets', in Ying (Ian) Chen (ed.), Nanotubes and nanosheets: functionalization and applications of boron nitride and other nanomaterials, CRC Press, US, ch. 7, pp. 173-200. Open access
2010	Ma, J, Zhang, L & Dai, J-B 2010, 'Interface modification and characterization', in S Thomas (ed.), Rubber nanocomposites: preparation, properties, and applications, John Wiley and Sons, Singapore; Hoboken, NJ, ch. 4, pp. 87-112.
2010	Ma, J, Zhang, L & Geng, L 2010, 'Manufacturing techniques of rubber nanocomposites', in S Thomas (ed.), Rubber nanocomposites : preparation, properties and applications, John Wiley and Sons, Singapore, pp. 21-62. 8

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2019	Araby, S, Su, X, Meng, Q, Kuan, H-C, Wang, C-H, Mouritz, A, Maged, A & Ma, J 2019, 'Graphene platelets versus phosphorus compounds for elastomeric composites: flame retardancy, mechanical performance and mechanisms', Nanotechnology, vol. 30, no. 38, article no. 385703, pp. 1-35.
2019	Li, Y, Xia, M, An, F, Ma, N, Jiang, X, Zhu, S, Wang, D & Ma, J 2019, 'Superior removal of Hg (II) ions from wastewater using hierarchically porous, functionalized carbon', Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 371, pp. 33-41. 4 2
2019	Luan, R, Xu, D, Pan, H, Zhu, C, Wang, D, Meng, X, Li, Y, Imtiaz, M, Zhu, S & Ma, J 2019, 'High electrochemical cycling performance through accurately inheriting hierarchical porous structure from bagasse', Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 22, pp. 60-67.
2019	Qiu, A, Li, P, Yang, Z, Yao, Y, Lee, I & Ma, J 2019, 'A path beyond metal and silicon: polymer/nanomaterial composites for stretchable strain sensors', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 29, no. 17, article no. 1806306, pp. 1-21. 2 3
2019	Wang, R, Kuan, H-C, Qiu, A, Santa, J & Ma, J 2019, 'A facile approach to the scalable preparation of thermoplastic/carbon nanotube composites', Nanotechnology, unpublished.
2019	Yang, Z, Ma, J, Araby, S, Shi, D, Dong, W, Tang, T & Chen, M 2019, 'High-mass loading electrodes with exceptional areal capacitance and cycling performance through a hierarchical network of MnO₂ nanoflakes and conducting polymer gel', Journal of Power Sources, vol. 412, pp. 655-663. 3 3
2019	Yang, Z, Ma, J, Bai, B, Qiu, A, Losic, D, Shi, D & Chen, M 2019, 'Free-standing PEDOT/polyaniline conductive polymer hydrogel for flexible solid-state supercapacitors', Electrochimica Acta, vol. 322, article no. 134769, pp. 1-9.
2019	Yuan, H, Pan, H, Meng, S, Zhu, C, Liu, S, Chen, Z, Ma, J & Zhu, S 2019, 'Assembly of MnO/CNC/rGO fibers from colloidal liquid crystal for flexible supercapacitors via continuous one-process method', Nanotechnology, vol. 30, no. 46, article no. 465702, pp. 1-10.
2018	Araby, S, Wang, CH, Wu, H, Meng, Q, Kuan, HC, Kim, NK, Mouritz, A & Ma, J 2018, 'Development of flame-retarding elastomeric composites with high mechanical performance', Composites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 109, pp. 257-266. 3 3
2018	Jones, M, Bhat, T, Kandare, E, Thomas, A, Joseph, P, Dekiwadia, C, Yuen, R, John, S, Ma, J & Wang, C-H 2018, 'Thermal degradation and fire properties of fungal mycelium and mycelium - biomass composite materials', Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 1, article no. 17583, pp. 1-10. Open access 1 1 2
2018	Lu, S, Shao, J, Ma, K, Chen, D, Wang, X, Zhang, L, Meng, Q & Ma, J 2018, 'Flexible, mechanically resilient carbon nanotube composite films for high-efficiency electromagnetic interference shielding', Carbon, vol. 136, pp. 387-394. Open access 10 11
2018	Moussa, M, El-Kady, MF, Abdel-Azeim, S, Kaner, RB, Majewski, P & Ma, J 2018, 'Compact, flexible conducting polymer/graphene nanocomposites for supercapacitors of high volumetric energy density', Composites Science and Technology, vol. 160, pp. 50-59. Open access 12 12
2018	Pan, H, Wang, D, Peng, Q, Ma, J, Meng, X, Zhang, Y, Ma, Y, Zhu, S & Zhang, D 2018, 'High-performance microsupercapacitors based on bioinspired graphene microfibers', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 10157-10164. 11 10
2018	Shi, G, Araby, S, Gibson, CT, Meng, Q, Zhu, S & Ma, J 2018, 'Graphene platelets and their polymer composites: fabrication, structure, properties, and applications', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 28, no. 19, article no. 1706705, pp. 1-44. 35 31 1
2018	Wu, H, Araby, S, Xu, J, Kuan, H-C, Wang, C-H, Mouritz, A, Zhuge, Y, Lin, RJ-T, Zong, T & Ma, J 2018, 'Filling natural microtubules with triphenyl phosphate for flame-retarding polymer composites', Composites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 115, pp. 247-254. 4 3
2018	Yang, Z, Qiu, A, Ma, J & Chen, M 2018, 'Conducting α-Fe₂O₃ nanorod/polyaniline/CNT gel framework for high performance anodes towards supercapacitors', Composites Science and Technology, vol. 156, pp. 231-237. 7 5
2017	Alam, A, Kuan, H-C, Zhao, Z, Xu, J & Ma, J 2017, 'Novel polyacrylamide hydrogels by highly conductive, water-processable graphene', Composites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 93, pp. 1-9. Open access 7 6
2017	Alam, A, Zhang, Y, Kuan, H-C, Lee, S-H & Ma, J 2017, 'Polymer composite hydrogels containing carbon nanomaterials: morphology and mechanical and functional performance', Progress in Polymer Science, vol. 77, pp. 1-18. 17 15 1
2017	Araby, S, Li, J, Shi, G, Ma, Z & Ma, J 2017, 'Graphene for flame-retarding elastomeric composite foams having strong interface', Composites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 101, pp. 254-264. Open access 8 8
2017	Fei, X, Lu, T, Ma, J, Zhu, S & Zhang, D 2017, 'A bioinspired poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/silver nanocomposite as a photonic crystal with both optical and thermal responses', Nanoscale, vol. 9, no. 35, pp. 12969-12975. 8 8
2017	Lu, T, Pan, H, Ma, J, Li, Y, Bokhari, SW, Jiang, X, Zhu, S & Zhang, D 2017, 'Cellulose nanocrystals/polyacrylamide composites of high sensitivity and cycling performance to gauge humidity', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 9, no. 21, pp. 18231-18237. 18 17
2017	Lu, T, Pan, H, Ma, J, Li, Y, Zhu, S & Zhang, D 2017, 'Near-infrared trigged stimulus-responsive photonic crystals with hierarchical structures', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 9, no. 39, pp. 34279-34285. 2 2
2017	Meng, Q, Wu, H, Zhao, Z, Araby, S, Lu, S & Ma, J 2017, 'Free-standing, flexible, electrically conductive epoxy/graphene composite films', Composites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 92, pp. 42-50. 25 23
2017	Moussa, M, Shi, G, Wu, H, Zhao, Z, Voelcker, NH, Losic, D & Ma, J 2017, 'Development of flexible supercapacitors using an inexpensive graphene/PEDOT/MnO₂ sponge composite', Materials and Design, vol. 125, pp. 1-10. 23 22
2017	Pan, H, Ma, J, Tao, J & Zhu, S 2017, 'Hierarchical architecture for flexible energy storage', Nanoscale, vol. 9, no. 20, pp. 6686-6694. 6 5 1
2017	Pan, H, Zhu, C, Lu, T, Lin, J, Ma, J, Zhang, D & Zhu, S 2017, 'A chiral smectic structure assembled from nanosheets and nanorods', Chemical Communications. 13 12
2016	Alam, A, Meng, Q, Shi, G, Arabi, S, Ma, J, Zhao, N & Kuan, H-C 2016, 'Electrically conductive, mechanically robust, pH-sensitive graphene/polymer composite hydrogels', Composites Science and Technology, vol. 127, pp. 119-126. 33 33
2016	Araby, S, Qiu, A, Wang, R, Zhao, Z, Wang, C-H & Ma, J 2016, 'Aerogels based on carbon nanomaterials', Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 51, pp. 9157-9189. 26 25
2016	Fei, X, Lu, T, Ma, J, Wang, W, Zhu, S & Zhang, D 2016, 'Bioinspired polymeric photonic crystals for high cycling pH-sensing performance', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 8, no. 40, pp.27091-27098. 13 12
2016	Lou, X, Zhu, C, Pan, H, Ma, J, Zhu, S, Zhang, D & Jiang, X 2016, 'Cost-effective three-dimensional graphene/Ag aerogel composite for high-performance sensing', Electrochimica Acta, vol. 205, pp. 70-76. 23 22
2016	Lu, Y, Liu, J, Hou, G, Ma, J, Wang, W, Wei, F & Zhang, L 2016, 'From nano to giant? Designing carbon nanotubes for rubber reinforcement and their applications for high performance tires', Composites Science and Technology, vol. 137, pp. 94-101. 18 18
2016	Moussa, M, El-Kady, MF, Zhao, Z, Majewski, P & Ma, J 2016, 'Recent progress and performance evaluation for polyaniline/graphene nanocomposites as supercapacitor electrodes', Nanotechnology, vol. 27, no. 44, pp. 1-21. 41 41
2016	Odedairo, T, Ma, J, Chen, J & Zhu, Z 2016, 'Cr-doped La-Ni-O catalysts derived from perovskite precursors for CH4-CO2 reforming under microwave irradiation', Chemical Engineering and Technology, vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 1551-1560. Open access 3 3 1
2016	Odedairo, T, Ma, J, Chen, J, Wang, S & Zhu, Z 2016, 'Influences of doping Cr/Fe/Ta on the performance of Ni/CeO2 catalyst under microwave irradiation in dry reforming of CH4', Journal of Solid State Chemistry, vol. 233, pp. 166-177. 11 10
2016	Shi, G, Zhao, Z, Pai, J-H, Lee, I, Zhang, L, Stevenson, C, Ishara, K, Zhang, R, Zhu, H & Ma, J 2016, 'Highly sensitive, wearable, durable strain sensors and stretchable conductors using graphene/silicon rubber composites', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 26, pp. 7614-7625. Open access 98 99
2016	Wang, Y-X, Xu, Y, Meng, Q, Chou, S-L, Ma, J, Kang, Y-M & Liu, H-K 2016, 'Chemically bonded Sn nanoparticles using the crosslinked epoxy binder for high energy-density Li ion battery', Advanced Materials Interfaces, vol. 3, no. 23, article no. 1600662, pp. 1-7. 7 8
2016	Zhao, Z, Moussa, M, Shi, G, Meng, Q, Wang, R & Ma, J 2016, 'Compressible, electrically conductive, fibre-like, three-dimensional PEDOT-based composite aerogels towards energy storage applications', Composites Science and Technology, vol. 127, pp. 36-46. 12 12
2015	Araby, S, Meng, Q, Zhang, L, Zaman, I, Majewski, P & Ma, J 2015, 'Elastomeric composites based on carbon nanomaterials', Nanotechnology, vol. 25, no. 11, pp. 1-24. 53 53
2015	Araby, S, Saber, N, Ma, X, Kawashima, N, Kang, H, Shen, H, Zhang, L, Xu, J, Majewski, P & Ma, J 2015, 'Implication of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on polymer/graphene composites', Materials and Design, vol. 65, pp. 690-699. 49 45
2015	Kandare, E, Afaghi-Khatibi, A, Soo, S, Wang, R, Ma, J, Olivier, PA, Gleizes, N & Wang, CH 2015, 'Improving the through-thickness thermal and electrical conductivity of carbon fibre/epoxy laminates by exploiting synergy between graphene and silver nano-inclusions', Composites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. , pp. -. 76 63
2015	Li, Y, Meng, Q, Ma, J, Zhu, C, Cui, J, Chen, Z, Guo, Z, Zhang, T, Zhu, S & Zhang, D 2015, 'Bioinspired carbon/SnO2 composite anodes prepared from a photonic hierarchical structure for lithium batteries', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 7, no. 21, pp. 11146-11154. Open access 30 29 1
2015	Lu, T, Zhu, S, Ma, J, Lin, J, Wang, W, Pan, H, Tian, F, Zhang, W & Zhang, D 2015, 'Bioinspired thermoresponsive photonic polymers with hierarchical structures and their unique properties', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, vol. 36, no. 19, pp. 1722-1728. 12 9
2015	Moussa, M, El-Kady, MF, Wang, H, Michimore, A, Zhou, Q, Xu, J, Majewski, P & Ma, J 2015, 'High-performance supercapacitors using graphene/polyaniline composites deposited on kitchen sponge', Nanotechnology, vol. 26, no. 7, article no. 075702. 27 21 7
2015	Moussa, M, Zhao, Z, El-Kady, MF, Liu, H, Michelmore, A, Kawashima, N, Majewski, P & Ma, J 2015, 'Free-standing composite hydrogel films for superior volumetric capacitance', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 3, no. 30, pp. 15668-15674. Open access 41 39
2015	Odedairo, T, Yan, X, Ma, J, Jiao, Y, Yao, X, Du, A & Zhu, Z 2015, 'Nanosheets Co3O4 interleaved with graphene for highly efficient oxygen reduction', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 7, no. 38, pp. 21373-21380. 54 52
2015	Shi, G, Meng, Q, Zhao, Z, Kuan, H-C, Michelmore, A & Ma, J 2015, 'Facile fabrication of graphene membranes with readily tunable structures', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 7, no. 25, pp. 13745-13757. 14 14
2015	Wu, S, Ladani, RB, Zhang, J, Kinloch, AJ, Zhao, Z, Ma, J, Zhang, X, Mouritz, AP, Ghorbani, K & Wang, CH 2015, 'Epoxy nanocomposites containing magnetite-carbon nanofibers aligned using a weak magnetic field', Polymer, vol. 68, pp. 25-34. Open access 47 42
2015	Yao, B, Li, C, Ma, J & Shi, G 2015, 'Porphyrin-based graphene oxide frameworks with ultra-large d-spacings for the electrocatalyzation of oxygen reduction reaction', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 17, no. 29, pp. 19538-19545. 22 23
2015	Yu, Y, Andrade, LD, Fang, L, Ma, J, Zhang, W & Tang, Y 2015, 'Graphene oxide and hyperbranched polymer-toughened hydrogels with improved absorption properties and durability', Journal of Materials Science Letters. 16 18
2015	Zhao, Z, Richardson, GF, Meng, Q, Zhu, S, Kuan, H-C & Ma, J 2015, 'PEDOT-based composites as electrode materials for supercapacitors', Nanotechnology, vol. 27, no. 4, article no. 042001. 44 32 7
2014	Araby, S, Meng, Q, Zhang, L, Kang, H, Majewski, P, Tang, Y & Ma, J 2014, 'Electrically and thermally conductive elastomer/graphene nanocomposites by solution mixing', Polymer, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 201-210. 121 114 3
2014	Li, Y, Zhu, S, Yu, Z, Meng, Q, Liu, Q, Gu, J, Zhang, W, Lu, T, Zhu, C, Guo, Z, Zhang, T, Ma, J & Zhang, D 2014, 'A facile fabrication of Fe3O4/graphene nanosheets for lithium-ion battery', Science of Advanced Materials, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 283-289. 12 12
2014	Liao, Y, Zhu, S, Ma, J, Sun, Z, Yin, C, Zhu, C, Lou, X & Zhang, D 2014, 'Tailoring the morphology of g-C₃N₄ by self-assembly towards high photocatalytic performance', ChemCatChem, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 3419-3425. 66 59
2014	Ma, J, Meng, Q, Zaman, I, Zhu, S, Michelmore, A, Kawashima, N, Wang, CH & Kuan, H-C 2014, 'Development of polymer composites using modified, high-structural integrity graphene platelets', Composites Science and Technology, vol. 91, pp. 82-90. 61 55
2014	Mao, L, Zhu, S, Ma, J, Shi, D, Chen, Z, Yin, C, Li, Y & Zhang, D 2014, 'Superior H2 production by hydrophilic ultrafine Ta 2O5 engineered covalently on graphene', Nanotechnology, vol. 25, no. 21, pp. 1-9. 8 10
2014	Meng, Q, Araby, S, Saber, N & Ma, J 2014, 'From graphene and graphene oxide, to graphene platelets', Australian resources and investment, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 134.
2014	Meng, Q, Araby, S, Saber, N, Kuan, H-C, Dai, J, Luong, L, Ma, J & Wang, CH 2014, 'Toughening polymer adhesives using nanosized elastomeric particles', Journal of Materials Research, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 665-674. Open access 12 11
2014	Meng, Q, Jin, J, Wang, R, Kuan, H-C, Ma, J, Kawashima, N, Michelmore, A, Zhu, S & Wang, CH 2014, 'Processable 3-nm thick graphene platelets of high electrical conductivity and their epoxy composites', Nanotechnology, vol. 25 no. 12, article no. 125707, pp. 1-13. 55 38
2014	Meng, Q, Kuan, H-C, Araby, S, Kawashima, N, Saber, N, Wang, CH & Ma, J 2014, 'Effect of interface modification on PMMA/graphene nanocomposites', Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 49, no. 17, pp. 5838-5849. 9 10
2014	Meng, Q, Wang, CH, Saber, N, Kuan, H-C, Dai, J, Friedrich, K & Ma, J 2014, 'Nanosilica-toughened polymer adhesives', Materials and Design, vol. 61, pp. 75-86. 23 22
2014	Odedairo, T, Ma, J, Gu, Y, Chen, J, Zhao, X & Zhu, Z 2014, 'One-pot synthesis of carbon nanotube-graphene hybrids via syngas production', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 1418-1428. 38 37
2014	Odedairo, T, Ma, J, Gu, Y, Zhou, W, Jin, J, Zhao, X & Zhu, Z 2014, 'A new approach to nanoporous graphene sheets via rapid microwave-induced plasma for energy applications', Nanotechnology, vol. 25, no. 49, pp. 1-10. 18 16
2014	Saber, N, Araby, S, Meng, Q, Hsu, H-Y, Yan, C, Azari, S, Lee, S-H, Xu, Y, Ma, J & Yu, S 2014, 'Superior piezoelectric composite films: taking advantage of carbon nanomaterials', Nanotechnology, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 1-11. 10 6
2014	Saber, N, Meng, Q, Hsu, H-Y, Lee, S-H, Kuan, H-C, Marney, D, Kawashima, N & Ma, J 2014, 'Smart thin-film piezoelectric composite sensors based on high lead zirconate titanate content', Structural Health Monitoring: an international journal, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 214-227. 8 7
2014	Shi, G, Michelmore, A, Jin, J, Lil, L, Chen, Y, Wang, L, Yu, H, Wallace, G, Gambhir, S, Zhu, S, Hojati, TP & Ma, J 2014, 'Advancement in liquid exfoliation of graphite through simultaneously oxidizing and ultrasonicating', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 2 no. 47, pp. 20382-20392. 14 15
2014	Sun, Z, Guo, J, Zhu, S, Ma, J, Liao, Y & Zhang, D 2014, 'High photocatalytic performance by engineering Bi2WO6 nanoneedles onto graphene sheets', RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences, vol. 4, no. 53, pp. 27963-27970. 16 17
2014	Sun, Z, Guo, J, Zhu, S, Mao, L, Ma, J & Zhang, D 2014, 'A high-performance Bi₂WO₆-graphene photocatalyst for visible light-induced H₂ and O₂ generation', Nanoscale, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 2186-2193. 127 123
2014	Zhu, S, Yao, L, Yin, C, Li, Y, Peng, W, Ma, J & Zhang, D 2014, 'Fe2O3/TiO2 photocatalyst of hierarchical structure for H2 production from water under visible light irradiation', Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, vol. 190, pp. 10-16. 29 30 1
2013	Araby, S, Zaman, I, Meng, Q, Kawashima, N, Michelmore, A, Kuan, H-C, Majewski, P, Ma, J & Zhang, L 2013, 'Melt compounding with graphene to develop functional, high-performance elastomers', Nanotechnology, vol. 24 no. 16, article no. 165601, pp. 1-14. 78 62
2013	Araby, S, Zhang, L, Kuan, H-C, Dai, J-B, Majewski, P & Ma, J 2013, 'A novel approach to electrically and thermally conductive elastomers using graphene', Polymer, vol. 54, no. 14, pp. 3663-3670. 81 77
2013	Kang, H, Qiao, B, Wang, R, Wang, Z, Zhang, L, Ma, J & Coates, P 2013, 'Employing a novel bioelastomer to toughen polylactide', Polymer, vol. 54, no. 9, pp. 2450-2458. Open access 66 58
2013	Kuan, H-C, Desari, A, Yu, Z-Z, Ma, J, Mai, Y-W & Ma, C-CM 2013, 'Molecular mobility and mechanical properties of novel clay/waterborne polyurethane nanocomposites', Advanced Science Letters, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 524-528.
2013	Li, F, Lu, Y, Liu, L, Zhang, L, Dai, J & Ma, J 2013, 'Relations between carbon nanotubes' length and their composites' mechanical and functional performance', Polymer, vol. 54, no. 8, pp. 2158-2165. 38 37 1
2013	Li, Y, Zhu, C, Lu, T, Guo, Z, Zhang, D, Ma, J & Zhu, S 2013, 'Simple fabrication of a Fe2O3/carbon composite for use in a high-performance lithium ion battery', Carbon, vol. 52, pp. 565-573. 89 83
2013	Li, Y, Zhu, S, Liu, Q, Chen, Z, Gu, J, Zhu, C, Lu, T, Zhang, D & Ma, J 2013, 'N-doped porous carbon with magnetic particles formed in situ for enhanced Cr(VI) removal', Water Research, vol. 47 no. 12, pp. 4188-4197. 105 100 1
2013	Ma, J, Meng, Q, Michelmore, A, Kawashima, N, Zaman, I, Bengtsson, C & Kuan, H-C 2013, 'Covalently bonded interfaces for polymer/graphene composites', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 1, no. 13, pp. 4255-4264. Open access 101 93
2013	Yang, Q, Zhu, S, Peng, W, Yin, C, Wang, W, Gu, J, Zhang, W, Ma, J, Deng, T, Feng, C & Zhang, D 2013, 'Bioinspired fabrication of hierarchically structured, pH-tunable photonic crystals with unique transition', ACS Nano, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 4911-4918. 70 65
2013	Zhu, S, Guo, J, Dong, J, Cui, Z, Lu, T, Zhu, C, Zhang, D & Ma, J 2013, 'Sonochemical fabrication of Fe3O4 nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide for biosensors', Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 872-880. 87 83
2013	Zhu, S, Zhu, C, Ma, J, Meng, Q, Guo, Z, Yu, Z, Lu, T, Li, Y, Zhang, D & Lau, WM 2013, 'Controlled fabrication of Si nanoparticles on graphene sheets for Li-ion batteries', RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences, vol. 3, no. 17, pp. 6141-6146. 47 48
2012	Wang, R, Ma, J, Zhou, X, Wang, Z, Kang, H, Zhang, L, Hua, K-c & Kulig, J 2012, 'Design and preparation of a novel cross-linkable, high molecular weight, and bio-based elastomer by emulsion polymerization', Macromolecules, vol. 45, no. 17, pp. 6830-6839. 53 48
2012	Wang, Z, Zhang, X, Wang, R, Kang, H, Qiao, B, Ma, J, Zhang, L & Wang, H 2012, 'Synthesis and characterization of novel soybean-oil-based elastomers with favorable processability and tunable properties', Macromolecules, vol. 45, no. 22, pp. 9010-9019. 75 71
2012	Zaman, I, Kuan, H-C, Dai, J, Kawashima, N, Michelmore, A, Sovi, A, Dong, S, Luong, L & Ma, J 2012, 'From carbon nanotubes and silicate layers to graphene platelets for polymer nanocomposites', Nanoscale, vol. 4, no. 15, pp. 4578-4586. Open access 96 88
2012	Zaman, I, Kuan, H-C, Meng, Q, Michelmore, A, Kawashima, N, Pitt, T, Zhang, L, Gouda, S, Luong, L & Ma, J 2012, 'A facile approach to chemically modified graphene and its polymer nanocomposites', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 22, no. 13, pp. 2735-2743. Open access 166 157
2012	Zaman, I, Meng, Q & Ma, J 2012, 'Role of interface of epoxy/clay nanocomposites and its effect on structure-property relationship', Advanced Materials Research, vol. 476-478, pp. 859-862. 1 1
2011	Ma, J, La, LTB, Zaman, I, Meng, Q, Luong, L, Ogilvie, D & Kuan, H-C 2011, 'Fabrication, structure and properties of epoxy/metal nanocomposites', Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, vol. 296, no. 5, pp. 465-474. Open access 36 33
2011	Meng, Q, Zaman, I, Hannam, JR, Kapota, S, Luong, LHS, Youssf, O & Ma, J 2011, 'Improvement of adhesive toughness measurement', Polymer Testing, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 243-250. 22 19
2011	Zaman, I, Le, Q-H, Kuan, H-C, Kawashima, N, Luong, L, Gerson, A & Ma, J 2011, 'Interface-tuned epoxy/clay nanocomposites', Polymer, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 497-504. 61 54
2011	Zaman, I, Thanh Tam, P, Kuan, H-C, Meng, Q, La, LTB, Luong, L, Youssf, O & Ma, J 2011, 'Epoxy/graphene platelets nanocomposites with two levels of interface strength', Polymer, vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 1603-1611. Open access 321 297
2010	Kuan, H-C, Dai, J-B & Ma, J 2010, 'A reactive polymer for toughening epoxy resin', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 115, no. 6, pp. 3265-3272. 37 34
2010	Le, Q-H, Kuan, H-C, Dai, J-B, Zaman, I, Luong, L & Ma, J 2010, 'Structure-property relations of 55nm particle-toughened epoxy', Polymer, vol. 51, no. 21, pp. 4867-4879. Open access 79 68
2009	Dai, J-B, Kuan, H-C, Du, X-S, Dai, S-C & Ma, J 2009, 'Development of a novel toughener for epoxy resins', Polymer International, vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 838-845. 41 34
2009	Mo, M-S, Wang, D, Du, X, Ma, J, Qian, X, Chen, D & Qian, Y 2009, 'Engineering of nanotips in ZnO submicrorods and patterned arrays', Crystal Growth and Design, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 797-802. 16 16
2008	Du, X-S, Wang, G, Ma, J, Mo, M-S & Mai, Y-W 2008, 'Silver nanoparticles, cages and flowers growing on carbon nanosheets', Advanced Materials Research, vol. 32, no. 2008, pp. 5-8.
2008	Du, X-S, Yu, Z, Dasari, A, Ma, J, Mo, M-S, Meng, Y & Mai, Y-W 2008, 'New Method to Prepare Graphite Nanocomposites', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 2066-2068. 105 103
2008	Li, S, Wang, F, Wang, Y, Wang, J, Ma, J & Xiao, J 2008, 'Effect of acid and TETA modifications on mechanical properties for MWCNTs/epoxy composites', Journal of Materials Science Letters, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 2653-2658. 43 42
2008	Ma, J, Mo, M-S, Du, X-S, Rosso, P, Friedrich, K & Kuan, H-C 2008, 'Effect of inorganic nanoparticles on mechanical property, fracture toughness and toughening mechanism of two epoxy systems', Polymer, vol. 49, no. 16, pp. 3510-3523. 176 162
2008	Ma, J, Mo, M-S, du, X-S, Dai, S-R & Luck, I 2008, 'Study of epoxy toughened by in situ formed rubber nanoparticles', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 110, no. 1, pp. 304-312. 66 58
2008	Wang, Y-J, Wang, Y, Tian, M, Zhang, L & Ma, J 2008, 'Influence of prolonging vulcanization on the structure and properties of hard rubber', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 107, pp. 444-454. 5
2008	Yu, S, Hu, H, Ma, J & Yin, J 2008, 'Tribological properties of epoxy/rubber nanocomposites', Tribology International, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 1205-1211. 40 29

Conferences

Year	Output
2013	Araby, S, Maged, A, Zaman, I, Ma, J & Majewski, P 2013, 'A facile approach to fabricate elastomer/graphene platelets nanocomposites', 4th International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, SMN 2013, Spie Digital Library, vol. 8743, article no. 87930S, pp. 1-11. 2
2013	Saber, N, Ma, J, Hsu, HY, Lee, S-H & Marney, D 2013, 'Effect of surface modification of lead zirconate titanate particles on the properties of piezoelectric composite sensors', in J Epaarachchi, A Kin-tak Lau & J Leng (eds), Fourth International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, SPIE, vol. 8793, article no. 879309, pp. 1-8. 2 1

Research

Current research & highlights

Functional polymer nanocomposites of high mechanical performance.

My group has recently synthesized thin graphene platelets, which possess a low Id//Ig ratio of 0.06 in Raman spectra, implying high structural integrity and thus retaining maximum of the striking function and mechanical performance of graphene. Our graphene platelets show a thickness of 3.57±0.50 nm when dispersed in tetrahydrofuran. By compounding with epoxy, the platelets provide a low percolation threshold 0.612 vol% for electrical conductivity; at 0.984 vol%, we have observed a 573 % increase in fracture energy release rate. Please see our publication for details here.

The thickness of graphene platelets was measured as 2.51±0.39 nm by AFM, when they were suspended in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. My group is the first to explore the reaction between the platelets’ epoxide groups and the surfactant end amine groups, which is vital to produce stable graphene colloid. This reaction ha been employed to improve the interface of a polymer nanocomposite. The resulting epoxy nanocomposites demonstrate a lower percolation threshold 0.244 vol% for electrical conductivity; 0.489 vol% platelets have improved the fracture energy release rate from 140.7 to 557.3 kJ/m. Details are available here.

Superior toughened epoxy.

Epoxy resin is a widely used and extremely important material across a range of industries. Epoxy is naturally brittle, which makes it vulnerable to flaws, in particular, microcracks, and thus limits its application. The conventional toughener micro-rubber particles can toughen epoxy efficiently, but it leads to the serious deterioration of modulus and thermal resistance. I have adopted three novel materials to superbly toughen epoxy: nanosilica, nanorubber and polyurea. All of them toughen epoxy significantly without loss of epoxy modulus and thermal property. Representative publications include:

Polymer International 2009 58 838–45
Polymer 2008 49 3510–3523
Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2008 110 304–312 and
Polymer Testing 2007 26 445-450

High-performance elastomer.

I have expertise in developing elastomers with high mechanical strength and high heat-resistance rubber, which are shown in the following publications:

Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2004 25 1692–96
Polymer 2002 43 937–45 and
Macromolecular Rapid Communication 2005 26 830-833

Polymer/clay nanocomposites.

I have developed novel methods to disorderly exfoliated polymer/clay nanocomposites––that produce highly desirable properties in polymer-clay materials. Representative publications include:

Polymer 2003 44 4619–24
Chemistry of Materials 2004 16 757–59 and
Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2004 25 1692–96

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Beijing Computational Science Research Centre	CHINA
Beijing University of Chemical Technology	CHINA
Benha University	EGYPT
Beni-Suef University	EGYPT
Changchun University of Technology	CHINA
China University of Petroleum	CHINA
Chinese Academy of Sciences	CHINA
City University of Hong Kong	HONG KONG
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation)	AUSTRALIA
Curtin University	AUSTRALIA
Deakin University	AUSTRALIA
Donghua University	CHINA
Far East University	TAIWAN
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Fudan University	CHINA
Fujian Normal University	CHINA
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company	UNITED STATES
Graphlex Technology Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Guangdong provincial bioengineering institute	CHINA
Haiteng Coatings Pty Ltd	CHINA
Harbin Institute of Technology	CHINA
Hebei Normal University	CHINA
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	UNITED KINGDOM
Jiangnan University	CHINA
Jilin University	CHINA
Kaiserslautern University of Technology	GERMANY
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	SAUDI ARABIA
Mansoura University	EGYPT
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Nanjing University	CHINA
Nankai University	CHINA
National Tsing Hua University	TAIWAN
Queensland University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	CHINA
Shanghai University	CHINA
Shenyang Aerospace University	CHINA
Shenzhen University	CHINA
South China University of Technology	CHINA
Sunshine Interior Services Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
Suzhou University of Science and Technology	CHINA
Technical University of Denmark	DENMARK
Tianjin University	CHINA
Tsinghua University	CHINA
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia	MALAYSIA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Auckland	NEW ZEALAND
University of Bradford	UNITED KINGDOM
University of California System	UNITED STATES
University of California, Berkeley	UNITED STATES
University of California, Los Angeles	UNITED STATES
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Missouri - St Louis	UNITED STATES
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of Seoul	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Southern Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Toulouse - Jean Jaures	FRANCE
University of Wollongong	AUSTRALIA
Victoria University	AUSTRALIA
Wuhan Institute of Technology	CHINA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Member Certified Materials Professional (CMP) of Materials Australia	2017
Member Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE)	2017
Member American Chemical Society (ACS)	2017

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Engineering Materials
Manufacturing of Advanced Elastomeric Nanocomposites
Fracture Mechanisms of Polymer Nanocomposites
Polymer Nanotechnology

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
A flexible wearable Graphene Platelets/Polymer composite film with excellent sensing performance	Current
Analytic studies on the effects of curing temperature and introducing nanoclays on the properties of portland cement	Current
Carbon nanotubes & grapene with their reinforced polymer composites	Current
Investigation the effect of interface strength on polymer graphene composites	Current
Mechanically strong and electrically conductive MXene-based hydrogels	Current
Novel high-structural integrity yet solution-processable graphene for thermoset nanocomposites	Current
Rubber/nanomaterial composites for stretchable strain sensors	Current
Two-dimensional materials for energy storage systems	Current
Adhesives toughened by nanomaterials	Completed
Development of conducting polymer/graphene composites for electrochemical capacitors	Completed
Elastomer/graphene composites	Completed
Enhanced degradation of persistent organic pollutants by nanoscale zero-valent iron	Completed
From clay to graphene for polymer nanocomposites	Completed
Functional electronic devices based on graphene	Completed
Graphene composite hydrogels based on polyacrylic acid and polyacrylamide	Completed
PEDOT-based composites as electrode materials for flexible supercapacitors	Completed
Preparation of a mechanically strong, flame retarding polymer/microtubule composite	Completed

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