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Colin L. Raston

Colin L. Raston

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Chemistry
Australia
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
30824
World Ranking
2898
National Ranking
81

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Colin L. Raston is affiliated with Flinders University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of materials science and engineering. Their research output spans key areas such as materials chemistry and biomedical engineering, with additional work impacting electrical and electronic engineering, organic chemistry, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics including crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, innovative microfluidic and catalytic techniques, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, electrohydrodynamics and fluid dynamics, micro and nano robotics, as well as microfluidic and capillary electrophoresis applications.

Among their recent significant papers are:

  • Critical evaluation of process parameters for direct biodiesel production from diverse feedstock, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Application of microfluidic technology in food processing, 2020, Food & Function
  • Sub-micron moulding topological mass transport regimes in angled vortex fluidic flow, 2021, Nanoscale Advances
  • Vortex fluidic induced mass transfer across immiscible phases, 2022, Chemical Science
  • Vortex Fluidic-Mediated Fabrication of Fast Gelated Silica Hydrogels with Embedded Laccase Nanoflowers for Real-Time Biosensing under Flow, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Colin L. Raston include:

  • Alexandre N. Sobolev
  • Irene Ling
  • Xuan Luo
  • Brian W. Skelton
  • Youhong Tang

They have published prolifically in several key scientific venues, notably:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Nanoscale Advances
  • Chemical Communications
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Molecules

The research areas covered by Colin L. Raston integrate advances in microfluidics, catalytic methods, and crystallographic techniques, reflecting multidisciplinary approaches to studying and applying materials chemistry and biomedical engineering concepts.

Best Publications

  • Green chemistry and the health implications of nanoparticles

    Matthew A. Albrecht;Cameron W. Evans;Colin L. Raston

  • Purification of C60 and C70 by selective complexation with calixarenes

    Jerry L Atwood;George A. Koutsantonis;Colin L. Raston

  • Multi-step continuous-flow synthesis.

    Joshua Britton;Colin L. Raston

  • Recent advances in solventless organic reactions: towards benign synthesis with remarkable versatility

    Gareth W. V. Cave;Colin L. Raston;Janet L. Scott

  • Understanding Solid/Solid Organic Reactions

    Gadi Rothenberg;Andrew P. Downie;Colin L. Raston;Janet L. Scott

  • Metal sulfonatocalix[4,5]arene complexes: bi-layers, capsules, spheres, tubular arrays and beyond

    Jerry L Atwood;Leonard J Barbour;Michaele J Hardie;Colin L Raston

  • Isolation, crystal structure and synthesis of arsenobetaine, the arsenical constituent of the western rock lobster panulirus longipes cygnus George

    John S. Edmonds;Kevin A. Francesconi;Jack R. Cannon;Colin L. Raston

  • Chemistry of organo-zirconium and -hafnium compounds

    D. J. Cardin;M. F. Lappert;C. L. Raston

  • A well-resolved ice-like (H2O)8 cluster in an organic supramolecular complex.

    Jerry L. Atwood;Leonard J. Barbour;Timothy J. Ness;Colin L. Raston

  • Vortex fluidic exfoliation of graphite and boron nitride.

    Xianjue Chen;John Francis Dobson;Colin L. Raston

  • Ball and Socket Nanostructures: New Supramolecular Chemistry Based on Cyclotriveratrylene

    Jonathan W. Steed;Peter C. Junk;Jerry L. Atwood;Michael J. Barnes

  • Role of Hydroxyl Radicals and Mechanism of Escherichia coli Inactivation on Ag/AgBr/TiO2 Nanotube Array Electrode under Visible Light Irradiation

    Yang Hou;Xinyong Li;Xinyong Li;Qidong Zhao;Guohua Chen

  • Ni(II) N4-macrocycle grafted crown ether: caesium cobalt(III) bis(dicarbollide) coordination polymer

    Nino Malic;Peter J. Nichols;Colin L. Raston

  • Isolation, crystal structure and synthesis of arsenobetaine, a constituent of the western rock lobster, the dusky shark, and some samples of human urine

    Jack R. Cannon;John S. Edmonds;Kevin A. Francesconi;Colin L. Raston

  • Engineering of porous π-stacked solids using mechanochemistry

    Peter J. Nichols;Colin L. Raston;Jonathan W. Steed

  • Efficient synthesis of pyridines via a sequential solventless aldol condensation and Michael addition

    Gareth W. V. Cave;Colin L. Raston

  • C60 and C70 Compounds in the Pincerlike Jaws of Calix[6]arene.

    Jerry L. Atwood;Leonard J. Barbour;Colin L. Raston;Ida B. N. Sudria

  • Sulfonatocalixarenes: molecular capsule and ‘Russian doll’ arrays to structures mimicking viral geometry

    Scott J. Dalgarno;Jerry L. Atwood;Colin L. Raston

  • Chemoselective, solvent-free aldol condensation reaction

    Colin L. Raston;Janet L. Scott

  • Toward mimicking viral geometry with metal-organic systems.

    Jerry L Atwood;Leonard J Barbour;Scott J Dalgarno;Michaele J Hardie

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan H. White
Allan H. White University of Western Australia
Brian W. Skelton
Brian W. Skelton University of Western Australia
Jerry L. Atwood
Jerry L. Atwood University of Missouri
Michaele J. Hardie
Michaele J. Hardie University of Leeds
Xianjue Chen
Xianjue Chen University of Newcastle Australia
Michael F. Lappert
Michael F. Lappert University of Sussex
Scott J. Dalgarno
Scott J. Dalgarno Heriot-Watt University
Yatimah Alias
Yatimah Alias University of Malaya
Martin Saunders
Martin Saunders Yale University
Peter C. Junk
Peter C. Junk James Cook University

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