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Dr Bill Richmond

Senior Lecturer in Nanotechnology

Job Description / Background

BSc (Nanotechnology) Course Coordinator

Fields of Interest

Materials chemistry, including nanoparticle synthesis, morphology control and the chemistry of iron oxides.

Research Activities

Biography

BSc (Hons) in Chemistry awarded by UWA in 1988
PhD (Chemistry) awarded by UWA in 1993
1993 - 1994 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Laboratory of Colloidal Organic Systems, Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France.
1994 – 1996 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering,University of Western Australia
1996 – 1999 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, AJ Parker CRC for Hydrometallurgy, Curtin University of Technology
1999 – 2001 Research Chemist, Cancer Research Institute (W.A.) and Sirtex Medical Ltd.
2001- 2005, Senior Research Fellow, Nanochemistry Research Institute and AJ Parker CRC for Hydrometallurgy, Curtin University of Technology
2005- present, Senior Lecturer, Nanotechnology, Curtin University of Technology

Selected Publications

On the Crystal Growth of Nanoscale Schwertmannite.” M. Loan, W. R. Richmond and G. M. Parkinson, J. Crystal Growth, 2005, 275, e1875-e1881.
“Zinc sulfide as a solid phase additive for improving the processing characteristics of ferrihydrite residues” William R. Richmond, Mitch Loan, Mike Newman and Gordon M. Parkinson, Hydrometallurgy, 2005, 78, 172-179.
“Linking Additive Structures to Nanoparticle Properties” Gordon M. Parkinson, Franca Jones, Mark I. Ogden, Allan Oliveira, Manijeh Reyhani, William R. Richmond, and Andrew L. Rohl, Journal of Metastable and Nanocrystalline Materials, 2005, 23, 51-54.
“The effect of zinc sulphide on phase transformations of ferrihydrite.” M. Loan, G. M. Parkinson and W. R. Richmond, Am Mineral, 2005 90. 258-261.
"A new iron oxyhydroxide phase: The molybdate-based analogue of akaganeite” Chem. Mater., 2004, 16, 3203-3205.
“Arsenic Removal from Aqueous Solution via Ferrihydrite Crystallization Control.” W. R. Richmond, M. Loan, J. Morton and G. M. Parkinson, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38, 2368-2372.
“Solid-State Models of Ion Solvation - Crystal Structures of Dimethyl Sulfoxide Solvates of Alkaline Earth Cations.” J. M. Harrowfield, W. R. Richmond, B. W. Skelton and A. H. White, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2004, 227-230.
“The Effect of Phosphonate-Based Growth Modifiers on the Morphology of Hematite Nanoparticles Formed via Acid Hydrolysis of Ferric Chloride Solutions.”, F. Jones, M. I. Ogden, G. M. Parkinson and W. R. Richmond, Cryst. Eng. Comm. 2003, 5(30), 159-163.
"Complexation of the t-butyl-Calix[4]arene Monoanion with Alkali Metal Cations in Polar Non-Aqueous Solvents : Experimental and Theoretical Studies", R. Abidi, M. V. Baker, J. M. Harrowfield, D. S-C. Ho, W. R. Richmond, B. W. Skelton, A. H. White, A. Varnek and G.Wipff., Inorganica Chimica Acta,246, 1996, 275-286.
"Synthesis of Sm-Co Alloys by Mechanochemical Reduction", W. R. Richmond, W. F. Miao and P. G. McCormick, Light Metals, (Warrendale Pennsylvania) 1996, 1103-1109.
"Metal Extraction in Micellar Media: A Comparison of Copper Complexation and Ultrafiltration Yield of Two Isomeric (2'-Hydroxy-5'-alkylphenyl)1-alkanone Oximes.", W. Richmond, C. Tondre, E. Krzyzanowska and J. Szymanowski, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1995, 91, 657.
"Alkali Metal Complexes of the Calixarenes. Part 2. Caesium Bonding in Calix[4]arene Systems.", R. Assmus, V. Bohmer, J. M. Harrowfield, M. I. Ogden, W. R. Richmond, B. W. Skelton and A. H. White, J. Chem Soc., Dalton Trans., 1993, 2427.
"Calixarene-Cupped Caesium—A Coordination Conundrum ?" J. M. Harrowfield, M. I. Ogden, W. R. Richmond and A. White, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1991, 1159