Associate Professor Idriss Blakey
Group Leader - Principle Research Fellow
Centre for Advanced Imaging and the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
+61 7 334 63869
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Building 75, St Lucia Campus
Researcher biography
Rational design, synthesis and, self-assembly of functional polymers and nanomaterials, for a range applications which include: nanofabrication, sensors and biomedical imaging agents.
- Multimodal biomedical imaging agents
- Controlling the nanostructure of materials for nanofabrication and energy applications
- Rational design of photosensitive polymers for advanced lithography
- Surface modification of materials to control bio-interactions
- Self assembly of hybrid nanomaterials
- Physical chemistry and spectroscopy of materials
Book Chapters
Peng, Hui, Thurecht, Kristofer, Hsu, Steven, Blakey, Idriss, Squires, Oliver, Kurniawan, Nyoman, Rose, Stephen and Whittaker, Andrew (2011). Effect of molecular architecture on the performance of (19)F NMR imaging agents. In H. N. Cheng, Tetsuo Asakur and Alan D. English (Ed.), NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers: Innovative Strategies for Complex Macromolecules (pp. 459-472) Washington, DC, United States: American Chemical Society. doi:10.1021/bk-2011-1077.ch028
Vacroe, K. M., Blakey, I., Chirila, T. V., Hill, A. J. and Whittaker, A. K. (2007). The effect of synthetic conditions on the free volume of poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) as studied by 1H NMR, 129 Xe NMR, and position annihilation spectroscopy. In Katrin Kneipp, Ricardo Aroca, Harald Kneipp and Edeline Wentrup-Byrne (Ed.), New approaches in biomedical spectroscopy (pp. 391-409) Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: American Chemical Society. doi:10.1021/bk-2007-0963.ch024
Journal Articles
Chen, Ao, Er, Gerald, Zhang, Cheng, Tang, Joyce, Alam, Mahbub, T. Ta, Hang, Elliott, Alysha G., Cooper, Matthew A., Perera, Janesha, Swift, Simon, Blakey, Idriss, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Peng, Hui (2019) Antimicrobial anilinium polymers: The properties of poly(N,N‐dimethylaminophenylene methacrylamide) in solution and as coatings. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, . doi:10.1002/pola.29314
Chen, Ao, Er, Gerald, Zhang, Cheng, Tang, Joyce, Alam, Mahbub, Ta, Hang T., Elliott, Alysha G., Cooper, Matthew A., Perera, Janesha, Swift, Simon, Blakey, Idriss, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Peng, Hui (2019) Antimicrobial anilinium polymers: the properties of poly(N,N‐dimethylaminophenylene methacrylamide) in solution and as coatings. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, . doi:10.1002/pola.29314
Bennett, Thomas M., Chambers, Lewis C., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Jack, Kevin S. and Blakey, Idriss (2018) Dependence of block copolymer domain spacing and morphology on the cation structure of ionic liquid additives. Macromolecules, 51 21: 8979-8986. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01953
Jiang, Zhen, Pibaque Sanchez, Ronny Javier, Blakey, Idriss and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2018) 3D shape change of multi-responsive hydrogels based on a light-programmed gradient in volume phase transition. Chemical Communications, 54 77: 10909-10912. doi:10.1039/c8cc06515b
Zhao, Yongmei, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Liu, Tianqing, Gemmell, Anna C., Houston, Zachary H., Blakey, Idriss and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2018) Therapeutic evaluation of polymeric nanomedicines: effect of different targeting peptides on therapeutic efficacy against breast cancer. Nanotheranostics, 2 4: 360-370. doi:10.7150/ntno.27142
Jiang, Zhen, Cheng, Han-Hao , Blakey, Idriss and Whittaker, Andrew (2018) Healing surface roughness of lithographic nanopatterns through Sub-10 nm aqueous-dispersible polymeric particles with excellent dry etch durability. Molecular Systems Design and Engineering, 3 4: 627-635. doi:10.1039/C8ME00007G
Tasker, Alison L., Puttick, Simon, Hitchcock, James, Cayre, Olivier J., Blakey, Idriss, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Biggs, Simon (2018) A two-step synthesis for preparing metal microcapsules with a biodegradable polymer substrate. Journal of Materials Chemistry B: Materials for Biology and Medicine, 6 14: 2151-2158. doi:10.1039/c8tb00348c
Miriem Santander Borrego, Chirila, Traian V., Shadforth, Audra M, Whittaker, Andrew K and Blakey, Idriss (2017) Effect of changes in the surface chemistry and topography of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) on the in vitro attachment of human corneal epithelial cells. Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, 33 3: 321-331. doi:10.1177/0883911517744572
Zhao, Jie, Xu, Xiaoyong, Zhou, Wei, Blakey, Idriss, Liu, Shaomin and Zhu, Zhonghua (2017) Proton-conducting la-doped ceria-based internal reforming layer for direct methane solid oxide fuel cells. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9 39: 33758-33765. doi:10.1021/acsami.7b07938
Zhao, Yongmei, Houston, Zachary H., Simpson, Joshua D., Chen, Liyu, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Fuchs, Adrian V., Blakey, Idriss and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2017) Using peptide aptamer targeted polymers as a model nanomedicine for investigating drug distribution in cancer nanotheranostics. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 14 10: 3539-3549. doi:10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00560
Jiang, Zhen, Blakey, Idriss and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2017) Aqueous solution behaviour of novel water-soluble amphiphilic copolymers with elevated hydrophobic unit content. Polymer Chemistry, 8 28: 4114-4123. doi:10.1039/c7py00832e
Chen, Ao, Peng, Hui, Blakey, Idriss and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2017) Biocidal polymers: a mechanistic overview. Polymer Reviews, 57 2: 276-310. doi:10.1080/15583724.2016.1223131
Schiller, T. L., Keddie, D. J., Blakey, I. and Fredericks, P. M. (2017) Surface-enhanced Raman encoded polymer stabilized gold nanoparticles: demonstration of potential for use in bioassays. European Polymer Journal, 87 508-509. doi:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.08.032
Santander-Borrego, Miriem, Taran, Elena, Shadforth, Audra M. A., Whittaker, Andrew K., Chirila, Traian V. and Blakey, Idriss (2017) Hydrogels with lotus leaf topography: investigating surface properties and cell adhesion. Langmuir, 33 2: 485-493. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03547
Chen, Ao, Blakey, Idriss, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Peng, Hui (2016) The influence of casting parameters on the surface morphology of PS-b-P4VP honeycomb films. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 54 23: 3721-3732. doi:10.1002/pola.28268
Peng, Hui, Varanasi, Srinivas, Wang, David K., Blakey, Idriss, Rasoul, Firas, Symons, Anne, Hill, David J. T. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2016) Synthesis, swelling, degradation and cytocompatibility of crosslinked PLLA-PEG-PLLA networks with short PLLA blocks. European Polymer Journal, 84 448-464. doi:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.09.039
Zhu, Shaoli, Blakey, Idriss, Cheng, Hanhao and Ostrikov, Kostya (Ken) (2016) Three-dimensional plasmonic fields of gold nanostar arrays: beyond the near-field. Current Nanoscience, 12 5: 592-597. doi:10.2174/1573413712666160407130521
Bennett, Thomas M., Jack, Kevin S., Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Blakey, Idriss (2016) Perturbation of the experimental phase diagram of a diblock copolymer by blending with an ionic liquid. Macromolecules, 49 1: 205-214. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02041
Richardson, Samuel J., Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Irvine, Derek J. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2016) Spectral normalisation by error minimisation for prediction of conversion in solvent-free catalytic chain transfer polymerisations. RSC Advances, 6 73: 69484-69491. doi:10.1039/c6ra06462k
Dürig, Wiebke, Blakey, Idriss, Grant, Sharon, Chambers, Lewis, Escher, Beate I., Weijs, Liesbeth and Gaus, Caroline (2015) New polymer passive sampler for sensitive biomonitoring of lipid-rich matrices. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 3 2: A-E. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00333
Wu, Kuang-Hsu, Cheng, Han-Hao, Mohammad, Ali Amdad, Blakey, Idriss, Jack, Kevin, Gentle, Ian R. and Wang, Da-Wei (2015) Electron-beam writing of deoxygenated micro-patterns on graphene oxide film. Carbon, 95 738-745. doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2015.08.116
Zhu, Shaoli, Cortie, Michael and Blakey, Idriss (2015) Effect of multimodal plasmon resonances on the optical properties of five-pointed nanostars. Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, 5 22: 1-7. doi:10.5772/60726
Chen, Ao, Blakey, Idriss, Jack, Kevin S., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Peng, Hui (2015) Control through monomer placement of surface properties and morphology of fluoromethacrylate copolymers. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 53 22: 2633-2641. doi:10.1002/pola.27731
Zhu, Shaoli, Cheng, Han-Hao, Blakey Idriss, Stokes, Nicholas, Ostrikov, Kostya (Ken) and Cortie, Michael (2015) Plasmonic 'top-hat' nano-star arrays by electron beam lithography. Microelectronic Engineering, 139 13-18. doi:10.1016/j.mee.2015.04.084
Puttick, Simon, Boase, Nathan R. B., Blakey, Idriss and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2014) Imaging tumour distribution of a polymeric drug delivery platform in vivo by PET-MRI. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 90 7: 1237-1244. doi:10.1002/jctb.4489
Santander-Borrego, Miriem, Green, David W., Chirila, Traian V., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Blakey, Idriss (2014) Click functionalization of methacrylate-based hydrogels and their cellular response. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 52 13: 1781-1789. doi:10.1002/pola.27183
Dey, Priyanka, Zhu, Shaoli, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Fredericks, Peter M. and Blakey, Idriss (2014) Self assembly of plasmonic core-satellite nano-assemblies mediated by hyperbranched polymer linkers. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2 19: 2827-2837. doi:10.1039/c4tb00263f
Boase, Nathan R. B., Blakey, Idriss, Rolfe, Barbara E., Mardon, Karine and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2014) Synthesis of a multimodal molecular imaging probe based on a hyperbranched polymer architecture. Polymer Chemistry, 5 15: 4450-4458. doi:10.1039/c4py00513a
Dey, Priyanka, Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Fredericks, Peter M. (2014) Hyperbranched polymer-gold nanoparticle assemblies: role of polymer architecture in hybrid assembly formation and SERS activity. Langmuir, 30 8: 2249-2258. doi:10.1021/la4047462
Chirila, Traian V., Lee, Hui Hui, Oddon, Mathieu, Nieuwenhuizen, Marko M. L., Blakey, Idriss and Nicholson, Timothy M (2014) Hydrogen-bonded supramolecular polymers as self-healing hydrogels: Effect of a bulky adamantyl substituent in the ureido-pyrimidinone monomer. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 131 4: n/a-n/a. doi:10.1002/app.39932
Rolfe, Barbara E., Blakey, Idriss, Squires, Oliver, Peng, Hui, Boase, Nathan R. B., Alexander, Cameron, Parsons, Peter G., Boyle, Glen M., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2014) Multimodal polymer nanoparticles with combined 19F magnetic resonance and optical detection for tunable, targeted, multimodal imaging in vivo. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136 6: 2413-2419. doi:10.1021/ja410351h
Keen, Imelda, Cheng, Han-Hao, Yu, Anguang, Jack, Kevin S., Younkin, Todd R., Leeson, Michael J., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Blakey, Idriss (2014) Behavior of lamellar forming block copolymers under nanoconfinement: implications for topography directed self-assembly of sub-10 nm structures. Macromolecules, 47 1: 276-283. doi:10.1021/ma4019735
Bennett, Thomas M., Pei, Kevin, Cheng, Han-Hao, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Jack, Kevin S. and Blakey, Idriss (2014) Can ionic liquid additives be used to extend the scope of poly(styrene)-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) for directed self-assembly?. Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS and MOEMS, 13 3: 031304.1-031304.9. doi:10.1117/1.JMM.13.3.031304
Blakey, Idriss, Merican, Zul and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2013) A method for controlling the aggregation of gold nanoparticles: Tuning of optical and spectroscopic properties. Langmuir, 29 26: 8266-8274. doi:10.1021/la401361u
Dey, Priyanka, Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Fredericks, Peter M. (2013) Self-assembled hyperbranched polymer-gold nanoparticle hybrids: understanding the effect of polymer coverage on assembly size and SERS performance. Langmuir, 29 2: 525-533. doi:10.1021/la304034b
Dey, Priyanka, Olds, William, Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Izake, Emad L. and Fredericks, Peter M. (2013) SERS-based detection of barcoded gold nanoparticle assemblies from within animal tissue. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 44 12: 1659-1665. doi:10.1002/jrs.4399
Truong, Vinh, Blakey, Idriss and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2012) Hydrophilic and amphiphilic polyethylene glycol-based hydrogels with tunable degradability prepared by "click" chemistry. Biomacromolecules, 13 12: 4012-4021. doi:10.1021/bm3012924
Peng, Hui, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Blakey, Idriss, Taran, Elena and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2012) Effect of solvent quality on the solution properties of assemblies of partially fluorinated amphiphilic diblock copolymers. Macromolecules, 45 21: 8681-8690. doi:10.1021/ma3019188
Keen, Imelda, Yu, Anguang, Cheng, Han-Hao, Jack, Kevin S., Nicholson, Timothy, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Blakey, Idriss (2012) Control of the orientation of symmetric poly(styrene)-block-poly(D,L-lactide) block copolymers using statistical copolymers of dissimilar composition. Langmuir, 28 45: 15876-15888. doi:10.1021/la304141m
Chen, Lan, Goh, Yong Keng, Cheng, Han Hao, Smith, Bruce W., Xie, Peng, Montgomery, Warren, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Blakey, Idriss (2012) Aqueous developable dual switching photoresists for nanolithography. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 50 20: 4255-4265. doi:10.1002/pola.26232
Chuang, Ya-Mi, Jack, Kevin S., Cheng, Han-Hao, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Blakey, Idriss (2012) Using directed self assembly of block copolymer nanostructures to modulate nanoscale surface roughness: towards a novel lithographic process. Advanced Functional Materials, 23 2: 173-183. doi:10.1002/adfm.201200564
Cheng, Han-Hao, Yu, Anguang, Keen, Imelda, Chuang, Yami, Jack, Kevin S., Leeson, Michael J., Younkin, Todd R., Blakey, Idriss and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2012) Electron-beam induced freezing of an aromatic based EUV resist: a robust template for directed self assembly of block copolymers. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 11 6: 1140-1147. doi:10.1109/TNANO.2012.2216544
Munnemann, Kerstin, Kolzer, Michael, Blakey, Idriss, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2012) Hyperbranched polymers for molecular imaging: Designing polymers for parahydrogen induced polarisation (PHIP). Chemical Communications, 48 10: 1583-1585. doi:10.1039/c1cc16077j
Blakey, Idriss, Merican, Zul, Rintoul, Llewellyn, Chuang, Ya-Mi, Jack, Kevin S. and Micallef, Aaron S. (2012) Interactions of iodoperfluorobenzene compounds with gold nanoparticles. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14 10: 3604-3611. doi:10.1039/c2cp23809h
Boase, Nathan R. B., Blakey, Idriss and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2012) Molecular imaging with polymers. Polymer Chemistry, 3 6: 1384-1389. doi:10.1039/c2py20132a
Sun, Hao, Lee, Hui Hui, Bakey, Idriss, Dargaville, Bronwin, Chirila, Traian V., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Smith, Sean C. (2011) Multiple hydrogen-bonded complexes based on 2-ureido-4[1H]-pyrimidinone: A theoretical study. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115 38: 11053-11062. doi:10.1021/jp2061305
Blakey, Idriss (2011) Comment on "Multimodal coupling of optical transitions and plasmonic oscillations in rhodamine B modified gold nanoparticles" by M. Stobiecka and M. Hepel, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 1131. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13 36: 16444-16445. doi:10.1039/c1cp20343f
Blakey, Idriss, Yu, Anguang, Howdle, Steven M., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Thurecht, Kristofer J. (2011) Controlled polymerisation of lactide using an organo-catalyst in supercritical carbon dioxide. Green Chemistry, 13 8: 2032-2037. doi:10.1039/c1gc15344g
Chen, Lan, Goh, Yong Keng, Lawrie, Kirsten Jean, Chuang, Yami, Piscani, Emil, Zimmerman, Paul, Blakey, Idriss and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2011) Polysulfone based Non-CA resists for 193nm immersion lithography: Effect of increasing polymer absorbance on sensitivity. Radiation Physics And Chemistry, 80 2: 242-247. doi:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.07.040
Lawrie, Kirsten J., Blakey, Idriss, Blinco, James P., Cheng, Han Hao, Gronheid, Roel, Jack, Kevin S., Pollentier, Ivan, Leesion, Michael J., Younkin, Todd R. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2011) Chain scission resists for extreme ultraviolet lithography based on high performance polysulfone-containing polymers. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21 15: 5629-5637. doi:10.1039/c0jm03288c
Nurmi, Leena, Peng, Hui, Seppälä, Jukka, Haddleton, David M., Blakey, Idriss and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2010) Synthesis and evaluation of partly fluorinated polyelectrolytes as components in F-19 MRI-detectable nanoparticles. Polymer Chemistry, 1 7: 1039-1047. doi:10.1039/c0py00035c
Yu, Anguang, Liu, Heping, Blinco, James, Jack, Kevin S., Leeson, Michael, Younkin, Todd R., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Blakey, Idriss (2010) Patterning of tailored polycarbonate based non-chemically amplified resists using extreme ultraviolet lithography. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 31 16: 1449-1455. doi:10.1002/marc.201000117
Nystrom, Daniel, Malmstroem, Eva, Hult, Anders, Blakey, Idriss, Boyer, Cyrille, Davis, Thomas P. and Whittaker, Michael R. (2010) Biomimetic surface modification of honeycomb films via a "Grafting From" approach. Langmuir, 26 15: 12748-12754. doi:10.1021/la1011567
Thurecht, Kristofer J., Blakey, Idriss, Peng, Hui, Squires, Oliver, Hsu, Steven, Alexander, Cameron and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2010) Functional hyperbranched polymers: Toward targeted in Vivo F-19 magnetic resonance imaging using designed macromolecules. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132 15: 5336-5337. doi:10.1021/ja100252y
Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2010) High-pressure real-time Xe-129 NMR: Monitoring of surfactant conformation during the self-assembly of reverse micelles in supercritical carbon dioxide. Chemical Communications, 46 16: 2850-2852. doi:10.1039/b927029a
Blakey, Idriss, Schiller, Tara L., Merican, Zul and Fredericks, Peter M. (2010) Interactions of Phenyldithioesters with Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs): Implications for AuNP Functionalization and Molecular Barcoding of AuNP Assemblies. Langmuir, 26 2: 692-701. doi:10.1021/la9023162
Peng, Hui, Blakey, IIdriss, Dargaville, Bronwin, Rasoul, Firas, Rose, Stephen and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2009) Synthesis and evaluation of partly fluorinated block copolymers as MRI imaging agents. Biomacromolecules, 10 2: 374-381. doi:10.1021/bm801136m
Liu, Heping, Blakey, Idriss, Conley, Willard E., Graeme George, Hill, David J. T. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2008) Application of quantitative structure property relationship to the design of high refractive index 193i resist. Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS, 7 2: 023001.1-023001.11. doi:10.1117/1.2908937
Blakey, I, George, GA, Hill, DJT, Liu, HP, Rasoul, F, Rintoul, L, Zimmerman, P and Whittaker, AK (2007) Mechanism of 157 nm photodegradation of poly[4,5-difluoro-2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dioxole-co-tetrafluorethylene] (Teflon AF). Macromolecules, 40 25: 8954-8961. doi:10.1021/ma071549m
Blakey, I, Billingham, N and George, GA (2007) Use of 9,10-diphenylanthracene as a contrast agent in chemiluminescence imaging: the observation of spreading of oxidative degradation in thin polypropylene films. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 92 11: 2102-2109. doi:10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.07.020
Zimmerman, Paul A., Van Peski, Chris, Rice, Bryan, Byers, Jeff, Turro, Nicholas J., Lei, Xuegong, Gejo, Juan Lopez, Liberman, Vladmir, Palmacci, Steve, Rothschild, Mordy, Whittaker, Andrew K., Blakey, Idriss, Chen, Lan, Dargaville, Bronwin and Liu, Heping (2007) Status of High-Index Materials for Generation-Three 193nm Immersion Lithography. Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 20 5: 643-650. doi:10.2494/photopolymer.20.643
Whittaker, Andrew K., Blakey, Idriss, Chen, Lan, Dargaville, Bronwin L., Liu, Heping, Conley, Will and Zimmerman, Paul A. (2007) Rational Design of High-RI Resists for 193nm Immersion Lithography. Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 20 5: 665-671. doi:10.2494/photopolymer.20.665
Merican, Zul, Schiller, Tara L., Hawker, Craig J., Fredericks, Peter M. and Blakey,Idriss (2007) Self-assembly and encoding of polymer-stabilized gold nanoparticles with surface-enhanced Raman reporter molecules. Langmuir, 23 21: 10539-10545. doi:10.1021/la702218b
Blakey, Idriss, Goss, Ben and George, George (2006) Chemiluminescence as a probe of polymer oxidation. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 59 8: 485-498. doi:10.1071/CH06174
Blakey, I., George, G. A., Hill, D. J. T., Liu, H. P., Rasoul, F., Whittaker, A. K. and Zimmerman, P. (2005) XPS and F-19 NMR study of the photodegradation at 157 nm of photolithographic-grade teflon AF thin films. Macromolecules, 38 10: 4050-4053. doi:10.1021/ma047436+
Blakey, I., Day, G., Girjes, E., Hunter, D. S. and Rasoul, F. (2003) Characterisation of grafted supports used for solid-phase synthesis. Polymer International, 52 11: 1734-1739. doi:10.1002/pi.1300
Blakey, I, George, GA and Billingham, NC (2001) Energy transfer and activated chemiluminescence during thermal oxidation of polypropylene: Evidence for chemically induced electron exchange luminescence. Macromolecules, 34 26: 9130-9138. doi:10.1021/ma010217t
Goss, Bgs, Blakey, I, Barry, MD and George, GA (2001) Modelling of infectious spreading in heterogeneous polymer oxidation II. Refinement of stochastic model and calibration using chemiluminescence of polypropylene. Polymer Degradation And Stability, 74 3: 523-532. doi:10.1016/S0141-3910(01)00189-6
Blakey, I. and George, G. A. (2001) Simultaneous FTIR emission spectroscopy and chemiluminescence of oxidizing polypropylene: Evidence for alternate chemiluminescence mechanisms. Macromolecules, 34 6: 1873-1880. doi:10.1021/ma001206n
Blakey, I and George, GA (2000) Raman spectral mapping of photo-oxidized polypropylene. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 70 2: 269-275. doi:10.1016/S0141-3910(00)00126-9
Conference Papers
Du, Ke, Siauw, Meiliana, David Valade, Jasieniak, Marek, Voelcker, Nico, Trefonas, Peter, Thackeray, Jim, Blakey, Idriss and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2017). Embedded top-coat for reducing the effect out of band radiation in EUV lithography. In: Hohle, CK, Advances in Patterning Materials and Processes XXXIV 2017. SPIE Advanced Lithography, 2017, San Jose, CA, United States, (). 26 February – 2 March 2017. doi:10.1117/12.2270480
Siauw, Meiliana, Du, Ke, Valade, David, Trefonas, Peter, Thackeray, James W., Whittaker, Andrew and Blakey, Idriss (2016). Systematic investigation of the synthesis, characterization and switching mechanism of metal oxide nanoparticle resists. In: Hohle, Christoph K. and Younkin, Todd R., Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Advances in Patterning Materials and Processes XXXIII, San Jose, CA, United States, (). 22-25 February 2016. doi:10.1117/12.2219638
Bennett, Thomas, Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer and Jack, Kevin (2015). Mapping the lyotropic phase behavior of diblock copolymer iongels. In: Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. American Chemical Society Meeting, , (). .
Bennett, Thomas, Pei, Kevin, Cheng, Han-Hao, Thurecht, Kristofe J., Jack, Kevin S. and Blakey, Idriss (2014). Extending the scope of poly(styrene)-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) for directed self assembly. In: Douglas J. Resnick and Christopher Bencher, Proceedings of SPIE: Alternative Lithographic Technologies VI. Alternative Lithographic Technologies VI, San Jose, United States, (). 24-27 February 2014. doi:10.1117/12.2046296
Dey, Priyanka, Olds, William, Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Izake, Emad L. and Fredericks, Peter M. (2014). SERS-barcoded colloidal gold NP assemblies as imaging agents for use in biodiagnostics. In: Anita Mahadevan-Jansen and Wolfgang Petrich, Biomedical Vibrational Spectroscopy VI: Advances in Research and Industry. Biomedical Vibrational Spectroscopy VI: Advances in Research and Industry, San Francisco, CA United States, (). 1-2 February 2014. doi:10.1117/12.2037159
Chuang, Ya-Mi, Cheng, Han-Hao, Jack, Kevin, Whittaker, Andrew and Blakey, Idriss (2013). Healing LER using directed self assembly: treatment of EUVL resists with aqueous solutions of block copolymers. In: Tong, WM and Resnick, DJ, Alternative lithographic technologies V. Conference on Alternative Lithographic Technologies V, San Jose, CA United States, (868009.1-868009.9). 25-28 February 2013. doi:10.1117/12.2012488
Whittaker, Andrew K., Thurecht, Kristofer J., Blakey, Idriss and Peng, Hui (2013). Biologically-responsive polymeric F-19 MRI agents. In: Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. 245th National Spring Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), New Orleans LA, (459-+). 07-11 April 2013.
Cheng, Han-Hao, Keen, Imelda, Yu, Anguang, Chuang, Ya-Mi, Blakey, Idriss, Jack, Kevin S., Leeson, Michael J., Younkin, Todd R. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2012). EUVL compatible, LER solutions using functional block copolymers. In: William M. Tong and Douglas J. Resnick, Proceedings of SPIE: Alternative Lithographic Technologies IV. Conference on Alternative Lithographic Technologies IV, San Jose, CA, United States, (83231O.1-83231O.11). 13-16 February 2012. doi:10.1117/12.916744
Jiang, Guang Shuai, Zhong, Shi An, Chen, Lan, Blakey, Idriss and Whittaker, Andrew (2011). Synthesis of molecularly imprinted organic-inorganic hybrid azobenzene materials by sol-gel for radiation induced selective recognition of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. In: Radiation Modification Of Polymers, 11th Pacific Polymer Conference. 11th Pacific Polymer Conference PPC11, Cairns, Qld, Australia, (130-135). 6-10 December, 2009. doi:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.07.020
Keen, Imelda, Yu, Anguang, Cheng, Elliot, Blakey, Idriss, Leeson, Michael, Younkin, Todd and Whittaker, Andrew (2011). Controlling the morphology and orientation of PS-b-PDLA block copolymers. In: 32APS: Australasian Polymer Symposium, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia, (). 13-16 February 2011.
Cheng, H. H., Keen, I., Blakey, I., Jack, K., Leeson, M., Younkin, T. and Whittaker, A. K. (2011). Study of directed self assembly of block copolymer with positive tone resists. In: 32APS: Australasian Polymer Symposium, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia, (). 13-16 February 2011.
Lawrie, Kirsten, Blakey, Idriss, Blinco, James, Gronheid, Roel, Jack, Kevin, Pollentier, Ivan, Leeson, Michael J., Younkin, Todd R. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2011). Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) degradation of poly(olefin sulfone)s: Towards applications as EUV photoresists. In: O. Guven, D.J.T. Hill and S. Tagawa, Radiation Modification Of Polymers. 11th Pacific Polymer Conference, Cairns, Australia, (236-241). 6-10 December 2009. doi:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.07.038
Goh, Yong Keng, Chen, Lan, Dorgelo, Anneke, Peng, Xie, Lafferty, Neal, Smith, Bruce, Zimmerman, Paul, Montgomery, Warren, Blakey, Idriss and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2011). Sensitive polysulfone based chain scissioning resists for 193 nm lithography. In: Allen, RD and Somervell, MH, Advances in resist materials and processing technology XXVIII. Advances in Resist Materials and Processing Technology XXVIII, San Jose, California, United States, (79722E.1-79722E.8). 28 February - 2 March 2011. doi:10.1117/12.881700
Cheng, Han-Hao, Keen, Imelda, Yu, Anguang, Chuang, Ya-Mi, Blakey, Idriss, Jack, Kevin S., Leeson, Michael J., Younkin, Todd R. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2011). Electron-beam-induced freezing of a positive tone EUV resist for use in directed self-assembly applications. In: Herr, DJC, Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. Alternative Lithographic Technologies III, San Jose, CA, United States, (79701V.1-79701V.9). 1-3 March 2011. doi:10.1117/12.881491
Zhu, Shaoli, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Blakey, Idriss (2011). Effect of nanoholes on the plasmonic properties of star nanostructures. In: Saulius Juodkazis and Min Gu, Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. Conference on Smart Nano-Micro Materials and Devices/SPIE Smart Nano + Micro Materials and Devices Forum, Melbourne, Australia, (82042M.1-82042M.6). 5-7 December 2011. doi:10.1117/12.905409
Zainuddin, Chirila, Traian V., Barnard, Zeke, Watson, Gregory S., Toh, Chiong, Blakey, Idriss, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Hill, David J. T. (2011). F2 excimer laser (157 nm) radiation modification and surface ablation of PHEMA hydrogels and the effects on bioactivity: Surface attachment and proliferation of human corneal epithelial cells. In: O. Guven, D.J.T. Hill and S. Tagawa, Radiation Modification Of Polymers, 11th Pacific Polymer Conference. 11th Pacific Polymer Conference, Cairns, Australia, (219-229). 6-10 December 2009. doi:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.07.036
Lee-Wang, Hui Hui, Blakey, Idriss, Chirila, Traian V., Peng, Hui, Rasoul, Firas, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Dargaville, Bronwin L. (2010). Novel supramolecular hydrogels as artificial vitreous substitutes. In: Stelzer, F and Wiesbrock, E, Modern Trends in Polymer Science – EPF'09 –. 12th European-Polymer-Federation Congress, Graz, Austria, (229-232). July 12-17 2009. doi:10.1002/masy.201051032
Blakey, Idriss, Yu, Anguang, Blinco, James, Jack, Kevin S., Liu, Heping, Leeson, Michael, Yeuh, Wang, Younkin, Todd and Whittaker, Andrew (2010). Polycarbonate based nonchemically amplified photoresists for extreme ultraviolet lithography. In: Robert D. Allen and Mark H. Somervell, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Lithography, San Jose, California, U.S.A., (1-8). 22 February, 2010. doi:10.1117/12.853620
Chen, Lan, Goh, Yong Keng, Lawrie, Kirsten Jean, Smith, Bruce, Montgomery, Warren, Zimmerman, Paul, Blakey, Idriss and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2010). Non-chemically amplified resists for 193-nm immersion lithography: Influence of absorbance on performance. In: Robert D. Allen and Mark H. Somervell, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Advances in Resist Materials and Processing Technology XXVII, San Jose, California, U.S.A., (). 22-24 February, 2010. doi:10.1117/12.846971
Peng, Hui, Chua, Xiaoying, Chuang, Yami, Blakey, Idriss, Dargaville, Bronwin, Rasoul, Firas, Symons, Anne, Varanasi, Srini and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2009). Simultaneous swelling and degradation of crosslinked PEG-PLLA networks. In: Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. , , (). .
Whittaker, Andrew K., Blakey, Idriss, Blinco, James, Jack, Kevin S., Lawrie, Kirsten, Liu, Heping, Yu, Anguang, Leeson, Michael, Yeuh, Wang and Younkin, Todd (2009). Development of polymers for non-CAR resists for EUV lithography. In: Ron C. Driggers and Karolyn Labes, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Advances in Resist Materials and Processing Technology XXVI, San Jose, CA, United States, (727321-1-727321-10). 23-25 February 2009. doi:10.1117/12.820493
Peng, H., Blakey, I., Dargaville, B., Rasoul, F., Rose, S. and Whittaker, A. K. (2009). Synthesis and evaluation of novel partly-fluorinated block copolymers as MRI imaging agents. In: Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. unknown, unknown, (). unknown.
Keen, Imelda, Cheng, Elliot, Yu, Anguang, Blakey, Idriss, Jack, Kevin, Drennan, John, Younkin, Todd and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2009). Development of block copolymers for improved surface directed self assembly. In: PPC11: Progress in Polymers for the New Millennium. 11th Pacific Polymer Conference 2009 incorporating the 31st Australasian Polymer Symposium, Cairns, QLD, Australia, (). 6-10 December 2009.
Cheng, H. H., Keen, I., Yu, A., Blinco, J., Blakey, I., Jack, K., Younkin, T. and Whittaker, A. K. (2009). Healing of polymer resists with block copolymers. In: 11th Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC11), Cairns, Qld., Australia, (). 6-10 December 2009.
Peng, H., Chua, X., Blakey, I., Dargaville, B., Rasoul, F., Symons, A. L., Varanasi, S. and Whittaker, A. K. (2009). Functional PEG-PLLA networks for dental bone repair: Effect of network chemistry on properties and performance. In: 237th ACS Spring National Meeting and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A., (). 22-26 March 2009.
Peng, Hui, Chua, Xiaoying, Chuang, Yami, Blakey, Idriss, Dargaville, Bronwin, Rasoul, Firas, Symons, Anne, Varanasi, Srini and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2009). Simultaneous swelling and degradation of crosslinked PEG-PLLA networks. In: 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, U.S.A, (). 16-20 August 2009.
Blakey, Idriss, Chen, Lan, Goh, Yong Keng, Lawrie, Kirsten Jean, Chuang, Ya-mi, Piscani, Emil, Zimmerman, Paul A. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2009). Non-CA resists for 193nm immersions lithography: Effects of chemical structure on sensitivity. In: Ron C. Driggers and Karolyn Labes, Proceedings of SPIE. Advances in Resist Materials and Processing Technology XXVI, San Jose, CA, USA, (72733X.1-72733X.9). 23 February, 2009. doi:10.1117/12.814076
Whittaker, Andrew K., Blakey, Idriss, Thurecht, Kristofer J., Squires, Oliver and Varcoe, Kylie (2008). High pressure NMR of polymeric materials. In: Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry, American Chemical Society - 235th ACS National Meeting, Spring 2008. 235th ACS National Meeting, Spring 2008, , , (678-679). April 6, 2008-April 10, 2008.
Zimmerman, Paul A., Byers, Jeff, Piscani, Emil, Rice, Bryan, Ober, Christopher K., Giannelis, Emmanuel P., Rodriguez, Robert, Wang, Dongyan, Whittaker, Andrew, Blakey, Idriss, Chen, Lan, Dargaville, Bronwin and Liu, Heping (2008). Development of an operational high refractive index resist for 193nm immersion lithography. In: Clifford L. Henderson, Proceedings of SPIE 2008: Advances in Resist Materials and Processing Technology XXV. Advances in Resist Materials and Processing Technology XXV, San Jose, CA, USA, (692306-1-692306-10). 25 February 2008. doi:10.1117/12.772871
Yu, Anguang, Blinco, James, Blakey, Idriss, Younkin, Todd, Leeson, Michael and Whittaker, Andrew (2008). Synthesis of polycarbonates for EUV lithography. In: 30APS : Abstract book. 30th Australasian Polymer Symposium (30APS), Melbourne, Vic., Australia, (). 30 November - 4 December, 2008.
Truong, V, Whittaker, AK and Blakey, I (2008). POLY 236-Synthesis of linear and branched poly(trimethylene carbonate-co-lactide) copolymers and an investigation of chemical structure on hydrolytic degradation.. In: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 236th National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society, Philadelphia PA, (). AUG 17-21, 2008.
Whittaker, AK, Blakey, I, Thurecht, KJ, Squires, O and Varcoe, K (2008). POLY 624-High pressure NMR of polymeric materials. In: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 235th American-Chemical-Society National Meeting, New Orleans LA, (). APR 06-10, 2008.
Varcoe, Kylie M., Blakey, Idriss, Chirila, Traian V., Hill, Anita J. and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2007). The Effect of Synthetic Conditions on the Free Volume of Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) as Studied by H-1 NMR, Xe-129 NMR, and Position Annihilation Spectroscopy. In: Kneipp, K, Aroca, R, Kneipp, H and Wen trupByrne, E, New Approaches in Biomedical Spectroscopy. Symposium on New Approaches in Biomedical Spectroscopy, Honolulu, HI, United States, (391-409). December 2005. doi:10.1021/bk-2007-0963.ch024
Blakey, Idriss, Chen, Lan, Dargaville, Bronwin, Lui, Heping, Whittaker, Andrew, Conley, Will, Piscani, Emil, Rich, George, Williams, Alvina and Zimmerman, Paul (2007). Novel high-index resists for 193nm immersion lithography and beyond. In: Qinghuang Lin, Proceedings of SPIE 2007. Advances in Resist Materials and Processing Technology XXIV, San Jose, CA, USA, (651909-51909). 26 February, 2007. doi:10.1117/12.715108
Baldwin, Katie, Blakey, Idriss, Talbot, Cavin, Wang, Deming, Friese, Marlies and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2007). The conformation of polymer molecules studied by Hyper-polarised 129Xenon NMR. In: 29th Australasian Polymer Symposium. 29th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Hobart, Tasmania, (). 11-15 February, 2007.
Liu, Heping, Blakey, Idriss, Chen, Lan, Conley, Will, Dargaville, Bronwin, George, Graeme A., Hill, David J.T., Rasoul, Firas, Rice, Bryan, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Zimmerman, Paul (2007). From Structure Property Relationship to Molecular Design. In: Proceedings of the 29th Australasian Polymer Symposium. 29th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Hobart, (105-106). 11-15 February 2007.
Chen, Lan, Blakey, Idriss, Conley, Will, Dargaville, Bronwin, George, Graeme A., Hill, David J.T., Lui, Heping, Rasoul, Firas, Rice, Bryan, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Zimmerman, Paul (2007). Synthesis of Novel Polymer Resists for 193nm Immersion Lithography. In: Proceedings of the 29th Australasian Polymer Symposium. 29th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Hobart, (148-149). 11-15 February, 2007.
Jack, Kevin, Liu, Heping, Blakey, Idriss, Hill, David, Yueh, Wang, Cao, Heidi, Leeson, Michael, Denbeaux, Greg, Waterman, Justin and Whittaker, Andrew (2007). The rational design of polymeric EUV resist materials by QSPR modelling. In: Lin, Q, Proceedings of SPIE. Advances in Resist Materials and Processing Technology XXIV, San Jose, CA, USA, (Z5193-Z5193). 26 February, 2007. doi:10.1117/12.716213
Dargaville, Bronwin, Blakey, Idriss, Chen, Lan, Conley, Will, George, Graeme A., Hill, David J.T., Liu, Heping, Rasoul, Firas, Rice, Bryan, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Zimmerman, Paul (2007). Synthesis and Characterisation of Sulfur-Containing Polymers as Photo-Resist Materials for 193 nm Immersion Lithography. In: Proceedings of the 29th Australasian Polymer Symposium. 29th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Hobart, Tasmania, (371-372). 11-15 February 2007.
Blakey, I, Conley, W, George, GA, Hill, DJT, Liu, HP, Rasoul, F and Whittaker, AK (2006). Synthesis of high-refractive index sulfur containing polymers for 193-nm immersion lithography: A progress report. In: Lin, Q, Proceedings of SPIE 2006. Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XXIII, San Jose, CA, USA, (61530H-U281). 20 February, 2006. doi:10.1117/12.659757
Merican, Zul, Schiller, Tara l., Fredericks, Peter M. and Blakey, Idriss (2006). Synthesis and characterisation of hybrid polymer-gold nanoparticles: Towards novel biosensors. In: IEEE Proceedings of the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN 2006). 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, (622-625). 3-7 Jul 2006. doi:10.1109/ICONN.2006.340695
Schiller, T. L., Fredericks, P. M., Merican, Z. and Blakey, I. (2006). Characterisation of hybrid gold-polymer nanoparticles for use in bioassays. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2006. ICONN '06. 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICONN, Brisbane, Australia, (626-629). 3-7 July, 2006. doi:10.1109/ICONN.2006.340696
Baldwin, K., Bell, C. A., Blakey, I., Friese, M., Gentle, I., Schiller, T. L., Talbot, C. and Whittaker, A. (2006). SANS of four-layer polyelectroyte nanoparticles assembled using layer-by-layer deposition. In: Australian Polymer Symposium (APS), Rotorua, New Zealand, (). 5-9 February 2006.
Whittaker, AK, Blakey, I, Liu, HP, Hill, DJT, George, GA, Conley, W and Zimmerman, P (2005). High-RI resist polymers for 193 nm immersion lithography. In: Sturtevant, JL, Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XXII. Conference on Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XXII, San Jose, CA, United States, (827-835). 28 February - 2 March 2005. doi:10.1117/12.600630
George, G, Blakey, I, Goss, B and Grigg, M (2001). Modeling, experimental evidence, and practical consequences of the infectious spreading of oxidative degradation in polymers.. In: Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. , , (U351-U351). .
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