Publications
2011
James Johnston Chapter title: Nano-structured Calcium Silicate Phase Change Materials and their Applications in Packaging Temperature Sensitive Products. Chapter in the Book: Composite Materials / Book 3 (ISBN 978-953-307-1099-2) (2011).
James H Johnston and Kerstin A Lucas: Nanogold Synthesis in Wool Fibres: Novel Colourants. Gold Bulletin, Vol 44(2), 85-89 (2011).
Kerstin A Burridge, James H. Johnston and Thomas Borrmann: Silver nanoparticle – Clay Composites. J. Mater. Chem., 21, 734-742 (2011).
James H Johnston and Aaron C Small: Photoactivity of Nano-structured Calcium Silicate-Titanium Dioxide Composite Materials. J. Mater. Chem. Vol 21, 1240-1245 (2011).
Fern M Kelly and James H Johnston: Colored and Functional Silver Nanoparticle−Wool Fiber Composites. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 3 (4), 1083–1092, (2011)
Thomas Borrmann, Mathew J. Cairns Bradley G. Anderson, Wolfgang H. Höll, James H. Johnston: Nano-structured Calcium Silicate as Sorbent in a Study of Artificial Mining Waste. International J. Environment and Waste Management, Vol. 8, Nos. 3/4, 383 (2011).
James H. Johnston and Margaret A. Dodds: The Development of a Flexible, Re-useable Thermal Buffering and Insulating Liner for Packaging Temperature Sensitive Products. Appita, Vol 64(2) 153-157 (2011).
2010
Aaron C. Small, James H. Johnston and Noel Clark: Inkjet Printing of Water ‘Soluble’ Doped ZnS Quantum Dots. European J Chemistry. 2010(2), 242–247, (2010).
2009
Aaron C. Small and James H. Johnston: Novel Hybrid Materials of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Cellulose Fibres. J. Colloid Interface Science, Vol. 331, Iss. 1, 122-126 (2009).
James Johnston: Nanogold and Nanosilver Wool in High Fashion Apparel, Textiles and Carpet. Nano The Magazine for Small Science, Iss. 14, 38-39, (2009).
James H. Johnston, Fern M. Kelly, Kerstin A. Burridge and Thomas Borrmann. Hybrid Materials of Conducting Polymers with Natural Fibres and Silicates: Int. J. Nanotechnology, Vol 6, Nos 3-4, 312-328, (2009).
Thomas Borrmann, James H. Johnston, Andrew J. McFarlane, Michael J. Richardson and Sean O’Connor: Nano-structured Calcium Silicate Functionalised with Iodine: J. Colloid Interface Science, Vol. 339, Iss. 1, 175-182 (2009).
Kerstin A. Burridge, James H. Johnston, and Thomas Borrmann: Hybrid Materials of Kaolinite Clay with Polypyrrole and Polyaniline. J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Vol. 9, 6813-6822 (2009).
2008
Fern M. Kelly, James H. Johnston, Thomas Borrmann and Michael J. Richardson: Functionalised Hybrid Materials of Conducting Polymers with Individual Wool Fibres. J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Vol 8, 1965-1972 (2008).
James H. Johnston, Thomas Borrmann, Daniel Rankin, Mathew Cairns, James E. Grindrod, and Andrew Mcfarlane: Nano-structured Composite Calcium Silicate and Some Novel Applications. Curr. Appl. Phys. 8 504-507 (2008).
James H. Johnston, James E. Grindrod, Margaret Dodds and Katrin Schimitschek: The Use and Performance of a Nano-structured Calcium Silicate Phase Change Material for Thermal Buffering in Food Packaging. APPITA J. Vol 61 (5), 359-363 (2008).
2007
Fern M. Kelly, James H. Johnston, Thomas Borrmann and Michael J. Richardson: Functionalised Hybrid Materials of Conducting Polymers with Individual Fibres of Cellulose. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.Iss. 35, 5571-5577 (2007).
2006
M.J. Richardson, J.H. Johnston and P.T. Northcote: Hydrothermal Oxidation of Waste Lipids, Protein and Starch from New Zealand Meat and Vegetable Processing Plants, Water. Env. Res. 78 (8), 816-820, (2006).
Recent international conference presentations
2011
James H Johnston and Fern M Kelly: Wool – Silver Chloride Nanohybrid Materials: Synthesis and Properties. AMN-5 Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Conference, Wellington, February 2011.
Carla Fonseca-Paris and James H. Johnston: Characterization of Palladium Nanoparticles Embedded in a Wool Substrate. Proceedings of the NSTI TechConnect 2011 Conference, Boston, June 2011.
Andreas J. Zeller and James H. Johnston: New Fluorescent Hybrid Materials Comprising Quantum Dots, Organic Fluorophores and Natural Fibre Substrates. Proceedings of the NSTI TechConnect 2011 Conference, Boston, June 2011.
Maria Pobedinsky and James H. Johnston: New Generation Hybrid Plastics Functionalised by Nanogold and Nanosilver. Proceedings of the NSTI TechConnect 2011 Conference, Boston, June 2011.
2010
James H Johnston and Margaret Dodds: The Development of a Flexible, Re-useable Thermal Buffering and Insulating Liner for Packaging and Transporting Temperature Sensitive Products. Proceedings of the APPITA Conference, Melbourne, April (2010).
James H. Johnston, Kerstin A. Burridge, Fern M. Kelly and Aaron C. Small: Nanogold and Nanosilver Wool: New Products for High Value Fashion Apparel and Functional Textiles. Proceedings of the TechConnect NSTI Nano Science and Technology Institute Conference, Anaheim, June 2010.
C. Fonseca-Paris, J.H. Johnston: Nanopalladium – Wool: A Novel Fibre for Multifunctional Textiles. Proceedings of the TechConnect NSTI Nano Science and Technology Institute Conference, Anaheim, June 2010.
M. Pobedinsky, J. Johnston: Nanogold and Nanosilver Plastics. Proceedings of the TechConnect NSTI Nano Science and Technology Instritute Conference, Anaheim, June 2010.
A. Zeller, J. Johnston: Quantum Dot - Fibre Composites. A Novel Fibre for Multifunctional. Proceedings of the TechConnect NSTI Nano Science and Technology Institute Conference, Anaheim, June 2010.
James H. Johnston: Nanogold Wool: New Products for Fashion Apparel, Luxury Textiles and Premium Carpets. Proceedings of the TechConnect NSTI Nano Science and Technology Institute Conference, Anaheim, June 2010.
Thomas Borrmann, Mathew Cairns, Martin Klimsa, Giancarli Barassi, James Johnston, Fernando Valenzuela and Joachim Kinkel: The Sorption of Copper by Nano-structured Calcium Silicate Hydrate. Proceedings of the Hydroprocess Conference, Chile. (2010).
Martin Klimsa, Giancarli Barassi, Thomas Borrmann, James Johnston, Fernando Valenzuela and Joachim Kinkel: Nano-structured Calcium Silicate Hydrate – a Concrete Solution to the Sorption of Copper. Proceeding s of the Hydroprocess Conference, Chile. (2010).
2009
James H Johnston: Golden Wool – Nanogold as a Novel Colourant in Wool for High Value Textiles and Fashion Apparel. Gold2009 The 5th International Conference on Gold Science, Technology and its Applications, Heidelberg July 2009. (invited presentation)
James H. Johnston and Aaron C. Small: The use of Quantum Dots and Nanoparticles as Tracers in Textiles and Packaging. Gotrace Global Origin and Traceability Symposium, Wellington, July 2009.