Associate Professor
Sarina Sarina
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Surface plasmon resonance effect, metal nanoparticle, catalyst and photocatalyst, selective synthesis, nanosorbent materials
Research field
Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural), Other Chemical Sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
- Undergraduate Major in Chemistry
Professional memberships and associations
MRACI Member of Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Teaching
General Chemistry CVB101 (Lectures, workshops)
Analytical Chemistry CVB202
Physical Chemistry CVB203 and CVB302
Capstone Project CVB304
VRES students projects (Supervision of 4 projects)
Publications
- Liu, X., Shi, Y., Jin, Y., Tana, T., Peiris, E., Zhang, X., Xu, F., Waclawik, E., Bottle, S., Zhu, H. & Sarina, S. (2022). Surface-Plasmon-Enhanced Transmetalation between Copper and Palladium Nanoparticle Catalyst. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61(24). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/230338
- Han, P., Tang, C., Sarina, S., Waclawik, E., Du, A., Bottle, S., Fang, Y., Huang, Y., Li, K. & Zhu, H. (2022). Wavelength-Specific Product Desorption as a Key to Raising Nitrile Yield of Primary Alcohol Ammoxidation over Illuminated Pd Nanoparticles. ACS Catalysis, 12(4), 2280–2289. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/230340
- Huang, Y., Liu, Z., Bo, A., Tang, X., Martens, W., Kou, L., Gu, Y., Carja, G., Zhu, H. & Sarina, S. (2022). High efficient arsenic removal by In-layer sulphur of layered double hydroxide. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 608, 2358–2366. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227357
- Xiao, Q., Sarina, S., Waclawik, E. & Zhu, H. (2021). Direct visible photoexcitation on palladium nanocatalysts by chemisorption with distinct size dependence. Catalysis Science and Technology, 11(6), 2073–2080. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210029
- Han, P., Tana, T., Sarina, S., Waclawik, E., Chen, C., Jia, J., Li, K., Fang, Y., Huang, Y., Doherty, W., Bottle, S., Zhao, J. & Zhu, H. (2021). Plasmonic silver nanoparticles promoted sugar conversion to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural over catalysts of immobilised metal ions. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 296. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211012
- Prangige, E., Sarina, S., Waclawik, E., Ayoko, G., Han, P., Jia, J. & Zhu, H. (2019). Plasmonic switching of the reaction pathway: Visible-light irradiation varies the reactant concentration at the solid-solution interface of a gold-cobalt catalyst. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 58(35), 12032–12036. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/132939
- Han, P., Tana, T., Xiao, Q., Sarina, S., Waclawik, E., Gómez, D. & Zhu, H. (2019). Promoting Ni(II) catalysis with plasmonic antennas. Chem, 5(11), 2879–2899. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/198078
- Huang, Y., Liu, Z., Gao, G., Xiao, G., Du, A., Bottle, S., Sarina, S. & Zhu, H. (2017). Stable copper nanoparticle photocatalysts for selective epoxidation of alkenes with visible light. ACS Catalysis, 7(8), 4975–4985. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/110719
- Sarina, S., Zhu, H., Xiao, Q., Jaatinen, E., Jia, J., Huang, Y., Zheng, Z. & Wu, H. (2014). Viable photocatalysts under solar-spectrum irradiation: Nonplasmonic metal nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 53(11), 2935–2940. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/88808
- Sarina, S., Zhu, H., Jaatinen, E., Xiao, Q., Liu, H., Jia, J., Chen, C. & Zhao, J. (2013). Enhancing catalytic performance of palladium in gold and palladium alloy nanoparticles for organic synthesis reactions through visible light irradiation at ambient temperatures. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(15), 5793–5801. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/77247
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Nominated by Alexander von Humboldt Fundation to participate 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- QUT Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award 2013
Selected research projects
- Title
- Promoting Transition Metal Complex Catalysis with Plasmonic Antennae
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP210103357
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Tuning Non-plasmonic Metals to High Performance Photocatalysts
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DE190101450
- Start year
- 2019
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.