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Dr Phil Barker
- Philip.Barker@bluescopesteel.com
- Bluescope Steel
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Position
Technology Leader, Polymer Science at BlueScope Steel Research, Port Kembla, New South Wales.
Qualifications
- Research/ industry positions in London, Canberra, Dhahran (Saudi Arabia), Karlsruhe and Melbourne.
- PhD (1978) University of Aston U.K. working with Dr Derryck Munday.
Expertise
- Chemistry of surface coating degradation.
- Free radical mechanistic chemistry.
- Semiconductor photocatalysis.
Key Areas of Research
- Sunscreen damage to paint and surface coatings, such as Colorbond®.
- Strategies for moderating or eliminating photocatalusis and monitoring photocatalytic activity.
- EPR methods for studying photocatalysts.
- Mechanistic models for the macroscopic performance of surface coatings.
Selected Publications
Barker and Branch, Progress in Organic Coatings, 2008, 62, 313.