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Australia
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
120
Citations
61029
World Ranking
490
National Ranking
17

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Ray L. Frost is affiliated with Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research spans across Environmental Science and Engineering, with a particular focus on environmental remediation using nanomaterials and materials chemistry. Frost's work often intersects with subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Water Science and Technology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist has contributed to topics including:

  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal

Frost has published extensively in several journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Applied Clay Science

Their recent papers include:

  • Bentonite-supported nano zero-valent iron composite as a green catalyst for bisphenol A degradation: Preparation, performance, and mechanism of action, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Catalytic degradation of P-chlorophenol by muscovite-supported nano zero valent iron composite: Synthesis, characterization, and mechanism studies, 2020, Applied Clay Science
  • Geological load and health risk of heavy metals uptake by tea from soil: What are the significant influencing factors?, 2021, CATENA
  • Simultaneous adsorption and degradation of bisphenol A on magnetic illite clay composite: Eco-friendly preparation, characterizations, and catalytic mechanism, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Comprehensive review of modified clay minerals for phosphate management and future prospects, 2024, Journal of Cleaner Production

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Teng Bao
  • Mekdimu Mezemir Damtie
  • Godwin A. Ayoko
  • Wei Wei
  • Bing-Jie Ni

Best Publications

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt Hydroxide, Cobalt Oxyhydroxide, and Cobalt Oxide Nanodiscs

    Jing Yang;Hongwei Liu;Wayde N. Martens;Ray L. Frost

  • Porous Materials for Oil Spill Cleanup: A Review of Synthesis and Absorbing Properties

    M.O. Adebajo;R.L. Frost;J.T. Kloprogge;O. Carmody

  • Infrared and Raman study of interlayer anions CO32–, NO3–, SO42– and ClO4– in Mg/Al-hydrotalcite

    J. Theo Kloprogge;David Wharton;Leisel Hickey;Ray L. Frost

  • XPS study of the major minerals in bauxite: gibbsite, bayerite and (pseudo-)boehmite.

    J. Theo Kloprogge;Loc V. Duong;Barry J. Wood;Ray L. Frost

  • Fourier Transform Infrared and Raman Spectroscopic Study of the Local Structure of Mg-, Ni-, and Co-Hydrotalcites

    J.Theo Kloprogge;Ray L. Frost

  • Structure of organoclays—an X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis study

    Yunfei Xi;Zhe Ding;Hongping He;Ray L Frost

  • FT‐Raman and FT‐IR spectroscopic study of synthetic Mg/Zn/Al‐hydrotalcites

    J. Theo Kloprogge;Leisel Hickey;Ray L. Frost

  • Changes in the morphology of organoclays with HDTMA+ surfactant loading

    Hongping He;Hongping He;Ray L. Frost;Thor Bostrom;Peng Yuan

  • Raman spectroscopy of three polymorphs of BiVO4: clinobisvanite, dreyerite and pucherite, with comparisons to (VO4)3-bearing minerals: namibite, pottsite and schumacherite

    Ray L. Frost;Dermot A. Henry;Matt L. Weier;Wayde N. Martens

  • The dehydroxylation of the kaolinite clay minerals using infrared emission spectroscopy

    Ray L. Frost;Anthony M. Vassallo

  • Synthesis of layered double hydroxides containing Mg2+, Zn2+, Ca2+ and Al3+ layer cations by co-precipitation methods—A review

    Frederick L. Theiss;Godwin A. Ayoko;Ray L. Frost

  • Human health risks of heavy metals in paddy rice based on transfer characteristics of heavy metals from soil to rice

    Changping Mao;Yinxian Song;Lingxiao Chen;Junfeng Ji

  • Formation, characteristics, and applications of environmentally persistent free radicals in biochars: A review

    Xiuxiu Ruan;Yuqing Sun;Weimeng Du;Yuyuan Tang

  • THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF BAUXITE MINERALS: INFRARED EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY OF GIBBSITE, BOEHMITE AND DIASPORE

    Jacob Kloprogge;Huada Ruan;Raymond Frost

  • Modification of the surfaces of Wyoming montmorillonite by the cationic surfactants alkyl trimethyl, dialkyl dimethyl, and trialkyl methyl ammonium bromides.

    Yunfei Xi;Raymond Frost;Hongping He

  • Controlled rate thermal analysis and differential scanning calorimetry of sepiolites and palygorskites

    Raymond Frost;Zhe Ding

  • Infrared emission spectroscopic study of brucite

    Ray L Frost;J.Theo Kloprogge

  • Adsorption of hydrocarbons on organo-clays - implications for oil spill remediation

    Onuma Carmody;Raymond Frost;Yunfei Xi;Serge Kokot

  • Near-infrared and mid-infrared spectroscopic study of sepiolites and palygorskites

    Ray L. Frost;Oliver B. Locos;Huada Ruan;J.Theo Kloprogge

  • Porous Clays and Pillared Clays-Based Catalysts. Part 2: A review of the Catalytic and Molecular Sieve Applications

    Zhe Ding;Jacob Kloprogge;Raymond Frost;G Lu

  • Modification of Wyoming Montmorillonite Surfaces Using a Cationic Surfactant

    Yunfei Xi;Ray L. Frost;Hongping He;J. Theo Kloprogge

Frequent Co-Authors

Yunfei Xi
Yunfei Xi Queensland University of Technology
Wayde N. Martens
Wayde N. Martens Queensland University of Technology
J. Theo Kloprogge
J. Theo Kloprogge University of Queensland
Janos Kristof
Janos Kristof University of Pannonia
Godwin A. Ayoko
Godwin A. Ayoko Queensland University of Technology
Hongping He
Hongping He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiří Čejka
Jiří Čejka Charles University
Tianhu Chen
Tianhu Chen Hefei University of Technology
Zhiming Sun
Zhiming Sun China University of Mining and Technology
Shuilin Zheng
Shuilin Zheng China University of Mining and Technology

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