Rick Fabretto received his honours degree in physics from Flinders University in 1988, after which he spent 10 years in private industry as an instrumentation physicist for a large multinational associated with the mining sector. He worked on numerous international projects involving companies in Australia, India, Africa, and South America. In 2004 he received his PhD (minerals and materials) from the Ian Wark Research Institute at the University of South Australia. He joined UniSA in 2004 and is currently a Research Fellow within the Future Industries Institute working in the Energy and Advanced Manufacturing strand with a special interest in inherently conducting and electroactive polymers, and thin film deposition, for use in... Read more
About me
Rick Fabretto received his honours degree in physics from Flinders University in 1988, after which he spent 10 years in private industry as an instrumentation physicist for a large multinational associated with the mining sector. He worked on numerous international projects involving companies in Australia, India, Africa, and South America. In 2004 he received his PhD (minerals and materials) from the Ian Wark Research Institute at the University of South Australia. He joined UniSA in 2004 and is currently a Research Fellow within the Future Industries Institute working in the Energy and Advanced Manufacturing strand with a special interest in inherently conducting and electroactive polymers, and thin film deposition, for use in electrochromic and energy related devices. The work focuses on both fundamental issues connected with polymer synthesis, structure and performance, as well as maintaining a strong applied interest which is conducive with the needs of commercialisation within the private sector. His work has resulted in the filing of 3 PCT patent applications and numerous publications since joining UniSA.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Science Flinders University
Bachelor of Education University of South Australia
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Materials Engineering Solutions for Tomorrow's Water Resources, ARC - Linkage Project, 30/11/2010 - 31/03/2015
Innovation voucher programs, Innovation Voucher Program (DSD), 21/06/2013 - 31/12/2014
Plastic mirror - coating development (c1-48), CRC for Advanced Automotive Technology Ltd, 03/05/2010 - 01/06/2012
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
14
12
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| 2018 |
Open access
2
1
4
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| 2018 |
Open access
4
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| 2017 |
Open access
45
40
3
|
| 2016 |
Open access
8
7
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| 2016 |
Open access
6
6
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| 2015 |
Open access
11
9
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| 2015 |
Open access
16
12
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| 2015 |
Open access
4
|
| 2015 |
22
19
|
| 2014 |
Open access
12
14
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| 2014 |
Open access
19
19
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| 2014 |
Open access
390
388
73
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| 2014 |
Open access
21
22
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| 2014 |
Open access
2
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| 2014 |
Open access
23
22
|
| 2013 |
Open access
37
37
1
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| 2013 |
Open access
13
12
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| 2013 |
Open access
30
28
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| 2013 |
22
22
|
| 2013 |
Open access
97
82
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| 2013 |
16
16
1
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| 2012 |
Open access
57
52
1
|
| 2012 |
Open access
139
133
2
|
| 2012 |
53
58
|
| 2011 |
25
22
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| 2011 |
37
33
|
| 2010 |
34
33
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| 2009 |
32
34
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| 2009 |
62
58
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| 2008 |
25
22
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| 2008 |
Open access
14
14
|
| 2008 |
58
56
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| 2008 |
57
56
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Research
Research
| Details | Registry | Status |
|---|---|---|
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Polymer electrolytes and devices containing them Wallace, Gordon G; Innis, Peter C; Deasi, Satyen; Shepherd, Roderick; Fabretto, Manrico; Edwards, Scott |
EP | Granted |
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Processes for producing electrochromic substrates and electrochromic articles made therefrom Edwards, Scott A; Fabretto, Rick; Hall, Colin; Innis, Charles Peter; Mazurkiewicz, Jakub Henryk; Murphy, Peter J; Wallace, Gordon George; Zuber, Kamil |
AU | Granted |
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Processes for producing electrochromic substrates and electrochromic articles made therefrom Mazurkiewicz, Jakub Henryk; Wallace, Gordon George; Innis, Charles Peter; Edwards, Scott A; Murphy, Peter J; Hall, Colin; Fabretto, Rick; Zuber, Kamil |
EP | Filed |
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Processes for producing electrochromic substrates and electrochromic articles made therefrom Mazurkiewicz, Jakub Henryk; Wallace, Gordon George; Innis, Charles Peter; Edwards, Scott A; Murphy, Peter J; Hall, Colin; Fabretto, Rick; Zuber, Kamil |
US | Granted |
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Processes for producing electrochromic substrates and electrochromic articles made therefrom Mazurkiewicz, Jakub Henryk; Wallace, Gordon George; Innis, Charles Peter; Edwards, Scott; Murphy, Peter; Hall, Colin; Fabretto, Manrico; Zuber, Kamil |
WO | Filed |
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Structure directed vapour phase polymerisation of conductive polymers Fabretto, Rick; Evans, Drew Raymond; Muller, Michael |
US | Granted |
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Structure directed vapour phase polymerisation of conductive polymers Fabretto, Manrico; Evans, Drew Raymond; Muller, Michael |
WO | Filed |
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Australian Water Quality Centre | AUSTRALIA |
| Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Defence Science and Technology Group | AUSTRALIA |
| EMPA | SWITZERLAND |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Free University of Brussels | BELGIUM |
| Leybold Optics | GERMANY |
| Linköping University | SWEDEN |
| Mines ParisTech | FRANCE |
| Norwegian University of Science and Technology | NORWAY |
| PMB Defence Engineering | AUSTRALIA |
| Reutlingen University | GERMANY |
| SA Water Corporation | AUSTRALIA |
| Schefenacker Vision Systems Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Schefenacker Vision Systems Australia Pty Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
| SMR Automotive Australia Pty Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
| Swinburne University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
| Technical University of Denmark | DENMARK |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Bath | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Mons | BELGIUM |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Invited presentation and session chair2nd International Congress on Advanced Materials, Zhenjiang, China |
2013 |
Invited presentationPrinted Electronics and Photovoltaics, Santa Clara, USA |
2012 |
Prior to joining UniSA Rick taught physics, general science and maths at Blackfriers Priory school and Sacred Heart Senior College. Since joining UniSA he has lectured, demonstrated and tutored in materials science and engineering
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Fabrication of layered ternary silicon-based composite film anodes using physical vapor deposition technique for Li-ion batteries | Current |
| Template assisted carbon based porous materials for environmental and energy applications | Current |
| Novel approaches in photoelectrode design for dye-sensitised solar cells | Completed |
| Organic electrochromic devices for adaptive military camouflage | Completed |
