Research Officer: Lan Chen

Address:
Centre for Magnetic Resonance
Level 2, Gehrmann Laboratories
The University of Queensland
Brisbane Qld 4072
E-mail address: Lan Chen
Telephone: +61-7-3365 4100
Fax: +61-7-3365 3833
Home Page: Lan Chen

Dr Chen completed her PhD entitled ‘Polymerization of Monomers with Hoop Pine to Enhance Hardness for Apopearance Grade Applicationt’ under the supervision of Prof Andrew Whittaker in 2004. She joined the Polymer Research Group at the beginning of 2006, and will be working in the field of solid-state NMR.

Areas of Interest:

>Applications of polymer

Wood-polymer composites
Biodegradable polymer for Orthopaedic
Photolithography

>Polymer synthesis

Methacrylate polymer
Biodegradable polymer

>Polymer characterization

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (solution NMR, solid-state NMR, NMR imaging)
Vibrational spectroscopy (FTIR and Raman microscopy)
Scanning electron microscopy

• Research:
  >Synthesis and performance of novel polymer resists for 193 nm immersion lithography
  > Surface degradable Networks for Orthopaedic applications
  > Polymerization of Monomers with Hoop Pine to Enhance Hardness for Appearance Grade Application
  
  
  Key publications:
• Chen, L., Lutton, C. and Crawford, R. (2006). Surface degradable networks for Orthopaedic applications. Tissue Engineering 4: 1072
• Rintoul, L., Thurecht, K., Chen, L., Goh, K., Hill, D. and Whittaker, A. (2003). Application of Raman spectroscopic mapping for the characterisation of high performance polymers. Proceedings of the 5th Australian Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy, Melbourne, Australia, September 2003.
• Chen, L., Hill, D. and Whittaker, A. (2003). Dynamic mechanical and thermal analysis of wood-polymer composites. 26th Australian Polyma Symposium, Noosa, Australia, July 2003.
• Chen, L., Hill, D. and Whittaker, A. (2003). The relationship between microstructure and the properties of wood-polymer composites. 11th POLYCHAR, World Forum on Advanced Materials, Texas, USA, January 2003, p. 84.
• Chen, L., Hill, D., Whittaker, A. and Kennedy, M.J. (2002). Polymerization of methacrylate monomers with Hoop Pine to improve the mechanical properties of wood’. 25th Australian Polymer Symposium, Armidale, Australia, February 2002.
• Chen, L., Hill, D. and Whittaker, A. (2001). The investigation of diffusion of methacrylate monomers into Hoop Pine using NMR imaging’. World Chemistry Congress, Brisbane, Australia, July 2001, p. 309.
• Chen, L., Hill, D. and Whittaker, A. (2001). Strengthening of Hoop Pine with methacrylate polymer. 24th Australian Polymer Symposium, Beechworth, Australia, February 2001.

Other activities :

Award: 2003: 3rd prize for a student presentation, POLYCHAR 11th World Forum on Advanced Materials, Texas, USA; Arlo D. Harris Postgraduate Travel Scholarship.
Membership: The Royal Australian Chemical Institute