Dr Ekaterina Strounina
Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Solid State NMR Facility Manager
Centre for Advanced Imaging
+61 7 334 60341
Researcher biography
Management of the Avance III 300MHz Solid State instrument, including training of operators, expert consulting and participation in research projects, post-graduate students training.
Journal Articles
Zhang, Yue, Xian, He, Strounina, Ekaterina, Gunther, Kimberley S., Sweet, Matthew J., Chen, Chen, Yu, Chengzhong and Wang, Yue (2023). Mesoporous Organosilica Nanoparticles with Tetrasulphide Bond to Enhance Plasmid DNA Delivery. Pharmaceutics, 15 (3) 1013, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15031013
Jimenez Forero, Javier A., Deshan, Athukoralalage Don K., Beltramini, Jorge, Bartley, John, Estrounina, Ekaterina and Doherty, William O.S. (2022). Closing the loop: valorizing pyrolyzed waste tyre residue into functional carbon materials, SiO2 with exceptionally high silanol groups, and Zn salt. Waste Management, 140, 110-120. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.01.018
Deshan, Athukoralalage Don K., Moghaddam, Lalehvash, Siriwardena, Dumindu P., Strounina, Ekaterina, Beltramini, Jorge and Doherty, William O. S. (2021). Transforming cotton gin trash to engineered functional carbon structures. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 5 (9) 2100061, 2100061. doi: 10.1002/adsu.202100061
Jing, Zhenhua, Gao, Shuai, Rodrigues, Sandra, Underschultz, Jim, Strounina, Ekaterina, Pan, Songqi, Wu, Songtao, Li, Yong, Balucan, Reydick and Steel, Karen M. (2021). Influence of porosity on the reactivity of inertinite and vitrinite toward sodium hypochlorite: implications for enhancing coal seam gas development. International Journal of Coal Geology, 237 103709, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2021.103709
Cruz, Heidy, Laycock, Bronwyn, Strounina, Ekaterina, Seviour, Thomas William, Oehmen, Adrian and Pikaar, Ilje (2020). Modified poly(acrylic acid)-based hydrogels for enhanced mainstream removal of ammonium from domestic wastewater. Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (15) acs.est.9b07032, 9573-9583. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b07032
Abeer, Muhammad Mustafa, Meka, Anand Kumar, Pujara, Naisarg, Kumeria, Tushar, Strounina, Ekaterina, Nunes, Rute, Costa, Ana, Sarmento, Bruno, Hasnain, Sumaira Z., Ross, Benjamin P. and Popat, Amirali (2019). Rationally designed dendritic silica nanoparticles for oral delivery of exenatide. Pharmaceutics, 11 (8) 418, 418. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080418
Bai, Yang, Lin, Yun, Ren, Long, Shi, Xiaolei, Strounina, Ekaterina, Deng, Yehao, Wang, Qi, Fang, Yanjun, Zheng, Xiaopeng, Lin, Yuze, Chen, Zhi-Gang, Du, Yi, Wang, Lianzhou and Huang, Jinsong (2019). Oligomeric silica-wrapped perovskites enable synchronous defect passivation and grain stabilization for efficient and stable perovskite photovoltaics. ACS Energy Letters, 4 (6), 1231-1240. doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00608
Jing, Zhenhua, Rodrigues, Sandra, Strounina, Ekaterina, Li, Mengran, Wood, Barry, Underschultz, Jim R., Esterle, Joan S. and Steel, Karen M. (2019). Use of FTIR, XPS, NMR to characterize oxidative effects of NaClO on coal molecular structures. International Journal of Coal Geology, 201, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2018.11.017
Bai, Yang, Lin, Yun, Ren, Long, Shi, Xiaolei, Strounina, Ekaterina, Deng, Yehao, Wang, Qi, Fang, Yanjun, Zheng, Xiaopeng, Lin, Yuze, Chen, Zhi-gang, Du, Yi, Wang, Lianzhou and Huang, Jinsong (2019). Oligomeric Silica-Wrapped Perovskites Enable Synchronous Defect Passivation and Grain Stabilization for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Photovoltaics. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3346989
Theivendran, Shevanuja, Zhang, Jun, Tang, Cheng, Kalantari, Mohammad, Gu, Zhengying, Yang, Yannan, Yang, Yang, Strounina, Ekaterina, Du, Aijun and Yu, Chengzhong (2019). Synthesis of biphenyl bridged dendritic mesoporous organosilica with extremely high adsorption of pyrene. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7 (19), 12029-12037. doi: 10.1039/c9ta01281h
Kalantari, Mohammad, Liu, Yang, Strounina, Ekaterina, Yang, Yannan, Song, Hao and Yu, Chengzhong (2018). Superhydrophobic dendritic mesoporous organosilica nano-particles with ultrahigh-content of gradient organic moieties. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6 (36), 17579-17586. doi: 10.1039/c8ta06268d
Zhao, Qinglan, Gaddam, Rohit Ranganathan, Yang, Dongfang, Strounina, Ekaterina, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Zhao, X. S. (2018). Pyromellitic dianhydride-based polyimide anodes for sodium-ion batteries. Electrochimica Acta, 265, 702-708. doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.01.208
Lee, Edward C., Nguyen, Chau T. H., Strounina, Ekaterina, Davis-Poynter, Nicholas and Ross, Benjamin P. (2018). Structure-activity relationships of GAG mimetic-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles and evaluation of acyclovir-loaded antiviral nanoparticles with dual mechanisms of action. ACS Omega, 3 (2), 1689-1699. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01662
Nguyen, Chau T. H., Webb, Richard I., Lambert, Lynette K., Strounina, Ekaterina, Lee, Edward C., Parat, Marie-Odile, McGuckin, Michael A., Popat, Amirali, Cabot, Peter J. and Ross, Benjamin P. (2017). Bifunctional succinylated ε-polylysine-coated mesoporous silica nanoparticles for pH-responsive and intracellular drug delivery targeting the colon. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9 (11), 9470-9483. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b00411
Kalantari, Mohammad, Yu, Meihua, Yang, Yannan, Strounina, Ekaterina, Gu, Zhengying, Huang, Xiaodan, Zhang, Jun, Song, Hao and Yu, Chengzhong (2017). Tailoring mesoporous-silica nanoparticles for robust immobilization of lipase and biocatalysis. Nano Research, 10 (2), 605-617. doi: 10.1007/s12274-016-1320-6
Lee, Edward C., Davis-Poynter, Nicholas, Nguyen, Chau T. H., Peters, Amelia A., Monteith, Gregory R., Strounina, Ekaterina, Popat, Amirali and Ross, Benjamin P. (2016). GAG mimetic functionalised solid and mesoporous silica nanoparticles as viral entry inhibitors of herpes simplex type 1 and type 2 viruses. Nanoscale, 8 (36), 16192-16196. doi: 10.1039/c6nr03878f
Suresh, Moorthy, Anand, Chokkalingam, Frith, Jessica E., Dhawale, Dattatray S., Subramaniam, Vishnu P., Strounina, Ekaterina, Sathish, Clastinrusselraj I., Yamaura, Kazunari, Cooper-White, Justin J. and Vinu, Ajayan (2016). Fluorescent and Magnetic Mesoporous Hybrid Material: A Chemical and Biological Nanosensor for Hg2+ Ions. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 21820, e21820.1-e21820.9. doi: 10.1038/srep21820
Yang, Yannan, Bernardi, Stefano, Song, Hao, Zhang, Jun, Yu, Meihua, Reid, James C., Strounina, Ekaterina, Searles, Debra J. and Yu, Chengzhong (2016). Anion assisted synthesis of large pore hollow dendritic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles: understanding the composition gradient. Chemistry of Materials, 28 (3), 704-707. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03963
Finn, Damien, Page, Kathryn, Catton, Karrilyn, Strounina, Ekaterina, Kienzle, Marco, Robertson, Fiona, Armstrong, Roger and Dalal, Ram (2015). Effect of added nitrogen on plant litter decomposition depends on initial soil carbon and nitrogen stoichiometry. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 91, 160-168. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.09.001
Xie, Fengwei, Flanagan, Bernadine M., Li, Ming, Sangwan, Parveen, Truss, Rowan W., Halley, Peter J., Strounina, Ekaterina V., Whittaker, Andrew K., Gidley, Michael J., Dean, Katherine M., Shamshina, Julia L., Rogers, Robin D. and McNally, Tony (2014). Characteristics of starch-based films plasticised by glycerol and by the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate: a comparative study. Carbohydrate Polymers, 111, 841-848. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.05.058
Qiu, Jingxia, Lai, a Chao, Gray, Evan, Li, Sheng, Qiu, Siyao, Strounina, Ekaterina, Sun, Chenghua, Zhao, Huijun and Zhang, Shanqing (2014). Blue hydrogenated lithium titanate as a high-rate anode material for lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2 (18), 6353-6358. doi: 10.1039/c4ta00556b
Lin, Rijia, Ge, Lei, Hou, Lei, Strounina, Ekaterina, Rudolph, Victor and Zhu, Zhonghua (2014). Mixed matrix membranes with strengthened MOFs/polymer interfacial interaction and improved membrane performance. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6 (8), 5609-5618. doi: 10.1021/am500081e
Liu, Liang, Wang, David K., Martens, Dana. L., Smart, Simon, Strounina, Ekaterina and Diniz da Costa, JoĂ£o C. (2014). Physicochemical characterisation and hydrothermal stability investigation of cobalt-incorporated silica xerogels. RSC Advances, 4 (36), 18862-18870. doi: 10.1039/c4ra00498a
Hartono, Sandy B., Yu, Meihua, Gu, Wenyi, Yang, Jie, Strounina, Ekaterina, Wang, Xiaolin, Qiao, Shizhang and Yu, Chengzhong (2014). Synthesis of multi-functional large pore mesoporous silica nanoparticles as gene carriers. Nanotechnology, 25 (5) 055701, 055701.1-055701.13. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/5/055701
Wang, David K., Varanasi, Srinivas, Strounina, Ekaterina, Hill, David J. T., Symons, Anne L., Whittaker, Andrew K. and Rasoul, Firas (2014). Synthesis and characterization of a novel POSS-PEG macromonomer and POSS-PEG-PLA hydrogels for periodontal applications. Biomacromolecules, 15 (2), 666-679. doi: 10.1021/bm401728p
Lawrence, Geoffrey, Anand, Chokkalingam, Strounina,Ekaterina and Vinu, Ajauan (2014). Biomolecule encapsulation over mesoporous silica with ultra-large tuneable porous structure prepared by high temperature microwave process. Science of Advanced Materials, 6 (7), 1481-1488. doi: 10.1166/sam.2014.1845
Li, Xiaofang, You, Fang, Huang, Longbin, Strounina, Ekaterina and Edraki, Mansour (2013). Dynamics in leachate chemistry of Cu-Au tailings in response to biochar and woodchip amendments: a column leaching study. Environmental Sciences Europe, 25 (Provisional) (32) 32, 1-23. doi: 10.1186/2190-4715-25-32
Andriani, Yosephine, Jack, Kevin S., Gilbert, Elliot P., Edwards, Grant A., Schiller, Tara L., Strounina, Ekaterina, Osman, Azlin F. and Martin, Darren J. (2013). Organization of mixed dimethyldioctadecylammonium and choline modifiers on the surface of synthetic hectorite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 409, 72-79. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.07.055
Liu, Jian, Yang, Heng Quan, Kleitz, Freddy, Chen, Zhi Gang, Yang, Tianyu, Strounina, Ekaterina, Lu, Gao Qing (Max) and Qiao, Shi Zhang (2012). Yolk-shell hybrid materials with a periodic mesoporous organosilica shell: Ideal nanoreactors for selective alcohol oxidation. Advanced Functional Materials, 22 (3), 591-599. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201101900
Huson, Mickey G., Strounina, Ekaterina V., Kealley, Catherine S., Rout, Manoj K., Church, Jeffrey S., Appelqvist, Ingrid A. M., Gidley, Michael J. and Gilbert, Elliot P. (2011). Effects of thermal denaturation on the solid-state structure and molecular mobility of glycinin. Biomacromolecules, 12 (6), 2092-2102. doi: 10.1021/bm200080h
Pornputtkul, Y, Strounina, E. V., Kane-Maguire, L. A. P. and Wallace, G. G. (2010). Redox behavior of poly (2-methoxyamlme-5-sulfonic acid) and its remarkable thermochromism, solvatochromism, and ionochromism. Macromolecules, 43 (23), 9982-9989. doi: 10.1021/ma101654u
Zainuddin, Strounina, Ekaterina V., Hill, David J. T . and Whittaker, Andrew K. (2010). Magnetization-prepared NMR imaging of water penetration into poly(vinyl alcohol)-poly(N-viny1-2-pyrrolidone) hydrogels. Polymer International, 59 (11), 1520-1525. doi: 10.1002/pi.2860
Rathjen, J. R., Strounina, E. V. and Mares, D. J. (2009). Water movement into dormant and non-dormant wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grains. Journal of Experimental Botany, 60 (6), 1619-1631. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erp037
Kealley, Catherine S., Rout, Manoj K., Dezfouli, Mahshid Roohani, Strounina, Ekaterina, Whittaker, Andrew K., Appelqvist, Ingrid A. M., Lillford, Peter J., Gilbert, Elliot P. and Gidley, Michael J. (2008). Structure and molecular mobility of soy glycinin in the solid state. Biomacromolecules, 9 (10), 2937-2946. doi: 10.1021/bm800721d
Russo, Melissa A. L., Strounina, Ekaterina, Waret, Muriel, Nicholson, Timothy, Truss, Rowan and Halley, Peter J. (2007). A study of water diffusion into a high-amylose starch blend: The effect of moisture content and temperature. Biomacromolecules, 8 (1), 296-301. doi: 10.1021/bm060791i
Strouninaa, Ekaterina V., Kane-Maguire, Leon A.P. and Wallace, Gordon G. (2006). Induction of chirality into a fully sulfonated poly(methoxyaniline) via acid–base interactions with chiral amines. Polymer, 47 (24), 8088-8094. doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2006.09.024
Zainuddin, Hill, D. J. T., Strounina, E., Whittaker, A. K. and Chirila, T. V. (2004). The states, diffusion, and concentration distribution of water in radiation-formed PVA/PVP hydrogels. Soft Materials, 2 (2-3), 195-212. doi: 10.1081/SMTS-200065868
Zainuddin, Z., Hill, D. J. T, Whittaker, A. K., Strounina, K. and Chirila, T. V. (2004). Diffusion of calcium ions and formation of calcium phosphate deposits in radiation crosslinked PVA/PVP hydrogels. Polymer Preprints, 45 (2), 368-369.
Conference Papers
Kealley, Catherine, Rout, Manoj Kumar, Appelqvist, Ingrid, Strounina, Ekaterina, Whittaker, Andrew, Gidley, Mike, Gilber, Elliot and Lilford, Peter (2008). Hydration Study of Soy Protein in the 'Dry State'. 14th Gums and Stabilisers for the Food Industry Conference, Wrexham, UK., 18-22 June 2007. Cambridge UK: The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Halley, P. J., Khemani, K., Krummel, E., Nicholson, T., Russo, M. A. L., Strounina, E. and Truss, R. (2007). A study of the water diffusion into thermoplastic starch polymers. 29th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Hobart, Australia, 11-15 February, 2007.
Russo, Melissa A. L., Strounina, Katia, Waret, Muriel, Nicholson, Timothy, Truss, Rowan and Halley, Peter J. (2006). Water diffusion and degradation of starch-based polymers. 28th Australasian Polymer Symposium & Australasian Society for Biomaterials 16th Annual Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, 5-9 February, 2006. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology.
Russo, Melissa A. L., Strounina, Ekaterina, Waret, Muriel, Nicholson, Timothy, Truss, Rowan and Halley, Peter J. (2006). Water diffusion and degradation of starch-based plastics. International Degradable Plastics Symposium: Status of Biobased and Synthetic Polymer Technology, McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., 14-17 June 2006. Washington, DC: The Society of the Plastics Industry.
Zainuddin, Z., Hill, David J. T., Whittaker, Andrew K., Strounina, Katia and Chirila, Traian V. (2004). Diffusion of calcium ions and formation of calcium phosphate deposits in radiation crosslinked PVA/PVP hydrogels. 228th ACS national meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 22 - 26 August, 2004. Washington, DC, USA: American Chemical Society.
Strounina, E. V., Shepherd, R., Kane-Maguire, L. A. P. and Wallace, G. G. (2003). Conformational changes in sulfonated polyaniline caused by metal salts and OH-. The International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals, Shanghai, China, 29 June - 5 July 2002. Lausanne: Elsevier Sequoia. doi: 10.1016/S0379-6779(02)00923-2