Professor Frank Caruso

B.Sc. (Hons.), Physical Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, 1989
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, 1994

Professor and ARC Federation Fellow

Email:
Telephone: +61 3 8344 3461
Fax: +61 3 8344 4153

Room 3.20B, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 1

Nanostructured Interfaces and Materials Group

Current Research Activities

• Nano and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Nanostructured Materials
  • Molecular Recognition
• Materials and Minerals Engineering
  • Composite Materials
  • Polymer Science
  • Sensors

Professional Affiliations

• Editor of the American Chemical Society journal Chemistry of Materials
• Member of Editorial Advisory Board of the Wiley-VCH journal Advanced Functional Materials
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Dove Medical Press journal International Journal of Nanomedicine
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Springer journal Nanoscale Research Letters
• Member, American Chemical Society (ASC)
• Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)

Honours/Awards

• Federation Fellowship, The Australian Research Council, 2007
• Australian Polymer Science and Technology Achievement Award, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), 2006
• Le Fèvre Prize, Australian Academy of Science, 2005
• Federation Fellowship, The Australian Research Council, 2002
• Royal Society of Chemistry - Royal Australian Chemical Institute Exchange Medal, 2001
• Rennie Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), 2000
• German Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology Award, 1999
• BioFuture award (BMBF), Germany, 1999
• Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Germany, 1997

Professional Experience

• 2002 – Present: Professor & Federation Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Australia
• 1999 – 2002: Group Leader & Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
• 1997 – 1998: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
• 1994 – 1996: Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRO, Division of Chemicals and Polymers, Australia

Selected Recent Publications

• Johnston, A. P. R.; Caruso, F. "Stabilization of DNA Multilayer Films through Oligonucleotide Crosslinking (p NA)." Small 2008, 4.
• Wang, Y; Angelatos, A. S.; Caruso, F. "Template Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials via Layer-by-Layer Assembly." Chem. Mat. 2008, 20, 848.
• Connal, L. A.; Li, Q.; Quinn, J. F.; Tjipto, E.; Caruso, F.; Qiao, G. G. "'pH-Responsive Poly(acrylic acid) Core Cross-linked Star Polymers: Morphology Transitions in Solution and Multilayer Thin Films." Macromolecules 2008, 41, 2620.
• Quinn, A.; Such, G. K.; Quinn, J. F.; Caruso, F. "Polyelectrolyte Blend Multilayers: A Versatile Route to Engineering Interfaces and Films." Adv. Functional Mat. 2008, 18, 17.
• Wang, Y.; Angelatos, A. S.; Dunstan, D. E.; Caruso, F. "Infiltration of Macromolecules into Nanoporous Silica Particles." Macromolecules 2007, 40, 7594.
• Yap , H. P.; Quinn, J. F.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Caruso, F. "Compositional Engineering of Polyelectrolyte Blend Capsules." Macromolecules 2007, 40, 7581.
• Quinn, A.; Tjipto, E.;Yu, A.;Gengenbach, T. R.; Caruso, F. "Polyelectrolyte Blend Multilayer Films: Surface Morphology, Wettability, and Protein Adsorption Characteristics." Langmuir 2007, 23, 4944.
• Angelatos, A. S.; Katagiri, K.; Caruso, F. "Bioinspired Colloidal Systems via Layer-by-Layer Assembly." Soft Matter 2006, 2, 18.
• Zelikin, A. N.; Quinn, J. F.; Caruso, F. "Disulfide Cross-Linked Polymer Capsules: En Route to Biodeconstructible Systems." Biomacromolecules 2006, 7, 27.
• Johnston, A. P. R.; Mitomo, H.; Read, E. S.; Caruso, F. "Compositional and Structural Engineering of DNA Multilayer Films." Langmuir 2006, 22, 3251.
• Lockwood, N. A.; Cadwell, K. D.; Caruso, F.; Abbott, N. L. "Formation of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films at Interfaces between Thermotropic Liquid Crystals and Aqueous Phases." Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 850.
• Johnston, A. P. R.; Caruso, F. "A Molecular Beacon Approach to Measuring the DNA Permeability of Thin Films." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10014.
• Johnston, A. P. R.; Read, E. S.; Caruso, F. "DNA Multilayer Films on Planar and Colloidal Supports: Sequential Assembly of Like-Charged Polyelectrolytes." Nano Lett. 2005, 5, 953.
• Wang, Y. J.; Yu, A. M.; Caruso, F. "Nanoporous Polyclectrolyte Spheres Prepared by Sequentially Coating Sacrificial Mesoporous Silica Spheres." Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2005, 44, 2888.
• Wang, Y. J.; Caruso, F. "Mesoporous Silica Spheres as Supports for Enzyme Immobilization and Encapsulation." Chem. Mat. 2005, 17, 953.

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