Professor Geoffrey M. Spinks

Qualifications

B. App. Sci. (Univ. of Melbourne)
PhD (Univ. of Melbourne)

Research Interests

Electromechanical actuators (“artificial muscles”) using inherently conducting polymers and / or carbon nanotubes.
Sensors for mechanical systems.
Characterisation of polymers using atomic force microscopy.

Affiliations

Materials Engineering Discipline Advisor
Co-Chair for SPIE Smart Materials Conference
Scientific Committee for and 23rd Australian Polymer Symposium
Editorial Board for Progress in Organic Coatings

Memberships

RACI
Materials Research Society

Teaching

ENGG153 Engineering Materials
MATE302 Polymeric Materials
MATE306 Degradation of Materials
MATE 411Advanced Materials

5 key publications

1. Wen Lu, Andrei G. Fadeev, Baohua Qi, Elisabeth Smela, Benjamin R. Mattes, Jie Ding, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Jakub Mazurkiewicz, Dezhi Zhou, Gordon G. Wallace et al., “Use of ionic liquids for .pi.-conjugated polymer electrochemical devices,” Science 297 (5583), 983-987 (2002).

2. Ray H. Baughman, Changxing Cui, Anvar A. Zakhidov, Zafar Iqbal, Joseph N. Barisci, Geoff M. Spinks, Gordon G. Wallace, Alberto Mazzoldi, danilo De Rossi, Andrew G. Rinzler et al., “Carbon nanotube actuators,” Science 284 (5418), 1340-1344 (1999).

3. G.M. Spinks, L. Liu, D. Zhou, and G.G. Wallace, “Strain response from polypyrrole actuators under load,” Advanced Functional Materials 12 (6-7), 437-440 (2002).

4. G.M. Spinks, D.E. Tallman, A.J. Dominis, and G.G. Wallace, “Electroactive conducting polymers for corrosion control. Part 2 - Ferrous metals.,” Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 6 (2), 85-100 (2002).

5. M.R.Gandhi, P.Murray, G.M. Spinks, and G.G. Wallace, “Mechanism of electromechanical actuation in polypyrrole,” Synth. Met. 73 (3), 247-56 (1995).

email: geoff_spinks@uow.edu.au
phone: +61 (02) 4221 3010
fax: +61 (02) 4221 3114

Last reviewed: 21 November, 2006