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Book chapters

  1. Duong, HTT; Nguyen, D; Neto, C and Hawkett, BS. Synthesis and applications of polymeric Janus nanoparticles. Book chapter in: Soft, Hard, and Hybrid Janus Structures. Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Applications. ISBN: 978-1-78634-314-7. Editors: Zhiqun Lin and Bo Li. Published by World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd, UK. Chapter 2, pp 31-67, 2018. DOI: 10.1142/9781786343130_0002

Journal articles

2019

  1. O’Reilly, C; Motion, A; and Neto, C. Looking Thru the Nano Lens: Art, Science and Nature. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 27, (7), 23-33, 2019. 
  2. Katselas, A; Motion, A; O’Reilly, C and Neto, C. Chemical Curiosity on Campus: An Undergraduate Project on the Structure and Wettability of Natural Surfaces. Journal of Chemical Education, 96, (9), 1998-2002, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00324
  3. Owais, A; Djerdjev, AM; Hook, JM; Yuen, A; Rowlands, W; White, NG and Neto, C. Host-guest interactions of catechol and 4-ethylcatechol with surface-immobilized blue-box molecules. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7, (20), 12713-12722, 2019. DOI: 10.1039/c9ta00556k
  4. Scarratt, LRJ; Zhu, L and Neto, C. How slippery are SLIPS? Measuring effective slip on lubricated surfaces with colloidal probe atomic force microscopy. Langmuir, 35 (8), 2976-2982, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03767
  5. Colusso, E; Martucci, A and Neto, C. Fabrication of biomimetic micropatterned surfaces by sol-gel dewetting. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 6 (4), 1801629, 2019. DOI: 10.1002/admi.201801629
  6. Tonelli, M; Peppou-Chapman, S; Ridi, F and Neto, C. Effect of pore size, lubricant viscosity, and distribution on the slippery properties of infused cement surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123 (5), 2987-2995, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b11221
  7. Shou, K; Hong, JK; Wood, ES; Hook, JM; Nelson, A; Yin, Y; Andersson, GG; Abate, A; Steiner, U and Neto, C. Ultralow surface energy self-assembled monolayers of iodo-perfluorinated alkanes on silica driven by halogen bonding. Nanoscale, 11 (5), 2401-2411, 2019. DOI: 10.1039/c8nr08195f
  8. Vullers, F; Peppou-Chapman, S; Kavalenka, MN; Holscher, H and Neto, C. Effect of repeated immersions and contamination on plastron stability in superhydrophobic surfaces. Physics of Fluids, 31 (1), 012102, 2019. DOI: 10.1063/1.5064817

2018

  1. Peppou-Chapman, S and Neto, C. Mapping depletion of lubricant films on antibiofouling wrinkled slippery surfaces. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10 (39), 33669-33677, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b11768
  2. Owais, A; Smith-Palmer, T; Gentle, A and Neto, C. Influence of long-range forces and capillarity on the function of underwater superoleophobic wrinkled surfaces. Soft Matter, 14 (32), 6627-6634, 2018. DOI: 10.1039/c8sm00709h
  3. Chiu, M; Wood, JA; Widmer-Cooper, A and Neto, C. Aligned droplet patterns by dewetting of polymer bilayers. Macromolecules, 51 (15), 5485-5493, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00620
  4. Ware, CS; Smith-Palmer, T; Peppou-Chapman, S; Scarratt, LRJ; Humphries, EM; Balzer, D and Neto, C. Marine antifouling behavior of lubricant-infused nanowrinkled polymeric surfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10 (4), 4173-4182, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b14736
  5. Djerdjev, AM; Priyananda, P; Gore, J; Beattie, JK; Neto, C and Hawkett, BS. The mechanism of the spontaneous detonation of ammonium nitrate in reactive grounds. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 6 (10), 281-288, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2017.12.003

2017

  1. Gao, N; Chiu, M and Neto, C. Receding contact line motion on nanopatterned and micropatterned polymer surfaces. Langmuir, 33 (44), 12602-12608, 2017. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03100
  2. Zhu, L; Nguyen, D; Davey, T; Baker, M; Such, C; Hawkett, BS and Neto, C. Mechanical properties of Ropaque hollow nanoparticles. Polymer, 131, 10-16, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.10.030
  3. Telford, AM; Thickett, SC and Neto, C. Functional patterned coatings by thin polymer film dewetting. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 507, 453-469, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.07.004
  4. Scarratt, LRJ; Steiner, U and Neto, C. A review on the mechanical and thermodynamic robustness of superhydrophobic surfaces. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 246, 133-152, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.05.018
  5. Al-Khayat, O; Hong, JK; Beck, DM; Minett, AI and Neto, C. Patterned polymer coatings increase the efficiency of dew harvesting. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9 (15), 13676-13684, 2016. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b16248

2016

  1. Al-Khayat, O; Hong, JK; Geraghty, K and Neto, C. “The good, the bad, and the slippery”: A tale of three solvents in polymer film dewetting. Macromolecules, 49 (17), 6590-6598, 2016. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01579
  2. Rowe, M; Teo, GH; Horne, J; Al-Khayat, O; Neto, C and Thickett, SC. High glass transition temperature fluoropolymers for hydrophobic surface coatings via RAFT copolymerization. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 69 (7), 725-734, 2016. DOI: 10.1071/CH15787
  3. Scarratt, LRJ; Hoatson, BS; Wood, ES; Hawkett, BS and Neto, C. Durable superhydrophobic surfaces via spontaneous wrinkling of Teflon AF. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8 (10), 6743-6750, 2016. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b12165
  4. Telford, AM; Easton, CD; Hawkett, BS and Neto, C. Waterborne, all-polymeric, colloidal ‘raspberry’ particles with controllable hydrophobicity and water droplet adhesion properties. Thin Solid Films, 603, 69-74, 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2016.01.052
  5. Al-Khayat, O; Geraghty, K; Shou, K; Nelson, A and Neto, C. Chain collapse and interfacial slip ofpolystyrene films in good/nonsolvent vapor mixtures. Macromolecules, 49 (4), 1344-1352. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02253
  6. Charrault, E; Lee, T; Easton, CD and Neto, C. Boundary flow on end-grafted PEG brushes. Soft Matter, 12 (6), 1906-1914. DOI: 10.1039/c5sm02546j

2015

  1. Wong, I; Teo, GH; Neto, C and Thickett, SC. Micropatterned surfaces for atmospheric water condensation via controlled radical polymerization and thin film dewetting. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7 (38), 21562-21570, 2015. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06856
  2. Ghezzi, M; Wang, P-Y; Kingshott, P and Neto, C. Guiding the dewetting of thin polymer films by colloidal imprinting. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2 (11), 1500068, 2015. DOI: 10.1002/admi.201500068
  3. Lee, T; Hendy, SC and Neto, C. Control of nanoparticle formation using the constrained dewetting of polymer brushes. Nanoscale, 7 (7), 2894-2899, 2015. DOI: 10.1039/c4nr07412b
  4. Priyananda, P; Djerdjev, AM; Gore, J; Neto, C; Beattie, JK and Hawkett, BS. Premature detonation of an NH4NO3 emulsion in reactive ground. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 283, 314-320, 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.08.070

2014

  1. Ghezzi, M; Thickett, SC; Telford, AM; Easton, CD; Meagher, L and Neto, C. Protein micropattersn by PEG grafting on dewetted PLGA films. Langmuir, 30 (39), 11714-11722, 2014. DOI: 10.1021/la5018592
  2. Lee, T; Charrault, E and Neto, C. Interfacial slip on rough, patterned and soft surfaces: A review of experiments and simulations. Adv. Colloid Interface Sci., 210, 21-38, 2014. DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2014.02.015

2013

  1. Telford, AM; Neto, C and Meagher, L. Robust grafting of PEG-methacrylate brushes from polymeric coatings. Polymer, 54 (21), 5490-5498, 2013. DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.07.077
  2. Telford, AM; Hawkett, BS; Such, C and Neto, C. Mimicking the wettability of the rose petal using self-assembly of waterborne polymer particles. Chemistry of Materials, 25 (17), 3472-3479, 2013. DOI: 10.1021/cm4016386
  3. Telford, AM; Pham, BTT; Neto, C and Hawkett, BS. Micron-sized polymstyrene particles by surfactant-free emulsion polymerization in air: Synthesis and mechanism. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 51 (19), 3997-4002, 2013. DOI: 10.1002/pola.26841
  4. Lee, T; Hendy, SC and Neto, C. Tunable nanopatterns via the constrained dewetting of polymer brushes. Macromolecules, 46 (15), 6326-6335, 2013. DOI: 10.1021/ma400593z
  5. Lim, SK; Perrier, S and Neto, C. Patterned chemisorption of proteins by thin polymer film dewetting. Soft Matter, 9 (9), 2598-2602, 2013. DOI: 10.1039/c3sm27241a

2012

  1. Thickett, SC; Moses, J; Gamble, JR and Neto, C. Micropatterned substrates made by polymer bilayer dewetting and collagen nanoscle assembly support endothelial cell adhesion. Soft Matter, 8 (39), 9996-10007, 2012. DOI: 10.1039/c2sm26557e
  2. Telford, AM; Meagher, L; Glattauer, V; Gengenbach, TR; Easton, CD and Neto, C. Micropatterning of polymer brushes: Grafting from dewetting polymer films for biological applications. Biomacromolecules, 13 (9), 2989-2996, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/bm3010534
  3. Lee, T; Hendy, SC and Neto, C. Interfacial flow of simple liquids on polymer brushes: Effect of solvent quality and grafting density. Macromolecules, 45 (15), 6241-6252, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/ma300880y
  4. Ghezzi, M; Thickett, SC and Neto, C. Early and intermediate stages of guided dewetting in polystyrene thin films. Langmuir, 28 (27), 10147-10151, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/la301773h
  5. Zhu, L; Attard, P and Neto, C. Reconciling slip measurements in symmetric and asymmetric systems. Langmuir, 28 (20), 7768-7774, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/la301040d
  6. Zhu, L; Neto, C and Attard, P. Reliable measurements of interfacial slip by colloid probe atomic force microscopy. III. Shear-rate-dependent slip. Langmuir, 28 (7), 3465-3473, 2012. DOI: 10.1021/la204566h

2011

  1. Telford, AM; Thickett, SC; James, M and Neto, C. Competition between dewetting and cross-linking in poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)/polystyrene biolayer films. Langmuir, 27 (23), 14207-14217, 2011. DOI: 10.1021/la2029577
  2. Thickett, SC; Neto, C and Harris, AT. Biomimetic surface coatings for atmospheric water capture prepared by dewetting of polymer films. Advanced Materials, 23 (32), 3718-3722, 2011. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201100290
  3. Zhu, L; Attard, P and Neto, C. Reliable measurements of interfacial slip by colloid probe atomic force microscopy. I. Mathematical modeling. Langmuir, 27 (11), 6701-6711, 2011. DOI: 10.1021/la2007809
  4. Zhu, L; Attard, P and Neto, C. Reliable measurements of interfacial slip by colloid probe atomic force microscopy. II. Hydrodynamic force measurements. Langmuir, 27 (11), 6712-6719, 2011. DOI: 10.1021/la104597d

2010

  1. Willmott, GR; Neto, C and Hendy, SC. Uptake of water droplets by non-wetting capillaries. Soft Matter, 7 (6), 2165-3024, 2011. DOI: 10.1039/c0sm00574f
  2. Thickett, SC; Harris, A and Neto, C. Interplay between dewetting and layer inversion in poly(4-vinylpyridine)/polystyrene bilayers. Langmuir, 26 (20), 15989-15999, 2010. DOI: 10.1021/la103078k
  3. Telford, AM; James, M; Meagher, L and Neto, C. Thermally cross-linked PNVP films as antifouling coatings for biomedical applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2 (8), 2399-2408, 2010. DOI: 10.1021/am100406j
  4. Willmott, GR; Neto, C and Hendy, SC. An experimental study of interactions between droplets and a nonwetting microfluidic capillary. Faraday Discussions, 146, 233-245, 2010. DOI: 10.1039/b925588e
  5. Joseph, KR and Neto, C. On the superhydrophobic properties of crystallized stearic acid. Aust. J. Chem., 63 (3), 525-528, 2010. DOI: 10.1071/CH09292
  6. Martelli, C; Canning, J; Khoury, T; Skivesen, N; Kristensen, M; Huyang, G; Jensen, P; Neto, C; Sum, TJ; Hovgaard, MB; Gibson, BC and Crossley, MJ. Self-assembled porphyrin microrods and observation of structure-induced iridescence. J. Mater. Chem., 20 (12), 2310-2316, 2010. DOI: 10.1039/b917695k
  7. Sriprom, W; Neto, C and Perrier, S. Rapid photochromic nanopatterns from block copolymers. [[Soft Matter, 6 (5), 909-914, 2010. DOI; 10.1039/b920133e

2009

  1. Huyang, G; Canning, J; Gibson, BC; Khoury, T; Sum, TJ; Neto, C and Crossley, MJ. Focused ion beam processing and engineering of devices in self-assembled supramolecular structures. Nanotechnology, 20 (48), 485301 (6pp), 2009. DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/48/485301
  2. Neto, C; Joseph, KR and Brant, WR. On the superhydrophobic properties of nickel nanocarpets. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11 (41), 9537-9544, 2009. DOI: 10.1039/b909899b
  3. Sriprom, W; James, M; Perrier, S and Neto, C. Ordered microphase separation in thin films of PMMA-PBA synthesized by RAFT: Effect of block polydispersity. Macromolecules, 42 (8), 3138-3146, 2009. DOI: 10.1021/ma9004428
  4. Neto, C; James, M and Telford, AM. On the composition of the top layer of microphase separated thin PS-PEO films. Macromolecules, 42 (13), 4801-4808, 2009. DOI: 10.1021/ma900690e

Conferences

  1. Badiola, K., Bartimote-Aufflick, K., Bridgeman, A., George, A., Hudson, T., Neto, C., Schmid, S. (2013). Using Interactive Lecture Demonstrations to Invigorate Chemistry Lectures. 19th Annual UniServe Science Conference: Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (ACSME), The University of Sydney: Uniserve Science.
  2. Telford, A., Neto, C. (2009). Conformal nanometric surface patterning using polymer film dewetting. Future – Science of Today, Radical Polymerization – The Next Stage Conference, N/A: N/A.
  3. Neto, C. (2009). Flow and stability of liquid films (Invited talk). National Measurements Institute Workshop on SPM.
  4. Canning, J., Gibson, B., Huyang, G., Khoury, T., Sum, A., Neto, C., Crossley, M. (2009). Ion beam engineering of photonic components in organic supramolecular structures. Sir Mark Oliphant Conference, Melbourne, Australia: Swinburne University of Technology.
  5. Neto, C. (2009). Liquid flow in confined geometries: AFM measurements of interfacial slip (Invited talk). ANZ First Microfluidics Meeting.
  6. Neto, C. (2009). Nanoscale studies of the flow and stability of liquid films (Invited talk). NZ Nano and Microfluidics Workshop.
  7. Canning, J., Gibson, B., Huyang, G., Khoury, T., Sum, T., Neto, C., Crossley, M. (2009). Post-Processing of Self-Assembled Supramolecular Structures. Australasian Conf on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and Australian Conf on Optical Fibre Technology with the Int Workshop on Dissipative Solitons (ACOLS ACOFT DS2009), Australia: Australian Optical Society.
  8. Neto, C. (2009). Surface patterning through self-assembly in thin polymer films (Invited talk). Industrial Research Limited.
  9. Joseph, K., Neto, C. (2009). Surface pattterning and structuring through self-assembly of nanowires. The Biennial Australian Colloid and Interface Symposium and the 10th Australia-Japan Colloid and interface Science Symposium.
  10. Neto, C. (2006). Micropatterning of proteins using dewetting. 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology – ICONN2006, Brisbane, Australia: No Publisher – CD-ROM only.