Polymer Chemistry Group

Dr Alison White

CSIRO-AIBN Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
Manager, Laboratory
Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis
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Career Profile

MChem – Chemistry with pharmaceutical and forensic science, University of Bradford, 2005-2009
PhD – Food Colloids, University of Leeds, 2009-2013
Post-doctoral research fellow – School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, 2013-2015
Post-doctoral research fellow – School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, 2015-2017
CSIRO-AIBN Postdoc Research Fellow – Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 2017-present

Research Interests

Synthesis and applications of impermeable polymer microcapsules with a secondary metal shell, fundamentals of metal nanoparticle synthesis, control of 3D metal film growth using electro-less plating, interfacial properties of three-phase systems, kinetics of dehydration/rehydration of biopolymer films and gels.

 

Publications

Journal Articles (15)

Journal Articles

Stark, Kirsty, Cheng, Cheng, Hitchcock, James P., White, Alison L., Hondow, Nicole, Biggs, Simon and Cayre, Olivier J. (2022). Controlling adsorption density of polymer-stabilised metal nanoparticles at the oil–water interface. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 628 (Pt B), 840-850. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.08.015
White, Alison.L., Javier, Hazel A., Withey, Sarah, Biggs, Simon R., Rose, Stephen, Puttick, Simon G. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2021). Deposition of non-porous calcium phosphate shells onto liquid filled microcapsules. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 609, 575-583. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.11.062
Yeh, Ching-Min, Jarrett, Thomas, Gao, Yuan, Zhao, Chun-Xia, Whittaker, Andrew, Sainsbury, Frank and White, Alison L. (2021). Templating core-shell particles using metal ion-chelating biosurfactants. Particuology, 64, 145-152. doi: 10.1016/j.partic.2021.06.003
Hitchcock, James, White, Alison L., Hondow, Nicole, Hughes, Thomas A., Dupont, Hanae, Biggs, Simon and Cayre, Olivier J. (2020). Metal-shell nanocapsules for the delivery of cancer drugs. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 567, 171-180. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.12.018
Brighi, Caterina, Reid, Lee, Genovesi, Laura A., Kojic, Marija, Millar, Amanda, Bruce, Zara, White, Alison L., Day, Bryan W., Rose, Stephen, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Puttick, Simon (2020). Comparative study of preclinical mouse models of high-grade glioma for nanomedicine research: the importance of reproducing blood-brain barrier heterogeneity. Theranostics, 10 (14), 6361-6371. doi: 10.7150/thno.46468
Brighi, Caterina, Reid, Lee, White, Alison L., Genovesi, Laura A., Kojic, Marija, Millar, Amanda, Bruce, Zara, Day, Bryan W., Rose, Stephen, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Puttick, Simon (2020). MR-guided focused ultrasound increases antibody delivery to nonenhancing high-grade glioma. Neuro-Oncology Advances, 2 (1) vdaa030, 1-12. doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdaa030
White, Alison L., Langton, Christian, Wille, Marie-Luise, Hitchcock, James, Cayre, Olivier J., Biggs, Simon, Blakey, Idriss, Whittaker, Andrew K., Rose, Stephen and Puttick, Simon (2019). Ultrasound-triggered release from metal shell microcapsules. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 554, 444-452. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.07.020
Stark, Kirsty, Hitchcock, James P., Fiaz, Assim, White, Alison Louise, Baxter, Elaine, Biggs, Simon R., McLaughlan, James, Freear, Steven and Cayre, Olivier J. (2019). Encapsulation of emulsion droplets with metal shells for subsequent remote, triggered release. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11 (13) acsami.9b00087, 12272-12282. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b00087
Tasker, Alison, Sainsbury, Frank and Puttick, Simon (2018). Particle-stabilized fluid-fluid interfaces: the impact of core composition on interfacial structure. Frontiers in Chemistry, 6 (AUG) 383, 383. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00383
Tasker, Alison L., Puttick, Simon, Hitchcock, James, Cayre, Olivier J., Blakey, Idriss, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Biggs, Simon (2018). A two-step synthesis for preparing metal microcapsules with a biodegradable polymer substrate. Journal of Materials Chemistry B: Materials for Biology and Medicine, 6 (14), 2151-2158. doi: 10.1039/c8tb00348c
Hitchcock, James P., Tasker, Alison L., Stark, Kirsty, Leeson, Andrew, Baxter, Elaine A., Biggs, Simon and Cayre, Olivier J. (2018). Adsorption of catalytic nanoparticles onto polymer substrates for controlled deposition of microcapsule metal shells. Langmuir, 34 (4), 1473-1480. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02874
Tasker, Alison, Hitchcock, James, Baxter, Elaine A., Cayre, Oliver J. and Biggs, Simon (2017). Understanding the mechanisms of gold shell growth onto polymer microcapsules to control shell thickness. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 12 (13), 1641-1648. doi: 10.1002/asia.201700536
Tasker, Alison Louise, Hitchcock, James Paul, He, Ling, Baxter, Elaine Alice, Biggs, Simon and Cayre, Olivier Jean (2016). The effect of surfactant chain length on the morphology of poly(methyl methacrylate) microcapsules for fragrance oil encapsulation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 484, 10-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.08.058
Hitchcock, James P., Tasker, Alison L., Baxter, Elaine A., Biggs, Simon and Cayre, Olivier J. (2015). Long-term retention of small, volatile molecular species within metallic microcapsules. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7 (27), 14808-14815. doi: 10.1021/acsami.5b03116
Ettelaie, Rammile, Tasker, Alison, Chen, Jianshe and Alevisopoulos, Stefan (2013). Kinetics of food biopolymer film dehydration: Experimental studies and mathematical modeling. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 52 (22), 7391-7402. doi: 10.1021/ie3033075