Professor William E. Price

Qualifications:
BSc(Hons)
ARCS
DIC
PhD (London)

Research interests:
(i) Separation applications of conducting polymers including their use as stationary phases, thin films, supported membranes, colloidal particles and composite materials. Specific applications have been targeting metal ion recovery from process and effluent streams.
(ii) Characterisation of conducting polymers.

Memberships:
FRACI
MRSC

Subjects taught:
CHEM101
CHEM102
CHEM213 (Physical Chem)
CHEM215 (Food Chem)
CHEM314 (Instrumental Analysis)
MSc subjects

5 key publications:
1. Electrochemically Controlled Transport of Potassium Chloride across a conducting electroactive polymer membrane" Huijin Zhao, William E. Price and Gordon G. Wallace. J. Electroanal. Chemistry 334, 111 , (1992).

2. "Parameters effecting the Electrochemical Control across conducting polymer membranes" H. Zhao, W.E. Price, C.O. Too, G.G. Wallace and D. Zhou., J. Membrane Science 119, 199-212 (1996)

3. "Synthesis, Characterisation and Transport Properties of Layered Electroactive Polypyrrole Membrane" H. Zhao, W.E.Price and G.G. Wallace, J. Membrane Sci 148, 161-172, (1998).

4. "Synthesis and properties of a mechanically strong poly(bithiophene) composite polymer containing a polyelectrolyte dopant" J. Ding, W.E. Price, S.F. Ralph and G.G. Wallace, Synthetic Metals, 110, 123-132, (2000).

5. “Separation and Recovery of Gold and other metals using conducting polymers”
W.E. Price, S.F. Ralph and G.G. Wallace, Aust. J. Chem, 54(9-10), 615-619, (2001).

email: wprice@uow.edu.au
phone: +61 (02) 42 213 509
office: 18.102A