Doctor Adriyan Milev
SENIOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTALIST,
Dean's Unit - School of Science and Health
Personal
Qualifications
- BEng Higher Chemical Engineering Institute - Sofia
- PhD University of Technology, Sydney
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit - School of Science and Health
Contact
| Email: | A.Milev@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 9945 |
| Mobile: | 0410541404 |
| Location: | LZ.1.19 Parramatta |
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Biography
PhD, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (2003). Postdoctoral Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials (2003 ?2006). Manager of the Advanced Materials characterization research facilities in the School of Natural Sciences at University of Western Sydney (2006- continuing).
This information has been contributed by Doctor Milev.
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Martin, D., Kannangara, K., Minchin, R., Milev, A., Belkina, M., Milev, A. and Kannangara, K. (2011), 'Toxicity and regulatory perspectives of carbon nanotubes', Polymer-carbon nanotube composites: Preparation, properties and applications, Woodhead Publishing Limited 845697618.
- Martin, D., Kannangara, K., Minchin, R., Milev, A., Belkina, M., Milev, A. and Kannangara, K. (2011), 'Toxicity and regulatory perspectives of carbon nanotubes', Polymer-carbon nanotube composites: Preparation, properties and applications, Woodhead Publishing Limited 845697618.
- Milev, A., Kannangara, K. and Wilson, M. (2005), 'Nanotechnology', Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, John Wiley & Sons Ltd .
Journal Articles
- Kannangara, K. and Milev, A. (2013), 'Development of Raney cobalt catalysts for the hydrogenation of squalene type compounds', Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis, 12.
- Milev, A., Wilson, M., Wilson, M., Kannangara, K., Feng, H. and Newman, P. (2012), 'Isothermal Evaporation of Ethanol in a Dynamic Gas Atmosphere', The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 8.
- Garciano, L., Tran, N., Kannangara, K., Milev, A., Wilson, M., McKirdy, D. and Hall, P. (2012), 'Pyrolysis of a Naturally Dried Botryococcus braunii Residue', Energy and Fuels, 8.
- Milev, A., Wilson, M., Kannangara, K., Feng, H. and Newman, P. (2012), 'Isothermal evaporation of ethanol in a dynamic gas atmosphere', Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 8.
- Garciano, L., Tran, N., Kannangara, K., Milev, A., Wilson, M., McKirdy, D. and Hall, A. (2012), 'Pyrolysis of a naturally dried botryococcus braunii residue', Energy and Fuels, 8.
- Sivakkumar, S., Milev, A. and Pandolfo, A. (2011), 'Effect of ball-milling on the rate and cycle-life performance of graphite as negative electrodes in lithium-ion capacitors', Electrochimica Acta, 7.
- Tran, N., Bartlett, J., Kannangara, K., Milev, A., Volk, H. and Wilson, M. (2010), 'Catalytic upgrading of biorefinery oil from micro-algae', Fuel, 10.
- Smart, S., Fania, D., Milev, A., Kannangara, K., Lu, M. and Martin, D. (2010), 'The Effect of Carbon Nanotube Hydrophobicity on the Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposites', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 9.
- Milev, A., Tran, N., Kannangara, K., Wilson, M. and Wilson, M. (2010), 'Unoccupied electronic structure of ball-milled graphite', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 7.
- Tran, N., Wilson, M., Milev, A., Bartlett, J., Lamb, R., Martin, D. and Kannangara, K. (2009), 'Photoemission and absorption spectroscopy of carbon nanotube interfacial interactions', Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 19.
- Milev, A., Wilson, M., Kannangara, K. and Tran, N. (2008), 'X-ray diffraction line profile analysis of nanocrystalline graphite', Materials Chemistry and Physics, 5.
- Wilson, M., Tran, N., Milev, A., Kannangara, K., Volk, H. and Lu, M. (2008), 'Nanomaterials in soils', Geoderma, 12.
- Milev, A., Tran, N., Kannangara, K., Wilson, M. and Avramov, I. (2008), 'Polymorphic Transformation of Iron-Phthalocyanine and the Effect on Carbon Nanotube Synthesis', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 9.
- Tran, N., Milev, A., Wilson, M., Bartlett, J. and Kannangara, K. (2008), 'Mechanism of carbon nanotube dispersion and precipitation during treatments with poly(acrylic acid)', Surface and Interface Analysis, 5.
- Tran, N., Wilson, M., Milev, A., Dennis, G. and Kannangara, K. (2008), 'Formation mechanism and surface property of exfoliated silica nano-plates', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, .
- Milev, A., Kannangara, K., Tran, N. and Wilson, M. (2007), 'Molecular structure reorganisation of Fe-, Co- and Ni-phthalocyanines upon milling', International Journal of Nanotechnology, 7.
- Tran, N., Wilson, M., Milev, A., Dennis, G. and Kannangara, K. (2007), 'Mechanism of silica plate formation from lucentite', Surface Review and Letters, 5.
- Tran, N., Wilson, M., Milev, A., Dennis, G., Mccutcheon, A. and Kannangara, K. (2006), 'Structural-Chemical Evolution within Exfoliated Clays', Langmuir, 5.
- Tran, N., Dennis, G., Milev, A., Kannangara, K., Williams, P. and Wilson, M. (2006), 'Dispersion of organically modified clays within n-alcohols', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 5.
- Milev, A., Tran, N., Kannangara, K. and Wilson, M. (2006), 'Influence of bond defects on coiling of graphite', Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 5.
- Tran, N., Wilson, M., Milev, A., Dennis, G., Kannangara, K. and Lamb, R. (2006), 'Dispersion of silicate nano-plates within poly(acrylic acid) and their interfacial interactions', Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 6.
- Milev, A., Kannangara, K. and Wilson, M. (2005), 'Nanotechnology', Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, .
- Milev, A., Mccutcheon, A., Kannangara, K., Wilson, M. and Bandara, T. (2005), 'Precursor Decomposition and Nucleation Kinetics during Platelike Apatite Synthesis', Journal Physical Chemistry B, 7.
- Smeulders, D., Milev, A., Kannangara, K. and Wilson, M. (2005), 'Rod milling and thermal annealing of graphite: Passing the equilibrium barrier', Journal of Materials Science, 8.
- Tran, N., Dennis, G., Milev, A., Kannangara, K., Wilson, M. and Lamb, R. (2005), 'Interactions of sodium montmorillonite with poly (acrylic acid)', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 5.
- Zreiqat, H., Roest, R., Valenzuela, S., Milev, A. and Ben-Nissan, B. (2005), 'Human bone derived cell (HBDC) behaviour of sol-gel derived carbonate hydroxyapatite coatings on titanium alloy substrates', Key Engineering Materials, 4.
- Milev, A., Kannangara, K. and Wilson, M. (2004), 'Template-Directed Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite from a Lamellar Phosponate Precursor', Langmuir, 7.
- Milev, A., Kannangara, K., Ben-Nissan, B. and Wilson, M. (2004), 'Temperature Effects on a Hydroxyapatite Precursor Solution', Journal of Physics and Chemistry, 6.
- Milev, A., Kannangara, K. and Wilson, M. (2004), 'Strain and microcrystallite size in synthetic lamellar apatite', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 7.
- Ben-Nissan, B., Milev, A. and Vago, R. (2004), 'Morphology of sol-gelderived nano-coated coralline hydroxyapatite', Biomaterials, 5.
Conference Papers
- Murthy, P., Dissanayake, D., Milev, A., Kannangara, K. and Selvam, P. (2012), 'Glycerol Oxidation Over Gold-supported Nano-graphite Catalysts', Chemeca 2012, .
- Murthy, P., Dissanayake, A., Milev, A., Kannangara, K. and Selvam, P. (2012), 'Glycerol oxidation over nano-gold supported nano-graphite catalysts', Chemeca 2012, Wellington, New Zealand.
- Belkina, M., Milev, A. and Kannangara, K. (2011), 'Direct low temperature synthesis of metal-catalyst-free CNTs on Si/SiO2 substrates', Chemeca, Sydney.
- Belkina, M., Milev, A. and Kannangara, K. (2011), 'Low temperature synthesis of carbon nanotubes using modified chemical vapour deposition system', International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes 2011 (NT11), UK.
- Graf, A., Hau-Riege, S., London, R., Doeppner, T., Frank, M., Glenzer, S., Fortmann, C. and Milev, A. (2010), 'Using x-ray-free-electron lasers to generate and probe high-energy-density matter Abstract ID: BAPS.20', 52nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Chicago Illinois USA.
- Tran, N., Wilson, M., Milev, A., Kannangara, K. and Dennis, G. (2008), 'Formation mechanism and surface property of exfoliated silica nano-plates', International conference on Nanoscience and Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Milev, A., Wilson, M., Tran, N. and Kannangara, K. (2008), 'Carbon nanotube formation from milled iron-phthalocyanine', Proceedings of the IVC-17/ICSS-13 and ICN+T 2007 Congress (2?6 July 2007, Stockholm, Sweden), Sweden.
- Tran, N., Wilson, M., Milev, A., Dennis, G., Kannangara, K. and Lamb, R. (2007), 'Mechanism of exfoliation of clays', Ninth International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation, Korea.
- Milev, A., Tran, N., Kannangara, K. and Wilson, M. (2007), 'Microstructural Changes upon Milling of Graphite in Water and Subsequent MWCNT Formation During High Temperature Annealing', Ninth International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation, Daegu, Korea.
- Milev, A., Tran, N., Kannangara, K. and Wilson, M. (2006), 'Micro-structural evolution in processed graphite', International 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN, Brisbane, Australia.
- Tran, N., Wilson, M., Milev, A., Dennis, G., Kannangara, K. and Lamb, R. (2006), 'Silica plates as precursor for nano-structured materials', 2006 International Conference On Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Brisbane, Australia.
Research
Current Projects
| Title: | Nanocomposite Materials for High-power Lithium Battery Cathodes |
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| Years: | 2012-06-08 - 2016-04-15 |
| ID: | P00020539 |
| UWS Researchers: | Adriyan Milev and Kamali Kannangara |
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| Title: | New Nanocarbons: Structure,properties and potential applications |
| Years: | 2010-11-17 - 2013-11-16 |
| ID: | P00019327 |
| UWS Researchers: | Kamali Kannangara and Adriyan Milev |
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Previous Projects
| Title: | High Resolution Simultaneous DSC/DTA-TGA-FTIR System |
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| Years: | 2006-01-06 - 2011-12-31 |
| ID: | P0014823 |
| UWS Researchers: | Kamali Kannangara, Adriyan Milev, Peter Williams, Nguyen Tran and Mick Wilson |
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| Title: | Polymer-Clay nanocomposites for Gravure Printing |
| Years: | 2003-10-28 - 2004-04-27 |
| ID: | P0014278 |
| UWS Researchers: | Kamali Kannangara, Adriyan Milev and Robert Creelman |
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| Title: | Investigation of decomposition kinetics of acetate-phosphonate hybrids for bone-like apatitie synthesis |
| Years: | 2005-02-02 - 2006-02-01 |
| ID: | P0014478 |
| UWS Researchers: | Kamali Kannangara and Adriyan Milev |
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| Title: | Development of a cost-effective organic-inorganic nanocomposite for high quality gravure printing |
| Years: | 2004-06-25 - 2006-06-30 |
| ID: | P0012672 |
| UWS Researchers: | Kamali Kannangara, Adriyan Milev, Robert Creelman, Mick Wilson and Gary Dennis |
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| Title: | The study of the mechanism and characterization of the intermediates responsible for the formation of nanocrystalline, monophasic carbonated hydroxyapatite with bone-like morphology |
| Years: | 2004-02-16 - 2005-02-15 |
| ID: | P0011622 |
| UWS Researchers: | Kamali Kannangara and Adriyan Milev |
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| Title: | Advanced characterisation facilities for functional nanostructured materials [via UNSW] No funding to UWS |
| Years: | 2007-03-20 - 2008-03-19 |
| ID: | P0015327 |
| UWS Researchers: | Kamali Kannangara, Adriyan Milev and Nguyen Tran |
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| Title: | Optimization of Carbon Nanotube Nucleation and Growth: A Kinetic Approach. |
| Years: | 2005-12-19 - 2006-12-19 |
| ID: | P0014997 |
| UWS Researchers: | Adriyan Milev |
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| Title: | Carbon nanotube dispersion in water |
| Years: | 2009-04-12 - 2009-04-15 |
| ID: | P00016633 |
| UWS Researchers: | Nguyen Tran, Adriyan Milev and Kamali Kannangara |
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| Title: | Multi-purpose x-ray diffractometer |
| Years: | 2008-09-24 - 2009-09-23 |
| ID: | P00016345 |
| UWS Researchers: | Peter Williams, Adriyan Milev, Peter Leverett, Kamali Kannangara and Gary Dennis |
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| Title: | Functionalized Nanocarbons for Energy Storage Applications |
| Years: | 2008-12-18 - 2009-12-17 |
| ID: | P00016512 |
| UWS Researchers: | Adriyan Milev, Nguyen Tran and Kamali Kannangara |
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| Title: | Improved Oil Production From Algae |
| Years: | 2009-02-02 - 2011-01-31 |
| ID: | P00016356 |
| UWS Researchers: | Nguyen Tran, Adriyan Milev, Kamali Kannangara and John Bartlett |
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| Title: | Carbon nanotube-zinc oxide nano-hybrids |
| Years: | 2007-12-10 - 2008-12-09 |
| ID: | P0015920 |
| UWS Researchers: | John Bartlett, Nguyen Tran and Adriyan Milev |
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| Title: | Carbon Nanotubes for Mobile Energy Storage |
| Years: | 2009-10-28 - 2010-02-27 |
| ID: | P00017605 |
| UWS Researchers: | Adriyan Milev and Kamali Kannangara |
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| Title: | Hybrid Fourier Transform Dispersive Raman Micro-Spectrometer |
| Years: | 2009-02-24 - 2010-02-23 |
| ID: | P00016189 |
| UWS Researchers: | Kamali Kannangara, Adriyan Milev, John Bartlett, Peter Williams, Bill Price, Nguyen Tran, Gary Dennis, Andrew Shalliker, Glenn Porter, John Cairney, Ian Anderson and Yaping He |
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| Title: | Simultaneous Measurements of Reaction Kinetics and Particle Distributions for Cutting-Edge Research into CO2 Storage, Catalysis and Novel Materials [via Uni of Newcastle - no funding to UWS] |
| Years: | 2012-03-29 - 2013-03-28 |
| ID: | P00020387 |
| UWS Researchers: | Kamali Kannangara, John Bartlett, Adriyan Milev and Nguyen Tran |
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| Title: | Carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposite |
| Years: | 2007-07-15 - 2007-07-20 |
| ID: | P0015638 |
| UWS Researchers: | Nguyen Tran, Adriyan Milev and Kamali Kannangara |
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| Title: | New nanocomposite cathode materials for lithium-batteries |
| Years: | 2012-03-02 - 2013-03-01 |
| ID: | P00020563 |
| UWS Researchers: | Adriyan Milev and Kamali Kannangara |
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| Title: | Biodiesel from microalgae: ultrasound effects on algal crude oils |
| Years: | 2011-01-24 - 2012-01-23 |
| ID: | P00019431 |
| UWS Researchers: | Kamali Kannangara, Nguyen Tran and Adriyan Milev |
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| Title: | Facilities for investigating nano-scale catalysts and catalytic production of non conventional fuels |
| Years: | 2010-11-17 - 2012-06-16 |
| ID: | P00019352 |
| UWS Researchers: | Kamali Kannangara, Nguyen Tran, John Bartlett, Adriyan Milev and Mick Wilson |
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Supervision
Doctor Milev is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Title: | The Synthesis and Use of Porous Polymer Networks in Super Capacitors |
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| Field of Research: | |
| Title: | Two-stage Method for Carbon Nanotube Synthesis. |
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| Title: | Low Temperature Chemical Vapour Deposition Synthesis of Metal-Catalyst-Free Carbon Nanotubes on Oxidised Silicon Substrates |
| Field of Research: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Title: | Lithium Iron Phosphate-Carbon Non Particles for Li-Battery Electrode |
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Previous Supervision
| Title: | Controlled Synthesis of Nanographites and Characterization of Their Electronic and Magnetic Properties |
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| Field of Research: | NATURAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED |
| Thesis: | Controlled Synthesis of Nanographites and Characterization of Their Electronic and Magnetic Properties |
