The Sonochemistry Research Team at Melbourne performs cutting edge research in the areas of ultrasonics and sonochemistry. The team works on the fundamental aspects of acoustic cavitation and has been developing applied projects that benefit the community.
Key Research Areas
- Synthesis of Nanomaterials, Microspheres, Photocatalysts and Polymers for Catalytic and Drug/Flavour Delivery Applications.
- Ultrasonic Processing of Food and Dairy Ingredients for Enhancing Their Functional Properties
- Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Aqueous Environment (Wastewater Treatment)
- Single and Multibubble Sonoluminescence
Staff, students and visitors (December 2010)
Front row – from left
Jayani (Postdoc), Leena (PhD), Beena (PhD)
Ashok (Group Leader), Christine (Hons),
Franz (Group Leader), Sadia (Hons),
Chang (399-Project student)
Back row – from left
Francesca (International visitor), Andrew (Hon), Apple (PhD), Sioe See (Technical officer), Eric (Project student),
Tom (PhD), Younggyu (International visitor),
Neppolian (Postdoc), Meifang (Postdoc)