Professor Michael Cortie

Director, Institute for Nanoscale Technology
Professor, School of Physics and Advanced Materials
Core Member, Institute for Nanoscale Technology
Associate Member, CIMS Research Strength
Member, Research Centre for Clean Energy Technology

BSc (Wits), ME (UP), PhD (Wits)

Member, Institution of Engineers, Australia

Email: Michael.Cortie@uts.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9514 2208
Fax: +61 2 9514 2332
Room: CB01.11.12 (map)
Mailing address: PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia

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Biography

Mike Cortie is the Director of the Institute for Nanoscale Technology at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), in Australia.

Mike Cortie was born and educated in South Africa. He has a BSc(Eng) degree in Physical Metallurgy, a Masters degree on the corrosion of zirconium and a PhD degree, on metal fatigue and fracture mechanics (awarded 1987).

After a stint at South Africa's Atomic Energy Corporation and at Pylon Engineering, a gear-cutting works, Mike joined Mintek, a minerals and metals research organisation. Mike headed the Physical Metallurgy Division of Mintek between 1997 and 2002. The Division consulted widely to South African and international industry and generated the major portion of its funds from foreign contract research. He relocated to Australia and joined UTS in July 2002.

Mike's current research interest is nanotechnology, and in particular the applications of precious metals in nanotechnology. The synthesis or fabrication of precious metal nanostructures of various shapes and compositions, and their optical properties is a strong theme. The use of gold-based shape memory alloys as opto-mechanical actuators is also currently being investigated. Many of these activities fall into the field of ‘plasmonics’ and the study of the electric field distributions around these structures is an important dimension to the research at UTS.

Mike also does applied research for industrial clients and currently has a PhD project running on the synthesis of zinc oxide, an important industrial chemical, and another on sensors for measuring the concentration of hydrogen peroxide.

Previous research activities included research on ferritic and nickel-substituted stainless steels, on intermetallic compounds with the C1 (CF12) and B2/L21 crystal structures, on X-ray diffraction and crystallographic texture of bcc and fcc alloys, on cellular automata and the simulation of metal solidification, cracking and solid state transformations, on explosive interactions between molten metal and water, on displacive transformations in Pt-containing alloys and compounds. He has also been active outside of the materials arena, and has made contributions to the mathematical modelling and graphics rendering of mollusc shells, and the science education of children.

Teaching areas

Chemistry for Engineering students
Materials Engineering
Nanomaterials
Advanced Nanomaterials

Research

Research interests

Michael Cortie’s research is directed at the use of metals in nanoscale technology and in nanomaterials in general. Oxidation and other surface phenomena become an important issue at the nanoscale. One of the solutions is to use noble elements such as gold or silver for nanodevices that need to be metallic, and in this way control the surface properties. In addition, the use of these elements opens up the possibility of exploiting novel optical functionalities, in particular plasmon resonances, and the study of these resonances is a second important theme in Mike’s research. Overall, the work is aimed at the synthesis and/or fabrication of various nanoscale devices, and their eventual exploitation for various technological purposes.

Mike also has an interest in intermetallic compounds, shape memory alloys, precious metal alloys, the stainless steels and the semi-conducting metal oxides. Many of the properties of these substances are controlled by phenomena that occur at the nanoscale.

Research supervision: Yes

Projects

Selected Peer-Assessed Projects

Australian Synchrotron Access Program

Quest for zero optical loss

Development of new methods for the synthesis of plasmonically-active precious metal rods and shells

Shape-memory alloy actuators for nanoscale opto-mechanical applications

Optically-selective window coatings of precious metal nanoparticles

Self-assembled surface arrays of mesoscale plasmonic devices for switchable control of coloured surfaces

Exploiting the properties of gold nanoparticles for nanolithography using visible wavelengths

Investigation of residual stress distribution in mollusc shells

Publications

Book Chapters

Blaber, M.G., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2010, 'The Physics and Optical Properties of Gold' in Christopher Corti, Richard Holliday (eds), Gold Science and Applications, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 13-30.
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Cortie, M.B. & McDonagh, A.M. 2009, 'Nanoscience of gold and gold surfaces' in F. Mohr (ed), gold chemistry: applications and future directions in the life sciences, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp. 321-355.
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Muir, J.G., Masens, C.D., Tomkin, D.F. & Cortie, M.B. 2004, 'The NanohouseTM - An Australian initiative for the future of energy efficient housing' in PJM Bartos et al (ed), Nanotechnology in Construction, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, pp. 291-304.
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Journal Articles

Bosman, M., Anstis, G.R., Keast, V.J., Clarke, J. & Cortie, M.B. 2012, 'Light Splitting In Nanoporous Gold And Silver', Acs Nano, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 319-326.
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Cortie, M.B., Liu, F., Arnold, M.D. & Niidome, Y. 2012, 'Multimode Resonances In Silver Nanocuboids', Langmuir, vol. 28, no. 24, pp. 9103-9112.
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Edgar, J.A., McDonagh, A.M. & Cortie, M.B. 2012, 'Formation Of Gold Nanorods By A Stochastic 'Popcorn' Mechanism', ACS Nano, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 1116-1125.
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Lucey, T.J., Wuhrer, R., Moran, K., Reid, M., Huggett, P.G. & Cortie, M.B. 2012, 'Interfacial Reactions In White Iron/steel Composites', Journal of Materials Processing Technology, vol. 212, no. 11, pp. 2349-2357.
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Moezzi, A., McDonagh, A.M. & Cortie, M.B. 2012, 'Zinc Oxide Particles: Synthesis, Properties And Applications', Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 185, pp. 1-22.
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Porkovich, A., Arnold, M.D., Kouzmina, G., Hingley, B. & Cortie, M.B. 2012, 'Calorimetric Sensor For H2O2/H2O Mist Streams', Ieee Sensors Journal, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 2392-2398.
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Stokes, N.L., Cortie, M.B., Davis, T. & McDonagh, A.M. 2012, 'Plasmon Resonances In V-Shaped Gold Nanostructures', Plasmonics, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 235-243.
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Bhatia, V.K., Kealley, C.S., Prior, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2011, 'Martensite Destabilization In Au(7)Cu(5)Al(4) Shape-Memory Alloy', Acta Materialia, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 2193-2200.
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Cortie, M.B., Kealley, C.S., Bhatia, V.K., Thorogood, G., Elcombe, M. & Avdeev, M. 2011, 'High Temperature Transformations Of The Au(7)Cu(5)Al(4) Shape-Memory Alloy', Journal Of Alloys And Compounds, vol. 509, no. 8, pp. 3502-3508.
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Cortie, M.B. & McDonagh, A.M. 2011, 'Synthesis and optical properties of hybrid and alloy plasmonic nanoparticles', Chemical Reviews, vol. 111, no. 6, pp. 3713-3735.
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Cortie, M.B., Xiao, L.H., Erdei, L., Kealley, C.S., Dowd, A.R., Kimpton, J.A. & McDonagh, A.M. 2011, 'Thermal Stability of (KxNayH1-x-y)2Ti6O13 Nanofibers', European Journal Of Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 2011, no. 33, pp. 5087-5095.
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Cortie, M.B. 2011, 'Thin films of AuCuAl shape memory alloy for use in plasmonic nano-actuators', Proceedings MRS Fall Meeting, Materials Research Society, vol. 1295.
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Keast, V.J., Birt, K., Koch, C., Supansomboon, S. & Cortie, M.B. 2011, 'The role of plasmons and interband transitions in the color of AuAl2 AuIn2 AuGa2', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 99, no. 11, pp. 111908-1-111908-3.
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Lin, Z., Li, Y., Zhu, J., Wang, X., Dou, S.X., Guo, Y., Lei, G., Wang, Y., Phillips, M.R., Cortie, M.B., Li, Y., Choi, K. & Shi, X. 2011, 'Visualization Of Vortex Motion In Feas-Based Bafe(1.9)Ni(0.1)As(2) Single Crystal By Means Of Magneto-Optical Imaging', Journal Of Applied Physics, vol. 109, no. 7, pp. 0-0.
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Moezzi, A., Cortie, M.B. & McDonagh, A.M. 2011, 'Aqueous pathways for the formation of zinc oxide nanoparticles', Dalton Transactions, vol. 40, no. 18, pp. 4871-4878.
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Pissuwan, D., Niidome, T. & Cortie, M.B. 2011, 'The forthcoming applications of gold nanoparticles in drug and gene delivery systems', Journal of Controlled Release, vol. 149, no. 1 Special Issue, pp. 65-71.
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Porkovich, A., Arnold, M.D., Kouzmina, G., Hingley, B., Dowd, A.R. & Cortie, M.B. 2011, 'Calorimetric sensor for use in hydrogen peroxide aqueous solutions', Sensor Letters, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 695-697.
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Cortie, M.B., Giddings, J.A. & Dowd, A.R. 2010, 'Optical Properties And Plasmon Resonances Of Titanium Nitride Nanostructures', Nanotechnology, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 1-8.
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Coutts, M.J., Zareie, H.M., Cortie, M.B., Phillips, M.R., Wuhrer, R. & McDonagh, A.M. 2010, 'Exploiting Zinc Oxide Re-Emission To Fabricate Periodic Arrays', ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 1774-1779.
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Kealley, C.S., Arnold, M.D., Porkovich, A. & Cortie, M.B. 2010, 'Sensors based on monochromatic interrogation of a localised surface plasmon resonance', Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 148, no. 1, pp. 34-40.
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Kealley, C.S. & Cortie, M.B. 2010, 'A Computational Exploration Of The Color Gamut Of Nanoscale Hollow Scalene Ellipsoids Of Ag And Au', Plasmonics, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 37-43.
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Stokes, N.L., Edgar, J.A., McDonagh, A.M. & Cortie, M.B. 2010, 'Spectrally selective coatings of gold nanorods on architectural glass', Journal of nanoparticle Research, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 2821-2830.
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Bai, H., Cortie, M.B., Maaroof, A.I., Dowd, A.R., Kealley, C.S. & Smith, G.B. 2009, 'The preparation of a plasmonically resonant VO2 thermochromic pigment', Nanotechnology, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 1-9.
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Bhatia, V.K., Kealley, C.S., Wuhrer, R., Wallwork, K. & Cortie, M.B. 2009, 'Ternary Beta And Gamma Phases In The Al-Au-Cu System At 750 Degrees C', Journal Of Alloys And Compounds, vol. 488, no. 1, pp. 100-107.
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Bhatia, V.K., Levey, F.C., Kealley, C.S., Dowd, A.R. & Cortie, M.B. 2009, 'The aluminium-copper-gold ternary system', Gold Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 201-208.
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Cortie, M.B., Stokes, N.L. & McDonagh, A.M. 2009, 'Plasmon resonance and electric field amplification of crossed gold nanorods', Photonics and Nanostructures: Fundamentals and Applications, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 143-152.
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Coutts, M.J., Cortie, M.B., Ford, M.J. & McDonagh, A.M. 2009, 'Rapid and Controllable Sintering of Gold Nanoparticle Inks at Room Temperature Using a Chemical Agent', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 113, no. 4, pp. 1325-1328.
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Kealley, C.S., Cortie, M.B., Maaroof, A.I. & Xu, X. 2009, 'The versatile colour gamut of coatings of plasmonic metal nanoparticles', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 11, no. 28, pp. 5897-5902.
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Maaroof, A.I., Cortie, M.B., Harris, N. & Wieczorek, L. 2009, 'Mie and Bragg plasmons in subwavelength silver semi-shells', Small, vol. 4, no. 12, pp. 2292-2299.
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Pissuwan, D., Valenzuela, S., Miller, C.M., Killingsworth, M.C. & Cortie, M.B. 2009, 'Destruction and Control of Toxoplasma gondii Tachyzoites Using Gold Nanosphere / Antibody Conjugates', Small, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 1030-1034.
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Pissuwan, D., Valenzuela, S. & Cortie, M.B. 2009, 'Prospects for Gold Nanorod Particles in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications', Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering Reviews, vol. 25, pp. 93-112.
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Ford, M.J., Hoft, R.C., McDonagh, A.M. & Cortie, M.B. 2008, 'Rectification in Donor-Acceptor Molecular Junctions', Journal Of Physics: Condensed Matter, vol. 20, no. 37, pp. 1-8.
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Harris, N., Ford, M.J., Mulvaney, P.C. & Cortie, M.B. 2008, 'Tunable infrared absorption by metal nanoparticles: The case for gold rods and shells', Gold Bulletin, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 5-14.
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Hoft, R.C., Ford, M.J., Garcia-Suarez, V.M., Lambert, C.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2008, 'The effect of stretching thiyl and ethynyl-Au molecular junctions', Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 1-9.
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Smith, G.B., Maaroof, A.I. & Cortie, M.B. 2008, 'Percolation in nanoporous gold and the principle of universality for two-dimensional to hyperdimensional networks', Physical Review B, vol. 78, no. 16 165418-11.
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Stokes, N.L., McDonagh, A.M. & Cortie, M.B. 2008, 'Preparation of Nanoscale Gold Structures by Nanolithography', Gold Bulletin, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 310-320.
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Supansomboon, S., Maaroof, A.I. & Cortie, M.B. 2008, '"Purple glory": The optical properties and technology of AuAl2 coatings', Gold Bulletin, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 296-304.
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Zareie, H.M., Morgan, S.W., Moghaddam, M., Maaroof, A.I., Cortie, M.B. & Phillips, M.R. 2008, 'Nanocapacitive circuit elements', ACS Nano, vol. 2, no. 8, pp. 1615-1619.
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Armstrong, N.G., Hoft, R.C., McDonagh, A.M., Cortie, M.B. & Ford, M.J. 2007, 'Exploring The Performance Of Molecular Rectifiers Limitations And Factors Affecting Molecular Rectification', Nano Letters, vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 3018-3022.
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Bhargava, A. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Prospects for light-activated nano-devices based on shape-memory polymers', Journal of Nanophotonics, vol. 1, pp. 1-13.
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Blaber, M.G., Arnold, M.D., Harris, N., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Plasmon Absorption In Nanospheres: A Comparison Of Sodium, Potassium, Aluminium, Silver And Gold', Physica B: Condensed Matter, vol. 394, no. 2, pp. 184-187.
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Bosman, M., Keast, V.J., Watanabe, M., Maaroof, A.I. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Mapping Surface Plasmons at the Nanometre Scale with an Electron Beam', Nanotechnology, vol. 18, no. 16, pp. 1-5.
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Chowdhury, H.A. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Thermal Stresses And Cracking In Absorptive Solar Glazing', Construction And Building Materials, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 464-468.
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Cortie, M.B. & Ford, M.J. 2007, 'A Plasmon-induced Current Loop In Gold Semi-shells', Nanotechnology, vol. 18, no. 23, pp. 1-6.
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Cortie, M.B., Dowd, A.R., Harris, N. & Ford, M.J. 2007, 'Core-shell Nanoparticles With Self-regulating Plasmonic Functionality', Physical Review B, vol. 75, no. 11, pp. 113405-1-113405-4.
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Cortie, M.B., Harris, N. & Ford, M.J. 2007, 'Plasmonic heating and its possible exploitation in nanolithography', Physica B: Condensed Matter, vol. 394, no. 2, pp. 188-192.
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Cortie, M.B., Maaroof, A.I., Stokes, N.L. & Mortari, A. 2007, 'Mesoporous Gold Sponge', Australian Journal Of Chemistry, vol. 60, no. 7, pp. 524-527.
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Ford, M.J., Soule de Bas, B.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Stability of the tetrahedral motif for small gold clusters in the size range 16-24 atoms', Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid State Materials for Advanced Technology, vol. 140, no. 3, pp. 177-181.
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Harris, N., Ford, M.J., Cortie, M.B. & McDonagh, A.M. 2007, 'Laser-induced Assembly Of Gold Nanoparticles Into Colloidal Crystals', Nanotechnology, vol. 18, no. 36, pp. 1-4.
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Hoft, R.C., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Electron tunneling in the presence of adsorbed molecules', Surface Science, vol. 601, no. 24, pp. 5715-5720.
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Hoft, R.C., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'The effect of reciprocal-space sampling and basis set quality on the calculated conductance of a molecular junction', Molecular Simulation, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 897-904.
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Hoft, R.C., Armstrong, N.G., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Ab Initio And Empirical Studies On The Asymmetry Of Molecular Current-voltage Characteristics', Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, vol. 19, no. 21, pp. 1-14.
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Hoft, R.C., Ford, M.J., McDonagh, A.M. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Adsorption Of Amine Compounds On The Au(111) Surface: A Density Functional Study', Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 111, no. 37, pp. 13886-13891.
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Liu, J., McBean, K.E., Harris, N. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Optical Properties Of Suspensions Of Gold Half-shells', Materials Science And Engineering B: Solid State Materials For Advanced Technology, vol. 140, no. 3, pp. 195-198.
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Maaroof, A.I., Gentle, A.R., Smith, G.B. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Bulk and surface plasmons in highly nanoporous gold films', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 40, no. 18, pp. 5675-5682.
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Maaroof, A.I., Cortie, M.B., Gentle, A.R. & Smith, G.B. 2007, 'Mesoporous gold sponge as a prototype 'metamaterial'', Physica B: Condensed Matter, vol. 394, no. 2, pp. 167-170.
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Mortari, A., Maaroof, A.I., Martin, D.K. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Mesoporous gold electrodes for sensors based on electrochemical double layer capacitance', Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 123, no. 1, pp. 262-268.
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Pissuwan, D., Valenzuela, S., Miller, C.M. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'A Golden bullet? Selective targeting of Toxoplasma gondii Tachyzoites using antibody-functionalised gold nanorods', Nano Letters, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 3808-3812.
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Pissuwan, D., Cortie, C.H., Valenzuela, S. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Gold Nanosphere-Antibody Conjugates for Hyperthermal Therapeutic Applications', Gold Bulletin, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 121-129.
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Pissuwan, D., Valenzuela, S., Killingsworth, M.C., Xu, X. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Targeted destruction of murine macrophage cells with bioconjugated gold nanorods', Journal of nanoparticle Research, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 1109-1124.
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Xu, X. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Precious metal core-shell spindles', Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 111, no. 49, pp. 18135-18142.
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Yeung, W.Y., Wuhrer, R., Cortie, M.B. & Ferry, M. 2007, 'Equal channel angular extrusion of high purity gold', Materials forum, vol. 31, pp. 31-35.
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Yuan, L., Liu, H., Maaroof, A.I., Konstantinov, K., Liu, J. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Mesoporous gold as anode material for lithium-ion cells', Journal Of New Materials For Electrochemical Systems, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 95-99.
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Zareie, H.M., Xu, X. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'In situ organization of gold nanorods on mixed self-assembled-monolayer substrates', Small, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 139-145.
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Cortie, M.B., McBean, K.E. & Elcombe, M. 2006, 'Fracture Mechanics Of Mollusc Shells', Physica B: Condensed Matter, vol. 385, no. 1, pp. 545-547.
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Cortie, M.B., Xu, X. & Ford, M.J. 2006, 'Effect of composition and packing configuration on the dichroic optical properties of coinage metal nanorods', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 8, no. 30, pp. 3520-3527.
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Cortie, M.B., Maaroof, A.I., Smith, G.B. & Ngoepe, P. 2006, 'Nanoscale coatings of AuAlx and PtAlx and their mesoporous elemental derivatives', Current Applied Physics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 440-443.
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Ford, M.J., Masens, C.D. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'The application of gold surfaces and particles in nanotechnology', Surface Review Letters, vol. 12, no. 2-3, pp. 297-307.
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Harris, N., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'Optimization of plasmonic heating by gold nanospheres and nanoshells', Journal Of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 110, no. 22, pp. 10701-10707.
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Hoft, R.C., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'Prediction of increased tunneling current by bond length stretch in molecular break junctions', Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 429, no. 4-6, pp. 503-506.
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Liu, J., Cankurtaran, B.O., Wieczorek, L., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'Anisotropic optical properties of semitransparent coatings of gold nanocaps', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 1457-1461.
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Pissuwan, D., Valenzuela, S. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'Therapeutic possibilities of plasmonically heated gold nanoparticles', Trends In Biotechnology, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 62-67.
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Soule de Bas, B.J., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'Melting in small gold clusters: a density functional molecular dynamics study', Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 55-74.
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Xu, X. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'Shape change and color gamut in gold nanorods, dumbbells, and dog bones', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 16, no. 16, pp. 2170-2176.
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Xu, X., Gibbons, T.H. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'Spectrally-selective gold nanorod coatings for window glass', Gold Bulletin, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 156-165.
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Zareie, H.M., McDonagh, A.M., Edgar, J.A., Ford, M.J., Cortie, M.B. & Phillips, M.R. 2006, 'Controlled assembly of 1,4-phenylenedimethanethiol molecular nanostructures', Chemistry Of Materials, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 2376-2380.
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Chowdhury, H.A., Xu, X., Huynh, B.P. & Cortie, M.B. 2005, 'Radiative heat transfer across glass coated with gold nano-particles', Journal Of Solar Energy Engineering-Transactions Of The ASME, vol. 127, no. 1, pp. 70-75.
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Cortie, M.B., Zareie, H.M., Ekanayake, S.R. & Ford, M.J. 2005, 'Conduction, storage, and leakage in particle-on-SAM nanocapacitors', IEEE Transactions On Nanotechnology, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 406-414.
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Cortie, M.B., Maaroof, A.I. & Smith, G.B. 2005, 'Electrochemical capacitance of mesoporous gold', Gold Bulletin, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 14-22.
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Liu, J., Maaroof, A.I., Wieczorek, L. & Cortie, M.B. 2005, 'Fabrication of hollow metal nanocaps and their red-shifted optical absorption spectra', Advanced Materials, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 1276-1282.
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Liu, J., McCredie, G.M., Ford, M.J., Wieczorek, L. & Cortie, M.B. 2005, 'Investigation of the optical properties of hollow aluminium 'nano-caps'', Nanotechnology, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. 3023-3028.
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Maaroof, A.I., Cortie, M.B. & Smith, G.B. 2005, 'Optical properties of mesoporous gold films', Journal Of Optics A-Pure And Applied Optics, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 303-309.
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Masens, C.D., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2005, 'The effect of surface symmetry on the adsorption energetics of SCH3 on gold surfaces studied using Density Functional Theory', Surface Science, vol. 580, no. 1-3, pp. 19-29.
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Peceros, K.E., Xu, X., Bulcock, S.R. & Cortie, M.B. 2005, 'Dipole-dipole plasmon interactions in gold-on-polystyrene composites', Journal Of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 109, no. 46, pp. 21516-21520.
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Xu, X., Cortie, M.B. & Stevens, M.G. 2005, 'Effect of glass pre-treatment on the nucleation of semi-transparent gold coatings', Materials Chemistry And Physics, vol. 94, no. 38778, pp. 266-274.
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Biggs, T., Cornish, L.A., Witcomb, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2004, 'Revised phase diagram for the Pt-Ti system from 30 to 60 at % platinum', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 375, pp. 120-127.
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Ekanayake, S.R., Cortie, M.B. & Ford, M.J. 2004, 'Design of nanocapacitors and associated materials challenges', Current Applied Physics, vol. 4, no. 2-4, pp. 250-254.
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Ekanayake, S.R., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2004, 'Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) nanocapacitors and effects of material properties on their operation', Materials Forum, vol. 27, pp. 15-20.
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Soule de Bas, B.J., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2004, 'Low energy structured of gold nanoclusters in the size range 3-38 atoms', Journal of Molecular Structure, vol. 686, no. 1-3, pp. 193-205.
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Xu, X., Stevens, M.G. & Cortie, M.B. 2004, 'In situ precipitation of gold nanoparticles onto glass for potential architectural applications', Chemistry of Materials, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 2259-2266.
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Biggs, T., Cortie, M.B., Witcomb, M.J. & Cornish, L.A. 2003, 'Platinum alloys for shape memory applications', Platinum Metals Review, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 142-156.
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Levey, F.C., Cortie, M.B. & Cornish, L.A. 2003, 'Determination of the 76 wt.% Au section of the Al-Au-Cu phase diagram', Journal Of Alloys And Compounds, vol. 354, no. 1-2, pp. 171-180.
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Cortie, M.B. & Van Der Lingen, E. 2002, 'Catalytic gold nano-particles', Materials forum, vol. 26, pp. 1-14.
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Cortie, M.B. & Levey, F.C. 2002, 'Formation, modulation and adaptive twinning of martensite in the Au7Cu5Al4 shape memory system', Intermetallics, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 23-31.
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Levey, F.C., Cortie, M.B. & Cornish, L.A. 2002, 'Hardness and colour trends across the 76 weight % Au section of the Au-Cu-Al system', Scripta Materialia, vol. 47, pp. 95-100.
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Biggs, T., Cornish, L.A., Witcomb, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2001, 'The effect of nickel on the martensitic-type transformations of Pt3Al and PtTi', Journal de Physique IV France, vol. 11, no. Pr8, pp. 493-498.
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Levey, F.C., Cortie, M.B. & Cornish, L.A. 2001, 'A 500¦C isothermal section for the Al-Au-Cu system', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 987-994.
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Cortie, M.B. & Garrett, G. 1989, 'A Comparison Of Fatigue Crack-growth Of Three Alloy-steels At Elevated-temperature', Theoretical And Applied Fracture Mechanics, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 9-19.
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Conference Papers

Bhatia, V.K., Thorogood, G., Dowd, A.R. & Cortie, M.B. 2011, 'Thin Films of AuCuAl Shape Memory Alloy for Use in Plasmonic Nano-actuators', MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2010 in MRS Proceedings, ed See MRS online proceedings library, Cambridge University Press, Online, pp. n01-n08.
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Edgar, J.A., Zareie, H.M., Blaber, M.G., Dowd, A.R. & Cortie, M.B. 2008, 'Synthesis of hollow gold nanoparticles and rings using silver templates', IEEE International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Melbourne, Australia, February 2008 in International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICONN 2008, ed P Mulvaney, IEEE, Piscataway, USA, pp. 36-39.
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Liu, J., Cankurtaran, B.O., Wuhrer, R. & Cortie, M.B. 2008, 'Fabrication of double nano-cup assemblies and their anomalous plasmon absorption', COMMAD, Sydney, July 2008 in COMMAD '08 Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, ed Faraone L, IEEE, Sydney, pp. 228-231.
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Bai, H., Berkahn, M.B. & Cortie, M.B. 2007, 'Characterization of nanometer-sized VO2 nanoparticles prepared by an aqueous route', Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, Wagga Wagga, Australia, February 2007 in Proceedings of the 31st Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, ed A. Barnhoorn, J.D. Fitz Gerald, I. Jackson and T.J. Senden, Australian Institute of Physics, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1-3.
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Cortie, M.B., Barnett, M.W. & Ford, M.J. 2007, 'Active control of the optical properties of nanoscale coatings using 'smart' nanoparticles', SPIE, San Diego, USA, August 2007 in Nanocoatings. Proceedings of SPIE vol 6647, ed G.B. Smith and M.B. Cortie, SPIE, San Diego, USA, pp. 1-4.
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Gentle, A.R., Maaroof, A.I., Cortie, M.B. & Smith, G.B. 2007, 'Optical and electrical switching in nanostructured coatings of VO2', SPIE, San Diego, California, USA, August 2007 in Nanocoatings. Proceedings of SPIE vol 6647, ed Smith, GB; Cortie MB, SPIE, Washington, USA, pp. 1-8.
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Maaroof, A.I., Gentle, A.R., Cortie, M.B. & Smith, G.B. 2007, 'Nanoporous plasmonic coatings', Inaugural SPIE proceedings on Nanocoatings, San Diego, California, USA, August 2007 in Nanocoatings: Proceeding for SPIE vol 6647, ed Smith, GB; Cortie, MB, The International Society for Optical Engineering, USA, pp. 6647OD-1-6647OD-10.
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Blaber, M.G., Harris, N., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'Optimisation of absorption efficiency for varying dielectric spherical nanoparticles', International Conference on Nanoscience and nanotehcnology, Brisbane, QLD Australia, July 2006 in ICONN2006, ed Jagadish, C; max Lu, GQ, IEEE, USA, pp. 556-559.
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Cankurtaran, B.O., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'Local electromagnetic fields surrounding gold nano-cap particles', ICONN, Brisbane, Australia, July 2006 in 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ed Jagadish C; Lu M;, IEEE Publishing Company, USA, pp. 1-4.
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Cortie, M.B., Maaroof, A.I., Mortari, A. & Wuhrer, R. 2006, 'Application of nano-and mesoporous gold in electrodes and electrochemical sensors', Interantional Conference on nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Brisbane, QLD Australia, July 2006 in ICONN2006, ed Jagadish, C; Max Lu, GQ, IEEE, USA, pp. 524-527.
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Cortie, M.B. & Xu, X. 2006, 'Control of plasmon resonance in coatings of gold nanorods', International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Brisbane, QLD Australia, July 2006 in ICONN2006, ed Jagadish C; Max Lu GQ, IEEE, USA, pp. 470-473.
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Ford, M.J., Kirkup, L., Gentle, A.R., Zareie, H.M. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'How reliable are scanning tunneling microscopy measurements of electron transport in molecules? - art. no. 603604', Conference on BioMEMS and Nanotechnology II, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA, December 2005 in Biomems And Nanotechnology Ii, ed Nicolau, DV, Spie-Int Society Optical Engineering, Bellingham, USA, pp. 3604-3604.
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Gentle, A.R., Maaroof, A.I., Smith, G.B. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'Optical properties and applications to production of plasmonic thin film nanostructures of self-ordered columnar alumina arrays on glass', Conference on Photonics - Design, Technology and Packaging II, Brisbane, Australia, December 2005 in Photonics: Design, Technology, And Packaging II, ed Abbott, D; Kivshar, YS; RubinszteinDunlop, HH; Fan, S, SPIE, Bellingham, USA, pp. 3816-3816.
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Gentle, A.R., Maaroof, A.I., Smith, G.B. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'Tuning plasma frequency for improved solar control glazing using mesoporous nanostructures - art. no. 61970T', Conference on Photonics for Solar Energy Systems, Strasbourg, France, April 2006 in Photonics For Solar Energy Systems, ed Gombert, A, Spie-Int Society Optical Engineering, Bellingham, USA, pp. T1970-T1970.
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Hoft, R.C., Ford, M.J. & Cortie, M.B. 2006, 'Effect of dipole moment on current-voltage characteristics of single molecules', International Conference on Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Brisbane, QLD Australia, July 2006 in ICONN2006, ed Jagadish C; Max Lu GQ, IEEE, USA, pp. 395-398.
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Hoft, R.C., Liu, J., Cortie, M.B. & Ford, M.J. 2006, 'Electron tunneling through alkanedithiol molecules - art. no. 603603', Conference on BioMEMS and Nanotechnology II, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA, December 2005 in Biomems And Nanotechnology Ii, ed Nicolau, DV, Spie-Int Society Optical Engineering, Bellingham, USA, pp. 3603-3603.
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Zareie, H.M., Sarikaya, M., McDonagh, A.M., Barber, J., Cortie, M.B. & Phillips, M.R. 2006, 'Self-organised materials: from organic molecules to genetically engineered gold-binding proteins', ICONN, Brisbane, Australia, July 2007 in 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ed Jagadish C; Mx Lu GQ, IEEE, USA, pp. 517-519.
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Cortie, M.B., Xu, X., Chowdhury, H.A., Zareie, H.M. & Smith, G.B. 2005, 'Plasmonic heating of gold nanoparticles and its exploitation', Conference on Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems II, Sydney, Australia, December 2004 in Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems II: Proceedings Of The Society Of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Volume 5649, ed AlSarawi, SF, SPIE, Washington, USA, pp. 565-573.
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Cortie, M.B., Zareie, H.M., Liu, J., Muller, K.H. & Ford, M.J. 2005, 'Modelling and verification of the electrical properties of organic dielectric monolayers in capacitive configurations', Conference on Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems II, Sydney, Australia, December 2004 in Proceedings Of The Society Of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Vol 5649, ed AlSarawi, SF, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Washington, USA, pp. 316-322.
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Smith, G.B., Cortie, M.B. & Maaroof, A.I. 2005, 'The apparent optical indices of spongy nanoporous gold', National Congress of the AIP, Canberra, January 2005 in Proceedings of the 16th National Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics, ed Colla, M., Australian Institute of Physics, Canberra, pp. 177-180.
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Cortie, M.B., Van Der Lingen, E. & Patrick, G. 2004, 'Catalysis and capacitance on nano-structured gold particles and sponges', Asia Pacific Nanotechnology Forum, Cairns, Australia, November 2003 in Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Nanotechnology Forum 2003, ed Schulte, J., World Scientific, Singapore, pp. 79-82.
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Maclurcan, D., Ford, M.J., Cortie, M.B. & Ghosh, D. 2004, 'Medical Nanotechnology and Developing Nations', Oz Nano, Cairns, Australia, November 2003 in Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Nanotechnology Forum 2003, ed Schulte, J, World Scientific Publishing Co, Singapore, pp. 165-172.
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Smith, G.B., Maaroof, A.I., Allan, R.S., Schelm, S., Anstis, G.R. & Cortie, M.B. 2004, 'Optical response of nanostructured metal/dielectric composites and multilayers', Complex Mediums V: Light & Complexity, Colorado, USA, August 2004 in Complex Mediums V: Light and Complexity: Proceedings of SPIE Vol 5508, ed McCall, M., International Society for Optical Engneering, USA, pp. 192-205.
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Ekanayake, S.R., Rodanski, B.S., Cortie, M.B., Ford, M.J. 2003, 'Quantum electrical characterisatic of nanocapacitors', IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, San Franscisco, USA, August 2003 in 2003 Third IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-Nano 2003, ed Jagadish C, IEEE, Pisacataway, USA, pp. 756-759.
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