QUT | Staff Profiles | Jennifer MacLeod

Name

Dr Jennifer MacLeod

Position(s)

Senior Lecturer
Science and Engineering Faculty,
Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical Engineering,
Nanoscience

Discipline *

Nanotechnology

Phone

+61 7 3138 2168

Email

jennifer.macleod@qut.edu.au

Location

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Identifiers and profiles

Qualifications

PhD (Queen's University at Kingston), MSc (Queen's University at Kingston)

Professional memberships and associations

Memberships

Australian Institute of Physics (AIP)
Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
Vacuum Society of Australia (VSA)

Professional pages

Keywords

surface science, nanoscience, microscopy, spectroscopy, diffraction, on-surface chemistry, molecular self-assembly

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Jennifer MacLeod holds MSc and PhD degrees in Physics from Queen’s University (Canada), where she worked on instrumentation development for scanning tunneling microscopy studies of semiconductor surfaces.

Jennifer has since held an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Università degli Studi di Trieste (Italy) and a Research Associate position at INRS (Canada), where she worked on a range of topics in nanoscience. Her current research interests include self-assembly and reactions of molecules at surfaces, and the growth and modification of graphene and other 2D materials. She draws on a range of experimental and computational techniques, with a focus on using scanning probe microscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to elucidate these systems.

Funded projects

2017-2019: Electronic Structure on Both Sides of the Fermi Level in Molecular Material
ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
Jennifer MacLeod
2016-2018: Graphene-based Thin Film Supercapacitors
Queensland-Chinese Academy of Sciences Collaborative Science Fund (QCAS)
Nunzio Motta, Yuegang Zhang, Peter Talbot, Jose Alarco, Geoffrey Will, Anthony O’Mullane, Jennifer MacLeod, Cheng Yan

This information has been contributed by Dr Jennifer MacLeod.

Dr. MacLeod teaches a range of topics in physics for courses in Physics and Engineering.

2018

PVB304 – Physics Research – Lecturer and Unit Coordinator
EGB113 – Energy in Engineering Systems – Lecturer
SEB104 – Grand Challenges in Science – Lecturer

2017

PVB304 – Physics Research – Lecturer
EGB113 – Energy in Engineering Systems – Lecturer
SEB104 – Grand Challenges in Science – Lecturer

2016

PVB304 – Physics Research – Lecturer
ENB314 – Industrial Noise and Vibration – Demonstrator
EGB113 – Energy in Engineering Systems – Lecturer
PVB301 – Materials and Thermal Physics – Lecturer
SEB104 – Grand Challenges in Science – Lecturer

2015

PVB102 – Physics of the Very Small – Lecturer
PVB304 – Physics Research – Lecturer
ENB314 – Industrial Noise and Vibration – Demonstrator
ENB222 – Thermodynamics 1 – Tutor
PVB301 – Materials and Thermal Physics – Lecturer

This information has been contributed by Dr Jennifer MacLeod.

Supervision of HDR students

Dr. MacLeod currently supervises PhD and MSc students in the following areas:

2D Materials (applications and fundamental studies)
Surface-confined reactions of small aromatic molecules
Spatial constraint of graphene through ion-beam patterning
Hybrid materials based on graphene, BN and MoS2
Graphene for supercapacitors
Graphene coatings for corrosion protection
Controlled synthesis of covalent organic frameworks
Materials modification through energetic beams

Professional Service
Refereeing: Publons

Conference organization:

Organizing Committee, 9th Vacuum and Surface Science Conference of Asia and Australia, Sydney, NSW, 13-16 August 2018.
Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Advanced Materials & Sustainable Technologies, Brisbane, QLD, 22-25 July 2018.
Conference Chair, 42nd Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 30 January – 02 February 2018.
Organizing Committee, NanoS-E3 International School and Workshop, Brisbane, QLD, 26-29 September 2017.
Local Organizing Committee, 5th International Symposium on Graphene Devices, Brisbane, QLD, 11-14 July 2016.
Organizing Committee, NanoS-E3 International School and Workshop, Kingscliffe, NSW, 27 September-2 October 2015.

This information has been contributed by Dr Jennifer MacLeod.

Di Bernardo I, Hines PJ, Abyazisani M, Motta N, MacLeod JM, Lipton-Duffin JA, (2018) On-surface synthesis of polyethylenedioxythiophene, Chemical Communications p3723-3726
Amjadi Pour M, Tadich A, Boeckl JJ, Lipton-Duffin JA, MacLeod JM, Iacopi F, Motta N, (2018) Quasi free-standing epitaxial graphene fabrication on 3C-SiC/Si(111), Nanotechnology p1-9
MacLeod JM, Lipton-Duffin JA, Fu C, Taerum T, Perepichka DF, Rosei F, (2017) A 2D substitutional solid solution through hydrogen bonding of molecular building blocks, ACS Nano p8901-8909
Benetti D, Nouar R, Nechache R, Pepin H, Sarkissian A, Rosei F, MacLeod JM, (2017) Combined magnetron sputtering and pulsed laser deposition of TiO2 and BFCO thin films, Scientific Reports p1-9
Cui D, Ebrahimi M, Rosei F, MacLeod JM, (2017) Control of fullerene crystallization from 2D to 3D through combined solvent and template effects, Journal of the American Chemical Society p16732-16740
Burns SA, MacLeod JM, Do T, Sonar PM, Yambem SD, (2017) Effect of thermal annealing Super Yellow emissive layer on efficiency of OLEDs, Scientific Reports p1-8
Amjadi Pour M, MacLeod JM, Lipton-Duffin JA, Iacopi F, Motta N, (2017) Epitaxial graphene growth on FIB patterned 3C-SiC nanostructures on Si (111): Reducing milling damage, Nanotechnology p1-17
Zhao Y, Liu J, Wang B, Sha J, Li Y, Zheng D, Amjadi Pour M, MacLeod JM, Motta N, (2017) Supercapacitor electrodes with remarkable specific capacitance converted from hybrid graphene Oxide/NaCl/Urea Films, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces p22588-22596
Rigoni F, Maiti R, Baratto C, Donarelli M, MacLeod JM, Gupta B, Lyu M, Ponzoni A, Sberveglieri G, Motta N, Faglia G, (2017) Transfer of CVD-grown graphene for room temperature gas sensors, Nanotechnology p1-8
Wang B, Liu J, Zhao Y, Li Y, Xian W, Amjadi Pour M, MacLeod JM, Motta N, (2016) Role of graphene oxide liquid crystals in hydrothermal reduction and supercapacitor performance, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces p22316-22323

For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.

Current supervisions

Molecular Reactions on Surfaces: Towards the Growth of Surface-Confined Polymers
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Nunzio Motta, Dr Josh Lipton-Duffin
Epitaxial Growth and Characterisation of Graphene Heterostructures on SiC
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Nunzio Motta, Dr Mahnaz Shafiei
Exploring and Exploiting Piezoelectricity in Collagen
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Cameron Brown, Associate Professor Jamie Trapp
Investigating the Surface and Porosity of Graphitic Electrodes for Supercapacitors
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Nunzio Motta
Surface-Confined Polymerization on Silicon Surfaces
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Josh Lipton-Duffin, Associate Professor Kathryn Fairfull-Smith
A low energy k-resolved inverse photoelectron spectrometer to investigate electronic states of organic molecular materials
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Josh Lipton-Duffin, Professor John Bell
Modification of Small-Molecule Organic Thin Films Using Energetic Beams and Plasma
Masters by Research, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Kathryn Fairfull-Smith
Graphene coatings for corrosion protection of steel
Masters by Research, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Geoffrey Will
Synthesis and Characterisation of Covalent Organic Frameworks as Thin Films
Masters by Research, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Steven Bottle, Dr Llew Rintoul

Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)

Current supervisions