STAFF PROFILE
Dr Aaron Elbourne
Position:
Senior Research Fellow
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Science
Email:
aaron.elbourne@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Research interests: Scanning Probe Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Solid-Liquid Interfaces, Soft Matter, Interfacial Nanostructure, Biointerfaces, Antimicrobial Technologies, Nanofabrication.
- Houshyar, S.,Yin, H.,Pope, L.,Dekiwadia, C.,Hill, E.,Yeung, J.,John, S.,Fox, K.,Tran, N.,Cole, I.,Elbourne, A.,Truong, V.,Truskewycz, A. (2023). Smart suture with iodine contrasting nanoparticles for computed tomography In: OpenNano, 9, 1 - 10
- Tao, J.,Shi, W.,Chen, K.,Elbourne, A.,Bao, L., et al., . (2023). Elasticity of mesoporous nanocapsules regulates cellular uptake, blood circulation, and intratumoral distribution In: Biomaterials Science, 11, 822 - 827
- Farrell, Z.,Jacob, A.,Truong, V.,Elbourne, A.,Kong, W.,Hsiao, L.,Dickey, M.,Tabor, C. (2023). Compositional Design of Surface Oxides in Gallium-Indium Alloys In: Chemistry of Materials, 35, 964 - 975
- Elbourne, A.,Dupont, M.,Kariuki, R.,Meftahi, N.,Daeneke, T.,Greaves, T.,McConville, C.,Bryant, G.,Bryant, S.,Besford, Q.,Christofferson, A. (2023). Mapping the Three-Dimensional Nanostructure of the Ionic Liquid–Solid Interface Using Atomic Force Microscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations In: Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10, 1 - 14
- Huang, L.,Elbourne, A.,Shaw, Z.,Cheeseman, S.,Goff, A.,Orrell-Trigg, R.,Chapman, J.,Murdoch, B.,Crawford, R.,Friedmann, D.,Bryant, S.,Truong, V.,Caruso, R. (2022). Dual-action silver functionalized nanostructured titanium against drug resistant bacterial and fungal species In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 628, 1049 - 1060
- Bryant, S.,Awad, M.,Elbourne, A.,Christofferson, A.,Martin, A.,Meftahi, N.,Drummond, C.,Greaves, T.,Bryant, G. (2022). Deep eutectic solvents as cryoprotective agents for mammalian cells In: Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 10, 4546 - 4560
- Mayfosh, A.,Shaw, Z.,Walia, S.,Elbourne, A., et al, . (2022). GS-2: A Novel Broad-Spectrum Agent for Environmental Microbial Control In: Biomolecules, 12, 1 - 17
- Kariuki, R.,Penman, R.,Bryant, S.,Orrell-Trigg, R.,Meftahi, N.,Crawford, R.,McConville, C.,Bryant, G.,Voitchovsky, K.,Conn, C.,Christofferson, A.,Elbourne, A. (2022). Behavior of Citrate-Capped Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles on a Supported Lipid Bilayer Interface at Atomic Resolution In: ACS Nano, 16, 17179 - 17196
- Cheeseman, S.,Bryant, S.,Huang, L.,Mayes, E.,Crawford, R.,Daeneke, T.,Chapman, J.,Truong, V.,Elbourne, A. (2022). Assessment of the Cytotoxicity of Nano Gallium Liquid Metal Droplets for Biomedical Applications In: ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5, 16584 - 16593
- Irani, V.,Soliman, C.,Raftis, M.,Guy, A.,Elbourne, A.,Ramsland, P. (2022). Expression of monoclonal antibodies for functional and structural studies In: Methods in Microbiology: Volume 51, Methods in Recombinant Protein Production, Elsevier, United Kingdom
14 PhD Current Supervisions3 PhD Completions and 2 Masters by Research Completions
- Molecular-Scale Interaction of Nanomaterials with Biomembranes. Funded by: ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) 2022 from (2022 to 2025)
- Liquid metal solvents and colloids – a new frontier. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects commencing in 2022 from (2022 to 2025)
- Wintermute Biomedical Group Industry Collaboration PhD Proposal - Antimicrobial Technologies. Funded by: Wintermute Biomedical Australia Pty Ltd Scholarship from (2022 to 2027)
- Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Microbial Infections Using Stimuli-Responsive Liquid Metals. Funded by: Jack Brockhoff Foundation Medical Grant 2017 onwards from (2019 to 2022)
- Developing Magneto-Responsive Liquid Metal Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Bacterial Biofilms to combat infections. Funded by: CASS Foundation - grant from (2019 to 2020)