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Gary Owens is affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia. Their research spans primarily the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with a focus on several specialized subfields and topics.

The main fields of study that Owens has contributed to include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Their work extends into subfields such as:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

Owens' research covers diverse topics relevant to environmental and material sciences, including:

  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Heavy metals in environment

Frequent collaborators in Owens' research include:

  • Zuliang Chen
  • Xuan Wu
  • Haolan Xu
  • Xiulan Weng
  • Pan Wu

Owens has published extensively in a variety of academic journals. Some of the journals where they have the most publications are:

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Chemosphere
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among Owens' recent papers are the following, each accompanied by the year of publication and the journal in which it appeared:

  • Graphene and Rice-Straw-Fiber-Based 3D Photothermal Aerogels for Highly Efficient Solar Evaporation, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Same materials, bigger output: A reversibly transformable 2D-3D photothermal evaporator for highly efficient solar steam generation, 2020, Nano Energy
  • Reversing heat conduction loss: Extracting energy from bulk water to enhance solar steam generation, 2020, Nano Energy
  • Boosting solar steam generation by structure enhanced energy management, 2020, Science Bulletin
  • Stackable nickel-cobalt@polydopamine nanosheet based photothermal sponges for highly efficient solar steam generation, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Best Publications

  • Simultaneous removal of tetracycline and oxytetracycline antibiotics from wastewater using a ZIF-8 metal organic-framework.

    Na Li;Long Zhou;Xiaoying Jin;Gary Owens

  • Bioavailability of heavy metals in soils: definitions and practical implementation—a critical review

    Rog-Young Kim;Jeong-Ki Yoon;Tae-Seung Kim;Jae E. Yang

  • Occurrence and Environmental Fate of Veterinary Antibiotics in the Terrestrial Environment

    Kwon Rae Kim;Gary Owens;Soon Ik Kwon;Kyu Ho So

  • Stability of titania nanoparticles in soil suspensions and transport in saturated homogeneous soil columns

    Jing Fang;Xiao-quan Shan;Bei Wen;Jin-ming Lin

  • A flexible photothermal cotton-CuS nanocage-agarose aerogel towards portable solar steam generation

    Xuan Wu;Max Edward Robson;Max Edward Robson;Jack Leslie Phelps;Jack Leslie Phelps;Jeanette Sorupia Tan

  • Application of soil amendments to contaminated soils for heavy metal immobilization and improved soil quality—a critical review

    Chaw Su Lwin;Byoung-Hwan Seo;Hyun-Uk Kim;Gary Owens

  • Photothermal materials: A key platform enabling highly efficient water evaporation driven by solar energy

    Xuan Wu;George Y. Chen;Gary Owens;Dewei Chu

  • Simultaneous removal of mixed contaminants, copper and norfloxacin, from aqueous solution by ZIF-8

    Long Zhou;Na Li;Gary Owens;Zuliang Chen

  • Graphene and Rice-Straw-Fiber-Based 3D Photothermal Aerogels for Highly Efficient Solar Evaporation.

    Daniel Peter Storer;Daniel Peter Storer;Jack Leslie Phelps;Jack Leslie Phelps;Xuan Wu;Gary Owens

  • Same materials, bigger output: A reversibly transformable 2D–3D photothermal evaporator for highly efficient solar steam generation

    Yida Wang;Xuan Wu;Ting Gao;Yi Lu

  • Arsenic speciation and toxicity in biological systems.

    Kazi Farzana Akter;Gary Owens;David E. Davey;Ravi Naidu

  • Health-related toxicity of emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Comparison to legacy PFOS and PFOA.

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  • Effect of biochar on heavy metal immobilization and uptake by lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L.) in agricultural soil

    Hyuck Soo Kim;Kwon Rae Kim;Ho Jin Kim;Jung Hwan Yoon

  • Reversing heat conduction loss: Extracting energy from bulk water to enhance solar steam generation

    Yida Wang;Xuan Wu;Xiaofei Yang;Gary Owens

  • Towards sustainable saline agriculture: Interfacial solar evaporation for simultaneous seawater desalination and saline soil remediation.

    Unknown

  • Effect of biochar on reclaimed tidal land soil properties and maize (Zea mays L.) response.

    Hyuck Soo Kim;Kwon Rae Kim;Jae E. Yang;Yong Sik Ok

  • Chemistry of chromium in soils with emphasis on tannery waste sites.

    S. Avudainayagam;M. Megharaj;M. Megharaj;G. Owens;G. Owens;R.S. Kookana

  • Boosting solar steam generation by structure enhanced energy management

    Yida Wang;Xuan Wu;Bo Shao;Xiaofei Yang

  • Disposal and Use of Sewage on Agricultural Lands in Pakistan: A Review

    G. Murtaza;G. Murtaza;A. Ghafoor;M. Qadir;M. Qadir;G. Owens

  • Enhancing solar steam generation using a highly thermally conductive evaporator support

    Yida Wang;Xuan Wu;Pan Wu;Jingyuan Zhao

  • A photothermal reservoir for highly efficient solar steam generation without bulk water

    Xuan Wu;Ting Gao;Chenhui Han;Jingsan Xu

  • Stackable nickel–cobalt@polydopamine nanosheet based photothermal sponges for highly efficient solar steam generation

    Bo Shao;Yida Wang;Xuan Wu;Yi Lu

  • Kinetics and thermodynamics of sorption of nitroaromatic compounds to as-grown and oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes

    Xiu-E Shen;Xiao-Quan Shan;De-Ming Dong;Xiu-Yi Hua

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